Articles

April 12, 2016

Boundary spanning and silo busting

12th April 2016, BUSINESS STANDARD

In the previous column, I described a successful collaboration between academia and industry; I emphasized the need for managers skilled in boundary because they are invaluable.
March 27, 2016

Under-delivery kills private goods as well as public services

27th March 2016, ECONOMIC TIMES

General expectations from public services is low. Hence poor service delivery can pass muster by meeting the low expectations.
March 4, 2016

A case study of government-industry innovation

4th March 2016, BUSINESS STANDARD

After my February Innocolumn, I received two comments: first, could I write from my personal knowledge about an example of synergy between academia-industry? Second, what exactly is a ‘boundary-spanning manager’? I hope to address the first question in this article and the second one in my April article.
February 23, 2016

Start Up Bharat

23th Feb 2016, ECONOMIC TIMES

(Disruptive biological and information technologies offer a never-before opportunity for transformation of Bharat). A cognoscenti used a cricket metaphor for the Indian economy. Of the 22 players, a handful get all the attention, while other players wait patiently for their magic moment.
February 19, 2016

Positive energy for industry-academia innovation

19th February 2016, BUSINESS STANDARD

Email: rgopal@themindworks.me Website: www.themindworks.me Alongside the Make in India show at Mumbai, it has been reported that the 25,000 bronze cladding parts for the 182 metre memorial statue of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel are being fabricated at the foundry of Jiangxi Toqine Metal Handicrafts Company, Nanchang, China.
January 14, 2016

Farm vision statement

14th January 2016, INDIAN EXPRESS

We need a national framework to address agricultural problems. The government must decide that it must do brilliantly with regard to farming. India lacks a focused managerial framework to usher in the transformation that agriculture requires.
January 8, 2016

Swachh Bharat : big potential for start-ups

8th January 2016, BUSINESS STANDARD

India has 8 ‘unicorns’, which are start-ups where fund-raising has established a company valuation of $1 billion. Indian entrepreneurs always seek innovative ideas. The most banal human activity offers an opportunity.
December 10, 2015

Shed apathy, embrace innovation

10th December 2015, BUSINESS STANDARD

Huge gains can be made by giving agriculture disproportionate priority, even more than GST India has more than 140 million farm holdings, of which 20 million account for 80 per cent of the area.
November 13, 2015

Intelligent Farming

13th November 2015, BUSINESS STANDARD

Farming and agriculture are crying out for business model innovation. India is not short of good farmers, funds, schemes or experts and, in a sense, has too much of these valuable resources; the country needs a unified framework to execute actions in a coordinated manner.