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December 3, 2020

9 of 14 – Story about how an employee reacted to corruption in government

R. Gopalakrishnan, Executive Director, Tata Sons Ltd, Mumbai, and Author, ‘When the Penny Drops’ (Penguin), […]
December 3, 2020

8 of 14 – Observations about corruption

R. Gopalakrishnan, Executive Director, Tata Sons Ltd, Mumbai, and Author, ‘When the Penny Drops’ (Penguin), […]
November 9, 2020

7 of 14 – Status of Indian industry in 1991 was like the proverbial bachelor

R. Gopalakrishnan, Executive Director, Tata Sons Ltd, Mumbai, and Author, ‘When the Penny Drops’ (Penguin), […]
November 9, 2020

6 of 14 – Public services are not keeping pace with India’s GDP growth

R. Gopalakrishnan, Executive Director, Tata Sons Ltd, Mumbai, and Author, ‘When the Penny Drops’ (Penguin), […]
November 9, 2020

5 of 14 – You need to learn from people like yourself

R. Gopalakrishnan, Executive Director, Tata Sons Ltd, Mumbai, and Author, ‘When the Penny Drops’ (Penguin), […]
November 9, 2020

4 of 14 – Case study vs first-person account in corporate management context

R. Gopalakrishnan, Executive Director, Tata Sons Ltd, Mumbai, and Author, ‘When the Penny Drops’ (Penguin), […]
November 9, 2020

3 of 14 Managers as storytellers vs developers of teachable points of view

R. Gopalakrishnan, Executive Director, Tata Sons Ltd, Mumbai, and Author, ‘When the Penny Drops’ (Penguin), […]
November 9, 2020

2 of 14 – Elementary truths are so few and are known to us

R. Gopalakrishnan, Executive Director, Tata Sons Ltd, Mumbai, and Author, ‘When the Penny Drops’ (Penguin), […]
November 9, 2020

1 of 14 – Journey of trying to know myself

R. Gopalakrishnan, Executive Director, Tata Sons Ltd, Mumbai, and Author, ‘When the Penny Drops’ (Penguin), […]

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