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Aditya Dehejia

Thriving, Not Just Surviving

By Aditya Dehejia / April 28, 2023 /

How Leaders can help Employees with Morale, Resilience, Wellbeing and Happiness “I believe that the very purpose of our life is to seek happiness.” – The Dalia Lama, speaking to…

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Thoughts on Preparing for a Board Meeting

By Aditya Dehejia / April 22, 2023 /

“The purpose of a storyteller is not to tell you how to think, but to give you questions to think upon.” — Brandon Sanderson (science fiction and fantasy writer)  …

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AI and computers

Humans Collaborating With or At Odds With Computers?

By Aditya Dehejia / April 14, 2023 /

Reducing the Risk of ‘Being Replaced’ “Compassion: that’s the one thing no machine ever had. Maybe it’s the one thing that keeps men ahead of them.” — Dr. McCoy, The…

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Fathers and Sons

By Aditya Dehejia / April 8, 2023 /

“There is no friendship, no love, like that of the parent for the child.” — Henry Ward Beecher Dates are filled with meaning and memories. Social media adds even more…

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Innovation and Finance

By Aditya Dehejia / March 27, 2023 /

Redefining the Role of the Finance Leader “I skate to where the puck is going, not where it has been.” — Wayne Gretzky   Innovation and finance. Those two words…

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Framing: Leadership Involves Helping People See the World in New and Different Ways

By Aditya Dehejia / March 20, 2023 /

“…for there is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.” — William Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act 2, Scene II It’s March, which means NCAA Basketball Tournament time.  I…

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Thinking Versus Doing

By Aditya Dehejia / March 13, 2023 /

Doing is celebrated. Thinking is underrated. Encourage thinking time on your teams. “Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers.” — Voltaire   This is one of the…

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meltdown of SVB

Reflections on the 48 Hour Meltdown of SVB

By Aditya Dehejia / March 11, 2023 /

A business school case study in the making. This past Thursday morning, SVB‘s balance sheet strength was not top of mind. When I got wind of what was going on,…

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fractional work

Fractional Work: The Pros & Cons from the Perspective of the Worker

By Aditya Dehejia / March 6, 2023 /

“I don’t like work–no man does–but I like what is in the work–the chance to find yourself. Your own reality–for yourself not for others…” ― Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness…

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Value Depends on Quality

By Aditya Dehejia / February 20, 2023 /

For businesses, it is the quality of revenues and earnings that matter. “Quality is more important than quantity. One home run is much better than two doubles.” — Steve Jobs…

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The Inner Critic: Acknowledging, Accepting, and Taming It

By Aditya Dehejia / February 13, 2023 /

“People have a hard time letting go of their suffering. Out of a fear of the unknown, they prefer suffering that is familiar.” ― Thich Nhat Hanh (I initially wrote…

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Do Things That Don’t Scale

By Aditya Dehejia / February 6, 2023 /

Changing the Approach to Work with the Advent of AI Tools “You do not want to compete, you want to be a market of one.”  “Spend your time doing only…

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