Stories

Experience • Markets • Culture • Deals • Mistakes

Stories

Business teaches through stories. They carry context, timing, incentives, people, emotion and nuance — the parts that frameworks often miss.

Why stories matter

Frameworks organise thinking. Stories preserve reality.

Some stories are about successful deals. Some are about difficult clients. Some are about missed opportunities. Some are about cultural nuance. Some are about transformation programs that looked good on paper but struggled in execution.

In business, the real lesson is often not in the final outcome. It is in how people behaved along the way.

China

What Living in China Taught Me About Scale

Speed, infrastructure, execution and the way scale changes business imagination.

Deals

The Deal That Taught Me Enterprise Sales Is Not Selling

Large deals move through trust, timing, risk, procurement, sponsors and internal politics.

Markets

What I Learned from Working Across India, China and Hong Kong

Frameworks travel, but assumptions do not.

Mistakes

A Mistake That Changed How I Prepare for CXO Meetings

Preparation is not about more slides. It is about sharper context.

Culture

The Moment I Realised Culture Is a Business Variable

Culture affects trust, hierarchy, speed, negotiation and how risk is understood.

Story format

The structure I use.

01

What was the situation?

02

What did I assume?

03

What actually happened?

04

What did I learn?

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How did it change my thinking?