Food for thought

I was thinking about this yesterday while getting back home after having a heavily stuffed tummy...

While training for a client in Delhi, Shyam from GreenBooks had this experience of having burgers/sandwiches for lunch. The client had carefully thought this through while sending their team for a Train the Trainer workshop by GreenBooks and intended a light snack.

The result of having a light snack for lunch served the purpose of keeping the participants active during the post lunch session while compared to the drowsiness that comes from having a heavy buffet lunch.

Food for thought! Light lunches work best.

My dearest Father...

Oh my God...

How can I just put these words in... ? Thank you for not giving up on me.

Even though the land looks barren and the deserts long and endless... Your promise never fails... I see your streams Lord... These mountains look tall and hide the sun from my face... But my God... These mountains are nothing but dust and they pave the road for Your ways...

I have not given up Lord... Thanks to YOU.... I never will!

Your son always

me

Exploring Gen X - Gen Y Learning deisgns

I got this opportunity to connect with the head of L&D at Wipro on Saturday. So during our quick chat on the phone, I shared about my passion for Learning Designs. I explained some of the work I had done in bringing in business alignment to training initiatives.

Thanks to me... He did not get convinced! =) So here is what happened. I offered to work out a design for a scenario he would suggest. And this gentleman proposed a scenario involving the need for a solution to the generational differences that hinder Gen X and Gen Y from getting along in a work environment and how to break through.

Wow! Wow! Man... was I so excited! I wanted to so get in with a paper and pen that the fact that I was in Bangalore for a wedding just slipped ( a wedding where my dad landed for the first time in his life for a short 2 day visit!).

Anyways... on my journey back to Chennai from Blore... I got the time I wanted. Fed my thoughts on to my phone. And worked till 4 am of Monday morning to send this across. I was just so happy =) This brought in so much room for imagination. I got it into a ppt and send it across. 

Guess what! I got my meeting with this gentleman on the same evening. He consented to a late evening chat and we got to run across my design. =)

Some of my suggestions on this proposal had evolved around the immense room for collaboration among the two generations + the possibility of Skill exchange + the need for Informal learning culture in the organization.

End of the day... I got my bit of adrenaline rush. The satisfaction of venturing out on a new performance solution. 

And Yes... Thank You Lord for opportunities!! I am ever grateful!

Blessings of Ignorance

Today, I was at an interview for a Learning & Development role. A friend of mine also attended the interview soon after me, and we got an opportunity to have a quick conversation before he got his turn.

This friend of mine shared his concern of not being a trainer but yet attending an interview for one. I encouraged him with the fact that he had a higher advantage than me! The less you know the better! Thatz just what I told him... The art of unlearning is too tedious for most trainers.

Blessed are you when you know the least... you are in the right place to learn!

This was just the case when I took driving lessons in the Sultanate of Oman. The art of driving is poorly explored/taught in India. Whereas in the Middle East, I just enjoyed the way my tutor taught me the basics of driving - which after four years of driving (atleast 50000 kms) - i had to unlearn!

I repeat... Blessed are you when you know the least... you are in the right place to learn!

Turn the Tables

I have a good mind to turn the tables... Itz time I make the jobs that I seek.

the last few days have been good =) let the tables turn!