In 2010, I wrote a short post about “Nine Roles of Great Leadership.” When I had just started creating sketchnotes in 2015, I created a very rough visual interpretation of the article in form of a sketchnote and shared it on social media. I never imagined that my rough scribble would end up going viral. […]
Businesses and individuals are caught in a perfect storm of uncertainties stemming from the current pandemic. It feels like the “future of work” that people often referred to in fancy conferences just preponed its arrival! In fact, future happens one day at a time and here we are! When external context is shifting rapidly, leaders […]
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 […]
Black swan events like Corona Virus pandemic leaves us scrambling to respond effectively. While individually, we cannot control what happens out there, we can always choose our response to it. And the most effective response in these times, fortunately, is to simply distance physically, slow down, stay put and use the down time to reflect […]
On Transitions – Outside and Within Life is all about transitions, big and small. Everything within and around us is in a constant state of flux, but we only see the changes that are explicit. Internal transitions precede external transitions in life and careers. Our thinking, emotions, needs, wants and deep internal motivations shift all […]
This blog has been my online home for over 12 years, even before I got onto Facebook and Twitter. The blog has evolved along with me. It is a platform for me to learn, think clearly and share whatever I learn through posts and sketchnotes. This blog has had an amazing journey so far. Hundreds […]
Friday Five is where I curate five articles (with excerpts)/quotes/tweets/visuals shared on my personal learning network that I found particularly useful, and hopefully you will find some of them valuable too! This edition features insights on slow media, the downsides of speed reading, challenging our leadership beliefs and power of conflicts in elevating the art […]
Friday Five is a weekly series at QAspire where I curate five articles (with excerpts)/quotes/tweets/visuals shared on my personal learning network each week that I found particularly useful, and hopefully you will find some of them valuable too! This edition features insights on the softer aspects of leading others and why they are so important […]
Friday Five is a new weekly series at QAspire where I curate five articles (with excerpts)/quotes/tweets/visuals shared on my personal learning network each week that I found particularly useful, and hopefully you will find some of them valuable too! This edition features insights on authentic leadership, change, rationality and transformation. Quote Via Neil Walker Consistently […]