Articles

August 8, 2013

Supporting creative failures

8th August 2013, BUSINESS STANDARD

What are the barriers for an organisation that wants to promote a culture of experimentation? Last month’s InnoColumn (Spurring associative thinking, July 12) referred to the challenge of nudging organisations to encourage experimentation,

July 11, 2013

Spurring associative thinking

11th July 2013, BUSINESS STANDARD

Innovation can thrive only in a climate that encourages risk-taking In the previous InnoColumn (It's all in the mindsets, June 14), the idea of a growth mindset was explored.

June 13, 2013

It’s all in the mindsets

13th June 2013, BUSINESS STANDARD

Being growth-oriented is better than being fixated on avoiding failure InnoColumn will explore practices of real innovators in a practical rather than in an academic mode.

January 3, 2013

Public opinion and the law: a long standing tension

Published on 3rd January 2013, BUSINESS STANDARD

“Character is not homogeneous, like a quart of milk. It is sectional, like a grapefruit. Everyone has good sections and bad. One person may be strongly loyal to the boss

February 20, 2012

Retail Brics

Published on 20th February 2012, BUSINESS STANDARD

The Indian retail boom awaits business model innovations Foreign direct investment into the Indian retail sector is controversial,

September 12, 2011

Boardroom Mantras for Aspiring CEOs

Published on 12th September 2011, BUSINESS STANDARD

I have worked for twenty four years on company boards in many roles: as an executive and as a non-executive director, in India and overseas, as independent and non-independent director, and in international as well as in Indian companies.

February 7, 2011

Speaking up is Costly, but so also is not Speaking up

Published on 7th February 2011, ECONOMIC TIMES

In public and corporate life, there are huge costs of not speaking up or of not listening to those who speak up: the Sathyam scam and the BP oil spill disaster are both telling examples.

December 6, 2010

INNOVATION NEEDS MORE BITZUA AND CHUTZPAH

6th December 2010, ECONOMIC TIMES

Bitzua, chutzpah, rosh gadol and other Hebrew expressions come alive in an eminently readable and inspiring book called Start-Up Nation:

November 1, 2010

COMPANY MUST ADD VALUE TO SUBSIDIARIES THROUGH EXPLICIT ‘PARENTING’

1st November 2010, ECONOMIC TIMES

The word ‘parenting’ conjures visions of nurturing and inspiring; it does not connote involvement with and intrusion into any and everything that the child does.