Articles

March 1, 2010

EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT: a leadership priority

1st March 2010, ECONOMIC TIMES

No country in the world has willfully adopted democracy ahead of capitalism and constitutional liberalism. This contrarian act is akin to traveling up on the ‘down’ escalator! India’s journey does appear confusing, but the direction is surely upwards.
February 1, 2010

PULSES, POTATOES, PYAAZ AND POLITICS

1st February 2010, ECONOMIC TIMES

The issue of rising food prices is not a mere supply-demand imbalance. It is a symptom of a longer-term problem, which requires serious reforms in expenditure and agriculture.
January 4, 2010

Corporate leadership: beyond the obvious

4th January 2010, ECONOMIC TIMES

As a new decade dawns, the twists and turns, the rhythm and swing of the 2000s continue to reverberate. India has had, by most accounts,
October 1, 2009

TATA Dare to Try

1st October 2009, ECONOMIC TIMES

The first SLV-3 experimental launch took place in August 1979. After a dream take-off, unfortunately the satellite tumbled into the Bay of Bengal.
September 14, 2009

INDIA NEEDS MORE DAALS, NOT DALS

14th September 2009, ECONOMIC TIMES

Food availability and prices are central to politics. As India gets more political dals, it is sobering to realize that what India needs are more daals.
January 29, 2009

UNILEVER: a simple and consistent purpose

29th January 2009, ECONOMIC TIMES

(The road maker is the best anonymous servant of humanity. He drives great broad thoroughfares from town to town and for generations men travel over the road, with all their hopes and fears, with all their cares and joys, never once asking who it was that made their way easier for them......Lord Leverhulme).
December 26, 2008

Execution is as important as vision

26th December 2008, ECONOMIC TIMES

In these days, when management graduates vie with each other to do ‘visioning’ jobs such as strategy rather than dirty their hands with ‘executional’ responsibilities such as operations, a page from history offers an exceptional lesson
October 29, 2008

LIVE ONE DAY WITHOUT USING CHEMICALS

29th October 2008, ECONOMIC TIMES

While reflecting about the column on careers and business life, I asked myself what purpose could be served by such an effort. A simple idea, supported by a simple story, could be a positive format for learning and reflection and practising managers could find that useful.
August 7, 2008

PERSISTENT, INNOVATIVE AND HAPPY INDIA

7th August 2008, ECONOMIC TIMES

While reflecting about the column on careers and business life, I asked myself what purpose could be served by such an effort. A simple idea, supported by a simple story, could be a positive format for learning and reflection and practising managers could find that useful.