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Psychological Safety, The Prerequisite for Modernisation
If people can’t tell you the truth, your dashboards will lie for them. So now you finally have what most leaders think they need: a system. And yet… the system still doesn’t show the truth. Numbers look “clean”. Reports look “reasonable”. Problems show up late. Bad news arrives only when it becomes a fire. This is where many leaders get fooled. They look at the dashboard and think, “Great, we’re improving.” And then reality punches them. A shipment fails. A customer escalates
Rahul Kulkarni
6 hours ago3 min read
Negotiating With the Old Guard
The old guard isn’t blocking change. They’re protecting something AI generated image Once you stop begging, and you stop shouting, you still have to do the hardest part: You have to bring the old guard along without breaking the room. And the quickest way to get this wrong is to treat it like a logic problem. It’s not. It’s closer to a family wedding. In an Indian wedding, seating is never “just seating”. You don’t move people around by saying, “This arrangement is more effic
Rashmi Kulkarni
Apr 133 min read
Reputation Is the Real Asset
Your reputation is the only KPI everyone tracks without data In a legacy MSME, people don’t follow strategy. They follow evidence of who you are, especially when things get messy. And the evidence doesn’t come from your PowerPoint. It comes from your pattern . Inherited seat: People will give you initial respect. They’ll still test whether you’re consistent or emotional. Hired seat: People will judge you faster. Your reputation starts at zero, and every week adds or subtrac
Rahul Kulkarni
Mar 223 min read
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