Crossing the Mid-Career Chasm
This is Part 1 in a four part seriesAshish is 40 and a talented apparel designer. He has many interests, including cars, good food and music. He enjoys his job but, like many 40-year-old professionals,...
View ArticleBreaking the Shackles of Success
This is the second article in a four part seriesAt this time a friend gave me a copy of Joseph Campbell's book " The Hero with a Thousand Faces" and it seemed to speak to me. It turns out that in every...
View ArticleFear of Being a Nobody
This is the third article in a four-part series. Read Part 1 and Part 2 here.Having worked hard for nearly 25 years, I had learned to take work for granted and it was only some months after stepping...
View ArticleDealing with the demons of conditioned habits
This is the fourth article in a five-part series. Read Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3 of this series here.In his remarkable book, Man's Search for Meaning, Viktor Frankl points out that search for meaning...
View ArticleHow the darkest thoughts are the strongest clues for our personal growth
This is the fifth and last article in a five-part series. Read Part 1, Part 2 , Part 3 and Part 4 of this series here.When we stop learning, we start dying. One of the good things about "work" is that...
View ArticleA Visa For Transformation
First published by Harvard Business Review http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2013/05/a_visa_for_transformation.htmlJust as America's visa rules enabled the rapid growth of India's information-technology...
View ArticleWhy it’s so hard to be a business leader in India
First published on http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/on-leadership/wp/2013/06/17/why-its-so-hard-to-be-a-business-leader-in-india/India may be one of the toughest markets in the world for a global...
View ArticleFour pre-requisites for successful innovation
First published in http://businesstoday.intoday.in/story/four-pre-requisites-for-successful-innovation/1/195858.htmlInnovation is a broad term. Innovation can be incremental - the next BMW with more...
View ArticleHow to deal with corruption in India (and any other emerging market)
First published on http://qz.com/103455/quartz-daily-brief-bank-earnings-microsoft-restructuring-cola-flavored-wine/#101566/how-to-deal-with-corruption-in-india-and-any-other-emerging-market/One of the...
View ArticleWhat Apple Can Learn From McDonald’s in India
First published on http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-07-03/what-apple-can-learn-from-mcdonalds-in-indiaWhen it comes to India, most multinational companies, including well-managed corporations...
View ArticleCollision Course - The U.S. and India are headed for a trade war over...
First published on http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2013/07/25/collision_course_india_us_immigration_protectionism?page=0,1&wp_login_redirect=0India and the United States have come a long way...
View ArticleIndia’s Wealthy Must Open Their Gates and Fight Chaos
First published on 3 October 2013 at http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-10-02/india-s-wealthy-must-open-their-gates-and-fight-chaos.htmlLately India has been in the news for all the wrong reasons. Its...
View ArticleIndia’s IT companies have become complacent: Ravi Venkatesan
First published on 7th October at http://www.livemint.com/Companies/7itrAEtPLyKri3RQ7uATVI/Fantastic-growth-fat-margins-have-made-many-firms-quite-com.html Ravi Venkatesan, an independent board member...
View ArticleWhy India isn’t ready to be a major power yet
Occasionally an incident inadvertently throws light on a whole society; the Devyani Khobragade affair has this flare-like quality. Without in anyway diminishing the awful ham-handed way in which the...
View ArticleKhobragade affair: Commerce holds the key to reviving Indo-US relations
First published on 3 January 2014 http://www.firstpost.com/world/khobragade-affair-commerce-holds-the-key-to-reviving-indo-us-relations-1320727.html?utm_source=ref_articleIndia and the United States...
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What Satya Nadella's appointment as Microsoft CEO teaches us
First published on 11 February 2014: http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2014-02-11/news/47235827_1_microsoft-ceo-satya-nadella-firmsWhen we Indians are starved of things to feel proud about,...
View ArticleWinning the real race with China
First published on 23 Feb 2014 in Times of India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/stoi/all-that-matters/Winning-the-real-race-with-China/articleshow/30880471.cms China is one of the two defining...
View ArticleSo, you want to create an advisory board?
First published on 17 Feb 2014 on Live Mint, http://www.livemint.com/Opinion/dPt4E1HGyTo6SNnvtPBLAM/So-you-want-to-create-an-advisory-board.html Faced with increasing headwinds, many multinational...
View ArticleQuestions to consider before joining a public board
First published on 18 Feb 2014, http://www.livemint.com/Opinion/nqQSxc2oXnfEEJ2xq7pTGN/Questions-to-consider%20-before-joining-a-public-board.html The winds of change that are blowing through Indian...
View ArticleHow to be a productive and impactful board member
First published on 19 Feb 2014, http://www.livemint.com/Opinion/ZX41HiKnzYt7aPNGyZcG1N/How-to-be-a-productiv%20e-and-impactful-board-member.html Being a member of even a really good board can...
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