31Dec 2017 by ksurya No Comments

Impressions// CK Prahalad: The mind… by Benedict Paramanand

Biography, Business, People
CK Prahalad is a management and leadership guru. CK is well known for there key concepts: Core Competence, co-creation of value, and profitability potential at the Bottom of Pyramid (BoP). "Ideas like Core Competence and Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid are synonyms for CK. That is why he became a legend." writes R. Gopalakrishnan, Director, Tata Sons Limited in the foreword of this book by Benedict. "Like Peter Drucker, CK was the bridge between the academic world and the real world." writes Jagadish N. Sheth, Charles H. Kellstadt Professor of Business, Emory University (U.S.A) There is a liberal dose of this in his book. The best parts of this book are Chapter 7: Distilling CK - A Critique of his published work by S. Manikutty, Adjunct Faculty, IIM, Bangalore & Faculty,…
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20Jul 2017 by ksurya 5 Comments
That day I learned A Lesson in Relationships.

That day I learned A Lesson in Relationships.

Leadership, Management, Memories
A lesson in relationships. I spend more time in - customers, prospects, partners, influencers, employees – the market ecosystem. I was in the ASEAN region. And, this post is about an experience from a meeting with one of our long-standing customers. That day I learned a lesson in relationships. The project with this customer was not going well. And, had recovered from the brink of collapse. But it had a long distance to travel to be a success. And, this was my first visit to the customer. The director who was also the founder’s daughter and the project head met me. I had asked the director to drive the agenda. And, the meeting agenda was as below: A presentation by the director of her company for 30 mins.Project, challenges, issues…
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