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Virtuoso
In this podcast, Kiran Karnik talks about the kind of innovation India needs to leapfrog. He says Make in India is a dated idea. Instead, the focus ought to be on Think in India. The final in a three-part series
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American psychologist Dacher Keltner says, those who gain power are the ones who work for the good of others. But paradoxically, power can lead to selfishness—and loss of power
Psychometrics, when used to create awareness and insights about a person’s orientations, is valuable for their development. However, when it is used for assessment it can make selection unreliable
The Gist
Dynamic times call for dynamic leadership. Here are some insights from the book ‘The Hard Thing About Hard Things’ by Ben Horowitz, co-founder of venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz
The Gist
Discipline and maverick ideas—both are necessary for dealing with rapid change and coming out ahead, say John Kotter and Holger Rathgeber in their book ‘That’s Not How We Do It Here’
Recalling 2.5 million handsets is the best decision a leader can make argues an outlier. Consensus and evidence says it is the worst
Your leadership calls, and how you interpret opportunities and threats, are influenced by your lenses, which are unique and personal to you
Independence Day Special
The author of ‘Half Lion’ highlights some little known facets of former Prime Minister PV Narasimha Rao’s life, and leadership lessons from how a man without much of a mandate brought in profound transformations
Independence Day Special
In this extract from his book, ‘Half Lion: How P.V. Narasimha Rao Transformed India', Vinay Sitapati talks about the attributes that enabled Rao to manage the politics of reforms. His ability to assess the situation and play mouse, lion or fox—as need be—was Rao’s paramount political skill
Independence Day Special
When the political mastermind of Indian economic reforms died, the apocryphal hand of the party he was part of, deserted him. Only a few were there. Those who knew what he really accomplished, like Dr. Manmohan Singh
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