CONTENTS Preface vii Acknowledgementsxi The Gathering 1 PART 1 Change: The Challenges Ahead Evolving Scene 7 Change is Constant 15 Emergence of Mega Businesses 21 Managing Diversity 27 Business Ethics 33 PART 2 A Winning Edge: Building the New Indian Corporation Focus More on Less 39 Mother-o-cracy 45 Tactical Advantage 51 Competition 57 Stay a Student 63 PART 3 Thinking Differently: From Vision to Wealth Journey Begins from Information 69 Informed Intuition 75 Zoom In-Zoom Out 81 Multitrack Negotiations 87 Dare to Dream 93 Bouncing Back 99 Lateral Thinking 103 Idea Sharing 111 PART 4 Working Together: Making the Whole Greater than the Sum of its Parts112 ComzClub 115 Participation 119 Connectivity 123 Bottom Line Focus 129 Specialists and Generalists 133 Ideal Captain 139 Human Capital 147 PART 5 The Individual and the Corporation: Achieving Harmony Learning Continuously 151 Soul and Body 157 Focus on Non-Being 163 Alloy Operational and Strategic Excellence 169 Mighty Twenty Words 175