Background & Context Almost a decade ago, a friend of mine, Atul Sapre, invited me to read Karl Weick’s brilliant work on ‘Sense Making in Organizations’, as we sat down to design elements of a course on Organization Development. One of the pivotal themes that Weick directed my attention to was of – “Bricolage” […]
Month: January 2016
An Ode to the Women and the Magical Gifts they offer …
This note is triggered by having recently encountering my Shadow There are times when I cannot run away from a part of my shadow – that of the misogynist within – albeit disguised and hidden very creatively in my multiple narratives and perhaps even fantasies of victimhood, of castration, of rejection, of mistrust, of possession, […]
Disneyland, Selfies, and Simulacra: Remembering Jean Baudrillard
It was in the last week of December 2015, I took my young kids to visit Disneyland – we spent a whole day in the park, amidst fun and frolic, taking in the rides, the theme-shows, the carnival, the Christmas celebrations, the beckoning stores, and the overall cloyingly sweet ambiance around us. The kids […]
Star Wars – The Force Awakens: Beware the relentless and mechanistic deployment of the Mono-myth template
Let me begin by confessing that I have been a Star Wars fan for a significant portion of my life. It is not my intent to berate the latest film. I do hope to be compassionate in this note for my adolescence and early adulthood were deeply impacted by the first three movies. Like any […]
Incorrigibly romantic ... 