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If you read the LinkedIn posts of CEOs and CXOs, if you go through the MBA curriculum or if you attend management conferences, you feel that creativity seems like a neglected child in the world of management and leadership. Everybody seems to be focused on leadership, business goals, process orientation and intrapreneurship at the most. What about creativity? My purpose is to write a thought provoking blog on whether we are giving creativity the place and respect it deserves in the management domain.  In marketing and advertising domain, creativity has been talked about and given its due share of attention. But what about HR, Finance, Operations and other management domains, don't they need creativity? Will Creativity become the most prized management skill? Creativity is certainly going to become one of the  most prized management skills  in the days to come, if not the most.  Social media has democratised creativity at a social level. Everyone is tryin...

" Biryani with Blogger" is a series on blogger interviews where Chief Blogger, Enlarge Excel Evolve Dr Amit Nagpal chats with prominent bloggers of the world over a plate of Biryani.  The third interview in the series is with Patrick Sonqo, Chief Catalyst and Imaginarian, Sonqos' Worlds.  Dr Amit Nagpal : How can a person improve his or her intuition and resonance?  Patrick (Fuss) Sonqo - Everyone has intuition, it’s about how much we are willing to listen and trust. For many people stillness and peace, connectedness to self and nature, and of course going within enhances intuition. Pranayama and Breathwork can also open up intuition. Anytime we get out of the rational, linear, right-brained world we are allowing our intuition to flow. It is often not what we think we want. Intuition gets grounded and confirmed when we experience resonance. For me, when mind, intuition, emotions, and heart become one when I resonate. Dr Amit : What are Relational Rh...

  She was his Nirvana  “In the emptiness, you will find all that you desire, and all that you deserve”, she said and smiled. “Will I also find unconditional love there?” he asked. “When you will send some, it will bounce back double in size”, she answered. She was a little sage indeed. ---------------------- “I am Serendipity” “Ms Wisdom, where do I find serendipity?” he asked her. “Chant the mantra, ‘I am serendipity’ and become serendipity in someone’s life. And then”, she paused. “And then what?” he was bit by the curiosity bug. “And then watch the dance of the Universe. Watch the flow of serendipity”, she smiled her mystical smile once again. --------------------- “A Quantum Leap” “Enough of step by step progress. I wish to take a quantum leap now”, he told the little sage. “I always take quantum leaps. And the Universe too leaps by my side matching my rhythm”, she answered and then jumped. She was a Zen story. She was a beautiful Zen story. --------------------...

I was recently invited to speak on, “What best mentors do?” to a group of mentors / facilitators from Argentina who had come for a training program at School of Social Entrepreneurship India.  The session was organized at the scenic Zorba The Buddha, which is an oasis in itself in the Delhi NCR region. I divided my session into six parts viz. Mentoring Styles Understanding Expectations Asking Powerful Questions Deeper Engagement Monitoring Mentee Performance Pillars of Mentor Mentee Relationship A) Mentoring styles I began with a discussion on the five major mentoring styles:- 1) Challenger- The mentor pushes the mentee and asks hard questions. 2) Cheerleader- The mentor encourages and even in case of a mistake points out to the mentee the learning from the mistake 3) Educator- The mentor teaches/ trains the mentee after understanding the mentee’s deficiencies. 4) Ideator- The mentor encourages and pushes the mentee to ideate, dream and brainstorm. ...

Application of Gaming in New Media Marketing Publisher, IGI Global, USA Global Release- September, 2018 Editors : Dr Pratika Mishra and Dr Swatti Dham  I am honored to contribute a chapter on "Understanding the psychology of new media audiences from a marketing perspective" in the upcoming book by IGI Global entitled, "Application of Gaming in New Media Marketing". The book will be released globally in September 2018. The Story Behind the Book Advergames lie at the intersection of interactive games and digital advertising. It creates a win win situation for the advertiser/ marketer who gets a chance to promote the products and the game player who gets a chance for entertainment and fun. Gaming is also potent as it creates a competitive spirit in the player and its high level of engagement makes it a powerful marketing tool. The book takes a deep dive into the application of gaming in new media marketing. It has contributions from both academicians and pract...

" Biryani with Blogger " is a series on blogger interviews where Chief Blogger, Enlarge Excel Evolve Dr Amit Nagpal chats with prominent bloggers of the world over a plate of Biryani.  The second interview in the series is with leading film review blogger of India Murtaza Ali Khan Dr Amit Nagpal -After doing an MBA in Marketing, how come you decided to be a film review blogger? Please share your journey in brief. Murtaza Ali Khan -I got introduced to the world of cinema during my second year of engineering. Soon I started reviewing movies on IMDB.Com. After completing my graduation I joined a leading IT company which took me to Chennai. While in Chennai, I got to watch a bunch of newly released Hollywood movies like Inception, Salt, Knight and Day, among others. It was during this time I started toying with the idea of taking up film reviewing as a full-time profession. It was quite tough managing time in Chennai as I was not only working full-time as an IT professi...

Mini Stories on Wisdom, Love and Life "A New Dictionary" "Stop using these terms viz. scarcity, office politics, Monday blues, pain, pressure, mind games and so on. Throw away the old dictionary as I am going to gift you a new one", he told her. "And what terms are there in the new dictionary?", she asked inquisitively. "The new dictionary will have a completely different set of terms. Abundance, collaboration, Unconditional love, healing, passion, soul, serendipity and so on", he replied. And together they began a new journey into a new world. ------------------- "Single Child" "Why are you lost in thoughts so often?", he asked her. "You can never understand me. You have never experienced the kind of loneliness I have been through as a single child", she replied. "Human story is a story of loneliness. Everyone experiences It, be it for hours, days or years. Yet the only solution is to move from loneline...