Celebrating 5th anniversary of Innovista Consulting!

1. Miles to go, before I sleep
An exclusive interview with Dr. Sekhar Basak, Managing Director,
Innovista Consulting, New Delhi
How much does 5th Anniversary of Innovista Consulting mean to
you?
People remember and celebrate their wedding
anniversaries (especially after they’ve forgotten
once!). We understand that these milestones are an
important way to reflect on where we’ve been and
reaffirm our commitment for the future
agree that those things are worth sharing and
celebrating. So as a business why shouldn't we
celebrate anniversaries?
I consider corporate anniversaries as
communicate with your audience
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me is a passion, my love for the industry that has given
these years that I wonder how I would repay in one life
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An exclusive interview with Dr. Sekhar Basak, Managing Director,
Innovista Consulting, New Delhi. Webpage: www.innovistaconsulting.com
5th Anniversary of Innovista Consulting mean to
People remember and celebrate their wedding
(especially after they’ve forgotten
once!). We understand that these milestones are an
important way to reflect on where we’ve been and
reaffirm our commitment for the future – and we all
those things are worth sharing and
So as a business why shouldn't we
celebrate anniversaries?
corporate anniversaries as a wonderful opportunity to
communicate with your audience – clients, prospects, employees,
and a perfect time to share your success story.
love for the industry that has given me so much in all
these years that I wonder how I would repay in one lifetime
when I had set up the company 5 years ago
of positive energy, an intense fire in the belly
ultry community best from the lot! At Innovista, a
actions are guided by our business philosophy of excellence combined with
exclusivity and uniqueness in all our product offers and services to the
animal nutrition industry. I take this opportunity to thank one and all
in bringing up this budding organization
f the fastest growing domestic companies in the animal nutr
s to go, before I sleep
An exclusive interview with Dr. Sekhar Basak, Managing Director,
Webpage: www.innovistaconsulting.com
5th Anniversary of Innovista Consulting mean to
a wonderful opportunity to
clients, prospects, employees, vendors
story. Innovista for
me so much in all
time! The recipe for
5 years ago was all
fire in the belly and the zeal to
At Innovista, all our
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exclusivity and uniqueness in all our product offers and services to the
ke this opportunity to thank one and all who
organization making us today
companies in the animal nutrition space!

2. How important do you think it is to Celebrate Success in
organizations?
Each night before my children go to bed I ask them what their success of the
day is. The idea came from a story I read about the Olympic gymnast, Bart
Connor. Turns out 9 months before the 1984 Olympics he tore his bicep
muscle. They said he would never make it back in time to compete in the
Olympics. But not only did he make it back, he won two gold medals.
When Charlie Jones, the television broadcaster, was interviewing him, he
asked Bart how he did it. Bart thanked his parents. Charlie Jones said,
“Come on Bart, everyone thanks their parents when they win a gold medal."
Bart told Charlie that this was different. He said, “Every night before bed my
parents would ask me what my success was. So I went to bed a success
every night of my life. I woke up every morning a success. When I was
injured before the Olympics, I knew I was going to make it back because I
was a success every day of my life.” Talk about a confidence booster.
Since engaging in this practice with my children I can attest it works. I also
know it works because I share this story in my keynotes and hear great
stories from people all the time who are doing this with their children.
I also know it works for people in businesses, schools, and organizations
because when we focus on what people are doing right, they do more things
right. It’s the simple, powerful message in the classic book The One Minute
Manager and it’s an important part of the work I do with my organization.
Teams and organizations that focus on and celebrate success create more
success. Success becomes ingrained in the culture and people naturally look
for it, focus on it and expect it. That’s why certain cricket coaches and
business leaders are always successful. They implement systems and
principles that create a culture that celebrates and expects success and this
drives behavior and habits that create successful outcomes.

3. Give your ideas of putting success into practice in business
organizations?
The ideas are endless but here are few: If you are in sales have a sales
meeting each week, in person or on phone and share success stories. If you
are in management recognize people and their success throughout the year.
Not just during annual meetings. Celebrate the small wins as much as the
big wins. Celebrate successful projects and implementations. As a leader
you’ll want to praise people and reinforce successes that shine a spotlight on
important goals and growth initiatives. For your own personal growth, keep
a daily and weekly success journal. Write down your success of the day. Do
this for 30 days and you’ll see amazing results. What we focus on shows up
more in our life. If we look for and celebrate success we’ll see more of it. It
works for Olympic athletes, children and us.
Can you talk of a "Positive Success Formula" for the Poultry Industry
that has witnessed more recessional challenges than many other
sectors?
“You have more control and influence than you think you do.” These were
the words of an economist as he talked about the economy, the realty
market and what he described as an inevitable recession.
He reminded his audience that a lot of people make a lot of money during
recessions. He stressed that these are the times when successful companies
and successful people gain market share. He shouted when he told the
group to look for buying opportunities over the next three years because
there will be many.
In essence he was saying not to let the economy dictate your situation and
success. Rather change your belief system and focus on opportunities
instead of challenges.
Reminds me of the Positive Success Formula I read about in The Energy Bus.
E + P = O

4. We can’t control the events (E) in our life. We can’t control the socio-
economic factors of a nation. We can’t control the regulatory environment in
the country. We can’t control the actions of other competitors. But we can
control our positive energy and our positive actions (P) to these events and
challenges and in turn this will determine the outcome (O).
We have more control than we think we do. Our positive energy, our belief
system, our attitude, our actions have a huge impact on the life we live and
the success we enjoy.
You can listen to negative thought-builders and believe that success is
impossible or you can change your belief and know that with God and an
optimistic attitude all things are possible. Instead of focusing on what they
say you can’t do, focus on what you can do. Instead of riding on the
complain train choose to get on "The Energy Bus" and create more success
and enjoy the ride.
I’m not saying it will be easy. We will certainly be tested on our journey. I’m
an optimist but also a realist. These are challenging times. We may lose
business. We may experience financial difficulties. We may not sell our
produce/chickens as quickly as we want to or not at lucrative prices. We
may have to start a new business or venture. We may have set backs. But if
we apply the Positive Success Formula to our life I guarantee we will have a
big say and influence in the outcomes.
Instead of letting the world create us we will have a significant role in
creating our world!
How do you see Innovista Consulting growing in the coming 5 years?
Today I see my entrepreneurial career quite interesting and motivating. I
can see many challenges lying ahead of me, which I am eager to experience.
With the upcoming changes in the regulatory environment in India in the
coming days, we are gearing up to build up our products and service
portfolio to suit the new-age industry. We want to be reckoned as a well
managed professional company with high standards of functional and quality
attributes. We aspire to cross boundaries and expand into newer markets.
For our medium and long term goals we aspire to be a part of the transition
of the animal nutrition industry globally. We aim to be top of the mind
brand in the markets that we operate.