Author: Niranjan Gidwani

Retailers are no longer in the world of monthly or fortnightly reviews. The model has shrunk to on-the-go review of operations and supply chain processes.

LIFE is full of contradictions. As we grow up, we begin to get surrounded by the many contradictions of our professional and personal lives.

As business increasingly becomes digital and data-driven, many companies that once appeared to be built for success suddenly seem to falter and slowdown.

Niranjan Gidwani, the Consultant Director, Member of UAE Superbrands Council, and a Charter Member of TIE Dubai, speaks about what worked for 2021, what didn’t, and the key opportunities and challenges expected for 2022

Managing people and resources, taking ideas through to execution can be taught and learnt. But not leadership. It is true is that more leaders can be created if we create the right environment to foster the characteristics of learning, reflection and experimentation.

Neo bank may well turn out to be the next big thing in the banking space. The objective of Neo Banks is to provide digital banking through mobile applications. Being digital, these banks are lean in structure and are supposed to provide faster services and solutions.

The global experience of the last two years has brought out the best in us, as well as the worst. The business and economic pressures that leaders, politicians, managers and those in positions of authority have faced during the pandemic period has truly shaken off our masks, and brought out our real selves.

Startup ecosystems are popping up all across the country and the world, with varying levels of success.  Let us focus on the mix of ingredients that are needed to make a good startup ecosystem thrive over time. These are not any hard and fast rules, but rather good guiding principles which one can observe in great and successful start up destinations in the world.

Being a coach or a mentor is a serious responsibility – to leave a legacy for a new, more intelligent, more capable generation of leaders, who in turn must play the same role in the future so that the relay race is always run well; at all times.

A recent article in the Wall Street Journal cited that Amazon plans to open large retail locations around the US. Is this a new trend? In a special piece for SME10x, Niranjan Gidwani, Consultant Director and Member of UAE Superbrands Council, shares why the retail sector should not be in a hurry to write an obituary for the brick and mortar stores and what could be the next disruptive trend in retail.