Chat bots are booming! You go to any consumer website and you will be greeted by a chat box pop up asking you if they can help you with something, like a virtual embodiment of the salesperson in showrooms who lurks behind you. Every app/website is adopting chat bots, some …
My first experience of a hybrid workplace was a decade ago when I travelled overseas at the client location. There were few critical business people in the team who had to relocate to a different location due to personal emergency. Instead of letting go of the employees, the organization offered …
In the year 2013, I was sent on deputation to the Munich based head-office of the Indian subsidiary that I was working for at the time. There is always a sense of pride and intimidation associated with such an experience. As I alighted at the Metro station, all my excitement …
A crisis like Covid-19 often provokes unforeseen reformations. Before the pandemic, rarely would any firm agree to the majority of its employees working from home. But the unimaginable has now become routine in an unanticipated short duration. As office spaces remain empty or half-filled and home workstations bustle with video …
LSD Shares the Spirit of #EachForEqual in the Women’s Week The Literary Symposium Desk (LSD) kicked off its by celebrating International Women’s Week in conjunction with Women Leadership Society of IIMA. Following the theme of International Women’s Day 2020, a Tiny Tale Contest was organised on the theme of …
Getting Ready for Work-from-Home Internships with LSD With majority of the internships shifting to work-from-home format in the “strange and unprecedented times” created by the Coronavirus crisis, the Literary Symposium Desk (LSD) saw an opportunity in adversity. Recognizing that presentations, a key determinant for the pre-placement offers (PPOs) for students, …
Apple’s new strategy seems clear: raise prices on each product sold. The new iPad Pro and MacBook Air came with price hikes of $150 and $200 respectively. However, the ‘sticker shock’ phenomenon is not new for Apple consumers. They feel it with every launch. The high-end iPhone XS starts at …
Evolution of Marketing Marketing is the act of informing a prospective consumer about the availability/features of something he is looking for and is ready to own by paying a price. With the passage of time and due to increasing competition, Marketing Strategy has evolved from customers who are actually buying …
There is no doubt that Trump is one of the most non-mainstream Presidents to have ever set foot in the White House. His decisions have been subject to a plethora of adjectives, right from bold and daring, to illogical and downright crazy. He has also recently gone on a firing …
Welcome to 2050! World Population: 9 billion Spot Need: Farmers need to grow more food than they have done in the past 10,000 years, in fact, 70% more food. Climate change has impacted the agricultural cycles across the globe. Situation Alert: People are moving out of agriculture and the world …
