![Leadership Is Simply Influence](https://i0.wp.com/vivekvsp.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/TomMussak-Unsplash750.jpg?resize=470%2C140&ssl=1)
‘Leadership is influence’, that’s the theme of our discussion today. There are many definitions of leadership. The one I like is by Warren Bennis. He…
![Going Beyond CSR: Corporate India and Modern Day Slavery](https://i0.wp.com/vivekvsp.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/SashaFreemind-750.jpg?resize=470%2C140&ssl=1)
This article argues that it is high time Corporate India takes human rights violations in their supply chains very seriously. This is in the light…
![Girish Karnad's Memoirs: This Life At Play](https://i0.wp.com/vivekvsp.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Memoirs750.jpg?resize=470%2C140&ssl=1)
Why do people read memoirs? More precisely, why do I read memoirs? That is the question I have asked myself often, and recently too when…
![The Indomitable Will Of A Girl Who Escaped ISIS](https://i0.wp.com/vivekvsp.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Chain-Pixabay-750.jpg?resize=470%2C140&ssl=1)
There are good books and there are good books which disturb you – ‘The Girl Who Escaped ISIS’ falls in the latter category. It is…
![Autumn Walks At Winkworth Arboretum](https://i0.wp.com/vivekvsp.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Landscapes-11.jpg?resize=470%2C140&ssl=1)
If you have not taken the autumn walks at Winkworth Arboretum, you have missed something in life. That’s the verdict. It was a long drive…
![Transforming Maternal and Child Healthcare](https://i0.wp.com/vivekvsp.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/RaghavendraVKonkathi-Unsplash750.jpg?resize=470%2C140&ssl=1)
The statistics is shocking. I quote: ‘The major complications that account for nearly two-thirds of all maternal deaths (in India) are severe bleeding (mostly bleeding…
![Dr. Anurag Mishra's Medicine For Leadership](https://i0.wp.com/vivekvsp.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/AtharvaTulsi-Unsplash750.jpg?resize=470%2C140&ssl=1)
When we discuss Leaders and Leadership, the discussion veers around to explore one oft discussed question: Are Leaders born or made? I have discussed this…
![The Colour of Banking Celebrations](https://i0.wp.com/vivekvsp.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Flowers750.jpg?resize=470%2C140&ssl=1)
“White Shirt? Not the right colour of the day. You are supposed to wear whites tomorrow, on Monday the 11th, it’s orange today” Lulu, my…
![A Quote Of Arms For Kaizen](https://i0.wp.com/vivekvsp.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Learning-2020.jpg?resize=470%2C140&ssl=1)
“What a quote! Don’t deny the reality of your situation, deny the finality of your situation” I read out loudly as Lulu came in from…
![Travel, Travelogues, and Travel Sketchbooks](https://i0.wp.com/vivekvsp.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Tate-Modern750-1.jpg?resize=470%2C140&ssl=1)
My mother wrote a diary whenever she travelled which was once a year. My father worked for a Tata Group company and he would meticulously…