How To Turn Executives Into Wizards

“ Every leader has a blind spot”—Robert Shaw Blind spots Often Lead to Blind Alleys and Dark Valleys (This is a sequel to the blog published on 27 March 2022)     “Hi Krishna! What a coincidence! I was just thinking of calling  you. It’s been ages since we last met and discussed the problems you were facing in starting your grand Academy for Earth, Oceans and Space Studies – AEOSS - to usher in the dawn of a new era of wisdom  in,  as you put it, an economically, socially and even legally backward community.   “Oh, look at me! In my excitement to hear about the progress of your grand project, I’ve not invited you in. Come on in and tell me about the progress of the AEOSS project.”   “Guru, it is doomed and I am facing the darkest gloom. My own family and some prominent leaders in the area have filed a suit against my decision to donate a part of the ancestral land to the Institute. The court has given a stay order. Now, it will be a long drawn out lega...

   To Pop Profits & Prestige Raise Astute Conscientiousness Enterprisewide “What’s the big idea of proposing the imprecise and subjective concept of conscientiousness as the key quality to win business races when hundreds of incredible start-ups are rising every morning and when technologists and scientists are ushering in the new era of the Fifth Industrial Revolution (5IR) with awe-inspiring wonders like Metaverse, AI, space travel, Mars colonisation and Neurolink.” That’s the question pundits raised during our initial consultations And, maybe, that question arises in the minds of many readers over-enchanted and infatuated by the emerging new world of AI/ VR/Metaverse et al. The following definition of conscientiousness in “Psychology Today” magazine provides some answers: “conscientiousness is a fundamental personality trait - one of the big five - that reflects the tendency to be responsive, organised, hard-working, goal-directed, and to adhere to norms and rules…...