Enstasy Consulting, Pune (2026)

08/10/2024

On 2nd Oct, I check air fares on the ixigo app. The concessional fare for Defence Forces is 23k+. On a hunch, I opt out and check regular fares. Lo and behold, numerous flights at much cheaper fares get listed. I roast ixigo on X and they promise to address the anomaly.
Three days later, I revisit and find that the joke on the Defence forces continues to be played, even despite tall promises to make amendments.
What a shame, ixigo !
For some strange reasons, I find this post of mine of 5th Oct gets zero visibility on FB. Today I delete it and post it again.
Something is seriously fishy....!

25/02/2024

Life in circles....!
Some are made with people, some man-made (like the one in the middle in the second pic).
To me, circles are always generative - of thoughts and ideas, birthing seeds for action.
A day well spent with the Corporate Supply Chain leadership team of a large organisation attempting to unearth some contextual truths.

12/08/2023

POV ....!
A monk I got talking with.

05/04/2023

Sales kickoff gone unconventional!
A three-days offsite targeting some four figure numbers under a 150 years old Banyan tree! Zero ppts, only conversations!
Wonder if there could be a more appropriate space to challenge tradition and attempt this, using appreciative inquiry blended with hands on sales wisdom from the best in class SME!
My heartfelt gratitude to all those who trusted me and the process and supported me whole-heartedly to pull this off.
The outcomes couldn't be any more beautiful! My gratitude extends to many more than those mentioned here.
Shukla, Pascoal Dantas

14/03/2023

The power of conversations!!
Two eventful days of churning, emergence and discoveries.
Despite deploying it for the past over 13 years in a row with some hundreds of clients, the process never ceases to amaze me for it's power to transform.

06/12/2021

The bottom line-"Leadership can't be imposed..."
Extremely fulfilling to facilitate a workshop for top leadership of a public sector undertaking.

02/10/2021

Happy days are here again! Good to be at work like before.
At a workshop with an old client.

14/01/2021

“I wish I had some days when I had nothing to do; I could then do so much”!
This was the thought that crossed my mind after a long busy week when I found myself struggling.

Sounds paradoxical, doesn’t it? But in reality, more than paradoxical, it is a wishful thought, not likely to come true unless one gets down to clinically dissect a day and dispassionately identify how much of the time spent is invested in productive pursuits.

Talking of time, the issue of procrastination invariably surfaces in such conversations, as it did, after my last post on the subject.

Perhaps the reason for procrastination is partly, yet subtly addressed in Marthe Troly-Curtin's quote in my last post (“The time that you enjoyed wasting in not wasted time”). But there is a lot more to it.

There are intangible benefits that the unconscious mind accrues from procrastination in the short term. Let’s look at some of these.

There is considerable joy in exercising one’s choice to resist doing what is externally imposed (and not sought). The underlying reason for such behavior could lie in the innate desire to exert power, or to exercise free will. You may like to check out Will Schutz and his FIRO B, who talks of ‘control’ as one of the three fundamental human needs.

Other reason for delaying action could be in refusing to accept the consequences of non-action, which is primarily an unconscious attempt at denial of existence of a threat (a convoluted version of classical ‘flight’ behavior. “Where is the tiger here…?”). It works till the threat becomes visible and there is no running away from it any more.

Another reason, and perhaps most significant one for one’s penchant for delayed action could merely be a fallout of how one is wired from the inside in terms of one’s preference or 'Type' (being the ‘Perceiving' type in Jungian terms). A procrastinator’s reasons for delayed action may not necessarily be any of those stated above, but his/her desire to pend action/decisions till more inputs/ knowledge/ wisdom is available to take a more superior call than the one taken in a hurry. You see the ‘Judging’ types seek closures and meeting deadlines, as against ‘Perceiving’ kinds who are flexible, adaptable and never in a tearing hurry (visibly more chilled, if you like…!).

There is nothing that we, as human beings ever do for no reason. Including procrastination. It is just that we might be doing it for short term benefits (case 1 and 2), or due to our psychological hard-wiring (case 3). For cases 1 and 2, some introspection may be useful, as I wonder if there are any long term benefits to these tendencies. For the latter, a psychometric assessment may help you figure your ‘Type’.

In all cases, if you are struggling with the issue of procrastination, spending some time with a coach may be immensely useful.

So rejoice, procrastinators, I have given you at least three good reasons to justify your existence and not feel too bad about yourselves - you are just being human! However if you wish to discover more, remember, I am just a call away…

08/01/2021

You want to learn time management? I have a formula guaranteed for hundred percent success. It is so simple to apply that you would wonder how could you miss it, when you hear about it.

I am sure you would have found it on the web or would have been inundated with numerous invitations to attend workshops/seminars where thousands are selling you the magic pill on how to master managing time and be super effective. When I, out of sheer curiosity (actually FOMO) explored what was being offered, I found it was more often than not the wrong pill as panacea to one’s time management problems.

So here is my magic pill - get rid of the myth that you are short of time ever in your life. The truth is that you have all the time in the world to do things that you really want to do. Including things like procrastination…..!

Before you begin to rake me over the coals for saying this, pause for a moment, park your defenses aside, and dispassionately reflect on what I said. Here is a suggestion. Take any day of your life as a reference and check the veracity of this argument. You might realize that perhaps you didn’t have the time to finish the presentation which your boss had asked you to do, because you had all the time you wanted (most likely, unconsciously) to scroll through WhatsApp forwards or Instagram messages. Or even to attend to a call from a dear friend who was going through a bad divorce (after all, isn’t that what friends are for, no…?). To validate further, go to your mobile and check out the time spent on various apps in a day, which, when added might knock the living daylights out of you.

Going back to my theory, the issue is not about lack of time; it is about its fixed availability. It is rationed to just 24 hours per day. For everyone, to include the most efficient human being ever born on this earth, as also to you and me. So how do you manage something which is so strictly defined in its scope and span? You can’t. What you can manage is YOU and your relationship with this very fixed, yet precious resource.

Am I suggesting that you uninstall all social media apps or stop taking calls, put your head down and create ppts that your boss demands? No! What I am suggesting is, stop barking up the wrong tree, or refrain from projecting your own inefficient or poor choices on hapless, poor ‘time’ (something coy and hard-to-get thing, always eluding us!).

I know there would be many wanting to ask me to shove my logic somewhere, claiming that they are submerged in work from morning till late in the night and are still struggling to keep their heads afloat. Well, your state is no different from those in case above. For two reasons.

Reason 1. Who took it upon oneself to load one’s platter with what can’t be tackled in 8 hours of work (OK stretch it to 10. I know 8 hours in today’s world is being utopian!)? So who should you blame for bringing this upon you - you or time?

Reason 2. What if your colleagues/others in the team are able to pack their bags by 7 pm and you are the one perpetually burning the midnight oil till 12? Every day? In every role? And also in all of your previous organizations too? Well, if you feel your boss doesn’t like your face and is overloading you on purpose; change your boss… (you know what I mean, silly…!). But before you do that, if you see the pattern above, it’s time to smell some coffee and ask oneself some hard questions on one’s skills and competencies or one's fit for the job. Tough, right?

So, you see, as it emerges from the two scenarios above, while there may be a compelling temptation to externalize the reasons for one’s inability to manage one’s time, it is more a matter of the choices we make with respect to its use. The least one can do is stand by how you choose to spend your time and take ownership for it.

I don’t think it should be too hard to acknowledge what Marthe Troly said, “Time you enjoyed wasting is not wasted time”!

Well, if you still insist and wish to learn how to manage your time, I am just a call away…!

03/09/2020

You think Covid took the joy out of experiential learning?
No, not for us.
B'cos we reinvented ourselves.
And our clients are loving it...

19/05/2020

Fifteen leaders of India's largest organisation, two and a half hours of virtual session, one inquiry - How do we embrace the ?
Wow, what a powerful opportunity for harvesting leadership vulnerabilities and pause for reflection on what the whole experience is inviting us to imbibe, besides nurturing hope, positivity and excitement for the future..
Humbled to be an instrument in this journey of discovery...

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