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Ideation and Entrepreneurship: Interview with Liz Alexander and Naveen Lakkur
Dr. Liz Alexander (who I interviewed in 2013 on the topic of thought leadership) and Naveen Lakkur (Director, Founder Institute, India) wrote a new book titled “FOUND – Transforming Your Unlimited Ideas Into One Sustainable Business”. The book is short but powerful enough to help entrepreneurs and ideators in bringing their ideas to life by […]
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Too Much Celebration Around Failure?
Failure is glorified. In a number of start up events that I have attended, people eloquently talk about how many times they failed before their venture took off. Successful entrepreneurs and role models tell us that failure is good. Arthur Rock, one of Apple’s board members, said, “The best thing ever to happen to Steve […]
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An Opportunity: Startup Weekend Ahmedabad 2013
Most people have bright ideas and they stop at that. Ideating something is a sort of romantic affair because you don’t need to do anything then except putting your bright idea on a piece of paper. We come face-to-face with fear (of failure) when we have to take that first important step, initiate and […]
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How to Establish Thought Leadership? Interview With Dr. Liz Alexander
Thought leadership is important for building careers and for building organizations. It is the most important tool we have as professionals to build our personal brand and establish credibility. What is thought leadership? How does one build thought leadership in his/her area of work? Let’s find out from Dr. Liz Alexander who recently co-authored a […]
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Innovation, Quality & Entrepreneurship at Akshaya Patra
Akshaya Patra Foundation in India is a shining example of how social entrepreneurship combined with power of innovation can make a HUGE difference. First, some background information. Akshaya Patra is an Indian NGO that provides mid day meals to about 1.2 million children across India on all school days. These meals act as an incentive […]
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The ‘Invisibles’ in Business Performance
In world of quality and management, W. Edwards Deming is widely famous for “Deming’s 14 points” and “Seven Deadly Diseases”. One of these deadly disease according to Deming is “Running a company on visible figures alone”. Whether manufacturing or knowledge industry, primary goal of business is to generate value. However, in knowledge world, where the […]