In a survey of 16,000 employees conducted in 2009, if a leader was seen as having a very strong focus on results, they only had a 14% chance of being seen as a great leader. If they had strong social skills, they were seen as a great leader even less frequently —a paltry 12% of the time. However, for leaders with both strong social skills and a results-focus, their likelihood of being seen as a great leader skyrocketed to 72%.
Source: “Should leaders focus on results, or on people?” Matthew Lieberman, Dec 27, 2013, Harvard Business Review
IGNITE TALKS
Sometimes you need to kindle the spirit of innovation and urge your organization to think differently. Our Ignite Talks are designed to ignite courage and the innovative spirit.
THE 80/80 RULE FOR REDEFINING INNOVATION
Being 80% confident that you will only be 80% right the first time should feel normal.
Based on the best-selling book Redefining Innovation: Embracing the 80:80 Rule to Ignite Growth in the Bio-pharmaceutical Industry, this keynote explains why “not taking chances is not an option” for the healthcare and life sciences industry.
I relate my personal experiences with setting up business units across the world’s largest bio-pharmaceutical companies and share anecdotes from other industry leaders to explain why – in the coming era – being 80% confident that you will only be 80% right the first time should feel normal.
@theKansalClunker: Lessons in Life, Work, and Leadership
The future of healthcare
Modern healthcare business models remain highly fragmented, and as out of pocket costs continue to rise, patient dissatisfaction levels remain high. Tech giants from Alibaba and Tencent in China to Amazon, Google, and Apple in the US are viewing this as an opportunity to enter healthcare and disrupt the prevailing value proposition.
At the same time, advances in digital technologies (IOMT, Big Data/AI, Robotics, Nanotechnologies) and biological sciences (Genomics, Regenerative Medicine, Nanomedicine) are shaping the possibility of a different healthcare future. One where – like autonomous cars regulated by edge computing – each of us could become an autonomous health system regulated by bio-digital technologies such as Smart [integrated] Medicine.
In such a scenario, current business models would disappear.
The question is, how do you prepare?
DISCOVERY JOURNEYS WITH RUCHIN
We offer immersive discovery journeys to help you find the leader in you.
We combine these journeys with facilitated working sessions to rethink your business questions and develop creative solutions.
We bring together western business methodology and eastern philosophy to create immersive experiences that help you refresh, re-energize, and reengage in your work with a fresh outlook.
We partner with leading experts in mindfulness, physical fitness, and other disciplines to create unique, transformative discovery journeys. Experiences that go beyond meetings in large hotels and fancy dinners that none of us want to attend.
“I am a traveler at heart. Growing up, I took multiple trips with my family, crisscrossing India, and hiking, trekking, and camping in the Himalayas. The journey continued with my move to the USA, which is now home, followed by yearly trips for immersive travel to over 30 countries.
The peace, tranquil, and awe-inspiring vastness of the Indian Himalayas, the Swiss Alps, the Canadian Rockies and the Argentinean Andes; the culinary delights of Mexico, Morocco, and Turkey; historic cultures of Peru, Italy, Greece, and China; the efficiency of Japan, Germany and Dubai; the hospitality of Kenya and Nepal; all have unconsciously shaped my being and my view of the world.
I have learned how to plan to minimize risk, be comfortable with uncertainty, benefit from different perspectives, and find creative solutions to problems.”
– Ruchin Kansal
LAUNCHING A TRANSFORMATION JOURNEY
You are a new leader looking to get to know the team, build trust, and launch a major transformation effort. Where do you start?
Can the history of Egypt, Greece or India teach anything about how to launch a successful organizational transformation? Was it the vision, the people, or the disruptive forces that defined the rise and fall of empires?
Imagine an immersive journey that challenges you and your team to learn about transformation in a context different than your organization, increase self-awareness and creativity, and develop into a mutually trusting, high-performing unit. A journey where you all look at your current situation from outside-in and develop guiding principles to improve the chances of your organization’s transformation program.
We work with you to frame the situation, define objectives, and develop a bespoke transformation journey. A journey to prepare you to become the transformative team that you can be.
“Research shows that 70-85% transformation efforts do not yield tangible results because leaders fail to account for the transformation in consciousness required to create and sustain high performance.”
Source: Mastering Leadership. Anderson, Robert J., and Adams, William A.
LAUNCHING A GROWTH JOURNEY
After immense success in the local market, you are ready to expand into new markets. But where do you start?
We offer week-long immersion journeys in your market of interest. The goal of these journeys is to create awareness and the mindset you need to succeed.
We start with an upfront, local planning session to understand your goals. We then curate the journey to the desired destination that includes customer visits, site visits, cultural immersion, and facilitated sessions to increase awareness and develop hypotheses. Lastly, upon return, we conduct a session to capture learnings, understand implications and develop a plan of action.