·Work, Careers & Personal Mastery
The Art of Public Speaking
Insights from the book ‘Say It Well’ by Terry Szuplat, Barack Obama’s speechwriter
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D Shivakumar
Operating Partner | Advent International
The Gist
D Shivakumar distills the essence of books you want to read
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·Business & Strategy
The Power of Like
Insights from Martin Reeves and Bob Goodson’s new book, ‘Like’
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D Shivakumar
Operating Partner | Advent International
·Leadership & Organisation
Character is about who we choose to be
Insights from General Stanley McChrystal’s new book ‘On Character: Choices That Define a Life’. The book is in Shivakumar’s list of best books of summer 2025
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D Shivakumar
Operating Partner | Advent International
·Economy, Policy & Society
The global trends to watch in 2025
Insights from The Economist’s report ‘The World Ahead 2025’
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D Shivakumar
Operating Partner | Advent International
·Economy, Policy & Society
The new business theme: Love the product, hate the producer
Insights from economist John Kay’s new book ‘The Corporation in the 21st Century’
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D Shivakumar
Operating Partner | Advent International
·Technology & the Future
The Age of Information
Insights from Yuval Noah Harari’s book ‘Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI’
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D Shivakumar
Operating Partner | Advent International
·Work, Careers & Personal Mastery
How to reinvent your career
Insights from Herminia Ibarra’s book, ‘working Identity’
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D Shivakumar
Operating Partner | Advent International
·Work, Careers & Personal Mastery
The principles of excellence
Insights from sportswriter Sally Jenkins’ book ‘The Right Call: What Sports Teach Us About Work and Life’
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D Shivakumar
Operating Partner | Advent International
·Work, Careers & Personal Mastery
Why being process-driven trumps being results-oriented
Insights on high-performance, distilled from Dr Dana Sinclair’s latest book
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D Shivakumar
Operating Partner | Advent International
·Entrepreneurship, Startups & Innovation
The risk taker
What makes Elon Musk tick? Insights from the biography by Walter Isaacson
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D Shivakumar
Operating Partner | Advent International