A version of this presentation was delivered in a talk at ProductCamp Austin August 2015 and won the best speaker prize.

1. Prabhakar Gopalan
META SKILLS
INFLUENCE
ORGANIZATIONAL
Build
HOW TO

2. Knowledge Work is
inter-disciplinary
requires both breadth & depth,
in a wide range of subjects

3. To succeed at work
you need both Maker Skills and
Meta Skills

4. Influence
is the hardest Meta Skill
to acquire and practice

5. are caught in this vortex
competing organizational priorities.
You

6. How do you drive
organizational alignment?

7. Here are some
standard techniques
available to you…

8. Bribes
Flattery
Beer
Gifts
Authority
Email from Boss
Screaming Executive
Open Threats
Software
MBOs
JIRA, Trello
Slack

9. These will all inevitably
eventually fall short
of what you want.

10. And let’s not
forget books
like these…

11. I applied many of the
Book techniques…

12. But when I went
to that important
meeting was always
different and
unexpected
reality

13. So I threw all the
frameworks, books, and
processes out
and relied on improvisation

14. And started looking
inward

15. 3 things
worked for me and
could work for you too.
(Ah yes, the irony of coming up with another list!)

16. We can’t really
influence
anyone but ourselves!

17. On
influencing Self

18. We need to latch on to a
higher Purpose

19. On Servant
Leadership

20. better
version of ourselves
We need to chase a

21. On
Leadership &
Self-Deception

22. Thank You!
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