She met her heir in the corridors of time; For a customary handover of every human’s fate; Looking at 2017 she said ‘Give them a better year will you?. She was at times beautiful, sometimes funny, she was wild and yet always forgiving. She lived through in pain and some gain all in the pursuit of some mortal’s fame. She stood witness to births and … Continue reading She was there – 365 Flash Fiction #63
Every year when we come to the end of the year there is excitement. Though we know it is just another passing of time based on a model through which we create an order in the world we live, everyone likes to look at this as a fresh start. An opportunity to start fresh. Make resolutions and do things that they love and is important … Continue reading The PenPositive New Year Quadrant
So who is itching because Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor named their kid Taimur? To be honest I might be an idiot, but I had no clue who Taimur was, but now I know because some moron who was grieved because a kid born of a muslim and Hindu’s marriage named their kid what they liked. and he felt the name was offensive. He … Continue reading Welcome Timur (or Taimur) to the world
As Human Beings one of our most treasured abilities is that we can (if we want) reflect on what we do and accept the outcome and correct what we feel is not right. But it is not a common act because Acceptance and Correction are not the favorite phenomena for most people. In business and at work we have this process of retrospective to check what … Continue reading Reflect, Accept & Correct From professional life to Personal Life
On Demonetization I have from the start supported it for the anti-corruption element. But what makes me puke is the absolute insensitivity people in the saffron belt show when someone reports the hardships faced by the common man. And many of them can live on with cards and no need for cash. They have been cashless and cardfull for a long. I recently read a few … Continue reading Cashless to CARDFULL and Saffron to SUFFERON – The insensitive Nationalists
I have been a long time fan of TED talks. Yes I know you are too. Most of the times when I watch a TED talk. I watched the TED talk and went ahead and visited his website, a few of his articles on LinkedIn and then bought his book “The Business Romantic” from Amazon I also commented on TED because the talk is incomplete … Continue reading 4 ways to build a human company in the age of machines – Watched the TED Talk and Bought the Book
Haven’t you heard the saying “One does not choose one’s own parents”. I believe it is not just about Parents, many times we do not have a choice of our coworkers either. While with parents the lack of choice is not considered a burden and I am yet to find someone who wished they had a choice in there. But when it comes to coworkers … Continue reading People Management in a New Workplace
I was in Bangalore a few months back and this is where I started my career years back and felt like going down that memory lane and picking some old episode. I started my career selling computers. We used to buy parts and assemble PCs, Provide a Warranty to customers and sell and support them. This was the 90s in India before the boom of Laptops. The time … Continue reading Thinking on Your Feet – A Page from Memory
You have hear the word bombarded on the walls of conference rooms, in the corporate corridors and loud and clear through the mouth piece or headset. ‘Transparency’ has become both a request and an ask. Yet teams, organizations and individuals struggle with it. Transparency is not about the struggle to get everything right before letting anyone in. It is about being courageous, Courteous and Committed. … Continue reading Transparency For Transformation
Today as I was dropping my 9 year old to school, he seemed very happy and I asked him why. He said his teacher is back today. She had been off last two days not feeling well. I was looking back at my childhood and seeing if I had any moments like that. There were many teachers whom I liked and some I did not. … Continue reading When Your Kids praise their Teacher; Know they are taught by the best
Vinod Narayan 