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My lens blends real-world leadership experience with timeless nuances, from Sun Tzu and Machiavelli, to separate substance from corporate noise. I prefer clarity over jargon and insight over sermons.

Although I have been writing since my younger days, I began to claim my authorship more deliberately from 2021 onward. To date, I have authored five books, including two volumes of a trilogy, Warrior Quest, inspired by The Art of War. As a bestselling author of Book II of the trilogy and seasoned practitioner, my work sits at the intersection of nuanced leadership, execution, and…Read More

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Books by Puneet Kuthiala

Sun Tzu’s The Art of War in the Battlefield of Project Management

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Book II in the Warrior’s Quest trilogy, Sun Tzu’s The Art of War in the Battlefield of Project Management, interprets Sun Tzu’s timeless classic. The book offers a unique lens to guide you through project management’s intricacies, emphasizing the human factor’s crucial role and introducing the Wisdom Balance paradigm, which unveils the people dimension. I embarked on a transformative journey, delving into the depths of Sun Tzu’s timeless classic, The Art of War, and exploring its profound implications for modern project management. I discovered a world of insights that could revolutionize how we approach, plan, and execute…

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Sun Tzu’s The Art of War in the Battlefield of Project Management

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Book II in the Warrior’s Quest trilogy, Sun Tzu’s The Art of War in the Battlefield of Project Management, interprets Sun Tzu’s timeless classic. The book offers a unique lens to guide you through project management’s intricacies, emphasizing the human factor’s crucial role and introducing the Wisdom Balance paradigm, which unveils the people dimension. I embarked on a transformative journey, delving into the depths of Sun Tzu’s timeless classic, The Art of War, and exploring its profound implications for modern project management. I discovered a world of insights that could revolutionize how we approach, plan, and execute projects…

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JustPMBlog.com

Established in 2009 – justpmblog.com – a Project Management focussed blog navigate its complex landscape. A distillation of expertise cultivated through years and dedicated to illuminating the vast domain of project management…

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Project Management Battlefield

The first in the trilogy, the PMBOK, is compared with the ancient classic, The Art of War. Interestingly, a Project Manager can draw deep lessons from Sun Tzus’ thousands of years old classic…

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PM POKES - seriously sarcastic

PM POKES is a book filled with HUMOUR and definitely not a book of advice. The idea of stimulating thoughts with contradicting or mocking statements is not new. Many disciplines and subjects are subject to sarcasm…

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PM-101 - Common sense tips, ideas and concepts

Do you wish that the experience, wisdom, insight, skills, and knowledge of the most successful project management frameworks could be distilled down into a short book? Designed to be small enough to slip inside your pocket…

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Photography

This famous quote from Confucious aptly describes why I believe a camera should be picked up! One must capture the world as it decides to unfold its inner beauty to its seeker – learning and appreciating the intricacies of the world around us…

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Videos

On my YouTube channel, PK Explains, I share explainer videos on topics that interest me. I explore topics that interest me, and I believe are the very basics that the wider community may also benefit greatly from…

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