In my last blog, I talked about how my mother taught us to share the mental workload. Here are a few things we have done in our family of four, to share the workload and enlist everyone. Family meetings We hold a family meeting once a week or once a fortnight. During the meeting, the […]
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My 11year old asked me “why do they say creativity is contagious?”. He was reading an assignment given by his teacher mentioning this phrase. He was only used to the word “contagious” in the context of disease and catching an illness at the school from someone else. Associating “creativity” with “contagious” was new to him.
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Few days ago, I read an article about mental workload women carry which was part of a discussion initiated for the women participants of a programme we conduct at nu-i. The article talked about the immense burden women carry of household tasks along with everything else they do. Both the written word and the graphics
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As part of the consulting work I do, I sit through leadership meetings in many organisations. Sometimes these meetings can run for a few days. In most meetings, there is always a section on “Best Practices”. Someone from the organisation makes a presentation on practices they have been following and how it has created a
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I was on a United Airlines flight from San Francisco to Paris last week. After a short and intense work week in the US, all I wanted to do was catch up on my sleep. It felt like only a few hours since our take off, when the attendant came up and straightened my seat
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Few days ago an old colleague called and asked for my insights on managing people. He wanted to know what are some do’s and don’ts of successful people management, as he had to lead a panel discussion at a prestigious conference. I wasn’t of much help. Because, I told him there is no such thing
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Over the past few weeks we have been reading about the people who are entering Europe seeking care, food and shelter. The European nations are overwhelmed with this human crisis. This situation has triggered a debate – what to call the people who are arriving by the thousands. Some believe they are refugees- meaning people
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I was on a holiday with my family in Salzburg, Austria recently. On one of the evenings, my son was insistent on a boat ride in the Salzach river. Being a tourist season, we had to wait in a queue to get in. Standing just next to us were two young Tamil-speaking couples. I say
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I love Japanese food, and was at a famous Japanese restaurant a few weeks back. The Chef of this restaurant is globally renowned. He has restaurants in and outside Japan. This particular one that I went to, is in a 5 star hotel. It’s cozy and has elegant ambience. This time when I went there
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My organisation works with senior level executives. One of the common issues that the senior corporate folks complain about is the lack of energy or commitment or collaboration among the mid-level employees in the organisation. And one of the common issues that the mid-level employees complain is about the lack of energy or commitment or
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