In classical Rajdharma, the primary justification for authority is not power, status, or extraction—it is Raksha (Shielding, Protection, and Defense). Ancient texts on governance (Nitisaras) …
Protecting your troops: The Raksha sutra of Rajshilp
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Leadership lessons from history: The Chiranjeevis connect
Our history has been filled with anecdotes and stories of men and women who became role models for leaders based on their skills and focus. …
Solving the Co-founders conundrum – The Holy Trinity model to shock-proof your start-up using ancient management science
In 2024-25, more than 19800 start-ups shut shop in India (DPIIT Data). Out of these, almost 15% of them reported corporate governance and alignment issues …
Rajshilp in Action: How Prajapalan Shapes True Dharmic Corporate Leadership
In my first article in the Karamyog series , I had explained how the ancient concepts of Rajdharma and Rajkarma are as important millenia later …
Rajshilp: The Dharmic Corporate Leadership
Now, before you scroll away thinking I am going to talk about religion, No, I am not. Because the concept of Religion is NOT Dharma. …
The Agile Education Manifesto
We are discovering better ways to help students at all levels gain knowledge and learn new skills and topics and through this research and observation, …
Agile Vendor Management Manifesto
The Objective of this Manifesto is to define guiding principles around the Customer-Supplier working environment with regards to working on Scrum projects. The assumptions made …
Father of the Bride: Essentials of the Product Owner’s role
Product Owner’s role is one of the primary roles on the Scrum but as it is with most of the Scrum practices and Agile principles …
Is ‘Agile’ a substitute for your messy culture?
800 teams , more than 100 organizations that I have coached to build an Agile culture and practices, but a peculiar thing that I have …
The various hats of a Scrum Master
Process Champion, Facilitator, Buddy, Coach, Mentor, Ear to listen to, Shoulder to cry upon, The friend you can confess with, The non-judgmental listening box, the …
Corner room Churn: Burnout on the Hamster wheel!
The pressure is growing… The results are frustrating… Stakeholder expectations are mounting… Easy way out… Quit ! As per a data collected from nseinfobase.com and analysed by …