Rishad Tobaccowala's articles

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Visual by Gemini Advanced A colleague and friend recently asked a question: Do we own stuff or does stuff own us? His family was in the midst of a career driven move and a lot of the discussion had to do with stuff. Does one sell or rent or keep a home empty. If one […]
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Successful leaders, teams and companies that endure over the long run seek to find ways to balance, unite and integrate opposing dualities into a harmonic and flexible approach that leverage opposing tendencies without merging or averaging them. Here are three key dualities we should all become masters of managing whether it be personally or for […]
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Earlier this month: “Meta Platforms Inc. tripled its profit and posted sharply higher revenue in the final quarter of 2023, boosted by a rebound in digital advertising as well cost cutting and layoffs in what CEO Mark Zuckerberg called the “year of efficiency.”” Meta increased revenue by over 25 percent from year ago with nearly […]
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The issue everywhere. The one that lingers in the air. After the pretenses are stripped bare. That every manager and business share: Is how does my business remain relevant? Are our business models up to snuff? Do our partners and suppliers have the right stuff? Will the business hold when things get rough? Why is […]
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Strategy is “Future Competitive Advantage”. This definition works both at the level of the firm and at the level of the individual. What will the future look like? How will the marketplace change with evolving customer needs and expectations? Who will the competition be not just now but in the future? Relative to these future […]
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“When the facts change, I change my mind-what do you do sir” attributed to John Maynard Keynes “My aim is not to be consistent with my previous statements on a given question, but to be consistent with truth as it may present itself to me at a given moment. The result has been that I […]
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This holiday season and as the year ends and a new one begins here are gifts we can give others and ourselves that are of high value but cost nothing monetarily. Joy. Appreciation. Kindness. Joy A definition of success is the freedom to spend time in ways that gives one joy. Joy is more than […]
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“Prose: words in their best order; poetry: the best words in the best order.” ―Samuel Taylor Coleridge “As it happens, I am still committed to the idea that the ability to think for one’s self depends upon one’s mastery of the language.” ―Joan Didion Poetry is a form of “accelerated thinking”. Poems combine depth of […]
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Is writing old school? Are books in secular decline in a world of You Tube and Tik-Tok? Is there even a future for writers when AI is rapidly ingesting and constantly improving on all that has been written and can generate not just books from words but also create stunning images and incredible video? Will […]
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To grow one needs to continuously improve.  A key ingredient to improvement is feedback. Feedback however is both difficult to give and receive. In fact the words “feedback”, and “performance review” are being replaced by words such as “feedforward” and “connect sessions” In addition, there is a concern that criticism may be taken as a […]
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Time is the essential asset. Franz Kafka wrote “The meaning of life is that it stops”. How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives wrote Anne Dillard. Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life? asked Mary Oliver Life is a journey […]
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A case can be made that today the most important asset is that of trust. While a Brand seeks attention its goal is to become a trust mark. In a world where many institutions and leaders for a variety of reasons have lost trust, earning and winning back trust is key to be able to […]