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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 [...]

In 2009 I had signed up for a workshop for entrepreneurs by Prof Y L R Moorthi of IIM Bangalore for two reasons. One, to pitchfork my training to the next level and learn from the iconic [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

“When you begin to analyse fun, it isn’t fun anymore”-Anon I received this book as a gift and something about the title and the blurb intrigued me -“The best-selling, groundbreaking classic by [...]

My friend Dhileepan Nair had shared an inspiring incident about ordinary people displaying stellar qualities in these testing times of COVID 19. Rotary Club of Heritage Mysuru were distributing [...]

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 [...]

I started blogging exactly THIS DAY,the 5th June in 2006! I wrote on public speaking,humor and communication in general. In 2008, my blog was listed in Alltop list of world’s top 100 blogs by GUY [...]

Well, part 2 and the end of the Q&A. From 100 plus questions I’d clubbed similar questions and created a list of 40 questions. I don’t claim these answers to be sacrosanct as they are a [...]