Six Practices
to thrive
By MUKESH SUD & PRIYANK NARAYAN
Leapfrog Six Practices
The Art of Endurance
Develop Grit
Are maestros born or made? How do some people achieve excellence in their chosen field? What do Mozart and the Indian American Spelling Bee...
Tricks that work for you
Nudge Yourself
What should you do while eating at a buffet counter: restrict the number of times you fill your plate or use a smaller plate and spoon?...
We are all confident idiots
Be Intellectually Humble
What do you need to get a job at Google? Can you be so ignorant that you don’t realize how ignorant you are? What is a failure resume and why should...
When ideas have sex
Dance with Disciplines
What is common among researchers who (1) could make a frog fly (2) correctly estimated the surface area of an Indian elephant (3) invented a wasabi smoke detector?
Cutting the Clutter
Curate the Chaos
Why did Spotify’s RapCaviar playlist become so popular? How can we distill knowledge from all the noise and information all around us? Can you eat wisely by...
The Audacity of Asking
Think Entrepreneurially
How does a start-up that wants to stick collars for stray dogs get funded by one of the top industrialists in India? How can you get a selfie with Prime Minister Modi...
Tool Kit
Make a Personal Journey Map
The Personal Journey Map will offer you a structured approach to achieving your personal and professional goals. With the PJM as a map and the six practices as a ship, untold treasure awaits!
Answer just 13 questions to build your very own Personal Journey Map using this template.
Our Testimonials
With pragmatic ideas for a thriving career, Mukesh and Priyank have managed to emphatically articulate a framework for success at work. A must-read for aspiring professionals.
This book provides a toolkit for envisioning possible futures and identifying promising moves by which to navigate one’s future. It is sure to give the reader some aha moments.
Mukesh and Priyank dig deep and offer brilliant insights into the challenges of professional and personal growth. Their anecdotal style of writing is a reflection of the conversations they create in the classroom, supporting each story with evidence-based research. Leapfrog is a powerful book for everyone who cares about thriving in their career.
A must-read for professionals and entrepreneurs from all backgrounds. Mukesh Sud and Priyank Narayan have succinctly encapsulated the six fundamentals needed to thrive in any career. Exciting gyaan, intelligibly packaged from IIMA and Ashoka.
In this uncertain and complex world, it is reassuring to have a robust framework to leapfrog ahead. Mukesh Sud and Priyank Narayan offer such an elegantly synthesised set of practices reflecting the current state-of-the-art with wonderful stories and examples.
Leapfrog is most relevant in today’s context. It offers some of the finest academic research in a practical, real-world framework. This witty and engaging book should be part of every young professional’s library.
Meet the Authors
Associate Professor at IIM Ahmedabad
Mukesh Sud
An engineer from IIT Delhi, he founded several small-scale industries involved in abrasive blasting and thermal sprayed coatings. Mukesh began his academic career in the US at Augustana College (2006-09), after which he was a tenured faculty member at the Dolan School of Business, Fairfield University (2009-15).
Mukesh is a visiting faculty at Ashoka University, Delhi NCR, and the Naropa Fellowship at Leh. At IIM Ahmedabad he conducts executive education programmes on 'Design Thinking' and 'Creating Entrepreneurial Organizations'. He is on FICCI's Science, Technology, and Innovation (STI) Committee.
Founding Director - Centre for Entrepreneurship at Ashoka...
Priyank Narayan
Founding Director of the Centre for Entrepreneurship at Ashoka University, a leading liberal arts university. He started his career with IBM. He has been an entrepreneur for many years before joining Ashoka University. Priyank teaches courses on Design Thinking, Innovation Management, and Developing an Entrepreneurial Mindset. He is a guest faculty member at IIT Delhi, IIM Ahmedabad, HEC Paris, and Naropa Fellowship, Leh. An MBA from the Asian Institute of Management, Manila, Priyank has also studied at IIM Ahmedabad. He has completed executive education programmes at Harvard Business School and Singularity University, California. He holds a PhD from the Department of Management Studies, IIT Delhi.
Media
DECEMBER, 2020
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