by Manoj Chawla | Jul 19, 2017 | Blog, Leadershio, Management, Organise, People, Systems
One of my favourite clips from a film is from Rising Sun where Sean Connery talks about fixing the problem not the blame. One of the biggest reasons why problems happen is when “covering your ass” becomes more important than fixing the problem. Even bosses...
by Manoj Chawla | Aug 27, 2016 | Blog, Leadershio, Leadership, Management, Mentors, Motivate, People, Recruit
Today my GF shared a very funny video, which while amusing also shows the challenge of leadership. What and how do you communicate for people to follow you ? What are the group dynamics, who will follow and who will not ? Is it sufficient to be a leader, or do you...
by Manoj Chawla | Aug 4, 2016 | Blog, cognitive load, Design Thinking, innovation, Organise
Did Apple get it wrong? Now I am a big fan of apple products, especially the iPhone and tablet. I also have used and followed the evolution of pen technologies since in 1990’s. Be it the crosspad, the Anoto. livescribe etc. I also think there are a range of...
by Manoj Chawla | May 6, 2016 | Behaviour Economics, Cognitive bias, cognitive load, Flow, habits, Happiness, Life Hacks, Management, Mentors, Motivation, Organise, People, Psychology, reinvent, Self Management, Stress, thinking slow thinking fast, work life balance
Goal setting is not a trivial matter. We have to understanding ourselves, We have to make decisions about our priorities, we have to understand the way our minds work. Can we design a better life for ourselves ? Last month I gave a talk on the brain, organising...
by Manoj Chawla | Apr 24, 2016 | Behaviour Economics, Blog, Happiness, Life Hacks, Management, Motivation, New Business Models, People, Psychology, reinvent, Self Management, Self Management, work life balance
This morning, I had breakfast with a very good and old friend, Our conversation went on to the subject of friends, teams, and children and how we motivate them. (or don’t)… It reminded me of the story about an academic who was writing on a book and some...
by Manoj Chawla | Mar 12, 2016 | Behaviour Economics, Blog, Crowds, Design Thinking, innovation
Yesterday, we gave a talk on crowdsourcing. As promised I have attached the slides from the talk, many thanks to Eamonn Sayers and Sinead Gegarthy for their great talk on their work/project and experience. Building a crowd totally changes the way you can start your...
