Our society today is faced with many intimidating challenges and for this state to improve, those truly committed to improving it cannot shun away their individual responsibility and dwell in the easy languor of the past. Equal opportunity lies in front of each one of us to bring about a positive impact, individually or collectively.

As I travel to MLabs' inaugural conference on 'management innovation', my thoughts drift back to the first time I interacted with the brain behind this unique initiative. Ideas that I have nurtured since long came up as I spoke with Prof Gary Hamel and along with it the delight that some of these ideas have successfully been implemented in HCL.

I was at the INSEAD global leadership Summit recently where I was invited to speak on a very relevant topic for today's times- 'Responsible Leadership and Sustainable Growth'. The discussion and the subsequent questions on the sidelines of the event set me thinking. Is developing sustainable technologies still a nice to have?

Often while evaluating the challenges and opportunities facing my organization and the industry on the whole, I am faced with a question of how to build a truly global organization having global leaders who essentially will come from the next generation. The changing environment indicates that what was true in the past is not true now.

A hundred deals for 5 million dollars each or five deals worth 100 million dollars each. Come to think of it, though the former leaves you with impressive statistics to boast about what the company has been doing or targets being met, is it the same as brining greater value to a fewer number.