Being Marica

A Women in a world where only the Heart mattered – a recollection by a women, who knew a women, who chose to never stop believing in people and in the essence of the Human Spirit Every year Siobhan watched the seasons flow from one into the next. An unmarried thirty something urbanite, she was deeply removed from what the world regarded as “normal”. She walked slowly in her fast paced world and while her thoughts raced faster than many others. By public vocation, she was an attractive women with olive skin that felt soft to the touch and a shape that naturally seduced. Her full lips were beautifully closed as when she spoke, she whipped with smart cheeky retorts. Short of no male attention, she resorted daily to her peaceful and neatly placed home finding rest in her crisp white Egyptian cotton sheets. She would have preferred her king size bed to be shared with an absolute equal and endearing partner who kept her in his arms…forever.  Her fancies deemed simple, ...

I've hit the ground speeding, leaving cool flames for footprints, as any entrepreneur with an expansion plan would! Between engagement demands, business processes, meaningful seconds of calm, great eye cream and life sometimes sorely happening to me, resides an apparent "chaotic magic". A driving force that consumes, and as someone recently labelled - "a driven, brilliant & beautiful beast unlike any other met". I'm still processing it. The last few weeks with strategic partners has been exhilarating in that, even in apparent moments of sweating blood, there's seemingly no real hunger to going back to well paid, executive roles - unless ofcourse it's Ashish or Elon who have me on speed dial and payroll. This is the unspoken given, and just yesterday roared out loud between us stakeholders and associated entrepreneurs alike. The cause and our belief is far greater than any temporary challenge. But back to business. A meeting with a retail...

He's cool and it shows. He's the initial disruptor and that's just how it goes. Word from Denmark was  "go get em" ..so I did. And I will not stop here. I have not even started. One day my mind caught up to where my soul always was. And I have Love to thank.

THE BUSINESS OF INNOVATION, CREATIVITY & INSPIRATION We’re certainly living in interesting times! The apparent discovery of water on Mars, with its now even higher potential of occupancy. AI, robots and the fear of robotics serving and dominating humanity. Consumer behavior “schizophrenia” demanding brand collaborations with unusual associations. Super smart technologies with its clear byproduct being the lack of human privacy - on earth and just for now! New brand dispositions, new organizational narratives, new value chain principles and between all that, SO MUCH to overwhelm anyone. Sigh! Literally, new needs are being designed by humans for humans.  And so this list of newness that goes on, and on and on, can be said to take way from the “honesty” of life in its truest and simplest sense. It’s like a donut that was “just a donut”, before transformed into a centerpiece on top of a decadent drink- topped with toppings. Comm’on, you know those new age deca...

I guess most people who know me would know that I don't wear a timepiece. This is even while having spent a significant part of my life with a master horologist (eyeroll). I just never took pleasure from a device on my wrist. In saying this, I am embarrassingly punctual. Being late is something i work very hard to not be. Being made to wait, unless really valid,  is like being stuck in a nightmare for me.  As someone once rightfully said, 'being on time is late.' This is why I will never get the idea of 'African time' being acceptable. To those unfamiliar with the phrase, it's where arriving much later than agreed to is socially acceptable- for some. However 'time', as referred to in this piece, is more in context of the importance in how we use it. Not for a moment am I dismissing the importance of noting the hours in the day .. even if it's sourced from impressive wrist bling. I'm more getting stuck into how hours are spent. For me I...

I find a moment to share, in short, recent learning's from discussions with various business leaders, CMO's, innovators, creative's, professionals and experts. New media's are undeniably fundamental tools.  Recently, through own business engagements, it's pretty clear that there is one need in common for brands, organisations and as direct mandate to marketers -  the need for meaningful, longstanding and "real" connection with audiences. Awesome creative activities and brand alignments, simply put, are not enough. I believe that this has always been the mandate, however more so now than ever and the result of limited budgets, re-ordered business focus, more new media options, smarter competitors and short-lived consumer attention spans. Sitting across a business unit head of one of the world's largest FMCG company's, which spends millions of dollars on marketing activities and campaign's, there's a clear mandate from him - for  brand...

So I'm pretty certain that all the truths about the brain and mind - it's workings,  biology, psychology, psychiatry and any other facet I may have missed - is undeniably true! I relate to EQ, IQ and LQ- the latter being a recent public verb from Alibaba's Jack Mau. I recently picked up on a chirp on DQ which presumably pertains to Digital...then there's SQ ( "S" can be for anything you want...I will keep it strictly to Social!). This being said, I am of the opinion that any mind, with grooming and fertility to want to learn, can and will acquire what's needed to achieve. A human spirit "open" is a spirit that can never be shut off or down..or not for too long anyway! We are pretty much anything we choose to be. Ofcourse exposure, opportunity, wisdom, insights from enough f-up's, people taking a "chance" on you, support and all else plays a major role in how far you can go...or rather how fast. Ultimately, you walk that pa...