Cola: Simpler and Sexier

“Fall is all about new looks and new energy, making this a great opportunity to give the Diet Coke can design a refreshing uplift that celebrates the season. This new concept will only be around for a short time.” - William White, group brand director for Diet Coke and Coke Zero, Coca-Cola North America.

 Cola the King in soft drinks turns 125 this year and that just means one thing – a superabundance of limited edition designs. And the icing on the cake is that most of these awesomesses will be born at Turner Duckworth‘s San Francisco studio. This one though is about the original’s slimmer cousin – Diet Coke. Introduced in 1982 Diet Coke became the first ever extension of the Coke name. This new limited edition design is slated for release in September across the US and just looks great.

Turner Duckworth have retained the very familiar bare aluminum finish with oversized red and black letters dominating the surface. The new design super-magnifies a segment of the existing typography where the “D” of Diet rests atop the “k” of Coke. This is in keeping with the overall design philosophy at Coca – Cola over the last few years. Simple and beautiful, clear and impactful. This is a daring move and for the first time we find the ‘Diet-Coke’ brand mark being tucked into a design element rather than a dedicated feature – and we love it.

It’s a slightly arrogant statement as well – Diet Coke is undoubtedly the world’s biggest selling diet cola in the  world – you don’t have worry about being recognized

Hero MotoCorp

Enter Hero MotoCorp. The new identity – created by Wolff Olins was launched on the 9th of August in London (cannot understand why) at the O2 center with dealers, employees and other stakeholders in a all out gala event – true Indian style. The extravaganza included the launch of two new products along with the launch of the all new identity

Munjals buying Honda out,Hero and Honda parted ways in early 2011 after a 25 year JV;  As part of the agreement the Hero Group was allowed to continue using the ‘Hero Honda’ brand and mark for another 3 years but, clearly the Munjal led Hero Group has wasted no time.

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To be honest – he mark is not remarkable in any way. But this is probably a client issue and not Wolff Olins’ fault. They seem to have taken forward the ‘H’ in a more abstract form. The colors have been retained and I’m not convinced that this is a good thing. Admittedly the previous mark had red and black as the primary colors but it’s not clear that there was much equity to retain. The mark was previously bastardized on a weekly basis by shabby Indian Ad agencies and a significant jump would have made the group’s intentions clearer. The typography seems very, very, very weak. an uppercase ‘H’ with lowercase ‘ero’ at the same height just make it look like a joke or something that was written by a cutesy kid just learning to write – why not just turn the ‘e’ around.
But what is really great – is the name. Hero MotoCorp gives it this right out of Detroit, RoboCop feel. Which was critical. ‘Hero’ without ‘Honda’ raised fears of technological prowess or the lack of it. ‘MotoCorp’ will help cross-off those early doubters – instilling confidence but, at the end of the day it’s really upto Hero to ensure the brand does not promise more than it can deliver.
At the end of the day though, it is almost unfair to judge any automotive brand in 2D. The exciting part will be the bug that goes on the fuel tanks. More fun to come?

Leadership Training & Team Building Training

Leadership Training & Team Building Training set in the outbound format, are very popular programs. Our training for leadership through our Outbound Training Program creatively uses nature as a backdrop to provide.

In the Outbound Training conducted by MMM Training Solutions, we use the invaluable concepts of action and experiential learning – one’s experiences serving as a learning tool – and aim at consistently helping trainees gain immediate and powerful insight into their own and their team’s work styles and behavior. This is a determinant to the success of Corporate Leadership Training.

One of the most unique aspects of outbound training is that trainees are immediately able to see the consequences of wrong actions and can see the tangible difference that can be made by a change in thinking and behavior. Our trained facilitators enthusiastically help them to extrapolate the learning from these outdoor activities to their workplace.

In  outbound programs, participants are made to go through various outdoor activities where they will be required to face challenging situations as individuals and teams. This will help them see the importance of communication, leadership, teamwork, planning and delegation.

Many consider outbound training as one of the best platforms for personality development, confidence building and team building. Through the testimonials we have received from participants over the years, there is no doubt that the outbound training that we conduct is effective and should be an element of an organization’s Corporate Training Program.

A list of programs that organizations usually work well using the ‘Outbound’ methodology is given below:Sales Training
Leadership Development
Building the Team
Motivation
Problem Solving

Business leadership is critical as organizations depend upon capable leadership to guide them through unprecedented changes. Hence, organizations are paying more emphasis to leadership development and reaching out for Executive Coaching and Soft Skills Training for the top leadership.

However, there is ample evidence in the news and in recent leadership articles that even some of the best and most venerable organizations are failing to adapt to change, implement their strategic plans successfully or prepare for a more uncertain future. We believe the turmoil we are currently observing has something to do with ineffective leadership competencies, and that if we don’t change our current approach to leadership development, we will see even more of the same.

As well-known companies disappear or are taken over (think of Lucent, Chrysler, Lehman Brothers, Northern Rock, Merrill Lynch) and new forces like the economies of China and India rise, surveys of business leadership show that they believe the one factor that will determine their fate is the quality of their leadership talent. Yet many top executives bemoan the lack of leadership bench strength in their companies and wonder what will happen once the baby-boomer generation of leaders finally steps aside.

Can we count on the next generation of leaders to step up once they are in position? Or are we seeing evidence of a talent gap that cannot be closed and will result in even greater numbers of high-profile failures?
Knowing the best way to develop your people and grow organizational leadership begins with clarifying your business strategy and asking, what should leadership look like to get us there? Then, you create a leadership development strategy with specific recommendations for developing current and future leaders, as well as the collective capabilities of the organization's leadership.

Leadership Competencies:

Independent studies undertaken by the leading consulting and business houses in the year 2010 has revealed the following top leadership qualities and skills that they look for in their leadership team going forward:
Inspiring commitment
Being a quick learner
Respecting individual differences
Being culturally adaptive
Compassion and sensitivity
Self Awareness
Participative management
Change Management
Resourcefulness
Strategic Management
Leading People
Motivator

Skill Gap:
A parallel study of leadership development has also revealed 5 major flaws that cause once successful managers to derail while moving towards senior leadership positions:
Difficulty meeting business objectives
Problems with interpersonal relationships
Difficulty building & leading teams
Inability to adapt & change shifting mindsets
Lack of Cross Functionality

Recommended Workshops under "Delivering Value":

Self Efficacy - Shifting Mindsets
Decision Making & Problem Solving
Feedback Coaching & Mentoring - Performance Dialogues
Creativity & Problem Solving
Critical thinking
Business Leadership
Recommended Workshops under "Business Leadership"
Effective & Assertive Communication
Planning & organizing - Time Management
Adaptive Leadership for effective change management
Appreciative Inquiry
People Leadership
Recommended Workshops under "People Leadership"
Managing & Building Teams
Efficient Functioning of Teams - Outbound Training
Effective Delegation
Emotional Intelligence for Effective Leadership
Situational Leadership
Interpersonal Skills & Participative management for Emerging Leaders
Conflict Resolution

Book :Unorganised Sector in India

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Traning for Life Skills :The new Experimental learning OBT

Out Bound training

Learning, Un-learning and Re-learning is part of ones ‘life. One has to acquire skills through experience only. Experiential learning is considered the best form of learning. The lessons adapted are deeply rooted and form the spring board for experimental learning. The objective of Outbound training, as a process for experiential learning, is the ability of the facilitators to debrief and bring out the learnings from seemingly unrelated activities, outdoor games and adventure sports.

Some of activities:

Parasailing, Rappelling, Fox jumping, Mountain biking, construction of burma/monkey bridges, Microlite flying etc. These combined with outdoor games is an exciting way of driving home the key aspects of team working, trust building, communication, managing change and overcoming fear.

 The OBT has been used effectively to drive home the organizational values such as integrity, mutual respect, fairness, customer satisfaction, quality and made the participants live and experience the values. We can customize the programs to the levels of the participants in terms of age, gender, experience, fitness and needs of the organization.

IIT Madras: Nature at its best

Indian Institute of Technology Madras, is one among the foremost institutes of national importance in higher technological education, basic and applied research. In 1956, the German Government offered technical assistance for establishing an institute of higher education in engineering in India. The first Indo-German agreement in Bonn, West Germany for the establishment of the Indian Institute of Technology at Madras was signed in 1959.

IIT Madras Known for its Intellectual Capital. with Vibarant Campus attracting the Talent all over the world .

It is the Most beautiful Campus with natural life at its best. Blak buks, Butterflys,Birds,Monkeys in thier full swing aroud the Campus..