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October 8, 2021
(*The writer is a best-selling author and corporate advisor. He was Director of Tata Sons […]
January 15, 2026
By R Gopalakrishnan* *The writer is an author. His latest book, JAMSETJI Tata—powerful learnings for […]
May 30, 2020
Think of past crises which delivered dramatic opportunities for India: for example, Quit India (1942), Green Revolution (1964) and Liberalization (1991). Crises excavatesociety’s hidden energy. Even the current crisis shows signs of our society doing ‘impossible’things.
May 1, 2020
26th March 2020 BUSINESS STANDARD
Unleash passion, purposeful culture and positivity. They constitute people power, which is the best immunization for the company.March 27, 2020
26th March 2020 BUSINESS STANDARD
In an earlier Innocolumn, I wrote about the case of an unknown, but highly successful start-up called Galaxy Surfactants—a start-up nurtured by ex-HUL stalwarts.March 18, 2020
13th March BUSINESS STANDARD
Competence without humanity and humility can be dangerous in a company CEO, or, for that matter, in any leader. My article in BS may interest you.December 24, 2019
18th December 2019
In this last column of 2019, I explore the reality that public scrutiny is tough but valuable. A CEO in a listed company bears this as an additional responsibility compared to an unlisted company CEO.November 27, 2019
27th November 2019 BUSINESS STANDARD
Like persistent bacteria which linger in the gut, debates about facilitating business linger in the alimentary canal of the economy. Last week, I participated in two different panel discussions, one in Mumbai and another in Bangalore.October 31, 2019
30th October 2019 BUSINESS STANDARD
In a previous column (BS, 25th Sep), I had described a progressive and happy society as one where enterprise, education and eudaemonia (=well-being) co-exist.