Issue #32 | Sep 2026 Hello Reader, There is a dangerous sentence in business: “We know how this works.” It sounds like experience. Sometimes, it is. But sometimes, it is the beginning of complacency. Because the moment a leader stops asking questions, the organization starts operating on old answers to new problems. Meet Suresh, founder and CEO of a successful consumer business. For almost 20 years, his experience had been his greatest advantage. He understood the industry. He knew his…

Issue #31 | Sep 2026 Hello Reader, There is a stage in every successful business where the question changes. In the beginning, the business needs the founder to be more involved: more decisions, more relationships, more problem solving, more control. But then the business grows. And something strange happens. The very behaviours that built the business can start limiting the business. Because there comes a point when your greatest contribution to the next stage of growth may be becoming less…

Issue #30 | Aug 2026 Hello Reader, Every leader has one. The conversation they know they need to have but keep postponing. Not because they don’t know what to say. Because they know it will be uncomfortable. Unfortunately, leadership doesn’t become expensive because of difficult conversations. It becomes expensive because of delayed conversations. Meet Rohan, CEO of a growing family owned business. One of his senior leaders, Vikram, had been with the company for over twelve years. Loyal….

Issue #29 | Aug 2026 Hello Reader, Most CEOs tell me, “I wish my team would take more ownership.” My first question is always the same. Have you given them something ownership can actually grow in? Because ownership doesn’t grow in supervision. It grows in trust. Meet Sameer, Managing Director of a second generation manufacturing business. Everyone described him the same way. Hardworking. Brilliant. Committed. He knew every customer, every machine, and every important order. Nothing escaped…

Issue #28 | July 2026 Hello Reader, The biggest threat to your business isn’t competition, technology, or the economy. It’s yesterday’s success. Success has a dangerous habit. It convinces leaders that the formula which got them here will take them there. History tells us otherwise. Meet Prakash, founder of one of the fastest growing engineering companies in his region. For nearly twenty years, his business had done everything right. The products were respected, customers were loyal, profits…

Issue #27 | July 2026 Hello Reader, There was a time when businesses won by owning everything. Today, the winners are often the ones who know what not to own. Because in a connected world: Growth is no longer about the strength of your company alone.It’s about the strength of the ecosystem around it. Meet Aakash, founder of a fast-growing technology-enabled services company. Aakash was ambitious. His vision was clear: Offer more services Enter new markets Serve customers better than…