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“Attending a committee meeting and going to the toilet are in many ways similar. In both the places you go sit down, make a lot of noise and finally the matter is dropped.” I haven’t yet used [...]

It all started at IIM Bangalore. I regularly conduct programs for MDP sessions and one program I’ve been associated since inception is the Women Entrepreneurship Program offered by N S Raghavan [...]

My friend and a compelling professional speaker, Pravin Shekar http://katha108.com has been persuading me to write a book for over three years. I thought my lethargy will put him off. And he [...]

I was elated to read the blurb that lead to an article in the July-August 2020 issue of Harvard Business Review which validated my sustained work on talking about business humor. “One good [...]

I’ve been lucky to travel extensively across continents on training assignments and here are some tips on communicating across cultures. 1. Challenge your Assumptions My training career took off [...]

Manipal, Karnataka. Mid-70s. I was a student of engineering at MIT and also a member of the Manipal Junior Jaycees Club. We had many stalwarts from our parent Manipal Jaycees guiding us as [...]

My public speaking teachers had stressed on these rules to be followed religiously to be an effective speaker. Seemingly simple but difficult to practise as I learned the hard way. There are many [...]

Humor has many forms, jokes, anecdotes, quips, verses, limericks, satire, slapstick, stand-up, parody, morbid, topical and many more. But personally, I feel repartee outshines all these [...]

The Bhagavad Gita has 18 chapters. No,this is NOT a religious post!😎 The Gita chronicles the dialogue between a mentor and his protegé. Arjuna, the mentee is in a state of despair pitted in a [...]

A workplace filled with laughter is generally assumed to be a good thing.Several studies have found that good humor doesn’t just make people feel better, or make the work day seem to go faster; [...]