by Vishu | Sep 17, 2018 | Mindfulness
In my Agile workshops I ask participants a question: ‘What pictures come to your mind, when we talk about Agility?’ Some of the typical answers are Cheetah, Squirrel or Dolphin etc. Then I ask them what aspects of them relate to Agility in their mind?...
by Vishu | May 28, 2018 | Chow
Ramesh is an Engineering Manager in a Software Product company. During a recent one on one interaction, his manager asked him if everything is fine with him. Surprised, Ramesh asked in turn, why he is asking that way. Then his manager shared his observations...
by Vishu | May 28, 2018 | Mindfulness
During the lunch break after my presentation on ‘Mindfulness at Work – Accelerating Agility Culture’ in Agile India conference recently in Bangalore, a gentleman walked up to me and asked whether we are conducting any Mindfulness workshop in the near future. I thought...
by Vishu | Oct 9, 2017 | Chow
Here is a challenge of the week. How do you Respond rather than React in the following situations? Someone sends you a nasty email copying rest of the team members also on the mail Someone abuses and insults you in a meeting by calling your idea as stupid What has...
by Vishu | Sep 25, 2017 | Agile, Mindfulness
Are Mindfulness and Agility related in any way? Does being more aware, alive and calm lead to being more agile? Yes, Mindfulness indeed can enhance Agility – better sense & respond mechanism, at an individual level as well as at an enterprise level. In Yogic...
by Vishu | Aug 31, 2017 | Mindfulness
Mindfulness is one of the buzz words in the industry these days. Mindfulness is a technique to bring and keep the mind in the present moment, moment by moment. There is a great deal of research done and experiences shared by many people on the benefits of Mindfulness...
by Vishu | Jul 30, 2017 | Leadership, Mindfulness, Personal Growth
Mindfulness is one of the buzz words in the industry these days. Mindfulness is a technique to bring and keep the mind in the present moment, moment by moment. There are umpteen number of researches done and experiences shared by many people on the benefits of...
by Vishu | Jun 25, 2017 | Agile
I have been coaching teams, Scrum Masters, Product Owners, Managers & Senior Leaders on Agile & Scrum for close to a decade now. While celebrating 20 years of Scrum, thought of sharing some interesting situations/challenges that I had come across during these...
by Vishu | May 16, 2017 | Mindfulness
If we observe and reflect back, we can notice that many times we React to situations compulsively rather than Respond in a wise way. For example, in a fit of anger sometimes we shout at someone or make some hasty decisions and later realize that we should not have...
by Vishu | May 7, 2017 | Chow
Divya, a Scrum Master for a Scrum Team, is looking for improving Agile maturity in her team. However she has a challenge in dealing with the TechLead, Surya, in the team. Surya, a long timer in the company, is a very critical member needed for the success of the...
