Monday, December 29, 2008

Surviving disruptive change

Make no mistake at all about the present times: we are experiencing change on a scale that we haven’t imagined. At best we’ve encountered incremental change earlier. Nothing has prepared us for the kind of fundamental change of game (not just the rules) that has suddenly overtaken us More

Monday, December 22, 2008

Lessons from Karna's dilemma

Mali V. Madhavan Nair’s classic Karnasapatham kathakali explores critical elements of leadership and relationships. The master storyteller constructs a theme that is unmatched for pathos and poignancy More

Monday, December 8, 2008

Facets of accountability

The assault on Mumbai is like India’s ‘Pearl Harbour’. It has strengthened the resolve of ordinary Indians like no politician can even begin to understand. Millions upon millions are consumed by an internal fire that is no less than that which powered India to Independence in 1947. More

Friday, December 5, 2008

Commitments embedded in comments

CEOs and business owners better watch out! Every word they utter is recorded, interpreted, amplified and transmitted across the organisation and beyond. Furthermore, perceptions, attitudes, behaviour and performance are shaped by these ... More