This is the time I was with HTA. Motorola was a new client. And Rahul Verghese (www.runningandliving.com fame) a different kind of client. Dead serious professionally and hugely funny beyond work. Rahul had five simple rules to work when it came to meetings. On time. Rahul lived what he expected from others. I remember him… Read More »
THINK TWICE – Harnessing the power of COUNTERINTITUTION by Michael J. Mauboussin is a sharply focussed book. What makes it interesting is the way it shows you the possible reasons : why you must THINK TWICE?. Then follows it with sharply defined MISTAKES you could be making in reaching your decisions inferences. At the end… Read More »
Tweet Follow @S_kotnala It was my second year in Lintas. It was like any other usual day. I was in my small little cabin on the 8th floor of e Mohandev building. The phone rang and that was the beginning of a small interesting episode. RECEPTIOIST AT DELHI OFFICE : Sanjeev call from PREM MEHTA’s office, shall I patch… Read More »
Continuing with the brand GILLETTE and WILKINSON SWORD blade, I share with you something that I would not recommend to be copied in the era gone by and the era to come. This is a good revenge story. Simplicity is the key to being effective and efficient. This takes me to a time when RANJAN… Read More »
This is somewhere in the early part of 1996. I had moved from HTA to LINTAS Delhi. I was servicing WILKINSON BLADE account at GILLETTE. SAMIR VERMA was my boss and RANJAN my junior. It is tough to imagine the science, technology and the quality test for a simple Rupee one blade. I was fortune… Read More »
Continuing from the last episode I share another episode involving brand HERO HONDA . It was a life and death situation – hilariously funny in its way. With hindsight I can now appreciate the humour in it. SO, WE START AT THE END I was on phone from PALAM AIRPORT sometime in early part of… Read More »
MISSING TAPE CLIENT: You never sent those tapes – a tape is missing I: We sent all of them- I checked with my team CLIENT : Who would you believe- me- your client or your team? I: MY TEAM CLIENT: You are lying I: Don’t say that CLIENT: NO YOU ARE LYING I: Say sorry-… Read More »
Business of advertising is exceptionally chaotic. Here age old relationship’s get destroyed in seconds. A good agency may overnight become untouchable. Many times agency’s self esteem may not allow further association with the brand. The relationship is always under pressure. Sometime it may have crumbled to such an extent that separation is just an excuse… Read More »
I know I will get flak for this one. Remember I am just trying to make sense of some experiences. Most of these have been narrated over drinks. So one cannot vouch for them. In nineties, Rani Jhansi Road, Jhadewalaon was the address of two of the largest media advertising agencies in Delhi. However, if… Read More »
Pitch campaigns are magical. They are expected to be strategically aligned in sync with the brand vision. They are said to be exercise in cautious passion and deep rooted consumer understanding – derived out of some hastily put-together Group discussion and Dipsticks. Unfortunately lot of EGO and DESTINEY rides these campaigns. Shortage of time between… Read More »
