Bio

I help leaders design and strategize business models to exploit new technological shifts. In this regard, I'm best know for my work on platform ecosystems and network effects. SNAPSHOT: - Best-selling author of 3 books (500,000+ copies sold across 10+ languages) - Business scholar featured on four occasions in Harvard Business Review Top 10 Must Reads - C-level advisor to more than 40 of the Fortune 500 firms - Board member and advisor at Global2000 firms and ministerial committees KEY HIGHLIGHTS: - Selected as one of the top 10 strategy publications ever on HBR, alongside Michael Porter, Clay Christensen and others. - Featured as one of top 10 management ideas globally for 2017 by HBR. - Selected as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum. - Best-selling co-author of Platform Revolution (Forbes Must Read) and author of Platform Scale. - Selected among top 10 articles in HBR on Business Model Innovation. - Ranked top management thinker for two successive years by Thinkers50, the premier ranking of global management thinkers: -- 2016 - Top 30 emerging thinkers globally most likely to shape the future. -- 2015 - Top 50 most influential thinkers of Indian origin. Youngest to be ranked. - Awarded the Distinguished Alumnus Award by IIM Bangalore. Youngest ever recipient. WORK - C-level executive advisor to 30 of the Fortune 500 companies globally. - Keynote speaker at leading global events including the G20 Summit 2014, United Nations (ILO & WIPO), WEF, and World50 and for leading global brands, incl. Microsoft, GE, Autodesk, Huawei, AT&T etc. OTHER APPOINTMENTS AND INITIATIVES - Appointed to multiple Fortune 500 Advisory Boards, including ING Global Innovation Council - Appointed to the WEF's Global Council on Platforms & Systems - Former Co-Chair of the MIT Platform Strategy Summit at the MIT Media Labs, - Featured on the cover of HBR (April 2016) and MIT Tech Review (September 2015). - Entrepreneur in Residence at the INSEAD Business School. - Featured on numerous media outlets globally, including feature interview in Forbes, and regular contributions on HBR and WIRED.