Imagine being in a meeting, and your male co-worker interrupts you, then condescendingly explains something he thinks he knows more about, then continues to take over the discussion. In another meeting, a male co-worker dominates the discussion and goes on and on and on. Taking input only from other male co-workers and disregards any information from female co-workers. These are frustrating...

Everyday we wake up to choices, a choice to scroll social media or a choice to read a book. a choice to respond to emails, WhatsApp messages or a choice to write something meaningful. a choice to get through a to do list filled with shallow work like pay bills, send message, call XYZ or a choice to create something. All the tasks we default to are the ones that require least effort, it is easier...

Notification, you are added to a WhatsApp Group. WhatsApp groups have become a common way for teams to communicate. And being added to a WhatsApp group often gives us a sense of belonging. It fulfills one of the strongest human desires, to belong. However, a group can never be a team because quiet often it overlooks inclusion.And when inclusion is ignored, you may be in the group but not as a...

We are always finding ways to increase Productivity. Many solutions to increasing productivity come in the form of tools and technology. However, in one of my previous blogs Productivity Storytelling I have suggested the importance of mental productivity and how storytelling has a role to play in it. In this blog, I am focussing on Visual Storytelling that increases Mental Productivity. Here is a...

I have been writing a blog series on productivity and one of the blog readers asked me" So, what are you doing to be productive this year?" Here is my response. 2016 is a lot about learning to be productive for me. Why? Simply because I struggled with it last year. A lot of how productive we are is dependant on being able to decide what not to do versus what to do. I have tried a lot of things...

This is blog is about the frustration of working in large teams where we all do our own assigned task and aspire to achieve the results with efficiency. Quite often, we never achieve the efficiency we aim for even though we are very clear about who is doing what. I have personally been in several such roles and hated them because I have not been productive or efficient. However, recently I...