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R Gopalakrishnan
R Gopalakrishnan
R Gopalakrishnan has been at top of corporate world in India for over three decades. He is former Director of Tata Sons and Vice Chairman of Hindustan Unilever. He has over 30 years of board experience and currently serves as an independent director of listed companies, Castrol India and one of Sri Lankan conglomerates, Hemas. He also worked as independent director of Press Trust of India. He has been appointed as Distinguished Professor of IIT, Kharagpur and Executive-in-Residence at SPJIMR, Mumbai. He studied physics at Kolkata University, engineering at IIT Kharagpur and attended Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School.
R Gopalakrishnan has been at top of corporate world in India for over three decades. He is former Director of Tata Sons and Vice Chairman of Hindustan Unilever. He has over 30 years of board experience and currently serves as an independent director of listed companies, Castrol India and one of Sri Lankan conglomerates, Hemas. He also worked as independent director of Press Trust of India. He has been appointed as Distinguished Professor of IIT, Kharagpur and Executive-in-Residence at SPJIMR, Mumbai. He studied physics at Kolkata University, engineering at IIT Kharagpur and attended Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School.
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R Gopalakrishnan: Contradicting the bosses
Organisations that do not encourage people to speak up or highlight bad news run the risk of facing massive disasters
Supporting creative failures
What are the barriers for an organisation that wants to promote a culture of experimentation?
Spurring associative thinking
Innovation can thrive only in a climate that encourages risk-taking
It's all in the mindsets
Being growth-oriented is better than being fixated on avoiding failure
R Gopalakrishnan: Public opinion & law, uneasy bedfellows
At a time when scams are bothering the public consciousness, should ethical values prevail or should one wait for a 'final' legal view?
R Gopalakrishnan: The next leadership challenge - employee engagement
Worker discontent could be a symptom of a management that no longer listens
The truth vs hype of big retail
The kirana store rules India thanks to three major advantages it offers ? location, time of delivery and personalised credit
R Gopalakrishnan: The global governance crisis
India's trouble with governance is mirrored across the world. What can be done?