In the face of rapid disruptions happening due to COVID19, organizations are required to rapidly respond to a constantly evolving context and realign themselves to the new realities. This demands organizations, leaders and individuals to rapidly make sense of changing realities, understand patterns, clarify their purpose, align strategy to the purpose and mobilize people to […]
Organizations that don’t learn constantly, adapt continuously and execute relentlessly are more likely to be disrupted by constant change and competition. In times like these when COVID19 pandemic has fundamentally altered the ways of working, consumption and business models, organizations that have invested in building culture of continuous learning are more likely to survive and […]
I started 2019 by delivering a TEDx talk at TEDxGCET in Vallabh Vidyanagar. This post covers a few key insights extracted from the talk. Video to be posted soon. Formal education is a launch pad that equips us with fundamentals. But we need wings to fly long and high in the direction of our dreams. […]
If there is one book that has influenced my business thinking the most, it is Peter Senge’s “The Fifth Discipline – The Art and Practice of Learning Organization” and I have referred to it many times over past years on this blog. Written in 1990, the insights contained in this book are even more relevant […]
“The tools of the mind become burdens when the environment which made them necessary no longer exists.” – Henry Bergson When solving problems, we love standard solutions and tools. What worked for us in the past becomes our tool to solve problems in the future. A psychologist named Raymond Cattell termed this as “crystallized intelligence” […]