Inner Voice

Well ! i am not a spiritual guru or any where close to attaining nirvana i had an interesting incidence last week which provokes me to write this blog. Last Saturday i was at home relaxing ( i had no plans and it was raining outside), mom was watching her usual spiritual talks on Amrita channel.

Surprisingly i was glued to one of the program which was on Inner Voice by an Industrialist turned spiritual guru. Here are some of the things which he was talking about.

In todays digital world one finds it very difficult to stay alone and being with oneself even for ten minutes.

1. You are alone you play on TV. not any channel in particular but just surfing through channels
2. IF you get bored you plug in your ipod (even in the loo)
3. You get to internet see if people are online if not poke them through facebook or orkut
4. Still bored you take a magazine you purchased last week because you liked the cover page.
5. Still after some time you throw the magazine in a corner and take your mobile and go through the address book.

Imagine all the things we do to avoid boredom (here means sitting alone).

We feel it is a sin sitting alone and doing nothing infact it the other way around. If you are in any of the situation above you infact are lucky few having time for yourself. Its a pity we do not listen to our inner voice. Try doing these simple activities.

Go to a river side and watch the beautiful sunset. see how nature behaves- young birds chirping elder ones coming back to nest. Stop watching that in National geographic . it still happens in your backyard and your neighborhood. Go to a mountain and feel the breeze. if you are not lucky enough go to the terrace of your apartment and enjoy sitting alone and rewind your life. See what all things have you achieved in life and what all are yet to be achieved. You will find that there are a lot of stuff which you can talk to your self.. Sitting in silence and just watching the world (time) passing bye is also a good way of increasing your listening and attention skills.

I realized one thing - Having a lot of friends in your phone book or facebook is not enough. you should befriend yourself.

Funny Queens Language

Queens language? I guess almost all of us must have guessed by now that i am speaking about English language.

At this point i remember of a famous hindi film dialogue " English is a very funny language." Really over the years i have been studying and working in English language I never thought i would be writing a blog on it.

Now since i am working in a Spanish language i am realizing how people use English language and interpret them differently. Till now i though as Indian (specifically south Indian) we spoke either British or US language. Why south Indian ? We have a funny tone and end up rounding and emphasizing each word. My colleague / friend Ivan pointed out that there a third variety which is Indian english. (He was pointed towards me :) ) After pondering i realized hoe true he was.

English is such simple and devoid of rules each person can say the same sentence in different fashion. For me that's the beauty and bridges the gap between two countries. English has a great impact on not only bringing people close to each other but also help us to understand cultural nuisances.

It also opens room for some humour for eg in our Spanish class all hell breaks loose. Our trainer always ends up saying something in English having a different meaning and the whole class burst into laughter. Even our boss Ivan when first came to India me and the team in India couldn't understand more than 50 % of what he was talking (he was speaking english only the pronunciation was different).

Now i can say there is no perfect English (I am open to critics) If the receiver understand what you intend to say then your english is perfect. But what if the message is interpreted differently by different people. What if i am putting the information on website?....hmmmmmm the fight for best English continues?

( I wonder whether Spain was ever invaded by Britisher? then Indian and spanish english would have been same.......strange how history affects the language)

ROI

I am working as a Product Manager in a Spain based e-Learning company. I am about to have my first sponsored event for promotion of our product, but i am bothered about few things.

• How do i make sure my participants are not bored and make them genuinely interested in my concepts?

I have been reading many of the blog post of many CIOs and understand that most of the sponsored events ends up as time wasting, irritation power point presentation a.k.a business school presentation. Definitely one of the methods is don't talk about product but present use cases and interactive session to discuss on the domain where my product stands. Well i hope this works.

• What is ROI?
  

Tell me about it. How does any company arrive at this magical figure in a tangible way at the beginning of implementation is what I am confused? Doesn't any one care about employee training, acceptability and change management effort? I wish i could have a simple empirical formula. Alas ! I know it is not possible because every individual business is dynamic and ROI is something which you arrive after some time of implementation - say one or two years down the line.


Well Product selling and vendor management is still a challenging and satisfying work. A success case increases the morale of product companies and a good partnership always helps Clients in achieving their goals.

Bridging the Gap between and vendors and buyers is a continuing, evolving and exciting process.