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by Nitin Seth (Author)
The practical handbook for understanding and winning in the post-COVID digital age and becoming a 21st century leader. For every enterprise and its leaders, the digital age is a roller-coaster ride with more than its fair share of thrills and spills. It presents them with great opportunities to leapfrog and grow. However, success is not easy in the Digital Age. It requires a complete overhaul of the business model and organizational design, and the mind-sets of professionals. Such a large and complex change is not easy to manage, and enterprises often lose their way in their digital transformation attempts. Nitin brings in this book his 25+ years of experience in leadership roles in world-class firms like Mckinsey and Fidelity and Digital natives like Flipkart and Incedo. He presents compelling insights and practical examples and answers key questions on how enterprises can win in the Digital Age: Why do firms fail at digital transformation? How are the rules of business changing in the digital age? What disruptive opportunities does digital present in various industries? How to best leverage the potential of digital technologies like AI and the Cloud? How do organizational capabilities and culture need to change? What new skills do leaders and young professionals need to build? Nitin brings clarity to the transformation process, breaking it down into seven building blocks and presenting how best to master them. The book is a practitioner's guide for people across all age groups - students, young professionals, experienced professionals, senior executives on how they can realize the amazing opportunities the digital age offers them and achieve their true potential at work and in personal life. The book is the winner of the BBLF CK Prahalad Best Business Book Awards. It was also named Best Business Book in the 2022 Globe Awards, 2022 International Business Awards, 2022 American Business Awards, and 2022 Axiom Business Book Awards.
Author Biography
Nitin is an accomplished industry leader with a unique combination of experiences as a Global Manager, Entrepreneur, and Management Consultant. He is passionate about building and transforming businesses, driving innovation, coaching, and building high-performance teams.
Nitin is the Chief Executive Officer of Incedo Inc., a high-growth technology services firm focused on Digital, Data, and Analytics. Before Incedo, Nitin has held several top management positions. He was Chief Operating Officer of Flipkart, Managing Director and Country Head for Fidelity International in India, and Director of McKinsey's Global Knowledge Centre in India, where he conceptualized, developed, and led many new knowledge analytics-based capabilities that have had far-reaching industry impact. He has been elected twice to the NASSCOM Executive Council, was a Founder & Chairperson of NASSCOM's GIC Council, and was the Chairperson of the Nasscom Regional Council (NRC) in Haryana, India.
Nitin holds an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow, where he was awarded Chairman's gold Medal for standing first in the MBA program and a degree in engineering (B.Tech) from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi.
Nitin is passionate about mentoring and nurturing leaders. He is a Co-Founder of Plaksha University - India's largest collective philanthropy effort to build a new model of engineering education and research. Nitin is deeply influenced by India's Spiritual philosophy and traditions and believes they can provide the inspiration for a social & cultural renaissance not just of India but the world. As an avid speaker in the areas of leadership, entrepreneurship, business transformation, and technology, Nitin regularly speaks at industry conferences and writes a blog called "Nitin's Fundas" at nseth71.blogspot.com
