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Monday, October 29, 2018

A sketch of Spinoza, the secular saint from “The courtier and the heretic” by Matthew Stewart

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I have a fascination for secular saints, spiritual teachers who stand outside the religious boundaries and practice what they preach. Se...
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Wednesday, October 24, 2018

3 types of reflections and 3 leading questions

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“Hi, How are you?” This common greeting is potentially an invitation to reflect. However, we mostly respond with a mechanical “I am fine...
Monday, September 3, 2018

Why did Prof. George Sudarshan say, “I am quite good at deceiving myself”?

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Prof. George Sudarshan was an eminent scientist known for his contributions in theoretical physics. He passed away a few months ago. He...
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Tuesday, August 14, 2018

Revisiting an obsession checklist after a decade

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By August 2008 (a decade ago), my independent consulting practice was less than two years old. And the economic downturn was in the air....
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Wednesday, August 1, 2018

Is “design thinking” old wine in a new bottle?

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I co-facilitated a 2-day design thinking workshop at IIM Bangalore a week ago. One of the questions that came up from a participant duri...
Monday, June 25, 2018

Paying attention to the two roles we play: listener and story-teller

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The 13-minute film “ Listener ” (2018, directed by Tarun Dudeja) highlights the two roles we play all the time – listener and story-telle...
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Saturday, June 16, 2018

Electromagnetism: My favourite metaphor from Salman Rushdie’s “The golden house”

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I decided to read Salman Rushdie’s “The golden house” (2017) after reading one of his interviews . He was asked to explain what he meant...