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FEBRUARY 12, 2013

During this time, they get support from well-known mentors and industry experts to fine-tune their ideas before pitching their business idea to Venture Capitalists on the last day.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

Vice President at Reliance Industries recently wrote an excellent post with examples of change and transformation and demystifies the perceptions about change and transformation with respect to the constantly changing world of work that we live in. Closer home, Harlina Sodhi , Sr.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2011

Knowledge industry, particularly software, is full of people who possess “ know-how ” – knowledge of how to get something done. Give them a task, and they will be able to apply their technical skills (read ‘know-how’) to accomplish it. A lot of people possess a very sound “ know-what ” – knowledge of facts, figures and methods.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2014

I collected research reports, industry trend analysis from leading consulting houses and I collected newspaper clippings about the recent trends. Coming back to my own experience, what did I do when my idea was shot down? I further validated my idea with a few more people. I researched about the potential of my idea.

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MARCH 11, 2014

In an industrial age, people went to factories and worked together to produce the outcomes. When required, they collaborated in person. Supervisors commanded and controlled others and leadership was often equated with “taking power”. Factories depended heavily on rigid top-down hierarchies and people were viewed simply as dispensable workers.

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JANUARY 8, 2012

Traditionally (in an industrial world), only artists were meant to be creative – painters, dancers, poets and so on. This led me to think more about creativity – the act of doing something in an unconventional way, the act of creating something meaningful that changes you and hence the world.

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MARCH 22, 2011

With Poke the Box , Seth is also challenging the traditional methods of content distribution adopted by the publishing industry. Seth has packed a lot of punch into this book, so much that the passion and force in his writing almost instigates us to start/act. He leads by example! Here are some gems from the book.

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JUNE 8, 2015

Gone with the industrial age is the concept of traditional leadership where people at the top of pyramid exercise the power in a hierarchy. “The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say ‘Thank You’. In between, the leader is a servant.” – Max De Pree.

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DECEMBER 21, 2010

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer Great Quotes: Gems from Subroto Bagchi on Leadership I have always enjoyed reading thoughts of Subroto Bagchi , one of India’s most well known and respected leaders from the IT industry who operates as a “Gardener” and Vice Chairman at MindTree.

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JANUARY 12, 2011

We implement best practices in line with industry standards. We were exchanging our ideas on these topics, when I realized that he used the words quality and excellence interchangeably. This led to some more thinking and here’s what I realized: Quality is generally extrinsic. It is driven by external demands.

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JUNE 26, 2014

As a result of this, businesses, industries and careers are disrupted faster than ever before. Today’s business environment is best described as VUCA – Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous. VUCA is, quite simply, the expression of the fact that the rate of change is outpacing our ability to adapt.

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JULY 22, 2010

During my early days in diamonds industry, I was working with Lakhi group. effective and right management can go a long way.

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JANUARY 5, 2016

It is only when leaders are aware of their preferences, ways of working and possible blind spots that they can really bring their true authentic selves into the game and bring about a significant difference to the team, organization and hence the industry.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

No matter your company, industry, or competition, it’s important to constantly ask each other and yourself the question, how can something be accomplished better, faster, and more efficiently. The additional advice I would offer a CEO is also to strive for a culture of collaboration. Remember, success is a team effort.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2013

For the first time, I participated in a Twitter Chat ( #IndiaHRChat ) on the topic “ Personal Branding for HR Professionals “ People from diverse backgrounds shared their views on personal branding in presence of special guest Mr. Anand Pillai , Chief Learning Officer of Reliance Industries.

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AUGUST 3, 2010

Whether manufacturing or knowledge industry, primary goal of business is to generate value. Edwards Deming is widely famous for “Deming’s 14 points” and “Seven Deadly Diseases”. One of these deadly disease according to Deming is “ Running a company on visible figures alone ”.

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OCTOBER 16, 2013

We moved from industrial age to knowledge economy and now into a creative one. In this economy, just having (and hoarding) knowledge is not powerful, what you do with that knowledge is! Internet is a great equalizer – we all have access to a network that is open and connected.

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