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Can Indian Startups be globally competitive

Can Indian Startups be Globally Competitive?

While India has banned several Chinese apps, including the highly popular Tik-Tok, it has raised an interesting debate on why Indian apps (and startups) have not achieved the global success that Chinese (and, of course, US) apps have.

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Are you being defined by your labels

Are you being defined by your labels?

Often, we let ourselves be defined by labels, either imposed by others or by ourselves.

Labels can be helpful, but can also limit our potential. How do we ensure that we benefit from the labels without letting them constrain us?

Usha Rangarajan delves into this topic.

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Is a Debt-free Company Better than one with Debt

Is a Debt-free Company Better than one with Debt?

Is a debt-free company a sign of achievement for a company? Should all businesses become debt-free? Or does debt actually have a benefit?

Srinivasa Addepalli provides a perspective on this question that has a personal finance application too. Should you take a loan to buy a house? Or repay your loan from your savings?

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Do You Need a Slap in the Face to Start Learning

Do You Need a Slap in the Face to Start Learning?

Adults do not learn since they are not aware of their capabilities. There is no motivation to learn.

Srinivasa Addepalli asks this controversial question: Is a slap in the face a necessary trigger that will encourage individual investment in learning and capability development.

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How to Make Presentations to a Virtual Audience

How to Make Presentations to a Virtual Audience

Today, all our business communication has become virtual. How are virtual meetings different from the physical ones? And what must we do to be effective presenters in virtual meetings?

Srinivasa Addepalli shares his top 5 topics on how to make presentations to virtual audiences.

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How to Manage My Boss and Progress My Career!

How to Manage My Boss and Progress My Career!

How to manage my boss is a question that we shy away from. Yet, it has direct and maximum impact on our career progress.

Srinivasa Addepalli shares what it takes to persuade your boss about yourself, and how you can use presentation opportunities to build your profile.

Read More »
Presentation Skills You Can Learn from Steve Jobs

Presentation Skills You Can Learn from Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs is the platinum standard for presentations. He has inspired many leaders and books have been written about Jobs’ presentation secrets.

In this post, Srinivasa Addepalli shares 3 lessons from Steve Jobs that we can all apply in our business presentations.

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When Black Swan Meets Blue Ocean

When Black Swan Meets Blue Ocean

In the past few weeks, news came of two great companies filing for bankruptcy. Both were global brands, very familiar, yet aspirational.
Post-corona, many other iconic brands could go the same way. Can we predict them, prevent them?

Read More »
Does the Customer Value anything other than Price

Does the Customer Value anything other than Price?

Most managers confuse customer value with price, resulting in price becoming the primary attribute for selling.

The confusion between value, price and cost causes us to lose money. Srinivasa Addepalli offers a simple framework to understand these three terms and also determine customer value.

Read More »
The Future of Schools

The Future of Schools

Our school system is designed for linearity and mediocrity, an assembly line over spread over 12 years.

Can we use the Covid disruption to reimagine a different system, one that solves the problems of inadequate teachers and lack of choice?

Srinivasa Addepalli takes inspiration from the traditional Gurukul system to offer some suggestions.

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The Way to Scale

The Way to Scale

Every time you have a good idea, execute it well, you wonder – how do I scale this?
Can I roll it out across a large population/organization? Indeed, in today’s global world, we often think something is worthwhile only if you can scale it to global scale.

Read More »
3 must-dos for a meaningful conversation

3 must-dos for a meaningful conversation

Say the word communication and a plethora of related words come rushing in… listening, articulation, tone, pace, clarity, confidence, conciseness. And then some more: body language, sensitivity, biases, vulnerability and relevance.

Read More »
The Future of Food

The Future of Food

It would not be an overstatement if I said that during the three months of lockdown, I have spent more time with food than ever before. Not only has its consumption increased, but also my involvement in its preparation (and the aftermath) has not been insignificant. So, it is safe to say that I have given food a lot of thought!

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The post-Corona New Normal – Ajay Nanavati

The post-Corona New Normal – Ajay Nanavati

Future Conversations is a series of discussions with business leaders, academics and entrepreneurs by GlobalGyan.

Ajay Nanavati is the former Chairman, Syndicate Bank and MD, 3M India. He is an innovation evangelist and a Director on the boards of several companies.

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The Curse of Leadership

The Curse of Leadership

Now is a tough time for all leaders, faced with choices that are all bad, and outcomes that they have to live with forever. It is important for us to think of the role each of us plays in supporting or derailing leadership. In particular, there are two member types in every organisation that we must be wary of.

Read More »
Losing Ownership

Losing Ownership?

As societies mature and wealth levels increase, it appears that ownership of assets is not as important as having access to them. 

Read More »
Can Indian Startups be globally competitive

Can Indian Startups be Globally Competitive?

While India has banned several Chinese apps, including the highly popular Tik-Tok, it has raised an interesting debate on why Indian apps (and startups) have not achieved the global success that Chinese (and, of course, US) apps have.

Read More »
When Black Swan Meets Blue Ocean

When Black Swan Meets Blue Ocean

In the past few weeks, news came of two great companies filing for bankruptcy. Both were global brands, very familiar, yet aspirational.
Post-corona, many other iconic brands could go the same way. Can we predict them, prevent them?

Read More »
The Future of Schools

The Future of Schools

Our school system is designed for linearity and mediocrity, an assembly line over spread over 12 years.

Can we use the Covid disruption to reimagine a different system, one that solves the problems of inadequate teachers and lack of choice?

Srinivasa Addepalli takes inspiration from the traditional Gurukul system to offer some suggestions.

Read More »
The Way to Scale

The Way to Scale

Every time you have a good idea, execute it well, you wonder – how do I scale this?
Can I roll it out across a large population/organization? Indeed, in today’s global world, we often think something is worthwhile only if you can scale it to global scale.

Read More »
The Future of Food

The Future of Food

It would not be an overstatement if I said that during the three months of lockdown, I have spent more time with food than ever before. Not only has its consumption increased, but also my involvement in its preparation (and the aftermath) has not been insignificant. So, it is safe to say that I have given food a lot of thought!

Read More »
The post-Corona New Normal – Ajay Nanavati

The post-Corona New Normal – Ajay Nanavati

Future Conversations is a series of discussions with business leaders, academics and entrepreneurs by GlobalGyan.

Ajay Nanavati is the former Chairman, Syndicate Bank and MD, 3M India. He is an innovation evangelist and a Director on the boards of several companies.

Read More »
The post-Corona New Normal – Ajay Nanavati

The post-Corona New Normal – Ajay Nanavati

Future Conversations is a series of discussions with business leaders, academics and entrepreneurs by GlobalGyan.

Ajay Nanavati is the former Chairman, Syndicate Bank and MD, 3M India. He is an innovation evangelist and a Director on the boards of several companies.

Read More »
The Curse of Leadership

The Curse of Leadership

Now is a tough time for all leaders, faced with choices that are all bad, and outcomes that they have to live with forever. It is important for us to think of the role each of us plays in supporting or derailing leadership. In particular, there are two member types in every organisation that we must be wary of.

Read More »
Losing Ownership

Losing Ownership?

As societies mature and wealth levels increase, it appears that ownership of assets is not as important as having access to them. 

Read More »
Is a Debt-free Company Better than one with Debt

Is a Debt-free Company Better than one with Debt?

Is a debt-free company a sign of achievement for a company? Should all businesses become debt-free? Or does debt actually have a benefit?

Srinivasa Addepalli provides a perspective on this question that has a personal finance application too. Should you take a loan to buy a house? Or repay your loan from your savings?

Read More »
Are you being defined by your labels

Are you being defined by your labels?

Often, we let ourselves be defined by labels, either imposed by others or by ourselves.

Labels can be helpful, but can also limit our potential. How do we ensure that we benefit from the labels without letting them constrain us?

Usha Rangarajan delves into this topic.

Read More »
Does the Customer Value anything other than Price

Does the Customer Value anything other than Price?

Most managers confuse customer value with price, resulting in price becoming the primary attribute for selling.

The confusion between value, price and cost causes us to lose money. Srinivasa Addepalli offers a simple framework to understand these three terms and also determine customer value.

Read More »
Do You Need a Slap in the Face to Start Learning

Do You Need a Slap in the Face to Start Learning?

Adults do not learn since they are not aware of their capabilities. There is no motivation to learn.

Srinivasa Addepalli asks this controversial question: Is a slap in the face a necessary trigger that will encourage individual investment in learning and capability development.

Read More »
How to Make Presentations to a Virtual Audience

How to Make Presentations to a Virtual Audience

Today, all our business communication has become virtual. How are virtual meetings different from the physical ones? And what must we do to be effective presenters in virtual meetings?

Srinivasa Addepalli shares his top 5 topics on how to make presentations to virtual audiences.

Read More »
How to Manage My Boss and Progress My Career!

How to Manage My Boss and Progress My Career!

How to manage my boss is a question that we shy away from. Yet, it has direct and maximum impact on our career progress.

Srinivasa Addepalli shares what it takes to persuade your boss about yourself, and how you can use presentation opportunities to build your profile.

Read More »
Presentation Skills You Can Learn from Steve Jobs

Presentation Skills You Can Learn from Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs is the platinum standard for presentations. He has inspired many leaders and books have been written about Jobs’ presentation secrets.

In this post, Srinivasa Addepalli shares 3 lessons from Steve Jobs that we can all apply in our business presentations.

Read More »
3 must-dos for a meaningful conversation

3 must-dos for a meaningful conversation

Say the word communication and a plethora of related words come rushing in… listening, articulation, tone, pace, clarity, confidence, conciseness. And then some more: body language, sensitivity, biases, vulnerability and relevance.

Read More »