All stories by Sandeep Goyal
Can Dravid Better Shastri?
Rediff.com22 Nov 2021The tough part about coaching is that you have to trouble the comfortable, and comfort the troubled, observes Sandeep Goyal.
Aryan Episode Won't Affect Brand SRK
Rediff.com17 Nov 2021SRK's persona and brand power has been built over nearly 30 years of public acclaim and love. Brands perhaps believe that his troubles are transitory and that as a human brand he has long legs capable of striding over controversies, explains ad guru Sandeep Goyal.
So Which Bond Do You Like Best?
Rediff.com7 Nov 2021What is the magic in the make-up of 007 that keeps us coming back again and again?asks Sandeep Goyal.
The Future Of Work
Rediff.com5 Oct 2021Workers of tomorrow will have to figure out how to help themselves transition to different career pathways, predicts Sandeep Goyal.
You Don't Win Silver. You Lose Gold
Rediff.com20 Aug 2021In business too, losing finalists really get nowhere, get nothing. It is purely 'winner takes all', observes Sandeep Goyal, managing director, Rediffusion.
Is WFH leading to Social Loafing?
Rediff.com6 Aug 2021A vast majority of employees do just the bare minimum that ensures they escape censure or reprimand, such that they are seen to be doing their bit, without coming in the cross-hairs of the HR team for under-performance, observes Sandeep Goyal, managing director, Rediffusion.
Pogonotrophy & the Joy of being 'Beardiful'
Rediff.com21 Jul 2021Will the beard continue to be in vogue once WFH wraps up? asks Sandeep Goyal.
Where did Juhi Chawla go wrong?
Rediff.com23 Jun 2021Where Ms Chawla seems to have erred is that she has not been able to build the desired credibility required to champion the cause she took to court.
Of dubious products & cautionary warnings
Rediff.com30 Apr 2021Are "dubious" new categories and "shady" new brands, financed and funded by avaricious investors trying to change the contours of the Indian marketplace forever, asks Sandeep Goyal?
Are hashtags really political ads?
Rediff.com10 Apr 2021The Election Commission has done its homework pretty well on political hashtags, observes ad guru Sandeep Goyal.
Beware Zohnerism!
Rediff.com3 Mar 2021Zohnerism drives our daily consumption of news and shaping our understanding of most issues, warns Sandeep Goyal.
Diljit Dosanjh: Sardar with Swag
Rediff.com25 Dec 2020For Dosanjh to stand by his faith, retain the turban and beard, and yet not trivialise himself in the roles he has essayed, is really his biggest achievement, observes Sandeep Goyal.
When Maradona beat D&G 113,000-0
Rediff.com12 Dec 2020It is a very different victory of Maradona that fascinates me even more, notes ad guru Sandeep Goyal.
Good to see Bikhchandani, Banga on the rich list
Rediff.com16 Oct 2020'To all the MBAs that burn the candle at both ends, travel half-a-million miles every year, and spend little or no quality time with their families, the rise to riches of Mr Bikhchandani and Mr Banga, should be true inspiration,' notes Sandeep Goyal.
What your Zoom background says about you
Rediff.com21 Sep 2020Is there no 'normal' background? Sure there is.
The Rise and Rise of the Attention Economy
Rediff.com5 Sep 2020'The attention economy is making it economically valuable for us to spread our attention thin', observes ad guru Sandeep Goyal.
Brand Dhoni in 2025: Boom or bust?
Rediff.com1 Sep 2020Will retirement bedim the sparkle of Captain Cool, asks ad guru Sandeep Goyal?
What I thought of Indian Matchmaking
Rediff.com20 Aug 2020'On the face of it, it is a WYSIWYG -- What You See Is What You Get -- reality series, but actually it is a show that perpetuates societal biases, stokes typecasts and stays sadly superficial,' notes ad guru Sandeep Goyal.
Happy and happening: Seenagers rock!
Rediff.com7 Aug 2020They have everything they wanted as a teenager - only they seem to have got it all 50 years later, says ad guru Sandeep Goyal.
How Nestle got Japan to drink Coffee
Rediff.com18 Jul 2020Japan today imports 500,000 tons of coffee annually. Barely 60 years earlier, it was a market that hardly sold a cup! Ad guru Sandeep Goyal reveals how Nestle won the Coffee versus Tea Battle.