Kamal Ahluwalia was an executive coach and mentor at Excaliber. A gem of a person, we lost him to Covid.
The film was awful. After an hour, I whispered to my wife – come on, let’s go home. No way, we are not throwing over Rs 1,000, she retorted. Reflect: That’s no reason to stay, I protested. The money is gone and it’s over and out. This is a classic case of sunk cost fallacy […]Read More
During these difficult times, it’s more important than ever to highlight and share accurate, relevant messages. Here are some tips to help fight the chaos. The threat from disinformation is greater now than ever. From the civil unrest triggered by the death of George Floyd to the corona virus pandemic, public health and safety officials […]Read More
There are two ways to spread light. Be the candle or the mirror that reflects it. Brainstorming An oft abused technique being used by all and sundry in the corporate world today. Countless hours get consumed — marathon meetings sans decisions, frayed tempers, escapism, procrastinating the inevitable and astute storytelling is the new order […]Read More
Let us reflect: Need to create a culture of asking questions Need to transform students from being passive listeners to innovators. Student control is a fallacy. Present academia is so busy trying to devise methods of control; that they have forgotten of being a student themselves. Education should not encourage creating cow webs in the […]Read More
A tiny spark appears on the horizon and is hard to see, and begins to move closer and closer — like a shapeless blob, and when its more closer, a form emerges — form that becomes real and unexpectedly, you are suddenly within the form. The memory of the creation fades away, evaporates, dissolves, cause […]Read More
Change takes place in three ways… a. Crisis Change Events that are thrust upon us, tragedies like separation, loosing, illness, divorce, or children parting for good, retirement, unemployment, a sudden job change, promotion etc. Our paradigm of the way things have always been suddenly blown apart and we view the world through a new colored […]Read More
Let’s revisit the famous letter written by Abraham Lincoln to the Head Master, on the first day, when his son had joined the school. My son will have to learn, I know, that all men are not true But teach him also, that every scoundrel is not a hero, For every selfish politician there is […]Read More
From small business owners to global corporate leaders — for anyone who cares about their employees, customers, and business partners, this is a time of sleepless nights and soul-crushing tough decisions. A friend acknowledged he cried when he had to tell his employees he had to lay them off — for now. I don’t know if […]Read More
Amir and Ria are working professionals living in Seattle. He works at Amazon and she’s the CEO of an early stage start-up. They have two kids, Amara and Aryan, who are six and two. They’re used to managing the usual challenges of dual working parents — coordinating childcare with schools and activities, managing meals and household […]Read More
Expressing regret, apologising, is a cleansing ritual, like confession in a church. You say “I’m sorry and you feel better”. That’s the theory, at least, yet like many things, they are fine theory- yet hard for many of us to do so. Perhaps we think Apologising means we have lost a contest — successful people […]Read More
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