CWIL Readings
Picture Credit: Akshay Sriram, PGDM, 2021.
April 15, 2021
SPJIMR sets up Centre for Wisdom in Leadership (CWIL) to create future ready leaders
Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan’s S.P. Jain Institute of Management and Research (SPJIMR) has set up a Centre for Wisdom in Leadership (CWIL), which will partner with researchers, social organisations, public policy makers and industry from around the world to design innovative interventions in management education to groom leaders who can address complex issues like climate change, rising inequality, political polarisation and unethical practices.
April 15, 2021
Wisdom Isn’t What You Think It Is
Wisdom Isn’t What You Think It Is. It’s more about listening than talking
April 09, 2021
How to Navigate Difficult Conversations
We can’t avoid difficult conversations altogether, but we can navigate them more adeptly by learning to listen and communicate mindfully.
April 09, 2021
Self-awareness – the key to growing your emotional intelligence
Emotional intelligence is not mystical or weird, but practical. It starts with learning self-awareness.
March 12, 2021
Free Mindfulness Apps Worthy of Your Attention
There is no shortage of mindfulness and meditation apps these days, promising to help you combat anxiety, sleep better, hone your focus, and more. The five most valuable and easy-to-use mindfulness apps that are available free are mentioned in the following article.
March 05, 2021
Deep listening
Some define leadership as convening essential conversations—conversations with the power to transform our understanding of complex situations and to generate innovative options for action. A key component of these conversations is deep listening.
March 05, 2021
Fail like a scientist
Failing like a scientist is also about continuously challenging your assumptions instead of blindly following a linear path to a specific goal. An outcome of the scientific method can be the complete elimination of a hypothesis. When you are learning, you may realise the goal you have been pursuing is no longer aligned with your overall objectives or principles. Instead of sticking to a goal just because, fail like a scientist and let it go.
March 03, 2021
How meditation can help you live a flourishing life, with Richard Davidson, PhD
Meditation practices date back thousands of years and are a part of nearly every major religion. However, in the past couple of decades, researchers have begun to use modern scientific tools to explore what is happening in the brain when people meditate and how meditation might benefit our mind and body. Richard Davidson, Ph.D., director of the Center for Healthy Minds at the University of Wisconsin and a pioneer in the scientific study of meditation, discusses what scientists have learned and how these ancient practices can help us flourish.
February 18, 2021
Why Facts Don’t Change Our Minds
Understanding the truth of a situation is important, but so is remaining part of a tribe. While these two desires often work well together, they occasionally come into conflict
November 24, 2020
Making 2021 the Year of Wisdom
This article explains the benefits of becoming wiser as individuals and as a society.
