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Leadership

Yesterday someone shared a note from one who had retired talking of leadership. Largely by default and sometimes by design I have found myself in leadership positions all my life and felt inspired to share my thoughts. I have learnt from many and that is a blog which is work in progress but delayed due to ethical dilemmas of what I can share or not share. But with due credit to every one of the bosses in my life - and barring for some unpleasant episodes - I can claim to have worked for some of best bosses that anybody could have worked with, unlike the popular opinion on bosses. So, here’s my  thoughts on leadership, not in any particular order. Leadership is situational and not a title or position. We often forget this in the cloud of our ego. If you are the head of a huge organisation and have a security detail or caught in a fire, you will obey the instructions of the guard or fireman even if you think he is way down the food chain and you are the top boss. HE/SHE is the leade...

Disruption - The Constant Change - Part 2

From 1947 to 1991 Nehruvian socialism brought us to bankruptcy but also created #ISRO #NuclearTech   #ArmedForces   #FoodSecurity etc which are proud jewels in our crown. There are many more jewels we can be rightly proud of like the dams we built, the irrigation projects, the railway network and bridges, the power plants, eradication of polio, sustaining democracy and keeping it vibrant etc. Those who look at the glass as half empty can go complain elsewhere. We can passionately criticise every PM we have had but based on their tenure, opportunity they had some have kept the ship steady while others have disrupted it – by choice or otherwise. The disruption of 1991 was hated by so many including top notch industrialists, economists, politicians, officers, etc that it caused huge fear amongst the senior populace - including myself even though then a youngster - but the audacity of the young made them excited at the unknown. They embraced it & today in 27 yrs we...

Disruption - The Constant Change - Part 1

I have been seeing the RuPay logo for sometime in various locations, knew that it was some new credit/ debit card but honestly had never given a thought to it. It didn’t matter, it didn’t interest me, it didn’t affect me – so I never educated myself about it. I then saw this news item. https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/banking/finance/mastercard-lodged-us-protest-over-narendra-modis-promotion-of-indian-card-network-rupay/articleshow/66466794.cms It prompted me to read some more and here are a few snippets for further reading. https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/banking/finance/rupay-set-to-emerge-no-2-card-in-volume-and-value-of-deals/articleshow/63964841.cms https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/small-biz/startups/newsbuzz/governments-rupay-making-solid-gains-in-payments-space/articleshow/64183714.cms https://www.ibtimes.co.in/mastercard-visa-want-level-playing-field-rupay-pms-jan-dhan-yojana-659723 https://www.deccanchronicle.com/busin...