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How Much Does Culture Enjoy Eating Strategy For Breakfast? ( first published in Business World on 6th April 2019) Company culture is often described as the personality of a company. While some management experts prefer to call it the backbone of a happy workforce or the glue which keeps a company together, it can also be compared to that of a ‘compass’ which keeps a company’s strategy well on its course. Ever since Peter Drucker, Father of Modern Management theory, coined the phrase “Culture eats Strategy for Breakfast”, there has been a lot of debate in the corporate boardroom on what needs more focus – culture or strategy. However, reports on hyper-job-hopping witnessed among Gen Z and some high-profile exits due to sexual misconduct allegations, only allude to the fact that culture has a voracious appetite, and in particular, is fond of devouring ‘strategy’ which is cooked in a toxic oil of ‘constraining behaviours and beliefs’. A research by Deloitte states, that 94% of execut...

Since the invention of sliced bread, there has never been a time where we were more technologically and intellectually advanced than we are today. And yet the same time, Suicide, Depression, Divorce, Social fragmentation seems to have hit an all-time high. Oh, yes! we have invented a quick intellectual solution to counter these issues of 21st century also  – –  Self Help ! In 2016, the U.S. self-help industry was worth about $9.9 billion dollars, according to a report from Research and Markets . Market researchers have predicted that the industry will be worth $13 billion dollars within the next three years, by 2022. What is "Self Help" industry? This industry generates tons of self-help books (like "You can Win", "The power of positive thinking", "You can heal your life" , etc), blogs, TV Shows, Positive TED talks, social media GIF's  – –  all produced and directed by Self-help Guru's, Life Coaches and sometimes by digital APP...