Sandeep Das
Founder and Managing Director @ Building Leaders for Tomorrow
About
Overview:Sandeep Das is a leadership coach, best-selling author, and global speaker. After graduating from IIM Bangalore, he built a distinguished corporate career spanning over 15 years. He served as Director at PwC—one of the youngest to do so—and later as Global Foresight Lead at Mars Wrigley, where he advised senior leadership on strategy and long-term growth.Leadership Coach:As a leadership coach and founder of Building Leaders for Tomorrow, Sandeep has facilitated more than 100 leadership teams across the world in the areas of Business Storytelling, Negotiation, Executive Presence, Personal Branding, and Strategic Thinking. His global clients include Unilever, Mondelez, Novo Nordisk, Amazon, DCM Shriram, Infosys, and Pernod Ricard, among others.Best-Selling Author:Sandeep is a prolific author and thought leader. He has written six books, three of which have been published by Penguin Random House. One of his books, How Business Storytelling Works, was on the bestseller list for 40 successive weeks and is now a prescribed text at IIM Bangalore and IIM Lucknow.Faculty at IIM Bangalore & IIM Lucknow:Sandeep conducts leadership workshops in partnership with Economic Times Masterclass and CII Leadership Enclave. In addition, he regularly teaches Executive Education at IIM Bangalore and IIM Lucknow in the areas of Storytelling, Executive Presence, and Negotiation.Digital Courses:Through the Sandeep Das Academy, his digital courses coach approximately 6,000–8,000 senior professionals every month on consulting, storytelling, negotiation and strategic thinking. His programs are widely attended across India, the Gulf States, and Southeast Asia.200+ Newspaper Columns:Beyond classrooms and boardrooms, Sandeep has shaped public discourse on leadership, strategy, and business through over 200 opinion columns in leading publications including The Times of India, Mint, The Economic Times, Fortune, and Forbes. He has also been invited four times to Raj Shamani’s podcast—one of India’s leading business podcasts.20+ International Keynotes:He is an international keynote speaker who has addressed audiences on Storytelling, Negotiation, and Strategic Thinking at conferences in Los Angeles, New York, Washington DC, Berlin, Amsterdam, Oxford, Miami, Atlanta, Singapore, Dubai, and Bangkok.1.5+ Crore Social Media Views Every Month:His thought leadership reaches over 1.5 crore views every month across social media platforms, with a cumulative following exceeding 300,000 professionals.
India
Bengaluru
Management Consulting
Strategic Thinking, Cross-Cultural Communication Skills, Executive Presence, Storytelling, Negotiation, Analytics, Market Research, CRM, Marketing Strategy, Sales, Business Analysis, Financial Modeling, Management Consulting, Business Strategy, Valuation, Strategy, Requirements Analysis, Competitive Analysis, Business Intelligence, Product Development
Experience
Founder and Managing Director
Building Leaders for Tomorrow
Facilitate leadership workshops to build skill sets across, 1) Business Storytelling 2) The Art and Science of Negotiation 3) Building a Personal Brand 4) Developing Executive Presence 5) Strategic Thinking 6) Building a 10 year Strategy 7) Leadership Development Clients include Unilever, Pernod Ricard, Novo Nordisk, Tata Elxsi, DCM Shriram, ONGC, Airbus, Lodha Group, TCS, Deloitte, Mondelez, etc.
Adjunct / Visiting Faculty at IIM A, IIM B, IIM L, ISB & ET Masterclass
IIM A, IIM B, IIM L and ISB
Visiting Faculty for Executive Education on, 1) Business Storytelling 2) Executive Presence 3) Negotiation Strategies 4) Strategic Thinking 5) Conflict Management 6) Cross Cultural Communication
International Keynote Speaker
International Keynote Speaker
Invited as a keynote speaker over 15 times for conferences at Miami, Atlanta, Berlin, Amsterdam, Bangkok, Thailand and Singapore. Sandeep speaks on Business Storytelling, Negotiation Strategies, Executive Presence, Future of the Consumer, Strategic Thinking, etc.
Thought leader, India’s only op-ed writer for all major newspapers
Times of India, Economic Times, Forbes, Fortune, Mint, Business World
India’s leading thought leader. Only India to write over 200 opinion pieces for all leading newspapers - the Times of India, Economic Times, Fortune, Forbes, Business World, Mint, etc.
Best-selling Author (6 books)
Author
Sandeep is the best selling author of 5 books. His books are currently textbooks at IIM Bangalore, IIM Lucknow and IIM Amritsar. His books have been featured in the Times of India, Economic Times, Mint, Fortune, Deccan Herald, Business World, etc. His books are, 1) How Business Storytelling Works 2) The Practical MBA 3) Hacks for Life and Career 4) Satan’s Angels 5) Yours Sarcastically
Storytelling Coach
Author of ‘How Business Storytelling Works’
Sandeep has been invited by leading corporates and executive education of India’s best business schools to help leaders with Business Storytelling. Some of the corporates that have invited Sandeep are Unilever, Tata Elxsi, TCS, Deloitte, etc. Sandeep teaches Business Storytelling for Executive Education at IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Bangalore and at IIM Lucknow. Author of the 40 week bestseller, “How Business Storytelling Works”, published by Penguin Random House.
Global Foresight Lead, Emerging Countries, Mars Wrigley
Mars
Leading global foresight (long term strategy) for emerging countries (Latin America, Africa, Asia and Australia) to identify and deploy futuristic business models and consumer behaviour paradigms. Led global work around the ‘Future of Trust and Role Models’, ‘The World in 2032’, ‘Understanding Gen Zs’ and ‘Scaling up Social Commerce’. Led over 40 workshops with members of the leadership team to drive future strategy. Invited to numerous conferences globally to present and lead discussions on the future - Chairperson and Speaker, Qual 360, Singapore (Future of Research) - Keynote Speaker, Qual 360, Berlin (Future of Trust in AI) - Keynote Speaker, MRMW 2023, Singapore (Future of APAC) - Keynote Speaker, Behaviorally 2023, Singapore (Future of AI) - Speaker, Dubai Future Forum 2023, Dubai (Future of Trust) - Keynote Speaker, Behaviorally 2023, Shanghai (Future of AI) (virtual)
Director, Management Consulting
Pricewaterhouse Coopers (PwC)
Bengaluru Area, India
Part of the leadership team specialising in work along Go To Market transformation, business transformation across industries in consumer and retail. Industries worked in include home care, packaged food and apparel retail. Actively involved in leading recruitment, thought leadership and practice building initiatives. One of youngest directors in PwC
Associate Director, Management Consulting
Pricewaterhouse Coopers (PwC)
Bengaluru Area, India
Engagement Manager
Accenture
Bangalore, Kuala Lumpur, Manila, Jakarta
Management Consultant for over 6 years with Accenture Strategy Industry Experience: - FMCG - Automobile - Resources (Steel, Cement,Chemicals,Power) - Pharmaceutical - Financial Services - Industrial Equipment Functional Experience - Brand Strategy - Market Growth Strategy - Digital Strategy - Consumer Analytics - Market Entry Strategy - Service Transformation - Process Optimization - Change Management - Pricing Strategy - Workforce Planning - Logistics Optimization - Performance Management - Trade Promotion Effectiveness - Driver based reporting
Sales & Marketing Management Trainee
Marico Limited
Mumbai
-Channel Activation for Saffola Cholesterol Management -Market Research for Parachute Hair Oils
Education
Indian Institute of Management Bangalore
General Management
- Elected to the Students' Affairs Council and the Academic Council - Part of the core team that organized IIM Bangalore's flagship festival - Founding member of Tejas@iimb (IIMB's knowledge portal) - Founding member of IIM Bangalore's debating society and organized its first ever debating festival - Part of the Student Media Cell that interacted with the media on news related to IIM Bangalore - Winner of Business Today Acumen Debate, South Zone - Co-authored 8 management cases at IIM Bangalore
INSEAD
Business Administration and Management, General
Accenture INSEAD Online strategy course on Dynamics in the C-Suite
INSEAD
Strategy
- INSEAD Online Business Strategy Course
RV College Of Engineering
Computer Science
- Represented India at the Asian Debate in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Finished in the quarter final round and awarded the Best Rookie Team. - Finalist at the National Law School Debate (NLS, Bangalore)- - Part of the theatre club - Core committee for organizing the computer science festival - Winner of over 15 debates, group discussions, b-plan events at various college festivals
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