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Dr Kiran Chitta

Sep 13, 20214 min read

Make workplaces worth the commute

'The potential of the average person is like a huge ocean unsailed, a new continent unexplored, a world of possibilities waiting to be...

Education has the power to be a 'universal cure'

Dr Kiran Chitta

Jul 31, 20217 min read

Education has the power to be a 'universal cure'

‘The only purpose of education is freedom; the only method is experience.’ Leo Tolstoy 'Castles made of sand melt into the sea...

Hybrid working: what are the new rules of the game?

Dr Kiran Chitta

Jul 1, 20215 min read

Hybrid working: what are the new rules of the game?

‘If we do the right things, this could be the best thing that ever happened to communities. We’re going to have more wealth, better...

Dr Kiran Chitta

May 27, 20218 min read

The machine stopped - or did it?

"In a properly automated and educated world, then, machines may prove to be the true humanizing influence. It may be that machines will...

Leadership coaching is not a quick fix for toxic leadership

Dr Kiran Chitta

Apr 30, 20215 min read

Leadership coaching is not a quick fix for toxic leadership

‘A man who is used to acting in one way never changes; he must come to ruin when the times, in changing, no longer are in harmony with...

Be yourself by letting go of your self: 'coherent heterogeneity' at work

Dr Kiran Chitta

Apr 6, 20216 min read

Be yourself by letting go of your self: 'coherent heterogeneity' at work

'I never knew anybody . . . who found life simple. I think a life or a time looks simple when you leave out the details.' ― Ursula K. Le...

Let's be flexible about flexible working

Dr Kiran Chitta

Mar 19, 20214 min read

Let's be flexible about flexible working

‘Open-plan offices have been found to reduce productivity and impair memory. They’re associated with high staff turnover. They make...

People make companies agile, not methodologies

Dr Kiran Chitta

Feb 2, 20214 min read

People make companies agile, not methodologies

‘Whenever a theory appears to you as the only possible one, take this as a sign that you have neither understood the theory nor the...

‘Whole intelligence’ - the key to a sustainable future?

Dr Kiran Chitta

Jan 4, 20214 min read

‘Whole intelligence’ - the key to a sustainable future?

‘Reality is not something inflexible and unchanging but is ready to be remade.’ Source: Malcolm Parlett quoting from ‘Gestalt Therapy:...

It's time to be ‘deliberately developmental’

Dr Kiran Chitta

Dec 14, 20204 min read

It's time to be ‘deliberately developmental’

“….the good life is not, I am convinced, a life for the faint-fainthearted. It involves the stretching and growing of becoming more and...

Culture change is getting caught up in culture war

Dr Kiran Chitta

Nov 23, 20205 min read

Culture change is getting caught up in culture war

‘Yes, there are two paths you can go by But in the long run, There's still time to change the road you're on…’ Led Zeppelin, Stairway to...

Going beyond resilience: agility matters

Dr Kiran Chitta

Nov 16, 20204 min read

Going beyond resilience: agility matters

'The difference between stumbling blocks and stepping stones is how you use them.' Unknown. Is resilience enough? Or do we need...

Working in a gig economy: precarity and possibility

Dr Kiran Chitta

Nov 9, 20204 min read

Working in a gig economy: precarity and possibility

'The career is dead--long live the career!' - Douglas Hall Whoever is in charge in the White House, the digital revolution will continue...

Are you being a ‘person of tomorrow’, today?

Dr Kiran Chitta

Nov 2, 20204 min read

Are you being a ‘person of tomorrow’, today?

‘[The] new world will be more human and humane…Its technology will be aimed at the enhancing, rather than the exploitation, of persons...

Freedom-for-all (not a free-for-all): the heart of agility & democracy

Dr Kiran Chitta

Oct 26, 20204 min read

Freedom-for-all (not a free-for-all): the heart of agility & democracy

“Freedom makes a huge requirement of every human being. With freedom comes responsibility. For the person who is unwilling to grow up,...

Agile organizations don’t need to hold out for a hero

Dr Kiran Chitta

Oct 19, 20205 min read

Agile organizations don’t need to hold out for a hero

‘Where have all the good men gone And where are all the Gods? Where's the streetwise Hercules to fight the rising odds? Isn't there a...

Mindfulness may mitigate the leadership Corona-coaster

Dr Kiran Chitta

Oct 12, 20205 min read

Mindfulness may mitigate the leadership Corona-coaster

‘At the still point of the turning world. Neither flesh nor fleshless; Neither from nor towards; at the still point, there the dance...

What is happening to the art of dialogue?

Dr Kiran Chitta

Oct 5, 20205 min read

What is happening to the art of dialogue?

‘Our ability to reach unity in diversity will be the beauty and the test of our civilization.’ - Mahatma Gandhi The foundations of...

Reflexivity: enabling systemic change in an unequal world

Dr Kiran Chitta

Oct 1, 20204 min read

Reflexivity: enabling systemic change in an unequal world

"There’s class warfare, all right, but it’s my class, the rich class, that’s making war, and we’re winning." — Warren Buffett Reflexivity...

Agile and flexible working are built on a foundation of trust

Dr Kiran Chitta

Sep 28, 20205 min read

Agile and flexible working are built on a foundation of trust

“When the trust account is high, communication is easy, instant, and effective.” ― Stephen R. Covey, ‘The 7 Habits of Highly Effective...