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March 24, 2021
Life’s complex issues have an origin in something simple—the swirling waters of human emotion and feelings. Whether it is to do with family relationships or national Farm Acts, the Gangotri appears to be similar. If the players do a root cause analysis, they will find solutions also in those swirling waters: an admission of error, an apology, some give and take and so on. Here is an allegorical story to illustrate.
February 26, 2021
Corporate governance depends on checks and balances among four institutions--Board, Management, Stakeholders and Regulators—just as political governance depends on the four estates of Legislature,
January 27, 2021
Corporate governance depends on checks and balances among four institutions--Board, Management, Stakeholders and Regulators—just as political governance depends on the four estates of Legislature,
December 20, 2020
Directors on boards have two distinct roles: a ‘map’ role and a ‘compass’ role. The former is the traditional role. It is about overseeing the short-term with a horizon of a few years.
December 9, 2020
In four articles so far about ‘Shaping Institutions’, we outlined Bhavan’s SPJIMR research findings on the mind-set, behaviour and actions that institutional shapers adopt.
October 20, 2020
Wisdom is born out of controlling lower ground thinking by the discipline of higher ground thinking—the word discipline is noteworthy.
October 15, 2020
On 10th August and 9th September respectively in New Indian Express, we covered what business institutions are and a first practice in institution building: people power. We now describe the second practice of institution building called ‘critical thinking’.
September 21, 2020
Before you think that Shashi Tharoor has been language-tutoring me, let me explain that a myrmidon is an unquestioning and subservient lackey of a powerful leader. Myrmidons are around everywhere and become the leader’s Achilles heel. Achilles’s body became invulnerable, excluding his foot, and hence the expression, Achilles Heel to signify an inherent weakness.
September 19, 2020
Competitiveness and spite are endemic in the world, particularly in business. In 2017, Angelina Jolie directed a brilliant film, Unbroken, which is streaming on Netflix. American Louis Zamperini, an Olympic athlete and Second World War participant, suffered severe torture by the Japanese, upon his capture.