Author Archives: Nagesh Alai

Hindsight Management with a ‘What if’

‘What if’ is a powerful hindsight which has the potential of redemption and transformation of those who are lucky to outlive an event, writes Nagesh Alai ‘What if’ is a classic conundrum of the human mind creating probable alternatives to events that have already happened in their lives. Without exception, every person experiences this syndrome […]

Say bye to bias

The negative effect of bias is incalculable and has an infinite perpetuation impact on those at the receiving end, writes Nagesh Alai The other day, in a WhatsApp group that I belong to, someone queried about training programmes for ‘unconscious bias’ at the workplace. Some recommended training modules adopted by overseas ivy league institutions while some […]

Grandstanding and hardstanding of opinions on WhatsApp group have divvied up people, writes Nagesh Alai

An old ‘Shammi Kapoor Unplugged’ video from the turn of this millennium popped up out of the blue recently in one of my WhatsApp (WA) groups. In that one can hear the late famous actor gyrator talk about the role that internet played in his life and how it reconnected him to a long separated […]