How To Turn Executives Into Wizards

B urn i ng to O ut s hine? Learn How to Outshine by Turning Burnout i nto Brownout into Bloomout Effective Weapons ----- B uoyancy A lertness N obility I ntuition S cenarioizing H umility ---- to BANISH B ureaucracy U ndermining R ifts N egativity O verworking U nbalance T ension ---- Burnout ‘Burnout’ is a perpetual and widespread pandemic. The findings of prestigious research organisations, referred to later in the blog, reveal that this pandemic, if unchecked, can be catastrophic, notwithstanding technological miracles. We are heading for terrifying conditions as described in a 100-year old essay by George Bernard Shaw titled, “When wealth accumulates and men decay”. Burnout is caused by radical changes emerging from the technological revolution spread of individualism and burning ambition. Of these, the last one -  burning ambition - inflicts the maximum ill effects that lead to burnout. Having ambition is a desirable virtue, but when it degenerates into making manipulative an...

Dreaming of Becoming a Company of Wizards? Change to Dreaming and Realizing (D&R) OR Creating for Revenue (C&R) from Research and Development (R&D) Why this play of words with such a serious issue? It's not just a play of words, but the first step in getting scientists and engineers excited to take India to the top of the ranking of scientific nations. The words research and development connote some very complex and high-level intellectual processes in which only a few thousand 'geniuses' work, while millions of science, engineering and technology graduates and professionals are rarely involved. They remain uninformed about what happens behind the doors of those 'hallowed' buildings, often with unwelcoming boards that say ‘Entry Restricted'.      What are the achievements of the activities of the select few 'geniuses' in R&D? Not very inspiring and nor highly commendable. What is the basis for such a negative picture? Jealousy? Ignorance...