Biography of Vijay Govindarajan

Vijay Govindarajan (known as VG) is an internationally renowned authority on strategy execution, strategic innovation, industry transformation, and global strategy and organization.

Focus: build breakthrough businesses while sustaining excellence in your core business—the subject of his

New book: Ten Rules for Strategic Innovators.

MM~ what to drop and what to adopt from the parent company,
MM~ how to overcome the natural tensions that arise, and
MM~ how to learn as you grow the new business.

Style. VG is an excellent speaker—warm, articulate and naturally funny.

Ten Rules for Strategic Innovators — From Idea to Execution

Many business leaders know that they must innovate to spark and sustain growth. They have to be more entrepreneurial; they must start a new enterprise from within their existing business. But how?

They key is to shift the focus

from ideas > execution and
from leadership excellence > organizational excellence.
To do this, you have to escape the three boxes that inhibit experimental business:

the pastMMN you must forget some of what to this point has made your company MMMMMMNNsuccessful
the presentM you must borrow some of your company’s existing resources
the futureMM you must learn as you proceed
Ten Rules offers detailed advice on how to make a risky new business endeavor work within an established and successful corporation.

Credentials

Earl C. Daum 1924 Professor of International Business at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College
Founding director of Tuck’s William F. Achtmeyer Center of Global Leadership
Faculty Director for the Tuck Global Leadership 2020 Program

Awards
One of top 10 professors of business strategy, Forbes and BusinessWeek
Top Ten Business School Professors in Corporate Executive Education, BusinessWeek
One of the country’s top thought leaders, The Wall Street Journal
One of Top 20 North American Superstars for research and strategy, Management International Review
Forbes named VG “Outstanding Faculty” in its annual Guide to Best B-Schools and Top 5 Most Respected Executive Coaches
One of Eight Leading Executive Advisors, Wall Street Journal Online

Books

Ten Rules for Strategic Innovators — from Idea to Execution (Chris Trimble, coauthor)

Global Strategy and Organization (Anil K. Gupta, coauthor)

The Quest for Global Dominance: Transforming Global Presence into Global Competitive Advantage (Anil K. Gupta, coauthor)

The Many Facets of Leadership (Editor, with Marshall Goldsmith, Beverly Kaye and Albert A. Vincere)