"An investment in knowledge pays the best interest". 
Benjamin Franklin

Leaders tend to obstinately stick to the leadership style that brought them most success in the past, usually one of two extreme styles: functional leadership that focuses on operational excellence or smart leadership that focuses on growth. When a leader's focus is too functional, the organization becomes introverted and can focus too much on bottom-line profitability while missing out on top-line growth opportunities. But when leaders focus too much on smart leadership, the organization may experience quick growth but lose its effectiveness quickly. From Smart to Wise offers a new approach that balances the two styles to achieve a form of wise leadership that is both functional and smart. Drawing on inspiring real-life stories of historical and contemporary wise leaders such as Bill Gates, Warren Buffet, and even Mahatma Gandhi, the authors identify six characteristics of wise leaders and offer a practical framework to help readers develop their own style of wise leadership. About the Author: Dr. Prasad Kaipa is an Executive Coach, Mentor, Author and founder and executive director of the Centre for Leadership, Innovation and Change at the Indian School of Business. He also has been a part-time visiting faculty at Saybrook Graduate School. Since 1990, Dr. Kaipa has advised CEOs and coached Executive Teams in the areas of Innovation, Business Transformation, Decision Making, Strategic Thinking and Personal Mastery. Dr. Kaipa received a B.S. in physics, chemistry and mathematics—Sri Venkateswara University, Anantapur, India. He later earned an M.S. in physics—Sri Venkateswara University, Anantapur, India. He also earned a Ph.D. in solid state physics—Indian Institute of Technology. Dr. Kaipa is the founder and executive Director of the Center for Leadership, Innovation and Change at the Indian School of Business. He also has been served as the Center for Creative Leadership's new H. Smith Richardson Visiting Fellow. During 1983-1987, Dr. Kaipa was the assistant professor in the TL Laboratory of The Radiobiology Division, Pharmocology department in the school of Medicine of University of Utah.

Online Presentation

Talk by Dr. Prasad Kaipa at the Natural Medicine & Ayurveda Clinic, Academy & Wellness Spa of Dr. Shanbagh in San Jose, on May 10, 2018. A production of eMotion Pictures, a division of Partners 4 Success. Contact: Thierry Doyen at td.partners4success@gmail.com

Prasad Kaipa presents at STIA+2014:Seattle

Secrets of successful entrepreneurs: Why some succeed while many fail? In this session, I identify what differentiates serial and successful entrepreneurs from others. I had a chance to co-found the TiE Institute for entrepreneurs in silicon valley and interact with large number of entrepreneurs. I also had worked with entrepreneurs and entrepreneur organizations in US, India and Europe and I will share the essence of my learning gained through interviews, coaching, research and personal experience and documented in the upcoming book 'From Smart to Wise.' About our speaker. Prasad is the CEO of the Kaipa Group in California and works with companies and senior executives in the areas of innovation, leadership development and coaching. He is a senior research fellow and a visiting professor at Indian School of Business (ISB) and was the founding Executive Director of the Center for Leadership, Innovation and Change (CLIC) and raised multi-million dollar funding to initiate two research cells--SBI Cell for Public Leadership and Biocon Cell for Innovation Management in CLIC. Core themes for Prasad's research are wisdom leadership, Indian models of innovation and leadership, affordable innovation, transformational leadership and mental models. He was a Smith Richardson Visiting Fellow at Center for Creative Leadership between 2010-2011 and is currently an advisor to Business FAC of Fetzer Institute. Prasad taught executive education programs organized by INSEAD, LBS, Tuck and IIM Bangalore in addition to ISB. Prasad has been an advisor and coach focusing on innovation and leadership since 1990 for about 120 C-level executives in Global Fortune 500 companies. Clients included Adobe, Boeing, Disney, Johnson & Johnson, Maxim and Oracle as well as global/entrepreneurial companies like Aztec, Advanta, BAE Systems, Lunar Design, Mastek, Olixir, Polaris, State Bank of India and Scintera Networks. The purpose of Prasad's innovation/leadership coaching is to ignite the genius within individuals. Prasad's unique competence is in helping his clients find their next significant step and take it. He found that unless he helps clients to examine their signature strengths that have turned into "core incompetence" and kept them stuck, it is difficult to ignite and channel their creativity to come up with innovative decisions, products, and services. He assists clients in becoming effective in managing people as well as oneself (personal mastery), getting reenergized and building new capacities, and taking more risks, in addition to innovative and strategic decisions. Prasad co-founded the Entrepreneur Institute for TiE in the Silicon Valley in 2002 to assist entrepreneurs develop soft skills and connect, engage and co-create effectively with others in the ecosystem. Over 13,000 entrepreneurs have gone through TiE Institute programs. He is a part-time faculty member at the Saybrook University and works with students in the areas of creativity and innovation, transformational learning and leadership. Prasad is/was on the board of directors/trustees for International Leadership Association, Marico Innovation Foundation, Samskruta Bharati US, Integral Leadership Review, Lead India 2020, Society for Organizational Learning (SoL), Aankhen, Turning Point Global, Intertec Communications, Hindu University of North America, and Catalyst. In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)