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Perspectives, quietly argued.
Notes on hospitality ownership, asset management and the discipline of execution — and selected press. Written from experience, not theory.
In the Press
Featured & recognised.
Selected coverage of Venki's perspective on leadership, judgment and the long view. Each opens the original.
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Outlook India
Rethinking leadership architecture in an era of rapid change
On why leadership judgment must scale with organisational speed in fast-moving, AI-era firms.
Mid-Day · Founders' Circle
The 2026 Founders' Circle
Named among the entrepreneurs building India's next big stories.
TEDx · BVCOE
Who Are You Becoming?
A TEDx talk on identity, endings and beginnings — delivered to a graduating class.
Writing
Selected perspectives.
Short, considered pieces on the questions owners and advisory firms actually wrestle with. Each names a gap, and points at the fix.
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Most hotel technology solves problems your guests don't have
Why adoption keeps disappointing — and what to buy instead. Read →
You don't know what your guest wants. You know what you would want.
The quiet conviction that designs the wrong hotel. Read →
The owner and the operator are not on the same side
Why the alignment is a myth — and how to design the real thing. Read →
Franchise looks like freedom. Read the clause on year twelve.
When franchise is wisdom, and when it is a trap. Read →
Hospitality's best work is about to be done by people you'll never meet
The coming unbundling of execution from judgment. Read →
When the market turns, charm doesn't service the debt. Rigour does.
Reading profit conversion, not occupancy pride. Read →
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