Wisdom Calling

We are living in a world that is Vulnerable, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous, which is in short called VUCA world. Things have started to be unpredictable due to the inventions of technology from the beginning of the 21 st  century, but it happened so far only at the level of individual and organization. COVID-19 has caused this uncertainty for the first time on a massive level. Millions of people all over the world have lost their livelihood due to the economic blow caused by COVID-19. The Baby Boomer generation, who are born between the 1940s and 1960s, had a balanced life and their behaviour is driven by rules. They go by the rules and have a contented life. The same thing more or less happened for the next generation, who are called Gen X who are born between the 1960s and 1980s. Their behaviour is driven by incentives. The people, who are born between 1980 to 1994, are famously known as Millennials who are self-driven. Though they were not born with technology, they are th...

I embarked on a new journey in my professional life when I resigned from my first job in the year 2016, to join another institution. Even though I didn’t change my profession, there was a radical change in the mindset of the students and the management at the institution I joined. It was not an easy task for me to adapt to a totally new environment as I had a very convenient and peaceful work-life balance at my previous institution. Within a month of my reporting to the new job, the principal came with a feedback format to get the feedback from the students.  Though the feedback was not that horrible for me, considering the students’ mindset, (Which took me a long time to understand) that was  the first time I got a significant amount of negative feedback from them along with positive feedback. From the traditional education system, where the fee was very moderate, to a feedback-based education system, where students have every right to ask what they want as they have paid a h...