Why Kishore Biyani likes the idea of being 'reborn'

He's one who believes that what has been created has to be destroyed to make space for the new. Which is why Kishore Biyani, CEO of retail heavyweight Future Group, is now hosting a grand conference around the theme ' Reborn', expected to be attended by over 500 of the who's who of Corporate India on Friday.

Along with Biyani, Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev, Dr Ram Charan and Sunil Mittal will address this gathering. Biyani told ETPanache that Reborn was an idea that germinated from discussions with his daughter Ashni over the need to cater to a new generation of customers — the connected customer.

CEOs of banks, FMCG, fashion and retail companies, advertising firms and investment bankers including Shikha Sharma, Anil Agarwal, Rakesh Jhunjhunwala and Love Goel (chairman of global investment firm GVP Capital) are expected to attend the meet.

Dr Charan is a mentor to the Future Group CEO, while the Sadhguru's corporate leadership lessons and spiritual learnings are something that Biyani follows.

Reborn essential ly is about the need for an organisation to reinvent. "Without de -stroying, you cannot create anything new. It's a destruction of ideas to make it relevant," says Biyani.