--- title: Flock Talk | Helping teams work better together | Sam Mallikarjunan description: Stories to inspire modern teams and leaders. --- [![Flock](https://blog.flock.com/hubfs/FlockBlog_Logo/Flockblog-v2-inverted.svg) ](https://blog.flock.com/) [![Flock](https://blog.flock.com/hubfs/FlockBlog_Logo/Flockblog-v2.svg) ](https://blog.flock.com/) - Use cases - [Engineering Teams](https://flock.com/usecases/engineering) - [Sales Teams](https://flock.com/usecases/sales) - [Marketing Teams](https://flock.com/usecases/marketing) - [Product Teams](https://flock.com/usecases/product) - [HR Teams](https://flock.com/in/usecases/human-resource/) - [Features](https://flock.com/features) - [Pricing](https://flock.com/pricing/) - CUSTOMERS - [Case Studies](https://flock.com/in/customers/case-studies/) - [Testimonials](https://flock.com/in/customers/testimonials/) - Blogs - - Learning Blog - [Flock Talk](https://blog.flock.com) - Using Flock - [Learn to Flock](https://blog.flock.com/usingflock) - Culture - [The Flock Way](https://blog.flock.com/theflockway) - Flock Leadership - [Bhavin's Blog](https://blog.flock.com/bhavin) - Announcements - [Company Blog](https://blog.flock.com/company) - [Go to Flock >](https://www.flock.com/) × × ## Sam Mallikarjunan ![Sam Mallikarjunan](https://blog.flock.com/hubfs/Sam.jpg) **  How productive is your sales team? [Take our 1-minute quiz!  ](https://pages.flock.com/sales-productivity-calculator)** - [Communication](https://blog.flock.com/tag/communication) - [Leadership](https://blog.flock.com/tag/leadership) - [Productivity](https://blog.flock.com/tag/productivity) - [Business Email](https://blog.flock.com/tag/business-email) - [Collaboration](https://blog.flock.com/tag/collaboration) [![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/8_H9ZzqQUzIIFX1GJsiz2-FF1u3otd2KT_MW2ezwzH09OT54kyOqiLV09sx2Jf_shHpUMKWzzLtiuyUiDuCRzaXoCEsWuVe0kSIi9XHwqqi4bfEYYSi9bBS6iNgNIlbm--AgxUQf) ](https://blog.flock.com/sam-mallikarjunan-leadership-mistakes) ## [The difference between internal disruption and uninspired optionality](https://blog.flock.com/sam-mallikarjunan-leadership-mistakes) [![Sam Mallikarjunan](https://blog.flock.com/hubfs/Sam.jpg) ](https://blog.flock.com/author/sam-mallikarjunan) [ Sam Mallikarjunan ](https://blog.flock.com/author/sam-mallikarjunan) Sam Mallikarjunan [![Sam Mallikarjunan](https://blog.flock.com/hubfs/Sam.jpg) ](https://blog.flock.com/author/sam-mallikarjunan) Oct 22, 2020 And the time that Clay Christensen told me my idea was dumb. [![Long live the listener](https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/2xfCJ98_XB-t7Qv6Vp5XYsryBlqHLopX79vjq2eNZBYP1lUtLjAKMTlfKzsMbIlVCONxBwVBdNtQQZgg4NzC3jruWU_XIWbKsnr4kvZk-hdBls8-gAv_8q8jD9FVEzNZt8X3c5SC) ](https://blog.flock.com/long-live-the-listener) ## [The closer is dead. Long live the listener.](https://blog.flock.com/long-live-the-listener) [![Sam Mallikarjunan](https://blog.flock.com/hubfs/Sam.jpg) ](https://blog.flock.com/author/sam-mallikarjunan) [ Sam Mallikarjunan ](https://blog.flock.com/author/sam-mallikarjunan) Sam Mallikarjunan [![Sam Mallikarjunan](https://blog.flock.com/hubfs/Sam.jpg) ](https://blog.flock.com/author/sam-mallikarjunan) Oct 12, 2020 I have a confession to make. I can only hope that, when I’m done, you’ll remember that people are capable of change and you won’t judge me too harshly. [![Team-building activities don't have to suck](https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/2400/1*zDAz2L-ADOucm7uy6vbJgg.jpeg) ](https://blog.flock.com/team-building-activities-dont-have-to-suck) ## [Team-building activities don’t have to suck](https://blog.flock.com/team-building-activities-dont-have-to-suck) [![Sam Mallikarjunan](https://blog.flock.com/hubfs/Sam.jpg) ](https://blog.flock.com/author/sam-mallikarjunan) [ Sam Mallikarjunan ](https://blog.flock.com/author/sam-mallikarjunan) Sam Mallikarjunan [![Sam Mallikarjunan](https://blog.flock.com/hubfs/Sam.jpg) ](https://blog.flock.com/author/sam-mallikarjunan) Sep 29, 2020 Anyone who has ever been coerced into office team-building activities is familiar with the violent groan that builds from the gut and explodes.. [![](https://blog.flock.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Flock%20blog%20email.png?width=700&name=Flock%20blog%20email.png) ](https://blog.flock.com/killing-email) ## [Is email really the enemy? Why we shouldn’t be killing email](https://blog.flock.com/killing-email) [![Sam Mallikarjunan](https://blog.flock.com/hubfs/Sam.jpg) ](https://blog.flock.com/author/sam-mallikarjunan) [ Sam Mallikarjunan ](https://blog.flock.com/author/sam-mallikarjunan) Sam Mallikarjunan [![Sam Mallikarjunan](https://blog.flock.com/hubfs/Sam.jpg) ](https://blog.flock.com/author/sam-mallikarjunan) Apr 14, 2020 You hear it everywhere these days: [email is dead](https://www.inc.com/john-brandon/its-2018-email-is-already-dead-heres-who-zapped-it-into-extinction.html). But can a ubiquitous technology—one that completely transformed the workplace—really be killed off that.. [![travel map gif for navigating](https://blog.flock.com/hs-fs/hubfs/005.gif?width=700&name=005.gif) ](https://blog.flock.com/why-modern-managers-fail-at-managing) ## [Why modern managers are failing at managing modern teams](https://blog.flock.com/why-modern-managers-fail-at-managing) [![Sam Mallikarjunan](https://blog.flock.com/hubfs/Sam.jpg) ](https://blog.flock.com/author/sam-mallikarjunan) [ Sam Mallikarjunan ](https://blog.flock.com/author/sam-mallikarjunan) Sam Mallikarjunan [![Sam Mallikarjunan](https://blog.flock.com/hubfs/Sam.jpg) ](https://blog.flock.com/author/sam-mallikarjunan) Apr 01, 2020 How does your team communicate? [![team members high fiving](https://blog.flock.com/hs-fs/hubfs/032.jpg?width=700&name=032.jpg) ](https://blog.flock.com/show-your-team-some-love-or-dont-manage-people-at-all) ## [Show your team some love, or don't manage people at all](https://blog.flock.com/show-your-team-some-love-or-dont-manage-people-at-all) [![Sam Mallikarjunan](https://blog.flock.com/hubfs/Sam.jpg) ](https://blog.flock.com/author/sam-mallikarjunan) [ Sam Mallikarjunan ](https://blog.flock.com/author/sam-mallikarjunan) Sam Mallikarjunan [![Sam Mallikarjunan](https://blog.flock.com/hubfs/Sam.jpg) ](https://blog.flock.com/author/sam-mallikarjunan) Feb 13, 2020 ## Successful managers build confident and cohesive teams by making a conscious effort to engage. They do it consistently, too. [![](https://miro.medium.com/max/1440/1*samfTxbTfH_P6lGYZFZJwg.jpeg) ](https://blog.flock.com/advice-for-first-90-days-as-a-cmo) ## [How to Not F*** Up Your First 90 Days as a CMO](https://blog.flock.com/advice-for-first-90-days-as-a-cmo) [![Sam Mallikarjunan](https://blog.flock.com/hubfs/Sam.jpg) ](https://blog.flock.com/author/sam-mallikarjunan) [ Sam Mallikarjunan ](https://blog.flock.com/author/sam-mallikarjunan) Sam Mallikarjunan [![Sam Mallikarjunan](https://blog.flock.com/hubfs/Sam.jpg) ](https://blog.flock.com/author/sam-mallikarjunan) Feb 06, 2020 You’re taking over as Chief Marketing Officer at a company with a mission that excites you and a story you think you can refine and sell to the world... 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