Ram Nidumolu
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Ram Nidumolu
Professor of Organisational Behaviour (Practice)
Biography
Ram Nidumolu is a Professor of Organisational Behaviour (Practice) at the Indian School of Business (ISB). He brings a unique combination of expertise in B-school professorship, Fortune 500 strategy consulting, C-level executive leadership experience, Silicon Valley and Bangalore-based entrepreneurship, and business research.
He has advised senior executives at global corporations on how to unlock new opportunities for business growth through new models of business leadership, digital transformation, sustainable business innovation, and other next practices.
Professor Nidumolu is recognised as a thought leader through influential Harvard Business Review articles on emerging business practices, an acclaimed book on business leadership, and several other notable publications.
Education
- PhD in Information Systems, Anderson School of Management, UCLA, 1991
- PGDM in Marketing, Indian Institute of Management, 1983
- BS in Electronics and Communications Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, 1981
- B.Sc in Physics, Madras Christian College, 1978
Experience
Academic positions
- 2019 - Present: Clinical Professor, Indian School of Business
- 2014 - 2016: Visiting Professor, Woxsen School of Business
- 1998 - 2000: Assistant Professor, Operations and MIS, Leavey School of Business, Santa Clara University
- 1991 - 1998: Assistant Professor, Management Information Systems, Eller School of Management, University of Arizona
Professional Positions
- 2015 - 2020: Founder and CEO, Academy for Innovation and Management
- 2007 - 2015: Founder and CEO, InnovaStrat, Inc.
- 2013 - 2014: Chief Operating Officer, Blu Skye Ventures
- 2000 - 2007: Founder and CEO, Gandiva, Inc.
Selected publications
- Sunder M, Vijaya., Nidumolu, Ram., Modukuri, Siddhartha., Sohoni, Milind. (2024) "Setting up the right guardrails", Asian Management Insights, 11 (2)
- Nidumolu, Ram., Sunder M, Vijaya., Pavitra, Madhira. (2024) "Metro rail comes to Hyderabad", Stanford Social Innovation Review
- Nidumolu Ram., J Ellison., J Whalen., E Billman. (2014) "The Collaboration Imperative", Harvard Business Review
- Nidumolu Ram. (2013) "How Being-Centered Leadership Can Drive Capitalism", GreebBiz
- J Ellision., Nidumolu Ram. (2013) "Why Sustainable Business Initiatives Will Fail Unless Leaders Change Their Mindset", Harvard Business Review
- Nidumolu Ram. (2013) "Ancient Wisdom and New Thinking on Integrity: How to Avoid Financial Crises", The Guardian
- Nidumolu Ram., Kramer K., Zeitz J. (2012) "Connecting Heart to Head: A Framework for Sustainable Growth", Stanford Social Innovation Review
- Nidumolu Ram., C K Prahalad., MR Rangaswami. (2009) "Why Sustainability is now the Key Driver of Innovation", Harvard Business Review
- Nidumolu Ram., Subramani M. (2003) "The Matrix of Control: Combining Process and Structure Approaches to Managing Software Development", Journal of MIS, Winter
- Nidumolu Ram., Subramani M., Aldrich A. (2001) "Situated Learning and the situated Knowledge Web:Exploring the ground Beneath Knowledge Management", Journal of MIS
- Nidumolu Ram. (1998) "Standardization, Requirements Uncertainty and Software Project Performance", Information & Management
- Nidumolu Ram., Menon N., Ziegler B. (1998) "Object-Oriented Business Process Modeling and Simulation :A Discrete Event System Specification(DEVS)Framework", Simulation:Practice and Theory
- Nidumolu Ram., G Knotts. (1998) "The Effects of Customizability and Reusability on the Perceived Process and Competitive Performance of Software Firms", MIS Quarterly
- Bajaj A., Nidumolu Ram. (1998) "A Feedback Model to understand information System Usage", Information and Management
- Nidumolu Ram. (1996) "Standardization, Requirements Uncertainty and Software Project Performance", Information and Management
- Nidumolu Ram. (1996) "A Comparison of the Structural Contingency and Risk-based Perspectives on Coordination in Software Development Projects", Journal of MIS Fall
- Nidumolu Ram., Goodman S., Vogel D., Danowitz A. (1996) "Information Technology for local Administration Support:The Governorates Project in Egypt", MIS Quarterly
- Nidumolu Ram. (1995) "The Effect of Coordination and Uncertainty on Software Project Performance: Residual Performance Risk as an Intervening Variable", Information Systems Research
- Nidumolu Ram. (1995) "Inter-Organizational Information Systems and the structure and climate of seller Buyer Relationships", Information and Management
- Nidumolu Ram., Goodman S. (1993) "Computing in India : An Asian Elephant learning to Dance", Communications of the ACM
- E Swanson., M Fuller., Nidumolu Ram., Ramiller N., Ward G. (1991) "Illusive Effects on the Diffusion of an Innovation: A Comment", Management Science
- Nidumolu Ram., P J Simmons., T F Yosie. (2015) "Sustainability and the CFO: Challenges, Opportunities and Next Practices", Corporate Eco Forum & World Environment Center Research for Executives
- Nidumolu Ram., Kallapur Sanjay. (2015) "The CSR Law: Enabling ‘Extraordinary’ Business", ISB Insight , Jul-Sep 2015
- Nidumolu Ram., E Edwards., P J Simmons. (2014) "Corporate Renewable Energy Procurement: Key Trends, Practices and Collaborations", Corporate Eco Forum Research for Executives
- Nidumolu, Ram. (2013) "Organizational Change for Natural Capital Management: Strategy and Implementation", Natural Capital Coalition Research
- Nidumolu, Ram., Bell, K. (2012) "Executive Guide: Best Practices for Leading Edge Data Centres", Corporate Eco Forum research for Executives
- Nidumolu, Ram., M R, Rangaswami. (2008) "Achieving Sustainable Supply Chains: Insights and Practices from Global 500 Enterprises", Corporate Eco Forum Research for Executives
- Nidumolu, ram., RK, Rangaswami. (2008) "Bridging the Eco-Strategy and Execution Gap: Best Practices from Global 500 Enterprises", Corporate Eco Forum Research for Executives
- Nidumolu, Ram., M R, Rangaswami. (2008) "Driving Eco-Innovation: Best Practices in Execution from Global 500 Leaders", Corporate Eco Forum Research for Executives
Cases published
- Nidumolu, Ram., Swapna, AJ. (2022) "Creating a Fulfilling Workplace: A Holistic Approach to Employee Well-being at LVPEI (Case Study accepted by CLMP)", Harvard Business Publishing
- Nidumolu Ram., Seshadri, D.V.R.., Jalan, Ratan. (2019) "Stork Home Fernandez Hospitals: Going to Market with a Purpose-Driven, Disruptive Innovation,", ISB Case Study, HBS Publishing, Aug 22, 2019 (Product #: ISB172-PDF-ENG)
In the press
- March 26, 2023: SVB Crisis: Failing Banks, Living Your Life, and Finding Your Calling, The Quint.
- March 14, 2022: How do we build motivated teams?, LinkedIn.
- March 11, 2022: Managing Stress and Anxiety through Beingful Leadership, Mailchimp Activity.
- March 11, 2022: What is Beingful Leadership?, LinkedIn.
- March 3, 2022: Book Recommendation from Professor Ram Nidumolu, PhD, LinkedIn.
- February 28, 2022: Are you following the Beingfulness YouTube Channel yet?, LinkedIn.
- February 2, 2022: Challenges and Opportunities in a Hybrid Workplace, LinkedIn.
- January 31, 2022: Beingful Techniques for Managing Stress and Anxiety, LinkedIn.
- January 30, 2022: Beingful Techniques to manage stress and anxiety, Mailchimp Activity.
- January 26, 2022: In Conversation: Beingfulness and Artificial Intelligence, You Tube.
- January 26, 2022: In Conversation: Dealing with stress and anxiety, You tube.
- January 26, 2022: In Conversation: Millennials at Work, Youtube.
- January 26, 2022: In Conversation: What are Beingful Organisations?, You Tube.
- January 26, 2022: In Conversation: What are Beingful Teams?, You Tube.
- January 26, 2022: In Conversation: What is Beingful Capitalism?, You Tube.
- January 25, 2022: In Conversation: What is Beingful Leadership?, You Tube.
- January 25, 2022: In Conversation: What is Beingful Work?, YouTube.
- January 25, 2022: In Conversation: What is Beingfulness?, You Tube.
- January 25, 2022: In Conversation: What is higher purpose?, You Tube.
- January 25, 2022: In Conversation: What is the journey to Beingful Leadership?, You Tube.
- January 25, 2022: Hello! Hope you are having a Beingful 2022 so far!, LinkedIn.
- December 6, 2021: All workplaces and managers are faced with one problem today — what to do with millennials?, LinkedIn.
- December 5, 2021: All Workplaces and Managers are Faced with a Problem - What to do with Millennials?, ThePrint.
- December 1, 2021: Book Recommendation from Professor Ram Nidumolu, PhD, LinkedIn.
- November 24, 2021: Beingful techniques for managing millennials at the workplace, Mailchimp Activity.
- November 24, 2021: How to Manage Millennials Beingfully?, LinkedIn.
- November 8, 2021: How can you align your personal purpose to your organisation's purpose?, LinkedIn.
- November 3, 2021: Spotlight on Purpose: Diwali issue of Beingful Newsletter, Mailchimp Activity.
- November 3, 2021: Diwali Greetings, LinkedIn.
- October 25, 2021: Beingful Techniques to Stay Motivated at Work: Prof Ram Nidumolu, ISB, Mailchimp.
- October 25, 2021: Beingful Techniques to Stay Motivated at Work, LinkedIn.
- October 10, 2021: A Definition of Beingfulness, LinkedIn.
- October 7, 2021: What challenges have you had to navigate as you adapted to work-from-home settings over the last year?, LinkedIn.
- September 28, 2021: A Journey to the End of the World, LinkedIn.
- September 15, 2021: Beingful Work and Work-Life Harmony, LinkedIn.
- September 14, 2021: An invitation on Beingfulness from Prof. Ram Nidumolu, ISB, Mailchimp.
- September 7, 2021: Beingfulness and Mindfulness, YouTube.
- September 7, 2021: Beingfulness and social hierarchy, YouTube.
- September 7, 2021: Beingfulness in a changing world, YouTube.
- September 7, 2021: What is Beingfulness?, You Tube.
- September 7, 2021: Beingfulness in the Context of a Changing World, LinkedIn.
- September 3, 2021: Beingful Meditation, YouTube.
- September 3, 2021: Beingful Work, Youtube.
- July 3, 2021: Beingful Leadership and Connection, LinkedIn.
- June 25, 2021: Beingfulness and the Coronavirus Pandemic, LinkedIn.
- June 23, 2021: The REAL Journey to Beingful Leadership, LinkedIn.
- June 22, 2021: A Personal Message on Beingfulness from Prof. Ram Nidumolu, ISB, Mailchimp.
- June 22, 2021: The Whole Self at Work for Whole Well-Being, LinkedIn.
- June 20, 2021: Beingfulness as a Way of Life, LinkedIn.
- June 19, 2021: The Difference Between Happiness and Meaning, LinkedIn.
- June 18, 2021: A Message from Prof. Ram Nidumolu, Mailchimp.
- June 17, 2021: Gandhi's Way of Being, LinkedIn.
- June 15, 2021: An Example of Beingful Leadership, LinkedIn.
- June 14, 2021: Beingfulness and Beingful Leadership, LinkedIn.
- June 13, 2021: Business Opportunities and Shadows of the Self, LinkedIn.
- June 13, 2021: Business Returns from Beingful Leadership, LinkedIn.
- June 13, 2021: The Overall Well-Being of the Corporation, LinkedIn.
- June 12, 2021: Being in Business: A New Perspective, LinkedIn.
- June 12, 2021: The Growing Importance of Employee Well-Being, LinkedIn.
- June 12, 2021: The Whole Self and Holistic View of Well-Being, LinkedIn.
- June 5, 2021: Interesting Updates from the Beingful Volunteers Meeting, Mailchimp.
- June 3, 2021: Zoom details for Volunteers Meeting for Beingfulness, June 4th (6-7 pm), Mailchimp.
- June 1, 2021: Volunteers Meeting, Mailchimp.
- June 1, 2021: The Daily MEDSS: Exercises for Beingful Leadership, LinkedIn.
- May 25, 2021: A Message from Prof. Ram Nidumolu, Mailchimp.
- May 25, 2021: Recruiting Volunteers, Mailchimp.
