We often use this phrase, “Mind your own Business” when people intrude in our lives. At times it’s a rude reaction, or simply to convey that drawing boundaries is healthy for parties involved. However, the virus is being intrusive and yes, we have no capacity yet to say to it “Mind your own business”. I’d… Continue reading Silver Lining
Journal
Unconscious Bias: can we be bias free?
Your bias determines the outcome. What if this is true? What if you’re in a leadership role in an organization and you hire people thinking you hired them based on merit and skill alone? In the year 2012, a Jenifer’s CV was discarded for the role of a lab technician while a John’s CV was… Continue reading Unconscious Bias: can we be bias free?
An Encounter with Gender Equality
I called for a taxi one early morning for the train station to Kingston to facilitate a workshop for the military in “Intercultural effectiveness.” for their imminent deployment overseas. The taxi driver stopped in front of my neighbour’s house. From my vantage point, I could not see his taxi through my glass door. So that… Continue reading An Encounter with Gender Equality
Thoughts
When you walk to the edge of all the light you have and take that first step into the darkness of the unknown, you must believe that one of two things will happen: There will be something for you to stand upon, or you will be taught how to fly. ~ Patrick Overton
Practicing the Art of Stillness
Speed lives within the body and I am only realizing this when I am away from it and yet in it. I grew up in (which you might think is a slow paced society) India, in a highly competitive, fast paced and an ambitious environment. When the resources are scarce, when there’s a collective family… Continue reading Practicing the Art of Stillness
Honchoship vs. Inclusive Leadership
I was called in to deliver cross cultural and diversity workshops to the employees of a global manufacturing company and here are some of the things that stood out from a dialogue that I had with a group of learners. Line members (their task is to assemble parts of machines) were generally happy with their… Continue reading Honchoship vs. Inclusive Leadership
We Should all be Feminists – Chimamanda Ngozi Adhichie
Storyteller Chimamanda Ngozi Adhichie talks about Gender Equality and feminism in her TED x Euston talk, have a listen. In her engaging talk Chimamanda recounts her childhood stories of school where the teachers would announce that the student with highest marks in test will be made a class monitor. A class monitor is one who patrols… Continue reading We Should all be Feminists – Chimamanda Ngozi Adhichie
The Art of Stillness – Pico Iyer
Pico Iyer, a travel writer in this August 2014 TED talk encourages us to practice “the art of stillness.” “Noisy and crowded that screen is our lives, And it’s only by stepping back and further back we can begin to see what the canvas.” Pico Iyer a travel writer and an eloquent speaker, encourages us to practice… Continue reading The Art of Stillness – Pico Iyer
Why Good Leaders Make You Feel Safe – Simon Sinek
Why Good Leaders Make You Feel Safe Simon Sinek talks about good leadership behaviours in his March 2014 TED Talk He starts with a question, where do leaders with humane qualities come from? Leaders, who can nurture, encourage and are capable mentors. He takes us back into Palaeolithic era when the environment worked to reduce our life… Continue reading Why Good Leaders Make You Feel Safe – Simon Sinek