Deep Mody

STEM Theory of Investment – Pathway to Prospering Lives Here’s another unconventional thought or say a revolutionary thought… JJJ I’m sure most of us know about the Social experiment where Joshua Bell played violin in DC Metro Station and there was barely anyone who stopped by to listen… Those who don’t know about it, here’s the link to video on YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UM21gPmkDpI It’s not just this experiment, many would also recall some fun whatsapp messages reading… In Mumbai everyone is in hurry, but no one is on time… Ofcourse you know what I’m talking about and you also know something is not right, but just dunno what… Let us attempt to explore what we do, why and how… Few Philosophy that drive a lot in our lives is… Time is Money… every penny saved is a penny earned… Multitasking is the key to success.. etc… All this has led to the ‘Rat Race’ we are in… But if these philosophies really work, why do we hate the ‘Rat Race’ that thes...

Negotiation – An un-boon to exponentially flourishing relationships/organisations When you’re good at something, never do it for free… Joker, The Dark Knight Sounds like a really smart statement to get the most possible in a trade, isn’t it? Ofcourse I share a different perspective… I would rather rephrase it as ‘When you’re good at something, it is the least you can do for free…’ The basic belief in what people are deep with-in is the distinction here… ‘Smart Negotiator’ is someone well renowned on giving least possible to gain maximum possible in a trade. Someone who understands how to reach an agreement which eventually ends up with bigger share of the pie for themselves. There are many ways of doing this; convincing with facts and logic making the deal look a win-win situation, using power driving fear or authority driving rewards. Infact Negotiation in itself is an act to articulate and cap the input and output from a relationship. It is derived f...

Need-Emotion – A Complex system The below article is an extract from my book ‘being Emotionally street-smart’. It gets a little technical and would need background in theoretical understanding of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. Emotions Out of all the experiences we carry, our journey with Emotions is the oldest. Emotions have been with us since birth and we all have our understanding and Individual theory about what they are, how they work, how to make the best of them, etc. The simple way Emotions can be defined is representation of satisfied or unsatisfied Needs (Maslow chacha ki theory for Needs) . When you Desire something and achieve more than expected, you experience positive Emotions like joy, happiness, delight, etc. and in the event of not achieving what is Desired, you experience negative Emotions like sadness, anger, frustration, etc. Does this also mean that people, who constantly achieve exactly what they predicted, do not feel extreme Emotions? Yes it ...

TNA – Building on strengths way... Training Need Analysis is very important aspect which would drive productivity of the entire organisation… So let us spend some time in philosophically understanding what exactly TNA does… While driving increased productivity we are talking about driving Change in the way things work. We identify the target followed by what is ‘Ideally’ needed to achieve the target and then finally evaluate what we have and what’s missing as compared to ‘Ideal’ list… When we do the same with human competencies by comparing what is and what’s missing with ‘Ideal’ list of competencies required, we are doing an analysis to derive at what trainings are to be imparted… Simple enough, isn’t it? What we have always been doing, hence what we find easy to do is look for what’s missing and train people on it. We focus on what’s wrong in the system as compared to ‘Ideal’ requirement. Over a period of time we develop an excellent eye for detail to pick on what’s ...

Gyan on AI – Appreciative Inquiry Appreciative Inquiry is a philosophy, an approach to doing everything in life focusing on getting the best of people! Change is inevitable, but the outcome of the change to be positive is a choice we can make… We all have our understanding about how things work and especially how people work (how human mind works). What makes people do what they do. What drives people. While aiming at better outcome we are talking about driving Change in the way things work. We have tried and tested approach to drive people motivation and it’s done well for us. We identify the target followed by what is ‘Ideally’ needed to achieve the target and then finally evaluate what we have and what’s missing as compared to ‘Ideal’ list. Once we’ve established the list, we focus on what’s missing and fix it aiming at ‘Ideal’ state. We do that for everything we deal in life, including our organisations. That is how we manage business, manage processes, manag...

Flourishing Organisations – The People Way It is a very common practice in Indian to run companies with hierarchy of Management and Employees... In 80s when it was Employer driven market and scarcity of jobs had made people used to in-humane practices as part of life... I still remember people telling me 'Naukri' matlab 'na karne wala kaam'... Lately the market is more-of Employee driven and organisations are compelled to invest more in keeping them motivated. These initiatives are limited to few Recreation and RnR activities… The concern lies in Management's high-headedness... I was chatting with a friend today on similar lines... Bosses assume themselves intellectually superior than employees and hence look at them as mere machines or commodities... There's only 'so much' a person can deliver, hence the entire focus is on squeezing what you give to them in return... The focus on increasing productivity to investment ratio lies in finding th...