8 of 50 Most Influential Management Gurus is of Indian Origin
Every 2 years, The Thinkers 50, publishes a list of The 50 Most Influential Management Gurus. Harvard Business Review is the media sponsor and McGraw Hill is the video sponsor.
The list contains many well-known names. I have listed some of them:
- Jim Collins (Good to Great & Build to Last),
- Michael Porter (Competitive Advantage),
- Marcus Buckingham (First, Break All The Rules & Now, Discover Your Strengths),
- Don Tapscott (Wikinomics),
- Malcolm Gladwell (The Tipping Point & Blink),
- Gary Hamel (The Core Competence of the Corporation),
- Seth Godin (Purple Cow),
- Tom Peters (In Search of Excellence & The Pursuit of WOW!),
- Thomas Friedman (The World Is Flat),
- Daniel Goleman (Emotional Intelligence) and
- Stephen Covey (The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People)
However, what I find most interesting is that the list has 8 people of Indian origin!
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Vijay Govindarajan (3) |
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Nitin Nohria (13) |
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Nirmalya Kumar (26) |
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Pankaj Ghemawat (27) |
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Vineet Nayar (40) |
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Rakesh Khurana (41) |
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Sheena Iyengar (48) |
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Subir Chowdhury (50) |
The number of people of Indian origin has been increasing steadily over the years – from 2 in 2001 to 8 this year.
The details are available here.
One more point which I find very intriguing is that there is only one person of Far East origin which includes Japan, China, and South Korea etc.
