Preamble Deng Xiaoping once said that managing the economy was like “Crossing the river by feeling the stones” — working with individuals and groups in process work settings, resonates with this metaphor — except that there can be multiple rivers and many of the stones get increasingly unfathomable as the…

Preamble The real-life story of serial killer Mohan Kumar, also known as Cyanide Mohan, who is imprisoned for raping and killing 20 women in Karnataka, is repulsive at best. As a serial killer — his pattern is boringly repetitive. Mohan Kumar would approach single women from impoverished backgrounds, women who are…

Preamble As my son travels to Udaipur for the Sumedhas Summer program — a great place to learn and grow using process work in groups, I am overwhelmed with nostalgia and some anxiety as a parent. I am also in the process of apprehending dilemmas that have stayed with me…

3 Triggers that cannot be wished away by the Adani Group Introduction I am not an active investor and have no stock market mega-wins to speak of. In many ways, I would be seen as an extremely conservative investor, who has grudgingly been investing small sums of money in index…

Preamble Some recent events… On January 28th, 2023, the iconic and beautiful Mughal Gardens of the presidential abode or palace (Rashtrapati Bhavan) at New Delhi were renamed as ‘Amrit Udayan’, with the BJP (the ruling party in democratic India) proclaiming that India, today, sheds another symbol of ‘colonialism’. …

It was K S Narendran who spoke about the book first and i thank him for not just pointing to this gem but also lending it to me to read across a short trip to Ahmedabad. …

Thank you Dimple for reading this one. I complete agree - all violence is senseless and it is so sad that humanity has not learnt a lesson despte countless deaths.

This blog explores alternative organization designs such as holarchies and holacracies that promise new types of organizations — that are perhaps more aligned to their contexts, innovative to the boot, and that create value for their stakeholders. …

10th November 1989, TIET, Patiala The last few months have been triggering many a memory that have otherwise been dormant or repressed — many such memories are ‘eerie’ survivor stories that were laid to rest, seldom shared with close friends and family. …