I love working with authors to co-create meaning and serve great ideas visually in form of book/chapter sketchnote summaries. The learning that comes along with it is invaluable. In 2018, I had the privilege of working with Tiffani Bova to illustrate case studies and chapter summaries in her book “Growth IQ – Get Smarter About […]
“The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say ‘Thank You’. In between, the leader is a servant.” – Max De Pree Gone with the industrial age is the concept of traditional leadership where people at the top of pyramid exercise the power in a hierarchy. In a creative […]
Smile. It is a universal language of compassion, care and love. Greet people by their names. Share positive feedback about the work they are doing. Ask them about their advice on a critical problem. Listen with an intent to understand. Learn about them, their work, their process and their challenges. Help them in getting […]
A Rabbi used to tell a story of his tour to the heavens. He first went to the Hell and it was horrible. Tables were laden with sumptuous food yet people looked pale and hungry. Their arms were strapped with wooden planks such they could not bend their hands to put food in their own […]
In a fast paced environment, we notice things that are urgent, immediate and abrupt in nature. We forget to notice the gradual. One small serving of unhealthy food doesn’t seem to harm but many such servings over a long duration increase the odds of having a health problem manifold. One conversation that went wrong now […]
An elderly woman used two pots to fetch water, each hung on the ends of a pole. One pot was perfect and delivered full portion of water while the other had a leaking crack. The imperfect pot felt very ashamed and this went on for a year. One day, the woman told the cracked pot, […]
A novice painter once put his first painting at a busy cross road for people to mark mistakes. End of the day, the painting was full of cross marks! Next day, he made the same painting and displayed at the same cross roads. This time, he kept colors and brush there and requested people to […]
I was invited to write a series of articles on the topic “Indispensable Traits of a Collaborative Leader” for the blog of All India Management Association (AIMA). Since 1957, All India Management Association (AIMA) is functioning as an apex body of management with over 30,000 individual members, 3000 institutional members and 62 Local Management Association […]