Is there value in values?
Earlier this month I had breakfast with my old friend Anne Bahr Thompson in New York. She is an exceptional thinker who used to run the strategy practice at....
Read More Is culture pure corporate drivel?
Its May this year. It's Toronto. Over dinner an old family friend from Calcutta is lamenting the invasion of the boisterous immigrant Chinese into her once quiet....
Read More Is it really a gentleman's game?
Earlier this month, I was invited on a panel in Mumbai which pontificated on the strategic value of corporate brands. However, the more significant aspect of....
Read More Why do I find the time to teach?
Five years ago I set up a trust in Calcutta for the retired teachers of the St. Xavier's Collegiate school. I spent 15 years in that institution, from the age of 6....
Read More Why does Jeff Immelt personally manage the GE brand?
Every month I sit down with my advertising team to review all the ads they are proposing to support our overall company brand. I have been doing this since I became....
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