theme: On serving and contributing effectively through work
The challenge of making a problem never occur again is a deeper problem than to say “I will handle it for today”. That is where all the excitement starts. All the scientific and creative joy comes. And, all the fulfillment comes…
There are two fundamental states in which we seem to engage with our work environment – the employee mode and the citizen mode. The employee mode is an “outside-in” state, and the citizen mode is an “inside-out” state..
This map lays out the 4 stages in the journey of knowledge work: beginning with the stage where one is a knowledge worker, right up to a stage where one’s consciousness is completely transformed.
How to integrate purpose and context meaningfully?
How do some people manage to retain the ‘citizen state of mind’ through ups and downs in the external world? They are able to do so, because they shift the basis of their identity. Put differently, they have a fundamentally different answer to the question, “who am I?”…