CRED boss Kunal Shah's scientific explanation on how to be a strategic leader

CRED founder Kunal Shah got scientific on Friday.

Trying to explain what makes a strategic leader, the 43-year-old serial entrepreneur took help of scientific jargon.

In his post, he said that leaders who are capable of controlling their emotions and urges to react to unpleasant events can easily develop second order thinking.


Second order thinking or effect is referred to an individual's ability to make a decision based on the cause-and-effect factor. When a person makes a certain decision thinking about its multiple consequences, it is called the cause-and-effect factor.

Furthermore, the Freecharge founder stressed that people who lead without being emotional 'rarely become strategic leaders'.


The neocortex is a part of the cerebral cortex in the brain. It is responsible for making important cognitive decisions like focusing, storing working memory to use later and being able to quickly adapt to changing scenarios.

The limbic system is another part of the brain that helps in developing the behavioural and emotional response of an individual.

The post was liked by over 1,725 people.

The advisor to VC firm Sequoia Capital often shares his words of wisdom with his 537.9K followers on Twitter.

Earlier this week, the entrepreneur said that bosses with better judgement will always be picked to lead, even if they have limited information.


Agreeing with Shah's view, Intel India MD Prakash Mallya said that being able to make a good judgement mostly comes from previous bad decisions, "provided one learns from those decisions to make a better decision next time."