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Shreya Mani
MBA student. Writing about people, organisations, and the ideas that shape how we work.
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Growing fast feels like winning. Scaling well is how you stay in the game. Every founder’s dream looks roughly the same: revenue climbing, customers multiplying, headcount expanding, press coverage arriving.
When everything falls apart, the difference between leadership and management stops being theoretical. Most organizations run on management. Budgets get planned, teams get organized, processes get enforced — and it
How a multi-billion-dollar industry turned “be kind, work hard, rest well” into a religion — and convinced us we needed a guru to figure it out. Here is something nobody
I’m Mani — a writer, MBA student, and recovering optimizer trying to think clearly about work, rest, and the texture of ordinary days.
June 26, 2026
The Software Is Ready. Is Your Organization?
Digital transformation keeps failing — and it has almost nothing to do with technology. Every year, organizations collectively spend over $2.5 trillion on digital transformation. They commission consultants, replace legacy
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June 26, 2026
What an MBA Actually Teaches You About People (That Textbooks Don’t)
The real curriculum isn’t in the syllabus — it’s in the room. There’s a widely held theory about what an MBA is for. Finance. Strategy. Marketing. Operations. The hard architecture
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June 26, 2026
Ee Sala Cup Namde: What the IPL Teaches Us About Brand Building at Scale
Seventeen years of heartbreak. One trophy. And a fanbase that never left. That’s not a cricket story — it’s a masterclass in brand loyalty. In June 2025, Virat Kohli lifted