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ParivartanMoving from narrow ego-centricity to broader eco-centricity
Presented by
Rajeev Bahaduria & Pradeep Chakravarthy
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Parivartan
Using the power of AND, instead of either/or.
Parivartan means change – one state to another. We and our ecosystem around us, both living and non-living are constantly changing.
Traditional Indic wisdom, unlike traditional western wisdom, starts from change, and not from control.
Being in harmony with change rather than seeking to control it assures shubh1 and labh2 which is what we all want at work & home.
Being in harmony with change comes from yoga - alignment of thought, feeling and action.
‘Indic thought, particularly Vedanta, despite it being born in ‘ancient times’ has a ‘modern essence’ ( Scientific Enquiry & Humanism). Hence has always been Contemporary. As such, it lends itself to discussing the ‘why’ of things along with the ‘how’ provided bythe West, to create an organic fusion instead of merely the mechanical synergy between the two.
1 Auspicious; 2 Beneficial
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More control = More complexity
When there is Our survival belief And we seek to control by When we should be…
Market turbulence
Markets have / will be constantly in self gendered equilibrium.
Holding on even more tightly to the tried and tested, reliable and proven tools/ technology/ process and people. Leaning back even more strongly on to the baggage of the past success.
Opening up to respond rather than react and become nimble and agile
Disruptive technology
My existing technology alone will see me through, at best with a few modifications.Disruption will not touch my domain.
Resorting to process improvements based on the existing technology-‘exploiting’ the existing capacity/efficiency
Continuously seeking and taking a more fundamental ‘quantum leap’ to stay ahead of the disruption through incessant innovation.
Competition Competition is inevitable and hence no escape but to be a part of it.
1. Trying to stay ahead of the existing competition by incorporating the ‘best practice’ loop.
2. Trying to gain a larger and larger share of the existing competition as a zero sum game.
Truly be doing out of box instead of making it a poster slogan
Incorporating Next Practices
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Parivartan the process – Why of the East and How of the West
Prework at your pace 1.5 day Workshop.5 day Zoom Session after a fortnight
▪ Questions for self reflection
▪ Reading/videos
▪ Connecting History, Buddhist Economics, Change, Choices to life
▪ Experience through theatre and Mahabaratha
▪ Reflection on learning and way forward.
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Which stands for attentively listening to what is being said and trying to understand from what is being said as it is.1 ‘Shravan’
Which stands for requiring us to mull over what has been said against reason as much as trying to relate to it based on ones real life instances and even imagination about the application(s) of these, in our work / personal lives. This stage creates Manthan (churning)-the dilemma of the past thoughts and future behavior. Something, we understand today, as ‘Liminal thinking’, -understanding, shaping and reframing our beliefs.
2 ‘Manan’
Which stands for experimenting and experiencing with the new learning / values in both a simulated context to begin with, and then in real life usage. This was the way to ‘internalize’ the learning completely and make it relevant to practice not just in theory. Our ‘theatre based exercises’ are based on this aspect of making ‘new learning’, particularly the changed beliefs and values complete. Change in behavior and consequently the Business outcomes is a logical corollary to this.’
3 ‘Nidhidhayasana’
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From To
THINKING post Parivartan
▪ Scarcity
▪ Systematic
▪ External Locus of Control
▪ Inherent Constraints
▪ Programmed
▪ People inherently bad
▪ Uncomfortable with ambiguity
▪ Abundance
▪ Systemic
▪ Internal Locus of Control
▪ Inherent Potential
▪ Perspective
▪ People inherently good ,with bad assumptions
▪ Unconstrained by ambiguity
SPEAKING post Parivartan
▪ I/ My
▪ Language of Control/ Command
▪ Telling to do
▪ Language of Blame
▪ We/Us/All
▪ Language of Facilitation
▪ Discussing and creating
▪ Active Listening
▪ Language of trust & Empowerment
DOING post Parivartan
▪ Judgement
▪ Attending to urgent /trivia
▪ Being exclusive/self disposed
▪ Excessively Passionate
▪ Being Secretive/non-accessible
▪ Long term gaze
▪ Attending to the important/profound
▪ Being inclusive/empathetic
▪ Dispassionately Passionate
▪ Being Open/accessible
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Program agenda
Prework
Videos or reading material covering basics of Sanatan Dharma philosophy and the role of Vedanta, Itihasa and Purana
Self reflection questions covering Buddhist Economics/ Dharshan and recognizing change is constant and Sthitha Pragnya is the ideal response
Session plan
Min Activity
0900 – 1000 Introductions and Sankalp
1000 – 1100 Introducing history as a way to become resilient to change
1100 – 1200 Introducing Buddhist Economics as a way to become self aware
1200 -1245 How do you relate this to your life?
1245 - 1300 Getting ready for theater - folk dance traditions
1300 - 1345 Lunch - silent and no access to any devices, only self reflection
1345 – 1500 Connecting change & self awareness - the language of feelings through Nava rasa & the 1st step for Sthitha Pragnya
1500 - 1700 Prep for picking a story or episode from the itihasa to act and create one or two different endings
Day 2
0900 – 1300 Each team acts for 15 mins, then discusses on learning from that on : Change, Resilience and Self Awareness.
Capturing learning, making a purna Ahuti for the future - create yama/niyama in groups for each other's Parivartan
1300 - 1400 Closure, silent lunch and departure
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Appendix
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Rajeev BhadauriaSenior Human Resource Leader
+91 …
www.mysticalpalmyra.com
Rajeev Bhadauria is an accomplished Senior Human Resource Leader with more than 35 years of experience. Various HR initiatives, particularly towards L&OD, carried out under his leadership have received national and international recognition and rewards, including the coveted ASTD award for Innovative Best Practices in the field of enhancing Customer Experience/Engagement of Internal/External Stakeholders.
Organizations worked
NTPC
Reliance ADA Group
Jindal Steel and Power
Mercer
Member of Governing Councils
OP Jindal Global University
NTPC School of Business
AffiliationsSHRM
AIMA
Domains handled
Power
Steel
Infrastructure
Entertainment
Telecom
Health
Capital
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Rajeev BhadauriaSenior Human Resource Leader
▪ He transpires as a rounded, mature, and prolific professional with a passion for focusing on both, the “Big Picture Vision”, and the complex granular details. This approach has helped him to understand the essential nuances of both the professional and entrepreneurial work environment obligatory to handle complexities of the current turbulent business environment where creativity, and a parallel thinking process rather than a linear one hold the virtue. He has helped create a business leadership that creates value beyond “PE ratios and EBIDTA margins”. He believes that in today's VUCA world, days of programmed thinking Managers are over and they get replaced by those with an agile perspective instead.
▪ Besides being adroit at handling complex HR life cycle processes, Rajeev’s key strength lies in helping create a vibrant work culture that inspires engagement of workforce across levels from the shop floor to the Board rooms, from the Militant 'Trade Unions' to Sophisticated 'Knowledge Work Force'. He has created HR practices and philosophies by capturing and using the essential elements of the Ancient Indian wisdom in the context of a Modern Corporate work environment. He has successfully been able to blend and synergize the precision and measurement of Western Management practices with the compressed wisdom of the Indian subjective non -judgmental thought process.
▪ Rajeev’s Indic wisdom comes from his study of the Indian philosophy over the last about 20 years on his own and his acquiring the broad understanding of the 6 schools of Hindu Philosophy – Sankhya, Yoga, Nyaya, Vaisheshika, Mimamsa and Vedanta (including Advaita philosophy), commentaries of Shankar, and Upanashid/ Brahma Sutra/Gita and the Vedantic Bhashyas along with Puranic (Ramayana/ Mahabharata) and Buddhist literature.
▪ He has devised and curated a few training programs in theatre mode based on Ancient Indian Wisdom with trained theatre artists from Kerela. Another prominent highlight of his HR experience is the multi -day retreats with corporates on “Creating positivity at work-place using Indian Perspective”.
▪ He is an avid reader, an occasional cricket player, a compulsive listener of light Indian music - particularly Ghazals, and a theatre artist. He is a globe-trotting enthusiast through his interest in picking nuggets of local wisdom from different regions & cultures & enlarging & enriching his global disposition to human life & culture.
▪ All in all, Rajeev exemplifies a unique blend of Business, Consulting, Coaching with an academic acumen that makes him relevant as an expert for not Human Resource alone, but a Business Thought Leader equipped to deal with the vicissitudes of market turbulence made even worse, due to the current Covid 19 crises.
+91 …
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Pradeep ChakravarthyM Sc JNU, MBA, LSE (London)PhD (P), TEDx Speaker.Several awards for academic excellenceAuthor of 5+ books
+91 9841299017
www.mysticalpalmyra.com
▪ Pradeep continues to be associated with McKinsey & Company as a facilitator
▪ He collaborates with Mythologist Devdutt Pattanaik on bringing Indian philosophy, mythology and history into organizations to –
– Improve levels of collaboration and trust that directly increase revenue, market share and reduce costs
– Increase leadership behavior and peer collaboration across levels
– Improve leadership and management skills for senior leaders over 6 month customized 1 -to-1 coaching programs
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Madras Christian College, University of Madras, India “Best Outgoing student” AWARD
BA POLITICAL SCIENCE
Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi Awarded a Ford Foundation scholarship for outstanding academic achievement
MA INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
London School of Economics, London Awarded a bursary grant for outstanding academic achievement
MSc HUMAN RESOURCES
MANAGEMENT INTERN –TVS & Sons, HEAD OF HR - MM Imagine Technologies Setup HR departmentExtensive IR exposure
GLOBAL SOURCING EXPERT Cognizant Technologies Senior level hiringNiche skill hiring
REGIONAL HEADInfosys Technologies Infosys Leadership InstituteManaged L&D for 40,000 Infoscionsglobally
EXPERT FACULTY,MCKINSEY LEADERSHIP INSTITUTEMcKinsey & Company
Increased revenue <300xxx through behavior change
PhD, History, EconomicsPolitics in Madras University
Key clients 2016-17
WHATS IMPORTANT FOR ME
Trust in relationships, bringing Indian philosophy and history into corporation as
practical tools to be successful.
VALUES AT WORK Authenticity
Clarity and Competence
Focus and Flexibity
Contribution to your success connection & affiliation with others.
NEEDS THAT DRIVE ME
KEY OFFERINGS Increasing business performance through self awareness, leading self, leading others, persuasion skills, presentation with impact, improving trust and collaboration within teams, coaching and mentoring, structuring and problem solving creative thinking
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Pradeep ChakravarthyM Sc JNU, MBA, LSE (London)PhD (P), TEDx Speaker.Several awards for academic excellenceAuthor of 5+ books
+91 9841299017
www.mysticalpalmyra.com
How History your future
What Modern Businesses Can Learn From Ancient Temples Temples as leadership institutions
I am passionate about learning leadership lessons from history
My books
Heritage walks via www.mysticalpalmyra.com….
“India needs more people like you, keep up the good work and God bless!”- H.E Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam, Former President of India
His journey in his own words - whttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AY_4LFLkFIE&t=3630s ww.mysticalpalmyra.com
More than 200 articles published in
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Why is it Needed today?
What are the design principles of Parivartan?
How is our Product addressing it?
Questions
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Why is it Needed today?
The current context, driven by the disruptive technology and its logical corollary, market turbulence, has created a unique challenge to Businesses and Business models of today.
As if, this was not enough, the Covid crises has made the magnitude as well as the complexities even much more daunting if not worse than before.
Hence, the linear and conventional existing Business models are constrained to discover alternative principles and belief systems/ models and methods, in place of their current ones.
The existing one(s), seem to be fractured in various dimensions and act(s) as a limiting and inhibiting factor when one wishes to create a futuristic, sustainable and future proof structure and process.
The modern, advanced machine and materialist driven mechanical way of doing business, needs repair, rewiring and rehabilitation. With technology having reached its logical plateau, the human creativity, parallel thinking, right side usage of brain 🧠, alone can help us deal with what cannot be predicted and programmed
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How is our Product
addressing it?
▪ Parivartana makes an attempt to offer an attractive alternative management ‘belief and behavioral system 'which has the potential to create a sense of a holistic, simple and a potent transformation agenda for doing business and getting better results.
▪ As such, Parivartan picks up the relevant threads from our ancient Indian beliefs/ wisdom and helps derive/ engender higher engagement of people and also bringing in positivity, adaptability and audacity in the way of doing business (in midst of the current volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous world).
▪ In the Indian Buddhist inspired disposition and perspective, using the right brain human ensures not only enrichment but also expansion of the purview of human thinking/experience in a context of a redefined nature and meaning of Work itself as also creates a paradigm shift in looking at the context of not just the Business but also the Workplace context itself.
▪ By presenting a more Holistic & Humane understanding, belief and approach to work and workforce, Parivartan ensures creation of positivity at work place in terms of an increased engagement quotient.
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How is our Product
addressing it?
▪ Amongst others, Parivartan clearly establishes the following :
1. Material growth and Wealth is not an anathema to Human growth and Wellbeing.
2. Ancient wisdom is ancient only chronologically, but was, and continues to be Modern in its applicability and efficacy to the current problems.
▪ Scientific temper and humanism, the twin pillars of Modernity (not contemporaneity), were in plenty in our Ancient Seers.
▪ Parivartan, gives us the ‘right path’ of growth and transformation to both our People at work, as also, the Organizational construct.
▪ It harmonizes Modern material growth and profitability and value based, reflective, traditional thinking.
▪ It’s underlying credo of relevance is,’ doing the right and good things, also ensures good & profitable business’, not otherwise’.
▪ We have to just ‘modify and enlarge’ our perspective from that of the narrow confines of Ego-centricity to that of the broader Eco-centricity.
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What are the design
principles of Parivartan?
Reconciling the Modern Western Business model with the principles and precepts of the Ancient Indian Wisdom.01
Harmony involves not negating the differences between the respective beliefs and assumptions of the two streams of thought, but, understanding these differences and putting them in a common perspective without judging one as being right and the other as wrong. Synthesis here is the key.
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An important element of design is to seek key critical questions rather than be in a hurry to get the answers. This leads to ‘deeper analysis’ as a corollary and escaping the ‘Amygdala Hijack’ / auto pilot response.
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Involvement/ reflection/ participation of both the faculty and the participants is the key design mode and principle.04
The idea is to learn to respond rather than react, albeit in reaction time in the fast pace of change today.!!05
A vital element taken from the Indic wisdom is the usage of the method of Shravana/Manan/Nidhidhyasana to create internalization/ownership of the learning(s)
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07 Hence, we use the ‘theatre mode’ to reinforce learning through enacting this first person experience of what is talked about. Creative use of this medium provides the pivot to our design.
The 7 Sutras of Design of Parivartan
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