Mukesh Gupta
Business 2 Community
Bengaluru, KA, India
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Unlocking the Power of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion is on top of every organisation – social or entrepreneurial and every leader worth their salt is thinking about how to → Read More
Life Lessons from The Last Lecture of Randy Pausch
This was the title of the last lecture delivered by Randy Pausch at the Carnegie Mellon University lecture hall. He was terminally ill and only had a few → Read More
Being a Leader is Like Being an Improv Actor
One of the skills that all of us need to develop as we want to be and behave like a leader is to develop the skills of an improv actor. The foundational → Read More
Lessons for Leaders from the Movie – “The Fundamentals of Caring”
Premise: This past weekend, I ended up doing what I really love doing – watch movies. One of the movies that I watched was the 2016 movie “The → Read More
The Power of Noticing
Premise: One of the key skills that we need to develop if we want to be leaders, in general, is our ability to notice things. This is a meta skill, that → Read More
6 Levels of Commitment to Change
Premise: Every change or a transformation effort needs the support and commitment of people who will either be affected by the change or who lead the → Read More
4 Ways to Enable Connections
Premise: One of the most important steps in driving any kind of transformation is the ability to rally around teams that are impacted by the → Read More
How to Be Different and Stand Out
Premise: One of the side effect of the explosion of social media is that every one is trying to be seen (views), heard (downloads) and appreciated → Read More
Participating and Hosting Effective Virtual Meetings
Premise: Can you hear me? You are on mute. I can’t hear you. Let me put on my headphones. Sorry, I did not understand, can you pls repeat that. Your voice → Read More
4 insights on Achieving Resilient Growth Consistently
The best selling authors of the book – Blue Ocean Strategy, recently sent an email in which they speak about the 4 pieces of advice they give to their → Read More
Participating and Hosting Effective Virtual Meetings
Video: Humans brains are a lot more tuned to images than audio. So, keep your video switched on. Almost all tools these days allow you to stream your video while you participate in a virtual call. This does two things for you. Firstly, this is a great way to remind yourself to keep your body language right and secondly, it makes it easier for people to talk to you. It is easier to talk to… → Read More
Digital Transformation = Reimagining of the Business for the Digital Age
Once upon a time: The CIO had a very peaceful life and were very happy running the applications that they were responsible for (SAP, networks, security, email, etc). But in the last 10 – 12 years, things have changed and that too significantly. There has been an avalanche of buzzwords taking the world by storm. 1. SCAM – Social Media, Cloud, Analytics and mobility. 2. BAR – Blockchain,… → Read More
Virtual Vs In-Person Meetings
Premise: The current pandemic has definitely changed the way we organize ourselves and our meetings. This large scale experiment has also shown that work → Read More
Lessons in Leading Transformation
Premise: We are living in a world where a lot of organisations are being forced to transform the way they operate. As we all know, being forced to change is not a good place to be in. The ability of leaders to lead their organisation through this transformation process will be paramount in enabling their organisations to continue to remain relevant. I came across an old video (from 1993), where… → Read More
Reigniting Growth
Premise: As we slowly open up the world economy and learn to live with what has turned out to be a once-in-a-lifetime experience, almost all businesses will be looking to figure out a way to grow their businesses as quickly as possible and as fast as the current situation will allow them to grow. If there is one thing that I have learnt in the last two and a half decade of working, it is that… → Read More
Reimagining the IT & ITES Industry
Premise: As the current crisis unfolds, almost all the countries that have been severely affected would see their governments announce multi-billion relief packages. However, most of these would be for the SME or the MSME sector. Some of the large conglomerates and business houses might still struggle in the short term with cash flow issues, continuing supply chain disruptions, reduced demand… → Read More
Reimagining the IT & ITES Industry
Premise: As the current crisis unfolds, almost all the countries that have been severely affected would see their governments announce multi-billion relief packages. However, most of these would be for the SME or the MSME sector. Some of the large conglomerates and business houses might still struggle in the short term with cash flow issues, continuing supply chain disruptions, reduced demand… → Read More
How to Come Out Stronger and Ready to Thrive Post Crisis
Premise: We are already seeing a lot of signals in the economy of the upcoming tectonic shifts and the ripples… → Read More
Strategies to Grow During a Slowdown Post Covid 19 Era
Premise: We are all living in an almost once in a lifetime situation with almost entire countries and continents being forced to stay at home due to the current pandemic situation. We are now at a time when almost all the countries are looking forward to gradually opening up the lockdowns and allowing people to restart their work, albeit in a controlled fashion. What this means is that at some… → Read More
The Act of Leading Vs Being a Leader
Premise: I was talking to one of my friends about leadership and what it means to be a leader and is there a distinction between being a leader and the act of leading. What follows is my understanding of the difference. Would be a great to riff at this. Apart from the fact that one is a verb and the other is a noun, there are a few other important things that we need to understand. The Act of… → Read More