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About Me: Urmi is a sagacious, discerning, thinking, perceptive, preternaturally curious & stimulating harmonious provocateur in boardrooms. She is often called upon to help synergize divergent energy to unleash the wisdom of the group and help cognitive integration. She is a thought leader and an engaging speaker who is frequently invited to speak on strategic importance of intangible assets and their role in shaping innovative business models in a globally connected world.

In her organizational work, she uses insights derived from the study of medicine, science, education and business as well as from the experience of bridging two cultures - American and Indian - to build complex, non-conventional solutions to organizational challenges. She is energetic, imaginative and confident in the face of an unpredictable, emergent world along with a natural inclination to connect with people. She has an unusual comfort with ambiguity and has a predisposition towards cognitive playfulness and intellectual curiosity. With her extensive experience in Corporate Governance she is able to raise the relevance of intangible issues and potentials of disruptive innovation to the board level, and help in their articulation as key strategic drivers in establishing ethical corporate culture, and in mitigating reputational risk. She instinctively combines linear, divergent and probabilistic thinking with her feet firmly rooted
in the practical realities of today.