Author: changethinker

Born and raised in Mumbai, India with an undergrad degree from Oman and a masters degree from the National University of Singapore. I am an Environmental Professional with a passion for Sustainability, Social Innovation and Governance related issues. A Change Agent in the making who believes that small is beautiful and that impact can be achieved -one soul at a time.

Be Less Professional.

There is an entire discourse in to professionalising of disciplines which hampers reskilling in the heart of darkness aka uncertainty. The narrow disciplinary lens forecloses opportunities to tap in to arena which are around the corner. As an environmental engineer I took up modules in public policy and studied STS-sociology, Social Change Communication and read a lot of history to get the granular context of decolonisation and decarbonisation pathways.

The obsession rather needs to be about being amateurs, as that is the very spirit of innovation. And take the cv less seriously.

Experiment, be lean and agile.

#writing #growthmindset

No Short Cuts.

Coaching senior technical professionals in their writing journeys is often tied to their inherent biases and opening their black box of thinking more than the ‘act’ of writing itself.

Engineers and architects are obsessed with the input-output process and the are keen to decode the art, by reverse engineering. As an engineer with a masters degree, I am acutely aware of these heuristics. But writing is an expression of the self, an act of creation. The grammar book does not teach you effective writing. #writing #growthmindset