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"Don't Let Change Take You By Surprise"

As companies and individuals struggle to cope with a fast changing, tech driven economy, the future of businesses, and that of work, seems bleak. But Beth Comstock, former Vice Chair of General Electric, believes in reinvention and remains undaunted in the face of change

During Beth Comstock's recent visit to India, she talked to Business Today's Sanghamitra Mandal about her first book Imagine It Forward (penned with Tahl Raz), what it takes to become a change maker, how organisations can survive uncertain times and future of jobs. Edited excerpts:

You are a top professional, a mom and an author. How do these roles gel?

I think one thing leads to the other. You start out thinking about what you are going to do, but things are often very different. That is what I have tried to explain in my book Imagine

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