Research12 min read
How leaders emerge before the title exists
Field research with Indian founders on recognising leadership ahead of formal appointment.
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Research and writing from the practice.
Original doctoral scholarship, teaching cases, and commentary, the work that keeps every practice honest.
Teaching CaseCase study
A leadership-emergence case from Indian D2C
A field-based case on how a founder reads and elevates capability under pressure.
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Writing on work, labour, and organisations
Essays and analysis in the national business press on the changing mechanics of work in India.
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What I no longer call high potential
Why the language of potential quietly distorts the pipelines it claims to measure.
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The leader who never asked to be one
On authority that arrives before the org chart catches up, and what it asks of a coach.
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Succession, honestly
A conversation with a board chair on the readings they rarely get from inside the room.
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