R. Gopalakrishnan & Ranjan Banerjee

R. Gopalakrishnan is an author, speaker and strategist. During his professional career, he has served as Director of Tata Sons and Vice Chairman, Hindustan Unilever. He is the author of five bestsellers: The Case of the Bonsai Manager, When the Penny Drops, What the CEO Really Wants from You, Six Lenses and A Biography of Innovations. He is a passionate believer that managers should write and share their learning for management is, after all, a performing art. He welcomes feedback at rgopal@themindworks.me.

Dr Ranjan Banerjee is Dean and Professor Marketing at S.P. Jain Institute of Management and Research. He is an internationally renowned academic, leader, speaker and writer, has been a columnist for Harvard Business Review online and has addressed numerous international academic leadership forums. He has been a contributor to leading business publications, including Business Today,
Business World, Forbes, Fortune and Business India. A highly rated visiting professor at management schools across the world, he has also consulted with a number of corporates, such as Philips, Vodafone, Legrand, Pidilite and Axa.