Future happens at the Fringes
What if your next big growth opportunity isn’t hiding in your average customer—but at the edges?
Businesses focus on their largest segments and most common behaviours. But the future often shows up elsewhere first—in the workarounds, unusual use cases and “niche” customers that are easy to dismiss.
Because today’s outlier may just be tomorrow’s mainstream customer.
Transparency Creates Pressure. Action Creates Better Customer Service.
Making customer feedback public can increase transparency and accountability—but visibility alone does not improve customer experience. The real opportunity lies in turning feedback into meaningful, actionable insights that empower employees to improve customer service every day.
What One Entrepreneur Taught Me About Becoming AI-Native
What does it really take to become an AI-native business? Lessons from entrepreneur Sonal Shah show how purpose, hands-on leadership, employee development and redesigned processes can make AI a driver of customer value, individual capability and business growth.
The World's Best Companies Don't Compound Profits: They Compound Capability.
The world's most successful companies don't simply grow—they build capabilities that become stronger with every customer, every product and every decision. Discover why capability compounding may be the ultimate source of lasting competitive advantage.
Customer Happiness: The Next Competitive Advantage for Banks
Most organisations focus on reducing customer complaints. The leaders go much further. They create customer happiness—and in doing so, build employee pride, stronger loyalty, and a self-reinforcing cycle of better business performance.
Will a 5-Star Rating Make Customers Choose Your Brand?
Do industry star-ratings really help brands grow?
The Bureau of Energy Efficiency just announced a proposed 5-star rating system for electric two-wheelers.But for a business or brand in a new category, there is a larger question:
Will a better star rating make your brand more preferred?
What a $1.77 Trillion Valuation Teaches Us About Future Customer Value
SpaceX has just gone public at a staggering US$1.77 trillion valuation — and for someone like me, who would take a one-way ticket into space just to see what lies beyond Earth, this feels bigger than an IPO.
It feels like the market is putting a price on human curiosity.
Beyond India, Digital and AI: The Real Growth Opportunities for CEOs
Growth is becoming harder for many businesses. Demand is uneven. Competition is intense. Capital is more selective. And yet, three powerful growth drivers are already shaping the next decade: India’s growth, Digital and GenAI. These trends were clearly outlined in an outstanding talk on the India Opportunity by @NandanNilekani at a session to @FiresideVentures Investors.
Why Established Leaders struggle to make Disruptive Innovation happen...and what to do about it
When do your biggest strengths become your biggest weaknesses? It's when you want to bring in something disruptive in the market.
Opinion: India has window of opportunity to unlock tourism boom from Europe
India's improving value perception, geopolitical stability and diverse offerings create a rare opportunity to sharply increase foreign tourism revenues from Europe if approached systematically
Back to Basics-1 FBV Ladder
“Let’s get back to basics.” When growth starts getting difficult, business leaders often go looking for sophisticated answers. But very often, growth comes from something far simpler: Fixing the fundamentals. In this episode of RedVent: Your Growth Story, Prakash Nedungadi revisits one such basic that many brands and businesses still get wrong — the Features–Benefits–Values (FBV) Ladder.
When Growth is Challenging, Insights are the Answer
When markets are challenging, what separates the growth-winning companies from the others? Not just execution excellence, but the ability to spot and uncover hidden customer value....through INSIGHT!
In crisis created by the Iran war, survival won't be enough for businesses
Beyond firefighting, leaders must leverage shifting market dynamics and deepen relationships to secure a long-term competitive advantage
How India's EV strategy must change: Put customers first, technology next
India's EV slowdown is rooted in weak customer insight and how new ideas are adopted
Why CEOs of Indian Businesses must look at the European Opportunity DIFFERENTLY
India’s growth story is strong. But is it enough for your growth targets? With new trade agreements and shifting global supply chains, Europe is no longer just an export destination — it is a strategic growth opportunity.
Unlock Hidden Growth in your Value Chain
In this episode of RedVent: Your Growth Story, Prakash Nedungadi explains why one of the most powerful—and most under-leveraged—growth opportunities lies in an unexpected place: your value chain.
Union Budget Key Takeaways- 3 big growth implications
The Indian Union Government’s Budget announced earlier this week sends a clear, if understated, signal to business leaders: This is not a Budget driven by an extraordinary government-led growth push. It is one that prioritises stability, fiscal discipline, and steady momentum. What does this mean for businesses who want to ACCELERATE Growth?
Indian Businesses Need a Europe Strategy — And a New Level of Confidence
Indian Businesses Need a Europe Strategy — And a New Level of Confidence.
In conversations with business leaders, we at RedVent have sensed a recurring hesitation when the discussion turns to Europe.
Why CEOs Can’t Delay GenAI for Growth Any Longer!
Start using GenAI for growth in 2026– to find new ways to reach new or existing customers, to price better, to discover new markets and MORE.
Beyond 10x Productivity: A CEO’s Guide to GenAI Strategy
We are in the middle of a transformation in human capability that we have not seen before.
GenAI doesn’t transform capability by merely “using GenAI”. It demands new routines, redesigned workflows, changed habits, and shifts in structures and culture.

