At the heart of great leadership is the ability to critically assess current state, envision the future state and take actions to bridge the gap. Execution is effectively governed by learning and adapting the approaches along the way. The fall of Nokia is a classic example of what happens when leaders cling to ideas that […]
If creativity is about having unique ideas and new ways to do things, innovation is all about making those ideas happen. In that sense, the bridge between creativity and innovation is made from the bricks of execution. That is when the rubber meets the road. One of the key characteristics of someone who innovates is […]
Last week was celebrated as International Working Out Loud Week. For those of you who are new to this, Working Out Loud is a practice of sharing your work/work in progress with a relevant community to enable learning and collaboration. It is about being vulnerable and putting yourself, your lessons out there in communities for […]
Learning anything new is not a daunting challenge, but a journey where each step counts. Fundamentally, we learn so that we can be happy and joyful. Micromastery is a great way to eliminate anxiety in learning. Two years back, I was fascinated by people creating sketchnotes and I wanted to learn how to create them. […]
A prescribed path seldom takes you to an uncharted territory. Walking down a beaten road provides some security and certainty and that is important to an extent. We all live in a competitive world. The problem starts when we get used to only treading along the beaten path. Because wherever it leads you to would […]
I am a big fan of taking small, daily steps in the direction where your energy takes you. I started this blog 11 years back with very insignificant posts that no one read. My first sketch note a couple of years back was far from being good. My first steps towards a health and wellness […]
At #SocialNow conference recently, Luis Suarez shared a slide by Thierry de Baillon on ways to prepare for the dark side of technology. I loved the ideas and decided to sketch the approach. Once again these ideas reinforced my belief that leading organizations and self in the future is all about the stuff like connections, […]
Talking about the impending shifts like automation, robotics, disruptions and uncertainties in our world of work is almost clichéd. What seems like a problem is also an opportunity to do the thing that makes us human – to change our attitudes and fixed beliefs about how we have traditionally experienced work. It is this shift […]
A team’s ability to learn quickly is at the heart of adapting to constant changes. In fact, it seems that constant learning is the only key to agility as a team and organization. Jack Welch famously said, “An organizations ability to learn, and translate that learning into action rapidly, is the greatest competitive advantage.” On […]