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How to help teams stay fearless and focussed

by Kavi|27 November 201827 November 2018|The OWL Despatch

Trust you are having an awesome week. I get reminded of the relentless march of time when a Tuesday has gone by since I last sent a note like this and its time for one more. Between the last time...

Staying Human

by Kavi|13 November 201813 November 2018|The OWL Despatch

I am emerging from Diwali's ghee laden sugar cesspools. Pardon me if I am a trifle slow for a few days. Actually, do me a favour and blame it on the ghee. Its only human you see. The damn sweets were...

The 15th edition of OWL focusses on behavioural economics

15 and counting

by Kavi|30 October 201830 October 2018|The OWL Despatch

Do you recall the conversation we had when I first talked to you about the newsletter? Do you recall whether you were given choice to opt yourself in to receive this? Or was the question posed in such a way...

#MeToo Futures

by Kavi|16 October 201816 October 2018|The OWL Despatch

The rate at which some skeletons have been tumbling out of the #MeToo cupboards have caused me to wonder how strong the cupboards have been. The intensity of the outpouring, a friend told me, is only a fraction of what...

Questions from my daughter

by Kavi|02 October 201802 October 2018|The OWL Despatch

It was daughter-daddy day out yesterday. I had optimistic notions of being able to send out this newsletter after spending some time with her introducing Gandhi to her, on his birthday. It didn't quite pan out the way I had...

Caught in the midst of change

by Kavi|18 September 201818 September 2018|The OWL Despatch

Image credits Pixabay I heard of this saying some nine times, at last count, in the past week. When it crept on to my screen as well, I thought of this as a signal for me to dwell deeper and...

Hello from the midst of the typhoon

by Kavi|04 September 201804 September 2018|The OWL Despatch

Its the strongest storm in 25 years. Typhoon Jebi has been quite something to Japan and to me too. For I have never been near one in my life. I write this with winds howling outside the window and rains...

Humanity rising to the kerala floods in 2018

Love Story

by Kavi|21 August 201821 August 2018|The OWL Despatch

I write this just after getting off the phone speaking to a dear friend. He is helping with the relief effort in Kerala. The magnitude of the calamity does not lend itself to easy estimation of the time or cost of...

The weaver’s story

by Kavi|07 August 201807 August 2018|The OWL Despatch

It was intrigue that got me to read the card that was packed in along with the saree my mother had bought. It told a story of the weaver who had woven it. My own belief in the power of...

Leveraging technology to understand human emotions especially if they are dealing with diseases like Parkinson's

My dad’s jail term

by Kavi|24 July 201824 July 2018|The OWL Despatch

My dad died of Parkinson’s disease. It is a cruel disease where all your mental faculties are alive but you can’t move a single muscle. Hands, legs, hips, tongue, eyes..! There were spasms of time, when medicines would unfreeze his...

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