How transparent are Indian companies?
The two-word answer to the question is, ‘Not very’. But then, transparency is a very complex subject. ‘Should...
February 16,2022 READ MORE
Atul Takle
The ‘Me Too’ movement & reputation risk: How it impacted me
A few years back, the ‘Me Too’ movement rocked almost all of corporate India. Skeletons started tumbling out...
February 09,2022 READ MORE
Introspection and learnings
It was a little over a year ago that I started this column. My friend, who is the...
February 02,2022 READ MORE
The humble, helpful CEO
No, the headline is not an oxymoron! In my long years of working, I have been privileged to...
January 27,2022 READ MORE
The art of giving…more
Let me begin this piece with two candid confessions: I am terrible at finance I am equally bad...
January 19,2022 READ MORE
Think young. Think tomorrow.
‘Too old to rock and roll. Too young to die! So the song went. Applying an analogy, I...
January 12,2022 READ MORE
A tribute to women
Let me begin this piece with a trite remark: ‘Women have always played an important role in my...
December 22,2021 READ MORE
The road to being the #1
The SBU I was handling was still relatively small. We needed billing from more marquee clients. And our...
December 15,2021 READ MORE
When ‘students’ became ‘teachers’
Lewis Hamilton had come and gone, leaving behind not just a plethora of wonderful memories, but also very...
December 08,2021 READ MORE
The need for speed: and not just in F1 racing
A new client had been signed. We had to put a team together in less than 72 hours....
December 01,2021 READ MORE
Redemption
Life at the microfinance company had come to an abrupt end. I had resigned being unable to handle...
November 24,2021 READ MORE
This is the end, my friend…
If you have not seen Coppola’s classic, ‘Apocalypse Now’, please get the Blu Ray disc and watch it....
November 10,2021 READ MORE