Authentic leadership shaped by empathy

In policy making and governance, we often look at creating conditions that are best for achieving an objective, setting rules, norms and creating incentives for it. Usually, the objective is driven by what society values and often contingent upon majority acceptance of the view, at least in a democracy. It is, therefore, incumbent upon policy […]Read More

Perspectives on Skills Development and Education in India

The newly elected government has prioritized Skills Development by adding it as a ministry coupled with the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sport. Industry members and I am sure even bureaucrats are at the moment vigorously trying to feed in their recommendations of way forward for the ministry. Other ministers are also looking for ideas […]Read More

Accounting for Micro-Contexts and Human Bias for Improved Decision Making

Two incidents that I came across recently that brings insight into leadership and what we need for effective and positive change. I came across these incidents where a decision maker’s action undermined the very thing they are meant to encourage and work for. In the first case, a consultant was delivering a very high-quality intervention […]Read More