Why your best people leave within 18 months — and it’s rarely about money
The resignation letter isn’t the moment of decision. It’s the last data point in a story that’s been running for a year.
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How the Pañcabhūta framework helps Pune developers find what is stalling their growth
Featured in the Anniversary Edition — SM²’s five-element diagnostic applied to real estate.
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Beyond demand & supply: how to stop firefighting and start scaling
For firms stuck between demand and supply, direction is the third element to look for — the thinking behind Tṛtīya.
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Mud huts to smart homes: real estate evolution or revolution
A field view of how India’s real estate organisations must change to keep pace with how buyers now decide.
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Real estate, leadership, and business growth
On the leadership behind the buildings — what separates developers who scale from those who stall.
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Goals are achieved when there is a strategy
Ambition without architecture stays ambition. A short note on the difference between wanting and planning.
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What is SM² — and what is it not?
Not a training company with consulting attached. A framework-driven consulting practice — defined in its own words.
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Creating value, one project at a time
Why a real estate giant like Kohinoor Developers trusts us year on year.
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Let’s normalise founders’ vulnerability
The loneliness of running a business is real — and pretending otherwise helps no one build anything that lasts.
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Entrepreneurship, and the IIMB journey
Notes from the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women programme at IIM Bangalore — on building as a founder.
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