Category: Brand Makers

26 weeks of business inspirations: ADAPT-able lessons from a Business OG

For example, in real life, we do know of Harit, as the CEO of Tata Sky (now Play) personally getting involved in consumer complaints resolution (“Your Subscriber Number please?”) on social media platforms, as a way to test process and TATs in his teams. The one minor grouse though that I have with Adapt, is Chapter 6 where, going by the story-flow, Addae perhaps needs a better quality VP of Marketing!, writes Siddharth Banerjee. (Image source: Amazon)

In Harit Nagpal’s recently launched book, ADAPT – based on his nearly four decades of building businesses and brands across Unilever (Lakme), Shoppers Stop, Hutch/Vodafone and Tata Play (earlier Tata Sky), three key lessons stand out, states Siddharth Banerjee.

Starbucks drops global CMO role; promotes CMO Brady Brewer to International CEO

Starbucks intends to soon appoint a global brand creative leader, reporting to Narasimhan.  (Representative image by Kal Visuals via Unsplash)

Starbucks plans on creating a clear geographic leadership structure, supported by global functions with deep functional expertise and the ability to drive impact on a global scale, it said in a statement. These changes will go into effect April 1.

Microsoft appoints Mustafa Suleyman as CEO – Microsoft AI

Mustafa Suleyman brings 15 years of experience as an entrepreneur, technologist and leader in artificial intelligence. He began his career at Reos Partners and went on to work across DeepMind, The Economist and Greylock.

Mustafa Suleyman will oversee a range of projects, such as integrating an AI Copilot into Windows and adding conversational elements to the Bing search engine.

Arun Kakatkar joins Microsoft India as human resources leader

In his current position, Arun Kakatkar is connecting organisation and talent strategies with business strategy, building high performing leadership teams and developing and delivering unified people and culture strategies which drive business goals.

Previously, Arun Kakatkar was the president or chief of strategy and organisation at Kalyani Group.

coto appoints Julius Baer’s Komal Syal as community advisor

As a Community Advisor, Komal Syal will work closely with coto's leadership team to develop strategies that promote inclusivity, diversity, and empowerment of coto women within the communities.

Komal Syal holds the Managing Director and Team Head position at Bank Julius Baer in Singapore.

Revolt Motors appoints Pradeep Lamba as vice president – marketing

Drawing from his experience in leadership positions at industry titans such as Samsung Electronics, Publicis Media, and Lenskart.com, Pradeep Lamba brings strategic insight to his new role.

In his capacity as marketing head, Pradeep Lamba will lead the charge in devising and executing comprehensive marketing strategies aimed at enhancing the overall brand presence of Revolt Motors.