Shruti Dhupia, Author at Harvard Business Publishing https://www.harvardbusiness.org/author/sdhupia/ Fri, 12 Feb 2021 21:08:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 Who Owns the Responsibility to Shift the Lens of Bias in an Organization? https://www.harvardbusiness.org/who-owns-the-responsibility-to-shift-the-lens-of-bias-in-an-organization/ Tue, 16 Feb 2021 12:00:30 +0000 http://www.harvardbusiness.org/?p=312589 A very pertinent question emerged during an inclusion session to celebrate Black History month in the UK. One specific and thought-provoking question by a session participant triggered multiple discussion threads. While it is only human to have biases, who owns the responsibility to shift the lens of bias to equity and fairness for all? Does the minority group, who the bias is against, need to prove that the bias does not hold any good? Or does the majority group own the responsibility to be aware of the biases they possess and carefully manage them? With some reflections and debate, we […]

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]]> How COVID-19 Is Redefining the Leadership Narrative https://www.harvardbusiness.org/how-covid-19-is-redefining-the-leadership-narrative/ Wed, 03 Jun 2020 17:37:42 +0000 http://www.harvardbusiness.org/?p=245218 In an attempt to understand the implications that COVID-19 is having on business and leadership, we recently conducted a series of in-depth interviews with C-suite business and HR leaders from around the globe. We found that, in these challenging times, leaders seem more intrinsically motivated to be visible, and have a heightened sense of responsibility and ownership. A common crisis is uniting organizations, and the overall business ecosystem that each organization operates in. One thing that echoed across all our discussions: leadership boundaries have been stretched overnight, and a focus on people and their well-being has markedly increased. All of […]

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]]> Five Key Takeaways on People, Learning, and Trust from Partners’ Meeting Mumbai https://www.harvardbusiness.org/five-key-takeaways-on-people-learning-and-trust-from-partners-meeting-mumbai/ Wed, 26 Feb 2020 13:49:02 +0000 http://www.harvardbusiness.org/?p=137746 It was a busy Monday morning as learning leaders across India joined us in the Harvard Business School classroom replica set up in Taj Lands’ End, Mumbai. With 80-plus partners and several speakers, the first-ever Harvard Business Publishing Corporate Learning Partners’ Meeting in India was buzzing with inspiring presentations and thoughtful discussions around the future of work and organizational readiness to support the future. The day provided participants with five key learnings that we hope they will take with them and carry through to their organizations: 1.Past success doesn’t always lead to future success. In the classic Harvard Business School […]

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