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Missed being at Cannes Lions? Don’t fret, take a look
MUMBAI: At the 61st edition of Cannes Lions a lot has happened that one would want to a keep a note of.
Think of any big name from the media, marketing, advertising industry and they were there, sharing their experiences and views on the industry. Keeping those who couldn’t attend the festival of creativity, the organisers promotes its major happenings real time across Twitter, Facebook and YouTube.
From session highlights to picture updates; ad men, agency networks, other attendees were all out on social posting.
Indiantelevision.com lists down 20 thought provoking tweets and tidbits to bring home the flavour of Cannes Lions 2014…
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“Marketing was about making a myth and telling it. Now it’s telling a truth and sharing it” — Marc Mathieu @Unilever #CannesLions
“You achieve more from failure than you do from success.” –@JaredLeto at #CannesLions #OgilvyCannes MT @ThamKhaiMeng
We are all born creative. We just got it educated out of us. –@ThamKhaiMeng #OgilvyCannes #CannesLions
Selling ideas is a hard job… Avoid those who make it more complex. They often nitpick without real solutions. #CannesLions #OgilvyCannes
Use creativity to solve a problem you’ve never seen. That’s what drives the world. @neiltyson #canneslions #ogilvycannes
Successful people lose more than they win… Find insight after losing. Find faults after winning. #CannesLions #OgilvyCannes
Your first job is the second part of your education. #CannesLions #OgilvyCannes
“The best thing about the fall of BlackBerry and the rise of Apple is the win of creativity,” – @kanyewest @PulseofCulture #CannesLions
“If people are saying you’re wrong, that’s a good sign that you’re probably a genius” – @SteveStoute @PulseofCulture #CannesLions
Global advertising doesn’t work. It glides past people, isn’t part of their culture, doesn’t touch them-John Hegarty @bbhlondon #CannesLions
‘You cannot market an artist like a yogurt, but you can definitely market a yogurt like an artist’ Olivier Robert-Murphy @UMG #CannesLions
‘Bad advertising online is shit. Bad advertising on mobile is just offensive’ – @ddroga #CannesLions
Weber Shandwick US @WeberShandwick
“If you’ve got nothing to say, the technology doesn’t matter” #profaneandpolitical #wscannes2014
The biggest risk is not to take a risk. Be brave. #ipgCannes2014 #HHCannes #CannesLions @WeberShandwick #unapologetic
“Risk is the mother of #innovation” says Tim Webber @Framestore @Cannes_Lions #CannesLions
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Beacon Group appoints Dr Rajesh Patel as Group CEO
36-year healthcare veteran to lead Beacon Diagnostics, Vector Biotek, Biogeny.
MUMBAI: A new chief, a fresh diagnosis and a sharper prescription for growth. Beacon Group has appointed Dr Rajesh Patel as its Group Chief Executive Officer, effective April 1, 2026, signalling a decisive push to scale its presence in the diagnostics and IVD space. Patel steps into the role with 36 years of experience across the healthcare and diagnostics industry, bringing a career shaped by leadership roles spanning sales, marketing, business development and operational strategy. His mandate is both expansive and precise: to steer the group’s overall strategic direction while tightening coordination across its three core entities Beacon Diagnostics, Vector Biotek and Biogeny Diagnostics.
In practical terms, that means driving cross-company synergies, accelerating market expansion and strengthening organisational capability areas increasingly critical as diagnostic players compete for scale in a fragmented yet rapidly evolving healthcare ecosystem. The group is positioning itself to capture unmet demand across chain laboratories, key accounts and standalone labs, segments that remain underserved despite growing diagnostic needs.
The appointment comes at a time when the In Vitro Diagnostics (IVD) sector in India is entering a more competitive and innovation-led phase, with companies focusing not just on product pipelines but also on service delivery, integration and customer-centric models. Beacon’s leadership appears to be betting that Patel’s execution-focused approach can help translate ambition into operational momentum.
Welcoming the appointment, Chairman Dr D K Joshi described Patel’s induction as a strategic move aligned with the group’s long-term vision, emphasising the role of leadership depth in navigating the next phase of growth.
For Beacon Group, the message is clear, in a sector where precision matters, leadership is the new differentiator—and this appointment is intended to set the tone for what comes next.
