Is it really a gentleman’s game?

by shiv@equitor | Aug 8, 2014 | Brand & Marketing

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 this event was the 15th anniversary commemoration of a very fine brand advisory called Chlorophyll. Many...

Is culture pure corporate drivel?

by shiv@equitor | Aug 2, 2014 | Leadership & Strategy

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 township of Richmond, Ontario. I ask why she needs to be so xenophobic, given that she herself is an...

Is there value in values?

by shiv@equitor | Jul 6, 2014 | Brand & Marketing

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 Interbrand. Anne has invested the better part of the last three years developing the notion of what she has...

Indians can lead. Can India?

by shiv@equitor | Apr 15, 2014 | Business & Finance

India celebrated lustily early this year when Satya Nadella was anointed chief of Microsoft. Indians in global leadership positions are causing no raised eyebrows anymore. So if India can consistently produce global leadership, why aren’t we on the business map...

The Bumblebee Vs. The Spelling bee

by shiv@equitor | Feb 11, 2014 | Education & Learning

Two decades ago my existing notions of education were shaken by my 10 year old niece in the UK. I had the arrogance to believe that I knew what it took to succeed, and this little girl changed that notion in the space of 10 minutes. One morning over a holiday, this...