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Creating an Emergency that You can Feel Proud of
Sometimes “managing change” feels like roller skating on tar… the harder you push, the more you get stuck. Everyone praises your “inspired initiative” in public. But just when you need their support...
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Leading in Times of Adversity: Passing on the Baton of Leadership
Leader as Hero was the most celebrated style of leadership in the 1980s right through till early 2001. The ‘Leader as Hero’ philosophy presumed that the leader would free the organisation of past...
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The First Thing We Must Do to Deserve Better Leaders
A 2012 survey conducted by the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) showed that about 78% of executives in Indian organisations sleep less than six hours a day due to work...
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Leadership – The Chanakya way
King as a leader Raja is the most common word given for a king in ancient Indian literature like Mahabharata and Manu Smriti. However Kautilya (Chanakya) in the Arthashastra along with the term Raja...
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Smart City Insights from Over 2400 Years Ago
Background of “Kautilya’s Arthashastra” Kautilya (also known as Chanakya and Vishnugupta) has made a massive contribution to humanity through his famous work named “Kautilya’s Arthashastra” written in...
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Dear Leader, Allow Yourself To Make Better Decisions!
In 1978, Michael H. Hart wrote “The 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Persons in History”. This book, as the name suggests, not only named the most influential people in the history of mankind...
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The Faustian Dilemma: To Have or To Be
By the time one realises the difference between tirelessly wanting power, and then living with power alone for the rest of your life, the damage has already been done. Marlowe, a famous Elizabethan...
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Yoga and Science: A Quest for Wellbeing
Yoga is about coming to a proper appreciation of our place in the universe. Yoga is not about levitating in the air, walking on water or cultivating occult powers. It is to establish a consonance...
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A Leader’s Reading List for Character Building
“Crafty men condemn studies, simple men admire them, and wise men use them.” -Bacon Every leader has a repertoire of responses and approaches that he accumulates through experience. However rich one’s...
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In Persuit of Wellbeing: Re-examining conventions
“It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.” J. Krishnamurti Common conventions associate happiness and wellbeing with achievement of tasks or fulfilment of...
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