Self-Organizing, Adaptive Teams over Static Teams In Holacracy, teams are renamed ‘circles,’ and they can be created or destroyed anytime. The domain of a circle can be redefined multiple times, and the roles within a circle can be changed accordingly. Sounds messy, but there’s one rule that keeps things together: Circles only have the authority […]
The journey of a social entrepreneur is full of ups and downs. Many give up on the struggle and many live to tell the tale. The only difference between the two is the never give up attitude. It doesnt mean that they are immune to the downs or not think of giving up, but they […]
I spent three days at this amazing Un-conference put together by the WPP team in Jaipur. One of the events at Stream India was Ignite Talks– a four minute 15 slide talk anything under the sun. I spoke about Parasitic Innovation You can see the slides here and it got me an award for the […]
Put a few social entrepreneurs in a room and wait for few minutes. Three themes of discussion will emerge within 10 mins. Funding is scarce. Hiring Sucks. And Impact measurement is tough. And impact measurement is the toughest amongst these three. FOr some reason, most of us have reconciled ourselves with the first two. Third […]
Why Indian Govt needs to stop spending more money on healthcare? Created on 2014-06-24 11:04 Published on 2014-06-24 11:10 We shouldn’t spend any more money on healthcare services than what we spend today. No more new hospitals, no more medical colleges, and certainly no more health schemes. First lets make what we spend today work […]
When a human heart was being loaded into an ambulance at the General Hospital around 6.40pm on Monday, 6km away, at Light House, traffic inspector Uday Kumar’s walkietalkie crackled to life. He had been preparing for this moment.The ambulance bearing the heart – harvested from a 27-year-old brain-dead man in GH and to be transplanted […]
We shouldn’t spend any more money on healthcare services than what we spend today. No more new hospitals, no more medical colleges, and certainly no more health schemes. First lets make what we spend today work for us. Its not the lack of facilities or lack of equipment which is pulling us back. Its lack […]
This is an excerpt from an article i wrote for Economic Times recently. According to a recent McKinsey report, 46% of Indian families cannot access or afford basic services, which include access to decent health services, sanitation, nutrition, social security, food, energy, housing and education. About 50% of public spend on basic services doesn’t reach […]
Inspirations: The team members of Vaatsalya. When I interact with the nurses and staff at the hospital, I am hugely inspired by their desire to do their best for the patients. Life@50: As Chairman of the National Association of Social Entreprises, I have met many great social entrepreneurs who are changing India. I hope to […]