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The Art of Public Speaking
·High Performance Individuals and Teams

The Art of Public Speaking

Insights from the book ‘Say It Well’ by Terry Szuplat, Barack Obama’s speechwriter

The Power of Like
·Corporate Strategy

The Power of Like

Insights from Martin Reeves and Bob Goodson’s new book, ‘Like’

Character is about who we choose to be
·Leadership Practice and Development

Character is about who we choose to be

Insights from General Stanley McChrystal’s new book ‘On Character: Choices That Define a Life’. The book is in Shivakumar’s list of best books of summer 2025

The Age of Information
·Digital transformation

The Age of Information

Insights from Yuval Noah Harari’s book ‘Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI’

The principles of excellence
·High Performance Individuals and Teams

The principles of excellence

Insights from sportswriter Sally Jenkins’ book ‘The Right Call: What Sports Teach Us About Work and Life’

The risk taker
·Founder Journeys

The risk taker

What makes Elon Musk tick? Insights from the biography by Walter Isaacson

A little joy, a tinge of hope
·Development & State Capacity

A little joy, a tinge of hope

People are reclaiming little bits of their daily life. And life is stirring back to normal

‘Trust is not a matter of morality, but of predictability’
·Behavioural Science, Mental Models and Decision Making

‘Trust is not a matter of morality, but of predictability’

Predicting behaviour isn’t rocket science, say Robin Dreeke and Cameron Stauth in their book, ‘Sizing People Up’. It is a social science, and requires you to apply the right equation of logic, strategy, scepticism, observational skills, and the ability to accept unwelcome truths

How to live better into old age
·Transition Journeys

How to live better into old age

In their book ‘The New Long Life’, Andrew Scott and Lynda Gratton say, as individuals and as a society, we need to reimagine work, career, learning and relationships, among other things. And both the young and the old will need to share the burden and opportunities of longer lives

Anticipating inflection points
·Corporate Strategy

Anticipating inflection points

Insights from Columbia Business School professor Rita McGrath’s book ‘Seeing Around Corners: How to Spot Inflection Points in Business Before They Happen’