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Thilak Iyer
Oct 27, 20203 min read
Is "Good to Great" relevant today?
This month marked the 19th anniversary of Jim Collins’ iconic book “Good to Great”. He distilled down from a long list of 1400-odd...
Balesh Raghurajan
Sep 25, 20202 min read
The New Normal or (Ab)Normal
Work-from-home is not just a change in the physical location of work but a massive shift in our fundamental notions of a workplace.
Balesh Raghurajan
Aug 20, 20203 min read
Beyond the pageant
I don’t follow beauty pageants any more. During the time that I was keenly following it, a very popular question used to be “Who is your...
Balesh Raghurajan
Aug 5, 20203 min read
Taylor to Semler
The Origins Fredrick Winslow Taylor (1856-1915) was a thought leader of his times. Working in a factory as a low skilled worker and...
Balesh Raghurajan
Aug 4, 20202 min read
Growing Culturally
Every time a new technology is introduced there is confusion about what it is and where it can be used. Then there are these enthusiasts...
Thilak Iyer
Aug 4, 20204 min read
Are we heading for a World without Work?
With every mechanization and automation there was a fear that it will cause large-scale unemployment. Most of it was ill-founded. For...
Thilak Iyer
Jul 6, 20204 min read
Should Responsibility be a core Value, universally?
In the movie Spiderman (2002), Ben Parker says “With great power comes great responsibility” as an advice to Peter Parker. Ironically,...
Balesh Raghurajan
Jun 7, 20203 min read
Growing in a bootstrapped newnormal
As I spent my sunday late morning gleaning through the pages of the newspaper, I started smiling nonchalantly on a news item related to...
Balesh Raghurajan
May 17, 20203 min read
Culture Code essentials for the ‘new normal’
So, what’s all the fuss about the ‘new normal’? The work-from-home model is nothing new, yet it does not feel the same, does it? As long...
Thilak Iyer
May 4, 20202 min read
Can you grow with the old playbook post this Crisis?
Everyone knows that we are entering the #newnormal. And everyone is looking to face the new normal eagerly - but with old tools.
Balesh Raghurajan
Apr 30, 20202 min read
Managing the Social Network of Employees
Some interesting challenges due to the new normal of working from home that we’ve heard from clients and our network across industries 1....
Thilak Iyer
Apr 16, 20202 min read
Is Innovation for us?
To become an Innovation-centric organization, you need to look at Innovation very differently.
Balesh Raghurajan
Dec 19, 20193 min read
Is your Organization suffering from 'Organizational Inertia'?
Do you get the feeling that your organization has been growing bigger but getting slower, losing its responsiveness and agility...
Balesh Raghurajan
Nov 6, 20192 min read
Leverage Power of People
The CEO of a Therapeutics Company and a Co-founder of an IT services company are both challenged in managing cultural changes within the...
Balesh Raghurajan
Oct 3, 20192 min read
How intelligent is your Organization?
as organizations grow, they tend to morph into these bureaucratic, silo'd organizations that have a lot of intelligent people but tend to lo
Balesh Raghurajan
Aug 7, 20193 min read
Managing Change in the Digital age
Organizations typically adopt a “engineer and manage” approach to their change initiatives...
Balesh Raghurajan
Jun 10, 20192 min read
Growth Mindset Series: 4 of 4
In this concluding article of the four part series, we'll delve into the unfancied aspect of enabling Business Growth. We focussed on...
Balesh Raghurajan
May 20, 20192 min read
Growth Mindset Series: 3 of 4
Welcome to the penultimate article of this series. For many Founders, the company, the products and what they do are much like a Super...
Thilak Iyer
May 16, 20193 min read
Blue Ocean @ Cult
A couple of years ago, on my way to our office I noticed a new "place" opening with Hrithik Roshan coming to inaugurate. It was painted...
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