Mr. Ravi Ramanathan is an information technology professional with over 23 years of professional experience holding a strong and proven track record; be it marketing, sales, business strategy, operations or software delivery program management.
After reading Ravi’s introduction one would definitely think of him being an arrogant professional. But these thoughts of ours totally turned tables when we saw him as a down to earth great personality.
We at ZCBI had the pleasure of being able to interact with a guest lecturer who taught us the art of presenting yourself with humbleness and humor.
As he entered the room he brought along a breeze of comfort. He gave us unique business insights on “How Re-positioning plays an important role” through the Growth Pangs Case Study.
After introducing us to the way he is going to go ahead with the case, he gave us half an hour to go through the case and present our understanding of the case.
We divided ourselves into groups and started presenting our understanding. He helped all of us in articulating our understanding and ideas in a better way and also showed us the other side of the case which most of us failed to locate. He brought in his own style of mentioning “Gabbar and Sambha of Sholay” while elucidating about brand identity and brand image which we understood at a concept level. After Ravi’s insight and real life experience examples we got on to the detailing of these terms in their true sense.
Ravi sat with all of us and encouraged us to raise questions on other’s ideas as well as our ideas. He ensured we have a healthy discussion and that the session is in the right direction without making it evident.
By introducing us to this case and making us present our ideas he not only got us to understand business concepts but also showed us how important it is to hold the audience attention and say the right words at the right time.
He stressed on the importance of good communication; which is having the ability to deliver your thoughts in a crisp and clear manner as also communicating thoughts that are relevant to the subject your addressing.
Ravi made us realize that "It is the ability of an individual to correctly use the information he has in his hands".
He got out some really interesting facts from his Pandora’s Box and spoke on various topics by giving live examples like the Reliance to MORE stores, BRIC to China by 2020 etc. He also mentioned how INNOVATION has been the major factor in "NANO" becoming a reality.
Ravi also stated that he believes in individuality and hence, every person is unique and as managers we should be willing to give an opportunity to every individual and his ideas.
Mr. Ravi Ramanathan is truly an influencing speaker, effective listener and a person with the ability to bring out the best in a person or an audience.
“He or she who speaks less and sense, shouts louder!” These words will always be with us. We all wish to have Mr. Ramanathan at ZCBI, innumerous number of times to share more of his experience and to help to bring out the best in us.
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