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Dreamers and Unicorns: How Leadership, Talent and Culture are the New Growth Drivers Paperback – November 16, 2020

by Abhijit Bhaduri (Author)
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DREAMERS: Most Dreamers, it turns out, know how to build products, not organisations. Most Dreamers stay local and never become a Unicorn.

UNICORNS: A narcissistic leader, a leadership team of old cronies and a toxic culture are often the three curses that prevent them from going global and becoming a Market Shaper.

MARKET SHAPERS: A Market Shaper changes how we live—across the world. They struggle to retain the trust of governments and stakeholders beyond investors.

INCUMBENTS: How do you spot an Incumbent? Ask the employees. They believe the firm and its offerings are irrelevant; the leadership team believes they are Market Shapers.

Packed with ideas and innovations, this powerhouse of a book by best-selling author and talent management specialist Abhijit Bhaduri explains why leadership, talent and culture are the new drivers of growth whether you are a Dreamer, a Unicorn, a Market Shaper or an Incumbent.

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Abhijit Bhaduri is a Talent Management practitioner with global experience across various sectors. As Chief Learning Officer for Wipro, a role he worked at for seven years, he oversaw global initiatives across several countries. As an alumnus of Microsoft, PepsiCo, Colgate and Tata Steel, he has have been exposed to globally acknowledged best practices in leadership, talent management and culture building. He has nearly a million followers on LinkedIn and Twitter who follow his short form articles and sketches.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Westland Business (November 16, 2020)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 512 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9389648610
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-9389648614
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 15.1 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.99 x 10 x 1.85 inches
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This is the first book I've come across that documents well the impact of COVID-19 on business and how organizations should deal with the changing nature of work-workplace-workers. It has many interesting examples and case studies. I would recommend it highly to practitioners, academics, and students of business on how to adapt to a post-COVID world. Bhaduri has good insights. His graphic illustrations are like ornaments on a Christmas tree!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Impact of COVID-19 on Business
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This is the first book I've come across that documents well the impact of COVID-19 on business and how organizations should deal with the changing nature of work-workplace-workers. It has many interesting examples and case studies. I would recommend it highly to practitioners, academics, and students of business on how to adapt to a post-COVID world. Bhaduri has good insights. His graphic illustrations are like ornaments on a Christmas tree!
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Sanjit Sengupta
5.0 out of 5 stars Impact of COVID-19 on Business
Reviewed in the United States on February 15, 2021
This is the first book I've come across that documents well the impact of COVID-19 on business and how organizations should deal with the changing nature of work-workplace-workers. It has many interesting examples and case studies. I would recommend it highly to practitioners, academics, and students of business on how to adapt to a post-COVID world. Bhaduri has good insights. His graphic illustrations are like ornaments on a Christmas tree!
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SACHINDEV THONGAM
5.0 out of 5 stars IMPACTFUL
Reviewed in India on December 3, 2020
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I'm an alien to the corporate world and this book had the very first impression of being very native to corporate world but as a matter of fact of being attracted towards it for one, I wanted to find out about the corporate world and two, I liked the author so I decided to order one copy myself and as I was as much aprehensive about this book it turned out very relatable. I'm an artist, a musician, a teacher by profession, corporate world is poles apart from me. I don't know a "C" of Corporate but this book is not just about corporate world but also about being a "Dreamer" and/or a "Unicorn" in any area of expertise, let alone be it being a musician, you can relate to how the pandemic hit you hard and what made you get going was perseverance through the change in shifts. It made me realize about how changing the work can give a big impact in life.

Not only the book talks about how organisations need to do to cope with during pandemic but gave light to what we can become, a dreamer, a unicorn, a market shaper or an incumbent.

Personally, I feel this book can be used as a daily manual for getting inspiration through the tough times of pandemic and also that it kept my mind refreshingly lit with the witty sketches in the book that Abhijit skillfully put and it never ceased to make me laugh along as it had the humour in right amount. All in all it is a must read book and thank you and kudos to Abhijit for an impactful one.
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Rajiv Bhalla
5.0 out of 5 stars Dreamers & Unicorns....Go Grab a Copy of this awesome book !
Reviewed in India on December 27, 2020
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Loved reading this latest book by Abhijit Bhaduri . Aptly called “Dreamers & Unicorns”, the book highlights with great real-life examples, how the key drivers of growth have shifted to softer aspects like leadership, talent strategies and organizational culture. The book also explores what turns a startup into a market shaper with a trillion dollars of market capitalization & highlights keys shifts at workplace to watch out for in an ‘After Corona World’.
I loved the chapter on “Life being a series of S curves”.
Here, Abhijit highlights that “Transformations happen through S-curves and exponential changes”. One has to think of life as a series of projects lasting a few years and then do something different.
Today, we may be at the start of an S-curve where automation is going to create jobless growth.
He explains that just as Jobs evolve, skills evolve. As organizations have to keep reinventing themselves or die, individuals too have to reskill to stay relevant. This may be a time when businesses will move from hiring for jobs to hiring for skills.

I could really associate with a quote where he states that, "As individuals we need to Reinvent ourselves every few years even if it means walking away from success and start all over again. "

Highly recommended read.... the book is filed with delightful insights and thought-provoking nuggets.
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Sanjeev Roy
5.0 out of 5 stars A breathtaking view of the organisational landscape here onwards
Reviewed in India on February 4, 2021
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The scope of the book is grand and epic. It manages to take a 30,000ft and an onground view simultaneously!
This is Abhijit's pet topic of the ubiquitous digital world that was an idea in his last book (the Digital Tsunami) and is a reality on steroids thanks to Covid.
From the marrying of polarities like automation replacing human jobs to the centrality of people for organisations and the need to view customers and employees as equally important and the importance of specialisation but multiple careers, Abhijit has placed a number of interesting perspectives for consideration. I found these perspectives along with a host of others like the importance of intangibles, the 5 big shifts and so on far more interesting than the classification of Dreamers and Unicorns. That is relevant to a certain class of organisations (mostly for profit and digital products/services) whereas the rest of the concepts are relevant for any organisation. I also found the many ideas thrown around in every section (pincode based jobs, individualisation, facilitation tips..) very very useful. If anything, the book suffers from being packed to the rafters with meaningful and diverse content. Highly recommended for all, including students on the cusp of entering the job(?) market.
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Anand Suspi
5.0 out of 5 stars Highly insightful and informative.
Reviewed in India on February 9, 2021
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With each day, the business world is getting more complex and uncertain. Very few are able to make sense of the present, let alone have a sense of the next. In this context, this book is both an eye-opener as well as a mind-settler. It presents fascinating insights about industries, businesses, brands and people (employers and employees) It talks about trends in workplaces, working paradigms and workers’ skills and motivations. It postulates management thinking that could make an organization leap to becoming a unicorn, instead of merely remaining a dreamer.
Referencing a wide range of eminent entrepreneurs, management thinkers, HR practitioners, business leaders et al., it is replete with insightful facts, anecdotes and perspectives. To top it all, the author has adorned the pages with his skillful sketches. And if you think management books are heavy, this one will make you revise your judgement. Supremely well written.
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T Pal
5.0 out of 5 stars Must Read
Reviewed in India on November 23, 2020
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Dreamers and Unicorns describes the five shifts that have shaped the Post COVID-19 world. It is a hybrid world that will demand a new mindset. The drivers of growth are leadership, talent and culture. Dreamers and Unicorns is yet another must-read book from talent management and leadership coach Abhijit Bhaduri. Dreamers, Unicorns and Market Shapers will be the new phrases to describe phases of growth of businesses. This is a book that will help you navigate your career in the new world. Make this the one book you must read this year. I strongly recommend it.
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