Keep the Anger:

by R. Gopalakrishnan

What if you were told one day that the secret to success was anger? Anger in the workplace has always been frowned upon, but it might be the key towards finding the motivation to affect change.

According to R. Gopalakrishnan, director of Tata Sons, it is good to be angry—at policies implemented at your workplace, at the state of affairs in the country, at injustice in the world, to name just a few examples. Anger is what begets change, and change begets progress.

Keep the Anger is the transcript of R. Gopalakrishnan's revolutionary convocation address delivered at IIM Kashipur in March 2015, an absolute must-read for anyone who wants to change the world.

28 pages, Kindle Edition

Published December 25, 2017

About the author

R. Gopalakrishnan has been a professional manager for forty years. He has a wealth of practical managerial experience, initially in Unilever and more recently in the Tata Group. He has lived and worked in India, the UK and Saudi Arabia, and has travelled extensively all over the world. He began his career in 1967 as a computer analyst with Hindustan Lever after studying physics at Kolkata and electronics engineering at IIT, Kharagpur. He worked in the marketing function before moving to general management. During his years with Unilever, he was based in Jeddah as CEO of the Arabia unit; later, he was managing director of Brooke Bond Lipton India and then vice-chairman with Hindustan Lever. He has been president of the All India Management Association. Currently, he is the executive director of Tata Sons based in Mumbai. He also serves on the boards of other companies.