by Vikram Kharvi | Oct 25, 2020 | Communications, Management, Marketing
India celebrates Dussehra today, an occasion that marks the battle of good over evil. Spread across 10 days, it signifies the birth of Durga with the blessings of the gods, as collective energy, to fight the demons. Goddess Durga is believed to be the combination of...
by Vikram Kharvi | Oct 21, 2020 | Communications, Management
Of the many polls I keep doing on my LinkedIn, one of them inquired about the future of physical offices amongst consultancies. The poll was created exclusively for corporate communications professionals to respond. The question was, will it matter to them if their...
by Vikram Kharvi | Oct 17, 2020 | Communications
Storytelling as is old as the civilization. Even in the age of digital, stories continue to appeal to people of all age groups as they did to our ancestors. We all have experienced that when we pitch a research-driven narrative to the media, generally the buy-in has...
by Vikram Kharvi | Oct 16, 2020 | Communications, Startups
Having started a startup practice at India’s largest public relations firm, way back in 2013, I was fortunate to work with many brilliant startups. They are very different from our regular clients and have a completely different outlook on how things work and how they...
by Vikram Kharvi | Oct 15, 2020 | Communications
“Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy” – Isaac Newton “Diplomacy is the art of letting somebody else have your way” – David Frost Visualize this: Your colleague delivered a new business pitch presentation to an important prospect....
by Vikram Kharvi | Oct 14, 2020 | Communications
It is pretty normal for consultancy side practitioners to be in a situation where you are trying to explain your side of the story to the client but either they do not want to listen or are pressurized from their end and are unable to work with you even if they want...
