Consider these aspects of doing the work that matters (to you and then to the world): a) So many people I know work in roles and organizations where they feel stuck, and they remain stuck because they lack courage, opportunities or skills to open a dialogue about how they want to work. They may either […]
Change happens when someone finds courage to challenge the status quo. When you try to push people out of their comfort zone, some conflict is inevitable. When we lack this courage, we try to stay away from conflicts, comply and worse yet, find ways to justify the status quo. When this happens, organizations suffer. The […]
In the spirit of “slow learning”, I have been using my commute and travel time to listen to selected podcasts where thought-leaders and doers from different disciplines share their nuanced insight on what it means to lead, learn and change in a new world of work. Play to Potential podcast by my friend Deepak Jayaraman […]
Working with so many people, I have come to a rough observation that professionals broadly fall in two categories – ones that ‘have a plan’ around their learning pathways and the ones that don’t. We live in a world of infinite possibilities and sometimes, the very breadth of choices available to use can blind us, […]
I often meet business leaders who are so full of themselves. When interacting with others, they try to keep the needle of focus constantly towards themselves, their business, accomplishments and stories. It is easy to get caught up in the self because after all, you are a up there and you make things happen (or […]
For our creativity to thrive and learning to happen, we need unburdened spaces in our life – physical spaces too, but most importantly, mental spaces. In a world of never-ending streams of updates, pictures and sound bites that constantly crave for our attention, we need an intentional effort to disconnect. We need to reclaim the […]
We cannot be anxious about something “out there” – a goal, a target, an external reward, a validation from others and generally things that feed our ego – and be immersed in what we do at the same time. To be able to do great work/art that changes others for better, we need to let […]
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 […]
In moments of uncertainty, inspiration came to me in form of a tweet with a visual that read, “If you see shadows, it is because there is light.” I instinctively told myself, “If you face the light, shadows fall behind.” The mindset of abundance asks, “What’s possible?” instead of “What could go wrong?” and […]