The move from COO to CEO is often dangerously seen as a mere change in designation
Leading a team is difficult. Leading in a crisis is exponentially more so
We act as if comfort and luxury were life’s chief needs, when all that we need for happiness is something to be enthusiastic about. — Charles Kingsley (adapted)
Luxury is the social and cultural distance between objects and people
Luxury marketers have been unable to truly relate to the new rich Indians
Spend disproportionate time identifying and understanding your customer. Don’t get sidetracked by extraneous factors
You cannot teach a man anything; you can only help him to discover it in himself. -Galileo Galilei (1564-1642)
The search for a transformational leader involves a calculated leap of faith
The process of finding a successor has to keep pace with the heightened challenges
“Each word has an echo. So does each silence.” — Jean-Paul Sartre
Long-held notions about journalistic principles are now being questioned
The media needs to take responsibility for its choice of content, slant and tone
Media is a method of communication in a society through which it talks about itself to itself
“My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge...” — Hosea 4:6
With rights, we have lost sensibility. With laws, we have forgotten to be alert