Establishing Longevity & Compounding Returns
as superior markers of business success.
Envisioning the
Living as the master
of the Machine.

Our mission.

To establish Longevity & Compounding Returns as superior markers of business success.

Pioneering an approach that elevates life force and its regenerative capacities to build perpetuating institutions.

Transcending the limitations of modern management.

Today’s management practices are based on mechanistic thinking that prioritises short-term growth and efficiencies,
over long-term compounding returns.

This view fails to account for the essential nature of life. 
As a result, many built-to-last companies have lost their life force and faltered.

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Discover our approach.

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Harmonising The Living And The Machine.

Growth that serves Longevity:

Success isn't just about rapid growth; it's about enduring relevance and impact over time.

Understanding the Life Force:

Mindset, brand, purpose, culture, and innovation are not isolated parts-they are part of a living, interconnected ecosystem.

Perpetual value:

It is only the health of the living elements which endows any firm with the right to earn compounding economic returns, upto 70% of future cash flows.

Infinite game:

Any business is an ongoing journey that focuses on meaning, purpose, and cultivating long-term prosperity. The goal is not just to win, but to keep playing in service of becoming a better version of ourselves.

Mastering the paradox:

The key to unlocking Longevity lies in our ability to hold seemingly opposite perspectives, and resolving them in a complementary way.

Learning from failure:

Companies like GE, Boeing, and Credit Suisse failed because they lost their life force. We study these cases to help organisations avoid similar pitfalls.

Explore our foundational principles further by downloading our proprietary research document.

How we’re making a difference.

The Living Machine Institute is actively engaged in several pioneering initiatives
designed to redefine modern management:

The India Way

A movement that showcases insights from India’s unique family business ownership philosophies, bringing them to the world stage in partnership with Invest India and the Global Peter Drucker Forum.

LVC100 Research

Lasting Value Creators 100 (India)

Download our groundbreaking research summary, which demonstrates the relationship between the living elements of an organisation and its ability to create compounding returns.

Consulting

Through our consulting arm, LongWealth, we partner with company owners and leadership teams to help them build a line of sight between the Health of the Living and compounding economic returns that arise from them. The container for this journey is the Living Machine model. Discover how LongWealth can bring longevity to your business.

Our collective endeavour.

The Living Machine Institute is a research and solutions platform to answer the fundamental questions of what constitutes organisational success. By joining us, you’ll become part of a like-minded community dedicated to redefining business success.

Engagement with peers:
Connect with others who share your commitment to apply wisdom principles to apply longevity in their business.

Open-source model:
Gain access to cutting-edge research, white papers, and events that will help you apply Living Machine principles in your organisation.

Expert support:
Work with our team to implement the Living Machine model and its pioneering tools to assess the ‘State of the Living Machine’ in your organisation.

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Our partners

Global advisory council.

R Gopalakrishnan

Nikos Mourkogiannis

Frank Partnoy

John Montgomery

H N Srinivas

Sanjay Behl

Dr Prince Augustin

N V Balachander

Dr V Kovaichelvan

Our team.

Prashanth Nair

G. Inbavanan

M. Unni Krishnan

Amit Zala

Tjaco Walvis

H.S. Dinesh

Gaurav Gandhi