We are delighted to feature Nand Kishore Chaudhary (Chairman & Managing Director at Jaipur Rugs). He is a simple man devoted to the Indian hand-knitted rug industry with an aim to position it rightly in the world and to empower its real owner and creator – the Indian weaver.
In our discussion, we have explored what is social entrepreneurship, key mantra to transform society with love, and the most important learnings of the journey to make Jaipur Rugs an exemplary model for social entrepreneurship. Watch the complete video to know more about the journey of Nand Kishore Chaudhary and Jaipur Rugs.
Interviewee: Nand Kishore Chaudhary (Social Entrepreneur, Chairman & Managing Director at Jaipur Rugs)
Nand Kishore Chaudhary is a globally acclaimed social entrepreneur, is the founder of Jaipur Rugs, one of India’s largest manufacturers of hand knotted rugs and is often referred to as ‘Gandhi of the Carpet Industry’. With just two looms and nine artisans in 1978, his journey four decades later stands at Jaipur Rugs becoming a global social enterprise exporting to over 60 countries while providing sustainable livelihood to 40,000 artisans in 600 remote villages across five states in India, out of which 80% of them are women.
Interviewer: Noopur Pathak (Chief Media Editor, INNOVATION ROOTS)
Tag: Agile
Retrospectives Antipatterns and Beyond with Aino Vonge Corry
Retrospectives are indispensable for continuous learning and improvement. There are some bad practices known as antipatterns that can result in the failure of retrospectives.
We are happy to feature Aino Vonge Corry (Author, Retrospectives Antipatterns) in the recent interview to discuss about what are the retrospective antipatterns, what is the biggest challenge for retrospective when we talk about people and distributed teams, common symptoms to know you are failing at retrospectives and solutions to make the process of retrospectives enjoyable and valuable.
Interviewee: Aino Vonge Corry (Author, Retrospectives Antipatterns)
Aino is Author of the book Retrospectives Antipatterns. After gaining her Ph.D. in Computer Science in 2001 Aino Corry spent the next 10 years failing to choose between being a researcher/teacher in academia, and being a teacher/facilitator in industry. She eventually squared the circle by starting her own company, metadeveloper, which develops developers by teaching CS, teaching how to teach CS, inviting speakers to IT conferences, and facilitating software development in various ways. She has facilitated retrospectives and other meetings for the past 15 years during which time she has made all the mistakes possible in that field. Aino has lived in Stockholm, Lund, and Cambridge, but she is now back in Aarhus, Denmark, where she lives with her family, and a growing collection of plush cephalopods.
Interviewer: Noopur Pathak (Chief Media Editor, INNOVATION ROOTS)