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Most of us have heard of the Monkey, Banana, and Water spray experiment. Is there a chance of a better ending? How can companies transform employee behavior when caught in this vicious cycle? 1) Change the standards A major lesson from history is that no heroes are responsible for their success. Not entirely. The factor that governs what it means to be successful is the prevailing standards. The culture just follows suit. I wrote this poem a few months back. The play of chance, the hand of times Distracts our eyes from what it hides Hunter in an Industrial Age Writer facing the Dinosaur's rage Flip the centuries, the Heroes fall Yet the world is snared by illusion's trawl All we know is the scale of standards Pity what’s different, judge what threatens Fear the outlaws or discredit with slanders Worship the Heroes, scorn the strays And continue till time tilts the scales The crux is, the company is still in charge of introducing the variables into the exper...

Self immolations in Tamil Nadu when ADMK supremo Jayalalitha was arrested raised a lot of questions.  This was certainly not the first instance. A similar account can be found in the Wikipedia page on MGR " His death sparked off a frenzy of looting and rioting all over the state... The police had to resort issuing shoot-at-sight orders. Tamilians from Bangalore rushed to Madras in trains to see the mortal remains of MGR. Government had announced free train facility for this visit. The violence during the funeral alone left 29 people dead and 47 police personnel badly wounded. This state of affairs continued for almost a month across Tamil Nadu. Around one million people followed his remains, around 30 followers committed suicide and people had their heads tonsured" Why emotions carve the political landscape in Tamilnadu? Language plays a major role in the way we think and behave much more than we give it credit for. A few years back, I read a study by Lera Broditsky, P...

I am probably late to the party and I know that I am using the term 'probably' rather loosely. I just discovered this phenomenon called Bruno Mars. I don't care for music much. I hate how playing music in the car seems like a normal thing t o do or how it sneaks in from my neighbor's house some mornings. The rare times I do enjoy music are when the lyrics resonate with me or when the voice shares more than technique. Old Hymns move me and that has to do with the words and not music. I love 'Les Miserables' for its content.The exceptions are Bob Marley and Michael Jackson -not regular though. There is something haunting in their voice that reveals their inner persona. After listening to 'Grenade' I added one more to the list : Bruno Mars! Intense!

I had a minor surgery to remove a sebaceous cyst this thursday. By some strange coincidence, I also had a very rough week at work. After my holidays, this cyst had been bothering me a lot that I couldn't focus well at work and my work didn't take it too kindly either. Wednesday I had to work through the night and I went straightaway to the hospital on thursday for the surgery. My cyst was deep and the local anaesthesia didn't work well for me. To add to all this drama, the little cyst had a mind of it's own and broke within. This had to be scratched out so that nothing is left behind. It wasn't a pleasant feeling to be cut and poked/scratched inside. The poor surgeon had to bear me whimpering like a child. Today was my first bandage dressing after the surgery and I found myself complaining a lot. Then, noticed something Genesis 39 19 When his master heard the story his wife told him, saying, "This is how your slave treated me," he burned with anger....