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I’ve noticed behaviour like this in organizations over the last several years, especially in India (or with those from India working elsewhere)…
Some people don’t respond to a Microsoft Outlook meeting request, especially if there is a conflict or even if they just don’t plan to attend the meeting — Fear of looking bad, or still [...]
http://sparksfly.wordpress.com/2008/12/23/effects-of-culture-on-work-practices/
I’ve noticed behaviour like this in organizations over the last several years, especially in India (or with those from India working elsewhere)…
Some people don’t respond to a Microsoft Outlook meeting request, especially if there is a conflict or even if they just don’t plan to attend the meeting — Fear of looking bad, or still [...]
http://blog.onwardresearch.com/2008/12/23/effects-of-culture-on-work-practices/
“How is design thinking different from process re-engineering or business consulting?”
BusinessWeek’s Bruce Nussbaum responds in this video (damn thing refused to embed in WordPress!).
I think this answer does help in understanding the differences for the-already-informed, those who at least have bare minimum understanding or awareness about ‘design thinking’ (or similar topics), but it is unlikely [...]
http://sparksfly.wordpress.com/2008/12/10/how-is-design-thinking-different/
“How is design thinking different from process re-engineering or business consulting?”
BusinessWeek’s Bruce Nussbaum responds in this video (damn thing refused to embed in WordPress!).
I think this answer does help in understanding the differences for the-already-informed, those who at least have bare minimum understanding or awareness about ‘design thinking’ (or similar topics), but it is unlikely [...]
http://blog.onwardresearch.com/2008/12/10/how-is-design-thinking-different/
Here’s one blog post that I’ll probably remember for the rest of my life…
Let’s get to the bottomline first. The bottomline is that — Onward Research + Innovation is now closing operations! Yup, I am winding up the business!!
Why?
I have found an opportunity to do the same kind of work on a larger platform. Professionally, [...]
http://sparksfly.wordpress.com/2008/11/14/the-onward-journey/
Here’s one blog post that I’ll probably remember for the rest of my life…
Let’s get to the bottomline first. The bottomline is that — Onward Research + Innovation is now closing operations! Yup, I am winding up the business!!
Why?
I have found an opportunity to do the same kind of work on a larger platform. Professionally, [...]
http://blog.onwardresearch.com/2008/11/14/the-onward-journey/
Santosh Desai asks an interesting question –
On what basis do we get paid for the work we do? What determines the monetary worth that our toils merit?
Can’t say I quite agree with the answer –
We get paid not for what we do, but for where we are. Salaries are all about location; the closer one [...]
http://blog.onwardresearch.com/2008/11/11/what-do-we-get-paid-for/
Santosh Desai asks an interesting question –
On what basis do we get paid for the work we do? What determines the monetary worth that our toils merit?
Can’t say I quite agree with the answer –
We get paid not for what we do, but for where we are. Salaries are all about location; the closer one [...]
http://sparksfly.wordpress.com/2008/11/11/what-do-we-get-paid-for/
The Airtel Voice SMS ad (below) is now being regularly aired on most Indian TV channels.
I found it surprising that Airtel seems to be targeting this service at the middle or the top layers of the socio-economic pyramid. Given the general perception that those in the ‘Base of the Pyramid‘ are more likely to need [...]
http://sparksfly.wordpress.com/2008/11/06/voice-sms-wrong-audience/
The Airtel Voice SMS ad (below) is now being regularly aired on most Indian TV channels.
I found it surprising that Airtel seems to be targeting this service at the middle or the top layers of the socio-economic pyramid. Given the general perception that those in the ‘Base of the Pyramid‘ are more likely to need [...]
http://blog.onwardresearch.com/2008/11/06/voice-sms-wrong-audience/
The Airtel Voice SMS ad (below) is now being regularly aired on most Indian TV channels.
I found it surprising that Airtel seems to be targeting this service at the middle or the top layers of the socio-economic pyramid. Given the general perception that those in the ‘Base of the Pyramid‘ are more likely to need [...]
http://blog.onwardresearch.com/2008/11/06/voice-sms-wrong-audience/
As mentioned in my previous post, here are more updates on some of the key developments over the last several months…
Two highly accomplished and very interesting people have joined our Advisory team. I’m really honoured & privileged to have them provide us their mentoring and support. Here’s a brief introduction to Soumya and Reuben…
Soumya [...]
http://sparksfly.wordpress.com/2008/09/16/new-additions-to-our-advisory-team/
As mentioned in my previous post, here are more updates on some of the key developments over the last several months…
Two highly accomplished and very interesting people have joined our Advisory team. I’m really honoured & privileged to have them provide us their mentoring and support. Here’s a brief introduction to Soumya and Reuben…
Soumya [...]
http://blog.onwardresearch.com/2008/09/16/new-additions-to-our-advisory-team/
Well, what can I say…the last 4 months have been a blur!
Apart from completing one full year since we officially started Onward (we still haven’t celebrated that yet!), we’ve been neck deep in projects, deadlines, fieldwork, analysis, business development…you name it. Of course, all good problems to have, for a young organization (or, so they [...]
http://sparksfly.wordpress.com/2008/09/11/resurrection-and-some-badly-overdue-updates/
Well, what can I say…the last 4 months have been a blur!
Apart from completing one full year since we officially started Onward (we still haven’t celebrated that yet!), we’ve been neck deep in projects, deadlines, fieldwork, analysis, business development…you name it. Of course, all good problems to have, for a young organization (or, so they [...]
http://blog.onwardresearch.com/2008/09/11/resurrection-and-some-badly-overdue-updates/
They say time flies. True. Before I knew it, it’s already been a year since “The Fly on the Wall” was born.
Here’s some statistics to feel good about (not earth-shattering, but it’s a start)…
Total posts: 110
Comments: 134
Total page views (excluding me): 14,278
Number of spam comments: 882
Most popular posts (in terms of traffic; not [...]
http://blog.onwardresearch.com/2008/04/28/the-fly-on-the-wall-is-a-year-old/
They say time flies. True. Before I knew it, it’s already been a year since “The Fly on the Wall” was born.
Here’s some statistics to feel good about (not earth-shattering, but it’s a start)…
Total posts: 110
Comments: 134
Total page views (excluding me): 14,278
Number of spam comments: 882
Most popular posts (in terms of traffic; not [...]
http://sparksfly.wordpress.com/2008/04/28/the-fly-on-the-wall-is-a-year-old/
Was invited for a talk at MindTree, at their fancy “Global Village” campus in Bangalore, to talk about “Understanding Your Users“.
Heavily loaded topic, of course. I decided to focus on 1 possible way of understanding users — using photo documentation techniques to uncover unmet & unarticulated needs. Walked through some examples of photo documentation based [...]
http://blog.onwardresearch.com/2008/04/26/talk-at-mindtree-understanding-your-users/
Was invited for a talk at MindTree, at their fancy “Global Village” campus in Bangalore, to talk about “Understanding Your Users“.
Heavily loaded topic, of course. I decided to focus on 1 possible way of understanding users — using photo documentation techniques to uncover unmet & unarticulated needs. Walked through some examples of photo documentation based [...]
http://sparksfly.wordpress.com/2008/04/26/talk-at-mindtree-understanding-your-users/
Here’s a fantastic marketing campaign created by my ol’ buddy, Avinash (serial award-winning copywriter at Saatchi & Saatchi, Amsterdam):
http://blog.onwardresearch.com/2008/04/23/nothing-is-everything/
Here’s a fantastic marketing campaign created by my ol’ buddy, Avinash (serial award-winning copywriter at Saatchi & Saatchi, Amsterdam):
http://sparksfly.wordpress.com/2008/04/23/nothing-is-everything/
The Nielsen Company has published this report (via Plugged.in) on the usage patterns of online social networking trends in India. Excerpts:
The Nielsen Company recently conducted a survey in India using its online research panel “Your Voice” on the usage patterns of Social Networking websites and found keeping in touch with people they know to be [...]
http://blog.onwardresearch.com/2008/04/10/facebook-and-pedigree/
And finally, someone’s realized people aren’t really enjoying their relationship with their gadgets (isn’t that what it is, a “relationship”?). Wired is running a ‘contest’ on documenting the worst thing you’ve done to your cellphone/TV/laptop or any other gadget.
These are the moments when you wish that your cellphone — an otherwise helpful gadget — had [...]
http://blog.onwardresearch.com/2008/04/08/gadget-revenge-time/
Nothing new (reinforcing several stereotypes, in fact), but nevertheless, still interesting to look at your own country through a different lens. Not able to find a way to give a direct link to specific posts, so here goes a collection of several posts from Jojo’s blog:
PDAs : a big cultural difference
I’ve been waiting [...]
http://blog.onwardresearch.com/2008/03/28/india-viewed-through-an-american-lens/
HDFC Standard Life Insurance has created a ‘Responsibility Quotient’ application on Facebook, I’m guessing one of (if not the first) time a major Indian business entity is taking to the social networking platform for marketing and brand building.
The ‘application’ is nothing but a contest-quiz, which if you happen to win, your parents get to fly [...]
http://blog.onwardresearch.com/2008/03/25/new-age-marketing/
Sudhir Gota writes a very interesting & thought provoking post, Behind Bangalore’s Growth, A New Species Is Born: Transport Challenged People on The City Fix. An excerpt:
Bangalore’s urban sprawl was aided by the economic boom, during which income levels of certain industries skyrocketed. The rising income combined with long travel times, poor public transportation facilities [...]
http://blog.onwardresearch.com/2008/03/23/transport-challenged-people-in-bangalore/
There’s a bit of a discussion started on Niti’s blog about a “whole new web”. Check out the comments there, and pls read my earlier post about our research preview (if you haven’t previously), for additional context to some of my comments.
http://blog.onwardresearch.com/2008/03/01/discussion-about-a-whole-new-web-and-bop-users/
Ok. This may be a case of too much “analysis-paralysis”, but let me risk it anyways…
On the scarcity & abundance insight at the TiE event that I posted about last…and this is assuming this theory were true (that Indians have traditionally been oriented towards scarcity more than abundance):
Further clarifying that theme, what is also widely [...]
http://blog.onwardresearch.com/2008/02/29/why-does-delhi-have-such-wide-roads/
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