Corporate Mantra: Presi's Tips

The Indian government's Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has recently banned 25 steaming platforms accused of distributing obscene and vulgar content. While this digital crackdown is praiseworthy and was indeed necessary, there are a few points that are worth discussing: 1. Most of these platforms have been operating for more than 5 years and during the COVID pandemic lockdown period, these online apps flourished big time. So the question is, why did it take more than 5 years for the I&B Ministry to wake up and take a stand on this? 2. Somewhere I read that these platforms have been accused of streaming 'soft porn' content. Who is being tried to fool here? Sources confirm that quite a few of those 25 online apps show hardcore pornographic content, which certainly can't be labelled as 'soft porn'. 3. A lot of news channels and social rights organizations have been vociferous since the time this news has been revealed. One common point flagged by all o...

Like I keep harping on in my blogs, a lot of mantras for success in the corporate space can be derived from real examples in the sporting arena. I personally follow cricket very closely, and have seen that the close, hard-fought matches often leave a lot of learnings that can be replicated in life in general, and most definitely in the professional workspace. If we look at the Lord's classic that was played between India and England in the 3rd test of the ongoing series, there are at least 3 key takeaways: 1. Don't miss out on opportunities that come your way (referring to KL Rahul's dropped catch of Jamie Smith): In any business, opportunities for new avenues for revenue generation often arrive suddenly, but you must be alert and prompt to grab the opportunity with both hands. 2. Avoid blunders that can undo the good work done (referring to Rishabh Pant's run out): Historical data shows that apart from economic downward spiral, the second most important reason for proj...

Be it in day-to-day life or in our professional space, we often look for shortcuts to get our work done faster. In the corporate parlance, we call this smart work! This is fine as long as the tactics used are within the allowed rules or norms. However, there has been a growing practice of people resorting to unethical means to get a job done, which is unacceptable. Less are those kind of people who are willing to do the hard work of conducting thorough research, study about their upcoming project or prospective client in detail, or inspect a deliverable or report minutely. Instead, there are frequent reports of corporate employees using unethical means like plagiarism, lifting content from sources that are not available on the web without providing due credit, using a colleague or junior employee's report/study/story without his/her knowledge, misusing or revealing sensitive information about the company they work for, and so on. There are also instances of employees' poaching ...