Karthik Blogs

Over the weekend I was invited to participate in a group game called Mafia, and when the game involved my favorite cricket star-Ashwin, I had no two thoughts about it.  Initially I was quite apprehensive to participate in the game given that it was a group environment and I did not quite like the idea of making a fool out of myself, which I quite naturally did. Understandable that you are new to gamification, for me however these are the failed experiments that leave lasting impressions on the mind and most importantly the lessons learnt from them. About the Game Called Mafia:  In a gamified scenario, there are the Villagers, The Wolves, The Policeman and The Doctor, and of course the moderator Aim of the Game: The Villagers, The Doctors and The Policeman are the good set of people, the upholders of Dharma, the torchbearers of the world. The Wolves on the other side are all evil, on the lookout for the good people to do away with them. The Objectives are pretty much...

There is always a Monday morning feeling when you have to get back to work, back to regular grind and the regular weekday scenario. However there is always the memories from a fun filled weekend from which I derive my motivation and inspiration. I always view it this way that, each second in ones life is a whole new experience and I draw my strength from these mini lessons that I pick along the way. As a child I loved to collect colorful little pebbles. More so I was always fascinated by the round, transparent ones which had colour rainbows within them. As I grew older, this little fascination gave way to the Pebbles of learning that I keep picking up each day. As colourful as the ones when I was a child, Most Transparent as there is no ulterior motive other than pure undiluted learning. These are the Pebbles that I picked up from Ashwin over this weekend, and I wish to share them with you my readers. I call these colourful Pebbles Leadership Pebbles. Leadership Pebble Blue...