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INTRODUCTION

t some point of time, while traveling, most of us have asked airline staff to
put a fragile tag on our bags, just as an additional precaution, to prevent them
from being thrown around violently. Looking at how bags are generally handled
at airports, that fragile tag at best only provides some form of psychological
Acomfort, rather than any useful protection. We all know that the only way to
protect what’s inside our bags is to pack things well.
How well we pack our bags, or lead our lives, or run our organizations; all of these are
governed by how anti-fragile we make them. It’s all about building resilience in a volatile,
“beyond our control”, fast-changing world.
This issue of Medley has articles contributed by leaders within Mahindra Partners,
and the Mahindra Group. We’ve also asked many of our business partners to share their
perspectives on building an anti-fragile world. The subjects range from how to build
resilience in children to protect the planet; from using Mahindra Rise and the Mahindra
Leadership Characteristics to lessons from Silicon Valley; from embracing the digital
world to running meetings that channelize energy; from achieving your dreams by setting
anti-fragile goals, to how authentic leadership and empowerment of people can create
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to survive and thrive through all the turbulence. What’s important, is to realize that an anti-
fragile sticker like the one on our bags or on the cover of this issue, is not the answer!

– Rustom Vesavevala
Vice President, HR and Business Excellence,
Mahindra Partners

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