Dancing Elephants and Leaping Jaguars

Dancing Elephants and Leaping Jaguars.

(This book is published by Penguin India using a slightly different title "Making the Elephant Dance" for the Indian subcontinent--see below)

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• CreateSpace eStore
• www.amazon.com/shops/finerplanet
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Media Stories About the Book

1. Arora, V. 2015. "Architecting the next curve; Together, https://www.peoplematters.in/article/2015/12/22/strategic-hr/architecting-next-curve-together/12695?utm_source=top_nav&utm_medium=article&utm_content=12695&utm_source=peoplematters&utm_medium=interstitial&utm_campaign=learnings-of-the-day," in: People Matters (22 Dec 2015). p. 66.
2. Mithas, S. 2015. "A Saga of Excellence," Indian Management (September), pp. 47-50.
3. Sharma, G. S. 2015. "Tata group chronicles, http://businessworld.in/article/Tata-Group-Chronicles/20-11-2015-88537/," in: BW BusinessWorld (17-30 Nov 2015). p. 115
4. Sen, S. 2015. "Making the Elephant Dance book review: Jumbo run, http://www.financialexpress.com/article/industry/jobs/making-the-elephant-dance-book-review-jumbo-run/156401/," in: Financial Express (25 Oct 2015). Mumbai.
5. Gupte, M. 2015. "How a downturn changed Tata's world view " in: The Economic Times (30 July 2015). New Delhi: p. 04 (ET Panache Supplement)
6. Salkin, J. 2015. "Tata group's success formula (firstaired on MPTV on 9 April 2015), available at https://youtu.be/dwUQgTejWP4." MPTV
7. Mithas, S. 2015. "Indian and American students can complement each other: Sunil Mithas; available at http://theindiandiaspora.com/news-details/conversations/primary_news/indian-and-american-students-can-complement-each-other-sunil-mithas.htm," S. Talukdar (ed.). Indian Diaspora (7 Feb 2015)
8. Bailey, D. M. 2015. "Rediscover an Organization’sPotential with the “Baldrige Criteria’s Power” (20 Jan 2015), available at http://nistbaldrige.blogs.govdelivery.com/2015/01/20/rediscover-an-organizations-potential-with-the-baldrige-criterias-power/ "
9. Podcast about innovation, transformation and the book: Sherlin, W. 2014. "Innovation & Business Transformation, with Dr. Sunil Mithas (29 minutes), 11 Dec 2014, available at http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/3pillar-global/the-innovation-engine/e/innovation-business-transformation-with-dr-sunil-mithas-36330316," W. Sherlin (ed.)
10. Book formally released at the BEC convention. Here is a Press Release Issued by the Smith School: Smith School Website. 2014. "Smith Professor Releases Book on Tata Group Success Formula, available at http://www.rhsmith.umd.edu/news/smith-professor-releases-book-tata-group-success-formulahttp://www.rhsmith.umd.edu/news/smith-professor-releases-book-tata-group-success-formula"
11. Baldrige Performance Excellence Program (National Institute of Standards and Technology) "'Making an Elephant Dance': How the Baldrige Criteria Helped Transform aGlobal Conglomerate (5 Sept 2014), available at http://www.nist.gov/baldrige/tata.cfm," 2014.
12. Brown, M.G. "How to Detect Organizational Cancer and Promote Business Excellence, http://www.industryweek.com/detect-organizational-cancer," in: Industry Week (18 Sept 2014), 2014.

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Making the Elephant Dance:

· Mithas, S. 2015. Making the Elephant Dance: The Tata Way to Innovate, Transform and Globalize (Kindle version is available at http://www.amazon.in/dp/B012G9MSCA). New Delhi: Penguin Portfolio [This version of the book is adapted, retitled and published for the Indian Subcontinent in 2015 with a Foreword by Mr Ratan N. Tata based on my book "Dancing Elephants and Leaping Jaguars," published by Finerplanet in 2014 which is available at amazon.com outside India]

Here are some stories about this book:

• Economic Times – How a downturn changed Tata’s world view

• Business Standard – Tata group’s globalization efforts have had net-off effect (interview) ... Also At Smart Investor
• Asian News International (ANI) – Making the elephant dance: A book chronicling Tata’s journey released Also at WebIndia 123 Yahoo India The Financial Express Business Standard Noodls 4-Traders
• Calcutta Telegraph - Tata PE Fund Play Also At India Education Diary
• Smith school's website: http://www.rhsmith.umd.edu/news/professors-book-unveiled-indias-taj-mahal-hotel
• A commentary on Smith School's website: http://www.rhsmith.umd.edu/news/lessons-tatas-leap-excellence
• Tata Website. 2015. "'Making the Elephant Dance', a book chronicling the transformational journey of the Tata group and its companies, released (27 July 2015), available at http://www.tata.com/company/releasesinside/Making-the-Elephant-Dance-a-book-chronicling-the-transformational-journey-of-the-Tata-group-and-its-companies-released, accessed 6 August 2015."