“Blaming others for your current situation in life is ordinary; Holding yourself accountable for being the architect of your own life is eXtraOrdinary.”- Naveen Lakkur In an innovation journey, The easy way in most situations when the desired outcomes aren’t as per our expectations, is to blame others. In reality it brings no much benefit…

“Acquiring knowledge is ordinary; Applying knowledge multiple times, in multiple ways, is eXtraOrdinary” – Naveen Lakkur Mohamed Farooq came from a family which was deep rooted in farming and had a well established business of supplying bananas in the market. His elder brothers had joined the family business and helped it grow while Farooq was…

“Spending time on social networks is ordinary; Creating positive social impact is eXtraOrdinary.” – Naveen Lakkur ‘Prerna’ means ‘Inspiration’ – ‘a Little Extra’ story of Prerna Wadikar Prerna Wadikar’s committed effort in studying engineering in Information Technology got her a responsible position as Distribution Manager at Schneider Electric, a leading company in the Digital Transformation of…

“Being successful is ordinary; Being happy and making others happy is eXtraOrdinary.”- Naveen Lakkur IS PRASAD born in the year 1957, native of Denkanikota, studied in Government High School, started with a very humble background and also with financial constraints to pursue higher education. He expresses his gratitude towards Vasavi Trust for providing free hostel…

“If you want to start anything, it’s ordinary; If you can lead in the line that you started, that’s eXtraOrdinary.”- Naveen Lakkur Story of Jeffrey Preston Bezos Jeffrey Preston Bezos (/ˈbeɪzoʊs/ BAY-zohss;[2]) was born on January 12, 1964 in Albuquerque and raised in Houston and later in Miami. Bezos’s maternal grandfather was Lawrence Preston Gise,…

“Playing the nodes is ordinary; Playing to be harmonious is extraordinary.” – Naveen Lakkur Understanding the purpose; Having a holistic thinking and Sustainability factored in.  Are the 3 little extras for playing to be harmonious. In an innovation journey, there may not be any prescribed nodes to play. You will have to create one. And these Little…

“Having a true friend is ordinary; Being a true friend is eXtraOrdinary” – Naveen Lakkur Story of Manjula Battaluri Everyone wishes to have true friends in life and spend a lot of time with them. So was in the case of Manjula Battaluri when she was studying at VS Dental College in Bangalore. She became…

“Desire without direction is ordinary; Desire with direction is eXtraOrdinary.”- Naveen Lakkur Muralidharan Krishnamurthy while growing up in India had a desire to become an engineer, he set himself up to study in one of the top colleges. He worked hard, studied electronic & communications engineering and graduated from National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirapalli, one among…

“Building knowledge is ordinary; Building character is eXtraOrdinary.”- Naveen Lakkur One needs to build knowledge as a foundation for a strong structure to be showcased. The showcase will be of great stature if ‘character’ becomes a Little Extra to the knowledge and Dr.Krishna Ella is a wonderful showcase of it. Krishna Ella built his knowledge…