THE CHILDHOOD PROGRAMS I MISS TODAY, NOW THAT I AM AN ADULT
I have often looked back on my childhood and still reminisce about the wonder years they were. I grew up in the late 70’s and came into adolescence in the mid-80. The years then were different. There was television still yet to make a full entry into Indian homes, only one television channel to watch. […]
Yippee!! It’s a Monday
Yippee!! Its a Monday. Another week to make this a super productive week. Another week to add meaning to my life. Another week to make things happen. What a lovely refreshing start to this week…well-rested, fresh and raring to go. 3 things I do on a Monday morning : Visualize the entire week in action Press the accelerator […]
Re-thinking Mumbai’s urban design
As I watch the rains pour over Mumbai, I cannot but think of the now famous Mumbai Deluge of 26th July 2005, which is etched in the history books. Take a look at some numbers: 26th July 2005 deluge stats: Transport stats: 52 local trains damaged 37,000 auto rickshaws spoiled 4,000 taxis damaged 900 BEST buses damaged […]
Wheel in Motion
Most of us have been through the journey of developing a process-oriented approach within organizations and building process capability. Emphasis is put on documentation, records and clean audit report. Certifications are the name of the game in most organizations. Nothing wrong with it. Top of the hat that most subscribe to are the ISO certifications, […]
Stereotyping Nations – A slow poison
In social psychology, a stereotype is a thought that can be adopted about specific types of individuals or certain ways of doing things. Let us together introspect little more on this. Do I stereotype people, communities and nations? What are some of these thoughts each one of us adopts irrespective of how it is learnt, whether through […]
The “Badge” of Transformation
I recently watched the movie “Tomorrowland” and received my badge of being a dreamer. I thought of sharing the badge with you. I stumbled upon an interesting finding on the word “Transformation”. It is one word which probably every discipline continues to study. Here are a few examples Biology = Metamorphosis Algebra = […]
18 Ideas to making “Mumbai” Shine
Make Mumbai visually appealing. Let the city walls be handed over to the J.J school of Arts students – they will make the walls come alive. Let each BMC run garden have one section of it reserved by composting. Citizens get their first lessons here. BMC to create awareness of the local flora and fauna […]
Living on a Prayer
Most of us agree that organizations are “living” systems. Don’t we? Often, in my consulting experience, I come across just the opposites. The living system is actually living on a prayer. Reminds me of this beautiful song by Bon Jovi by the same name, the lyrics go like this… Once upon a time not so […]
India – Birth of a new movement(s)
History is witness to numerous transformation movements which have shaped the course of humanity. I am witness to 3 such movements which are slowly and surely gaining grounds in all Indian hearts. We have an open invitation to be part of making new history in the course of our great motherland, inviting us to restore her splendid beauty […]
Chalkboard called Time
Everything in life is temporary Watch the #cycle of nature or any cycle for that matter Starts it does somewhere To reach a peak and then a trough Catch the pattern if you may Everything in life is temporary Temporary everything is, inviting us To celebrate the #temporariness of everything Seasons come and seasons go, […]