Friday, July 16, 2010

A Little Tweak










A little tweak

Most of the hotels have almost similar room and bathroom plans. Interior might differ from hotel to hotel but the basic layout of rooms is almost same. Normally from hotel to hotel, the change is very insignificant to get noticed.


Recently, when I check-in at Hotel , I found a welcome change. The closet was not next to the entrance. When I moved around, there were some other changes in the room which immediately gave signal to my minds, indicating- "It’s different".


Even in bathroom, the bathing area was not at the conventional place. There was lot of pleasing change my eyes observed.


Does it cost too much to challenge the conventional?

Maybe yes, maybe not, but when question is about differentiation, how do you differentiate your product like a hotel room with other hotels? While service is very important factor, tweaking our mind to initiate inexpensive changes that can bring differentiation to your product can actually create reasons for your customers to choose your products over your competitors.

After a late night meeting, I woke up little late the next morning. I called up reception with a request to get my check ready, when I indicated that I am coming in two minutes, the immediate response was - “Sir, I am sending the bell boy in one minute” and she was correct, by the time I actually put the phone down, the doorbell rang!

How much actually it cost to give a little tweak to your thinking? And does it cost heaven to give an extra service where it actually matters?

Monday, April 20, 2009

Think beyond conventional

Airwick redifined the concept of Bus stand. Think beyond boundries.
Location - Lajpat Nagar, New Delhi
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Solutions are Around Us


Every challenge come with a solution, just look around for it.....
Milk man in rural area use river water to keep milk cool in summer.
How Smart!!
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Saturday, April 18, 2009

Monday, April 13, 2009

Early Morning Lesson


The Smart Way

Today I came very early in office, around 7:00 AM. The whole office was empty, just couple of housekeeping boys were busy in their daily duties of clearing dustbins, sweeping, changing flower arrangement……unaware of my presence, two office boys started talking.

First office boy said, “No matter how much I clean, supervisor always find fault in my work”.
The other one very intelligently shared his secret, "The best way is, you ensure to keep the chair and desk items at right place, even if there is any fault, it won’t be visible prominently”.

There is a wonderful management lesson in this early morning episode.
Would you like to decode the message?

Saturday, April 11, 2009

What an Idea!

Keshav Mishra from Bihar has found his own way to live in Delhi. He use this specially designed Sugarcane Juice Machine to commute from his home to his business place every day. His car runs on diesel and is powered by the same engine which runs his Sugarcane Juice Machine.
What an Idea!