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Insights by Sandeep Kejriwal

S/N ratio for leaders: Jobs – 80, Musk – 100 (10 January 2026) — Kevin O'Leary rates leaders by signal-to-noise ratio: the 3-5 critical tasks of the day, everything else is noise. What is your S/N ratio today?
Sustainable Growth 101 (22 December 2025) — Why fast-growing startups run out of cash. Fix unit economics, cash conversion, and CAC payback before your runway ends.
The peril of growth without governance (11 December 2025) — India lost 11,223 startups in 2025. From Byju's to BluSmart, governance failures sank them, not funding. Why governance must come before growth.
Who needs an executive coach, and when? (5 July 2019) — Even highly capable leaders benefit from an outside perspective. Coaching matters most at senior levels, plateaus, career changes, and turning points.
Coaching 101: how improved thinking changes a leader (26 June 2018) — Coaching 101: a primer on executive coaching. How it works, what a good engagement looks like, and how improved thinking changes a leader.
How do I say NO – to my colleagues, and others? (31 December 2017) — Across 125+ coaching engagements, the inability to say no is the most common gap. Three reasons executives say yes, and how to answer back.
When Chopin sounded different on two pianos (28 August 2016) — A pianist's answer about conductors and an MIT Sloan session led to one lesson: a leader's first job is to make sense. Leadership lessons from music.
The financial acumen that blew me away (18 December 2015) — A roadside paan-stall owner with a 7th-grade education explained his unit economics, profits, and savings plan better than most finance professionals.
Coaching vs. mentoring (15 November 2014) — A mentor hands you the map. A coach asks whether you are heading to the right place. Each solves a different problem. Which one do you need?
LEED Platinum: more than a plaque on the wall (7 December 2013) — LEED Platinum is more than a plaque on the wall. It made new joiners at EMC India gasp every time I told them what it meant. My real lesson was culture.
A ruined school opposite a sprawling Bangalore mall (8 October 2012) — How EMC India's CSR volunteers adopted a government school of 800 children facing a luxury mall, and brought back the girls who had dropped out.