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Adapt or Die
·Leadership & Organisation

Adapt or Die

Can large organisations be nimble, disruptive and inspiring places to work? Yes, if they dismantle hierarchical, bureaucratic ways of working, says management guru Gary Hamel.

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CKGSB Knowledge

Knowledge Partner

Having that sense of wonder
·Entrepreneurship, Startups & Innovation

Having that sense of wonder

What does it take to be a founder of an enterprise? Are they all super humans with many skills?

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Subroto Bagchi

Subroto Bagchi

Author, entrepreneur and philanthropist

Once upon a time…
·Leadership & Organisation

Once upon a time…

How to harness the power of stories to connect, engage and inspire

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Indranil Chakraborty

Indranil Chakraborty

Founder | Storyworks

Why not to be an entrepreneur
·Entrepreneurship, Startups & Innovation

Why not to be an entrepreneur

Starting your own business is not something that is right for everyone. Or for our world

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Gourav Jaswal

Gourav Jaswal

Entrepreneur

An ecosystem of style over substance?
·Entrepreneurship, Startups & Innovation

An ecosystem of style over substance?

Venture Capitalists in their current avatar resemble an old boys club where an unspoken caste system exists. But is anyone looking at real value creation?

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Navroz Mahudawala

Navroz Mahudawala

Managing Director | Candle Partners

Rejoice, 'tis the season of high valuations!
·Entrepreneurship, Startups & Innovation

Rejoice, 'tis the season of high valuations!

Inflated valuations? No problem. It is a good thing actually and demonstrates entrepreneurship financing is maturing

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Sachin Joneja

Sachin Joneja

Independent Consultant

A time to reflect
·Leadership & Organisation

A time to reflect

A curated selection of five pieces that got our attention this past week. These are intended to help introspect on our day off.

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Founding Fuel

Founding Fuel

May the fastest sperm win
·Leadership & Organisation

May the fastest sperm win

16 kms/hour. That is the minimum speed entrepreneurs and CEOs ought to be able to run at to stay on top

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Dr. Rajat Chauhan

Dr. Rajat Chauhan

Founder | Back2Fitness

Confessions of a recovering junkie
·Work, Careers & Personal Mastery

Confessions of a recovering junkie

The pleasure centres that tickle Internet junkies and drug addicts are the same - we know this because of recent advances in the neurosciences

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Charles Assisi

Charles Assisi

Co-founder and Director | Founding Fuel

How to get your sales team to build relationships
·Business & Strategy

How to get your sales team to build relationships

It makes better business sense to serve a customer over the lifetime of the relationship rather than merely sell. A simple way to make that happen is by changing how you incentivise your salespersons

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Rajesh Srivastava

Rajesh Srivastava

Corporate Veteran, Thought Leader | Educator & Bestselling Author

The new mantra of consultative selling
·Business & Strategy

The new mantra of consultative selling

Smart companies aren't hiring salespeople anymore. They're investing, with good reason, in a different breed altogether.

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Rajesh Srivastava

Rajesh Srivastava

Corporate Veteran, Thought Leader | Educator & Bestselling Author

How to go global in a jiffy
·Business & Strategy

How to go global in a jiffy

It often took several years - and sometimes decades - for companies to spread their wings around the world. But now, the old globalisation model is set to change dramatically.

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Indrajit Gupta

Indrajit Gupta

Co-founder and Director | Founding Fuel

Who wants to be CEO?
·Leadership & Organisation

Who wants to be CEO?

If you want to be CEO, stop thinking of yourself as a paid professional. Think of yourself as the owner

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Haresh Chawla

Haresh Chawla

Investor | Entrepreneur

The New Traditionals
·Entrepreneurship, Startups & Innovation

The New Traditionals

Family managed businesses run the risk of being run over by their more contemporary counterparts. If they adhere to some ground rules though, they can come up trumps.

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Harsh Vardhan

Harsh Vardhan

Strategy Consultant

What makes Alibaba tick
·Business & Strategy

What makes Alibaba tick

Jack Ma who created Alibaba, China's biggest online marketplace is a hero in the country. And with good reason at that.

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Neelima Mahajan

Neelima Mahajan

Editor in Chief of Think: Act Magazine, Roland Berger