The Enlightened Manager: A Transformative Approach to Work and Life

What if better leadership began by questioning the very essence of work?

CEO and entrepreneur Vishwanath Alluri and columnist and poet Harry Eyres gained clarity in life and work through the teachings of Indian sage J Krishnamurti, whom some describe as the "guru of gurus” but is known by others as, simply, "the friend on the bench".

Now Alluri and Eyres have teamed up to think through the management problems of today in the light of Krishnamurti’s timeless insights. Can we be more productive and make better decisions by becoming radically self-aware? How can humility and compassion make us more effective leaders? Is there more wisdom in a single story about a man pushing a bus, than in a hundred strategy powerpoints?

The Enlightened Manager is informed by the life experience of Alluri, an entrepreneur who has founded and led several global tech companies, but it is so much more than a business book. It is the beginning of a journey which inspires us to redefine success, rethink management, and transform the essence of work itself.

Vishwanath Alluri founded technology company IMISoft in 1988 with a mission to harness India's intellectual resources and bring them to the world stage. In 1999 he founded communication platform IMImobile. His engineering venture was acquired by Ramboll, a Danish engineering conglomerate in 2011, and IMImobile was acquired by CISCO in 2021.

Harry Eyres is a writer, journalist and poet, best known for the column ‘Slow Lane' in the Financial Times weekend edition, which he created and wrote weekly from 2004 to 2015. He has also been a theatre critic and arts writer for The Times, poetry editor of The Daily Express and wine columnist for several leading publications.