Tag: Change
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Where Are We Headed?:
The question is simple. The answer might take us a lifetime to find. And perhaps most of us will be nearing the end of our lives by the time we figure it out. That is why I think we need both a long-term and a short-term outlook on life. If we stretch the long term…
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Collaboration in the age of AI
AI may make us more productive individually. But I think it will make collaboration even more important. The reason is simple: things are changing too quickly for any of us to keep up alone. New tools, capabilities and ways of working are emerging constantly. What one person learns today could change how another person approaches…
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The Art of Being Ordinary
In my twenties, I knew someone who told me that we should not settle for an ordinary life. So many people live ordinary lives, he said, and we should strive for something extraordinary. At that time, I never asked him what an extraordinary life meant. Looking back now, I feel there is perhaps nothing more…
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Real Work is Before Planning
One thing I am reminded of after every planning cycle is how much work happens before the planning event itself. When people look at a successful planning event, they often see the agenda, discussions, and final commitments. What is less visible is the preparation that made those conversations possible. Planning is rarely successful because of…
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The Hidden Cost of Misalignment
One thing I have noticed over the years is that the cost of misalignment rarely arrives as a dramatic failure. More often, it accumulates through small moments of friction that seem insignificant on their own. It shows up in small ways. A conversation that needs to happen twice. A decision that remains unclear. A dependency…
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Away from Work for 3 days
I spent three weeks in India on vacation. When I returned to work, something surprised me. I’ve been away from work before. I’ve come back to overflowing inboxes, new priorities, and projects that had moved forward without me. This time felt different. It wasn’t the volume of work that caught my attention. It felt as…
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Loneliness is not always Alone
There comes a point in life when you feel alone and realize it is not because you are physically alone. It is because you have become disconnected from yourself. No one can do that work for us. People can support us, but the journey of finding ourselves is one we must take alone. Some of…
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Why can’t we be Good?
I was introduced to Jacob Needleman‘s work in 2012. Pretty much the same time I was entangling myself with Jiddu Krishnamoorthi inorder to be free 😄 Through Jacob Needleman‘s work, I was introduced to Gurdjieff and his works. And even today I go back to all of them from time to time in my life.…
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The blame games we get sucked into
I think many workplaces have the same reflex when something goes wrong. A deadline slips, a production issue appears, a customer complains or a team misses expectations. The immediate reaction is often to find who made the mistake. But many times the real problem is not the person. It is the system producing the behavior.…
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Did I make the right career choices ?
I often look back at my career and ask. Did I make the right choices? It depends on what I wanted. It was all fun in my twenties. I did some pursuits in my thirties. But I was all the while lost, distracted, confused and directionless. One of my friends also told me this I…
