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Time to Think Differently

2026-08-29T15:39:17.637-07:00

The journey from organizational change to transformation is shaped by a simple belief: transformation does not happen by introducing change in isolation; it happens when strategy, people, processes, governance, technology, and capability evolve together. Even though sustainability comes in three pillars—environment, society, and economy, and theorists love to believe in the economy encircled within the larger periphery of the environment and thereafter cocooned within the social factors, where everything can be intertwined with digital technologies, in reality, the economy still drives our lives. Decoupling the economy is the best thing to happen, but it is still a distant dream unless decoupling provides economic benefits.

We need a clear understanding of short-term and long-term gains, and a greater understanding and assimilation of a life-cycle view, not only for the assessment of outcomes in non-economic terms but linked to the economy. Our mindset is still not mature enough to understand the importance of the life-cycle cost view, and that is why we limit our thoughts to life-cycle assessment of environmental figures. Our choices are still CAPEX-driven, and our organizational understanding has yet to foresee expenditures from a long-term perspective. Our organizations still believe survival depends on capital, and sustainable decisions are still made out of compulsion. So-called sustainable decisions are still largely made due to hidden financial profit and loss considerations, and not even considering long-term whole-life economic reasons. This is because immediate survival and sustaining the organization in the present take precedence over long-term considerations.

There is nothing wrong with it. Ultimately, organizations need to run businesses, and they are part of a wider national and international sociopolitical environment. We cannot blame organizations, especially business houses, alone.

Seeing life-cycle views of economic parameters is still considered a risk, especially in a world of high disruption, uncertainty, and volatility. One important point we must not undermine is that organizations, even though they want to make noble decisions, cannot predict the future with sufficient predictability and logical sensitivity.

Our geopolitical scenarios are becoming so volatile and polarized that countries are changing policies abruptly and altering alliances instantly due to internal and external factors, making it difficult for organizations to make any long-term plans and economic decisions while keeping the life-cycle view in mind. Nations are changing policies abruptly, and our leaders are breaking all international treaties at their own convenience. International institutions still exist, but our leaders have made them ineffective. Even if a particular nation or its leadership is trying to act with perseverance, keeping global peace, antiterrorism, and multiculturalism as priorities, they are also forced to take radical decisions as they are getting affected by ill-intentioned geopolitical leaders. The multilateral view is becoming marginalized, which is definitely affecting organizations.

Organizations and businesses are busy matching these changing volatilities for survival, rather than creating a long-term industrial view.

Will we remain puppets in the hands of global, powerful, and ill-intentioned leaders? Will we wait for some leader to choose to stop military wars? Will we wait for some leaders to stop funding terrorist organizations? Will organizations keep worrying about investing in different geographies with a fear that their shipments can be hampered due to the closure of any strait in the deep sea?

More research needs to be done on the possible solutions to get rid of the whimsical acts of our global political leadership. Just a food for thought: Can organizations across the globe come together around a common understanding that can strengthen their collective position and encourage political leaders worldwide to reconsider actions driven by their own self-interest? It is understandable that at the national level, the political leadership will put their best efforts into nullifying this organizational effort with all their claws and jaws. But their survival and funding heavily depend on organizations and businesses, and in the long term, they cannot ignore organizations unless organizations remain fragmented. If organizations want more predictable sensitivity and strengthened life-cycle economic benefits, the next level of organizational leadership needs a greater sense of co-opetition and issue-based coherence to push global political leaders to act more sensibly.

Rethinking Human Civilization

2026-08-27T23:01:13.907-07:00

The recent incident in Nepal, where massive floods have devastated a vast area across the Tibet–Nepal border, has created a huge global concern about the consequences of destroying nature through human-centric activities. Human beings have developed civilisation over a long period of time. However, this civilisation is fundamentally based on the exploitation of nature and natural resources, and it has now gone to a certain limit where human beings are constantly challenging nature. These incidents demonstrate how recklessly human beings are treating nature and remind us of the devastating consequences that can arise when we continuously exploit and disrupt the natural systems on which our civilisation depends. Nature has its own power. If we challenge it in a negative sense and try to destroy it, it will definitely come back to us, because nature has its own system, which operates according to its science and its own universal laws. Once the laws and logic behind the orchestrated activities within nature are disturbed, nature responds, and it has the ability to destroy not only an entire civilisation but also to harm all living species on Earth.

Therefore, human beings are not only creating trouble for themselves; they are also creating danger for other living species on this planet. That is why there is a need to look again at the basis of our civilisation. There is a huge need for restructuring, and this is where the importance of Sustainability Transformation becomes significant. The importance of protecting biodiversity, taking action to protect the Earth from global warming, addressing ozone depletion, and implementing the circular economy all come into this larger picture.

The basic concept of human civilisation is to utilise nature to collect input materials and further process them to yield the desired products for consumption. After use, the leftover substances and wastes are disposed of and released into nature. Additionally, the useless substances that come out during the processing of the input materials are also released into nature. Along with material, energy is used to flow from the input to the output material flow direction. This is also the fundamental basis of economies, which links the amount of raw materials collected and the processing capabilities required to meet the requirements of human beings on a social platform.

Financial transactions drive the entire material flow. From the viewpoint of material flow, the economy is perceived as a linear throughput system. Socioeconomic production and consumption patterns impact the physical flow between the environment and the economy, which is influenced by technology, lifestyle, and cultural values. Material flow provides information about environmental pressures such as the scarcity of key natural resources, ecosystem degradation, and excessive pollution and waste. This information helps us rethink the use of natural resources and transform socioeconomic activities to reduce environmental pressure from the economy by minimising or nullifying natural resource exploitation.

The circular economy is a transformational model that can redesign economic activities by creating sustainable value for society and the environment. The primary objective of the circular economy is to eliminate waste and pollution. The driving forces for achieving this objective are keeping materials in use within the economy and regenerating natural systems. So, there are twofold concepts for the circular economy. One is keeping materials in use, and the other is regenerating natural systems.

The circular economy encourages innovative product design for endurance and modularity. It also calls for novel operations and manufacturing processes for products. It promotes the sharing of products as much as possible by a larger mass of people instead of everyone purchasing the same product. The circular economy calls for designing products in such a way that they can be repaired multiple times, reused with minor maintenance, remanufactured through refurbishment, and finally recycled at the end of their lives. It facilitates keeping materials and the products made from them in circulation within the economy for a longer period of time. It reduces dependence on new materials and energy while also reducing environmental pressure.

Reducing environmental pressure is therefore one of the most important aspects of the circular economy. It helps in decoupling the economy from the environment, and that is the key to protecting human civilisation, human life, and life on Earth in general. It can help us rethink our way of living, and it can help us to live coherently with nature instead of destroying it to an extreme point where a tipping point can be reached, which could cause the destruction of human civilisation and human life. That is why it is important for us to look again into the way we behave, the way we articulate our civilisation, and the way we conduct our activities. We need to rethink our activities and redesign our whole economic system so that human civilisation can coexist with nature and also with other living species on this planet.

So that devastating incidents like the one in Nepal should not happen, we need to make our Earth more sustainable and more responsible for our future generations. Ultimately, we need to rethink the way we have structured our civilisation and the way our economic system interacts with nature. The objective should not be to stop development, but to redesign development in a way that allows human beings, nature, and other living species to coexist.

Sustainability Transformation Framework: Appreciation

2026-08-23T02:19:13.249-07:00

I have received a Letter of Appreciation from Colleen Soppelsa, Business Systems & Organizational Transformation Leader at Future of People at Work, recognising my contribution to the development of the Sustainability Transformation Framework, presented in my book Sustainability Transformation, co-authored with Alexandra Katzian

The appreciation highlights the framework’s structured, systems-oriented approach to sustainability and organisational change, and its ability to bridge strategic intent with practical execution. Rather than treating sustainability as a collection of isolated initiatives, the framework views transformation as an integrated journey connecting leadership, culture, governance, operations and stakeholder engagement.

I particularly value the recognition of its emphasis on long-term capability building—organisational learning, collaboration, adaptability and continuous improvement—as essential foundations for sustainable transformation.

The letter also acknowledges the framework’s potential to help organisations strengthen resilience, create lasting value, align stakeholders around a shared vision, and integrate sustainability into strategy, decision-making and continuous improvement.

Sincere thanks to Colleen for such a wonderful appreciation. Looking forward more feedback from Colleen while applying the principles in practice.

Change to Transformation: A Story of the JGEC Alumni Association

2026-08-13T14:57:08.016-07:00

Transformation for Education & Society

Nirjhar Chakravorti

Abstract

Jalpaiguri Government Engineering College is situated in Jalpaiguri, a comparatively remote town in West Bengal, India where employment opportunities are limited and transportation has traditionally been challenging. Consequently, most graduates relocated to different parts of India and abroad to pursue their careers.

The absence of a permanent alumni organization operating from within the campus created a significant gap. There was no structured mechanism to connect alumni with current students, support institutional development, or preserve a long-term relationship between graduates and JGEC. For many alumni, graduation effectively marked the end of their formal association with the institution.

This situation began to change in 2010 with the establishment of the Jalpaiguri Government Engineering College Alumni Association (JGECAA), headquartered within the JGEC campus itself. While this was a landmark step, the challenges were enormous.

The newly established campus-based Alumni Association started almost from scratch. Most alumni were unaware of its existence, and years of disengagement had created a mindset where alumni no longer perceived the campus as a place to which they could actively contribute.

I was one of the few people, along with founder secretary Gautam Bhaduri who were trying to change the status quo. After careful study I realized that the major task is not to flourish the Alumni Association, rather the challenge is to change the mindset of disintegrated and uninterested group of ex-students to participate in the campus based student centric structured programs which can deliver true value to the institution.

Need for Change

Students needed guidance, mentoring and financial assistance, while alumni lacked a formal platform through which they could support one another, support the institution and contribute to society. This created the need for an organized alumni movement.

Applying ADKAR

The change was implemented using a structured method which was aligned to principles of ADKAR framework. Rather than treating ADKAR as a one-time sequence, every seminar, scholarship programme, workshop and initiative became a small ADKAR sprint. Awareness, Desire, Knowledge, Ability and Reinforcement were repeatedly applied throughout the journey.

Awareness

Awareness was created through continuous communication. Alumni, students, faculty and the Principal were identified as important stakeholders. Facebook, email and later WhatsApp became the major communication channels. The central message remained constant throughout the journey: alumni engagement within the campus is important because it benefits students, the institution, alumni and society. Communication was repeated continuously to build awareness.

Desire

After awareness, attention shifted towards creating desire to participate. Alumni and students needed to understand what value they would receive by engaging with the Association. Scholarship programmes, mentoring opportunities, recognition of sponsors and continuous interaction encouraged participation. Two-way communication became an essential part of building desire.

Knowledge

Knowledge was developed through seminars, workshops, reports, documentation and continuous sharing of organizational learning. Different stakeholders required different forms of knowledge. The Association also reflected its experience using the KMO (Knowledge – Motivation – Organization) model and Kirkpatrick's evaluation model.

Ability

Ability focused on developing the capability to implement change. The Association strengthened governance, accountability and stakeholder relationships. The Five Whys technique was repeatedly used to identify root causes of problems. For example, alumni were initially reluctant to join WhatsApp groups. Repeated 'Why' analysis showed that the real concern was not the technology itself but the fear of chaotic discussions and political debates. In response, the Association introduced strict moderation policies, prohibited discussions likely to create conflict, and maintained an environment consistent with diversity, equity and inclusion. As trust increased, participation also increased.

Reinforcement

Reinforcement was implemented continuously rather than only at the end of the transformation. Every initiative concluded with activities that strengthened stakeholder confidence. The Association continuously highlighted why alumni engagement remained important. Key metrics were monitored, including the number of scholarships, sponsors, beneficiaries, seminars and funds raised for the Kanchenjunga Convention Centre. Progress was regularly communicated through reports, Facebook, WhatsApp and meetings. Students were reinforced through scholarships, while alumni were recognised by publishing their stories, photographs and contributions on the Association website.

JGEC Story @ Script by Nirjhar Chakravorti

Burke–Litwin Reflection

The overall transformation can also be understood through the Burke–Litwin model. The external environment created the original need for change because there was no effective platform connecting alumni with the campus. In response, the Association established its constitution, mission, vision, policies and leadership structure. A formal governing body worked together with an active core group. Organizational culture was strengthened through clear behavioural expectations. Structures, systems, governance practices, transparency, measurement and regular communication gradually improved the organizational climate, motivation and ultimately the performance of the Association.

Emergence of an innovative Transformation Framework

While implementing ADKAR, it became evident that the process and speed Alumni Association is achieving it has much larger perspective . It is not an ordinary change, rather a transformational journey.

This transformation extends beyond the steps of change management. This practical experience gradually led to the development of a broader transformation framework organized around six questions: Why is transformation required? Where this transformation needed? How should transformation be implemented as a framework through strategy, governance, processes, tools, funding and measurement? Who will lead and implement the transformation? What shall be steps to implement the framework? Which benefits have been achieved and how do those outcomes initiate the next transformation cycle? By collating my professional experience and experience I gained through leading the changes since inception of the JGEC Alumni Association, I constantly tried to refining this unique Organizational Transformational Framework model.

Dimension of Transformation

The Alumni Association relied extensively on digital platforms. Digital platform was one of the important key enabler for Alumni Association success. Communication took place through Facebook, WhatsApp and online channels. The scholarship programme operated through an online platform where students applied digitally, sponsors reviewed applications remotely and mentoring continued throughout the year. The Kanchenjunga Convention Centre project was also coordinated digitally, with progress updates shared online. Data tracking , data analysis for fund drive and alumni engagement was one of the major aspects of Alumni Association performance. One important point to mention that due to extensive utilization of digital platform, Alumni, students and faculty participation has increased during Covid situation, as we constantly tried to identified enablers, processes and tools to reach out to the students and alumni base, along with teaching and non-teaching community. In addition to that, at the same time Alumni Association started promoting various sustainable initiative encouraging social, environmental and economical aspects. These experiences, along with my long professional exposure later informed my organizational transformation framework books, such as Digital Transformation and Sustainability Transformation.

The JGECAA journey demonstrates how a volunteer-driven organization can be transformed through continuous stakeholder engagement, structured change management, governance, digital collaboration and long-term commitment. Practical implementation of ADKAR, together with reflections using other organizational models, ultimately led to the evolution of a broader Organizational Transformation Framework derived from practical experience.

Initiation to Situational Theory of Leadership

2026-07-03T13:36:44.990-07:00

While developed the Contingency Theory of Leadership, several other streams of leadership research were progressing in parallel. Fiedler argued that leadership effectiveness depends on the situation rather than on a universally effective leadership style. He identified three key situational variables that influence leadership effectiveness: the quality of leader-member relationships, the degree of task structure, and the leader's position power. Based on these situational characteristics, he concluded that either a task-oriented or a relationship-oriented leader could be more effective depending on the circumstances.

At the same time, researchers at were investigating leadership from a different perspective. Their studies identified two fundamental dimensions of leadership behaviour: Initiating Structure, which focuses on task orientation, and Consideration, which emphasizes concern for people and relationships. Although their work did not explicitly present a situational model, it implicitly acknowledged that effective leadership requires an appropriate balance between task accomplishment and interpersonal relationships.

Building upon the foundations laid by both the Ohio State studies and Fiedler's Contingency Theory, and introduced a new perspective. They retained the two behavioural dimensions of task and relationship orientation but added a third and crucial dimension—effectiveness. Their central question was not merely how leaders behave, but how leadership behaviour can be made effective under different circumstances. This emphasis on effectiveness led them to incorporate the concept of the situation more explicitly into their framework. Their work evolved into what was initially known as the Life Cycle Theory of Leadership, which was later refined and became widely recognized as the Situational Leadership Theory.

#leadership #leader #leadershiptheory

Circular Economy & Leadership

2026-07-01T12:42:51.716-07:00

The circular economy plays an important role in the future of this earth, and to promote it, there is a need for strong leadership in every sphere of life. One of the primary pillars of this leadership will be social and political leaders because they are the individuals who can create a vision, understand the requirements, and help others understand them as well. They must establish a purpose and bring people together on a single platform to build the trust necessary for everyone to work toward achieving a circular economy and sustainable living as a whole.

When we talk about sustainable living, the circular economy serves as one of its most important pillars. It is here that political leadership, in particular, comes into play, as these leaders create policies and arrange the necessary funding to promote the circular economy. They must identify the sources of such funding, provide benefits and subsidies for those who adopt circular practices, and foster relationships with all stakeholders, including international bodies, to create awareness and promote these initiatives.

They must also involve organizations in this journey, where organizational leadership plays a huge role. Corporate and business houses are driven by the economy and profit, whether short-term or long-term; ultimately, there must be a clear financial or economic benefit to justify their investment. Therefore, organizational leaders must create robust business cases and implement necessary changes for both the circular economy and the broader sustainable transformation, of which the circular economy is a major enabler. They are responsible for planning, implementation across the organization, and leading product development aligned with circular principles, demonstrating the essential role that organizational leadership plays in promoting sustainability.

Science of Chaos @ Tipping Point

2026-06-29T11:35:19.178-07:00

Global warming is often viewed as a gradual shift, but the reality is far more volatile. The Earth’s climate behaves as a dissipative structure—a complex system that maintains stability by processing energy. For centuries, this balance has held, but we are now pushing it beyond its limits.

By trapping heat, human-induced effects are forcing the system toward a tipping point. In the science of chaos, this is a "bifurcation point": a threshold where the old order collapses and the system leaps into a new, unpredictable state.
The intensifying droughts and hurricanes we see today are not just weather events; they are signals that the foundation of life is reorganizing. Because these structures can appear stable until the moment they break, the transition is often quiet—until it becomes dramatic and irreversible. Understanding this fundamental shift is the first step in leading through the transformation ahead.

Leadership - Combining Concepts

2026-05-10T17:30:00.000-07:00

Human beings have always been curious about leaders and leadership. What makes a leader? It is a very interesting topic, and different people define leadership from different perspectives. If you ask a hundred people, each of them will provide their own views, and those views will not necessarily have the exact same meaning. There may be certain common elements, but there will also be differences. Therefore, it is very difficult to arrive at one universally accepted definition of leadership.

Some people focus on the traits of a leader, some focus on the behavior of the leader, while others focus on the activities or task orientation of the leader. That is how different leadership theories gradually evolved over time.

If we look back to the middle of the nineteenth century, the discussion began with the Great Man Theory, where leaders were considered exceptional personalities born with extraordinary qualities. As time progressed, Trait Theory evolved, where researchers and psychologists argued that leadership is not only about “great men,” but about certain traits or characteristics that make a person an effective leader. These traits could either be inborn or developed through learning and experience.

Gradually, Behavioral Theory emerged, emphasizing not merely who the leader is, but how the leader behaves. The focus shifted toward people orientation, action orientation, and leadership behavior in different situations. Concepts such as autocratic, democratic, bureaucratic, and delegative leadership styles became important areas of discussion.

As research progressed further, leadership thinking moved toward task orientation and Functional Leadership Theory. Here, the focus was on the individual, the group, and the task. The leader’s role was to fulfill the needs of individuals and groups while ensuring that tasks were effectively performed. The idea of promoting leadership from the middle also became important, where individuals at different levels could function as leaders within their own areas of responsibility.

Later, the concept of Transformational Leadership evolved, where purpose, vision, and collaboration became central themes. Leadership was increasingly viewed as the ability to work together with people and groups to achieve a shared purpose and create transformation.

Thus, leadership theories gradually evolved in different directions, and leadership itself became a much broader concept. Instead of converging into one single framework, multiple versatile perspectives emerged, each defining leadership differently.

Personally, however, I see all these theories in cohesion rather than in isolation. I see leadership as a combination of traits, behavior, task orientation, collaboration, communication, and purpose. The traits of a leader are important, but so are the leader’s behavior, people orientation, action orientation, and the ability to create an environment where individuals and groups can work together effectively.

Leadership also involves encouraging people to lead within their own functions and responsibilities while collectively contributing toward a transformational environment. In such an environment, there is a continuous feedback loop between the leader, individuals, and groups, enabling everyone to work coherently toward a common purpose.

When we bring all these elements together, leadership becomes much more comprehensive. A leader not only understands oneself well, but also creates a vision and aligns people with that vision through effective communication. This communication itself becomes a feedback mechanism through which the leader creates a positive environment, fosters hope, and encourages people to work together cohesively to achieve results and fulfill a shared purpose.

Different environments, different situations, and different groups of people demand different leadership approaches and behaviors. Yet, certain elements remain fundamental. As emphasized, leadership involves knowing oneself, having a vision, creating purpose around that vision, fostering hope, and achieving results together.

These are important aspects of leadership because leaders work together with people and groups to challenge the existing status quo, think differently, and create transformation. Vision is therefore extremely important, as is the ability to align people with that vision and motivate them to perform tasks collectively in order to transform the present with a future-oriented perspective.

At the same time, I would also like to discuss another important dimension of leadership in future discussions, that is ethics.

“Sustainability Transformation” — A Framework for Rethinking the Future

2025-10-23T11:54:00.000-07:00

“Sustainability Transformation” — A Framework for Rethinking the Future

By Nirjhar Chakravorti

(Co-authored with Dr. Alexandra Katzian, published by Taylor & Francis, New York — releasing 10 December 2025)

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A Turning Point for Our Planet and Our Priorities

Humanity stands at a defining moment. Our activities are rapidly depleting essential resources, polluting ecosystems, and disrupting natural balances that sustain life. Beyond the environmental crisis, social inequities, poverty, and health disparities continue to threaten human progress and collective well-being.

It is increasingly clear that our traditional growth models — driven by short-term gain — are no longer viable. What we need now is not just innovation, but transformation.

That conviction forms the foundation of my upcoming book, Sustainability Transformation: How Organizations Can Rethink Business Models, Refine Processes, and Redesign Products to Reduce Environmental Footprints, co-authored with Dr. Alexandra Katzian, an Austrian researcher whose work in social systems and sustainability has inspired global audiences.

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The Need for a Paradigm Shift

Sustainability can no longer remain a side initiative or a corporate responsibility slogan — it must become the core philosophy that drives how organizations operate, create value, and define success.

This book argues that sustainability is not a luxury or compliance measure — it is the foundation for building resilient, adaptive, and equitable systems. We show how true transformation demands more than incremental change: it requires organizations to rethink business models, refine processes, and redesign products to align with ecological realities and social responsibilities.

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A Strategic Framework for Change

The book introduces a structured framework for understanding and implementing sustainability transformation across diverse sectors. It addresses the pressing questions organizations often face:

Who should lead sustainability initiatives?

What concrete steps should be taken to drive measurable impact?

What skills and mindsets are necessary for effective transformation?

How can organizations assess progress and redefine success?

Through this framework, we provide a clear roadmap to integrate sustainability into core operations — not as an add-on, but as a strategic driver of innovation and growth.

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For Leaders, Policymakers, and Learners Alike

Our goal was to create a resource that speaks to multiple audiences:

Executives, managers, and entrepreneurs will find actionable models for building sustainable business strategies.

Social workers, policymakers, and legislators will discover insights to design impactful, inclusive public initiatives.

Students, researchers, and educators will gain a comprehensive understanding of sustainability as a transformative societal force.

Written in accessible language, the book bridges academic insight with real-world application — empowering every reader to play a role in shaping a sustainable future.

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Bridging the Gap Between Vision and Action

Across industries, the importance of sustainability is now widely acknowledged — yet many organizations still struggle with implementation. The gap between intention and execution remains one of the greatest challenges of our time.

This book aims to close that gap.

It offers the tools, mindset, and structure necessary to make sustainability not just a commitment, but a lived reality — one that delivers both environmental stewardship and social equity.

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Looking Ahead

Scheduled for publication by Taylor and Francis, New York, on 10 December 2025 — just before Christmas, Sustainability Transformation is more than a book. It’s a call to action.

It’s about reimagining how we measure success, value resources, and define leadership in a world that urgently needs conscious transformation.

As organizations and individuals, we have a shared responsibility — and a shared opportunity — to build a future that is inclusive, regenerative, and resilient.

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Stay tuned for pre-release updates, key insights from the book, and discussions on how sustainability transformation can reshape industries and communities.

Let’s begin this journey — toward a future where progress and preservation walk hand in hand.

#SustainabilityTransformation #Leadership #Sustainability #DigitalTransformation #BusinessStrategy #TaylorAndFrancis #NirjharChakravorti #AlexandraKatzian #SustainableFuture

জোনাকি

2025-09-12T21:03:00.000-07:00

কাল রাতে জোনাকি এসে
নতুন আলো এনেছিল আমার জন্যে |
হাত ধরে আমাকে নিয়ে গিয়েছিলো
রুকরুকার তীরে |
রুকরুকা এখনো আগের মতোই আছে,
বদলায় নি এতটুকুও |
এখনো সময়ের সাথে পাল্লা দিয়ে
লুকোচুরি খেলে ,
আর কলকল শব্দে বাতাসের সাথে
গল্প করে চলে |
আমাকে দেখে এক মুহূর্ত থমকে গিয়ে ,
মুচকি হেসে বললো ,
'তুমি বদলে গেছো অনেক !
আমি কিন্তু বদলায় নি |
আজও আমি তোমায়.....'
ওর কথা শেষ হবার আগেই
এক দামাল হাওয়া ছুটিয়ে নিয়ে
চলে গেলো আমার পুরোনো দিনের
রুকরুকা কে |
চা বাগান চিনতে পেরে
মদেশীয় গন্ধে চারিদিক ভরিয়ে দিয়ে
আমাকে অভিবাদন জানিয়েছিল |
চাবাগানের থমকে যাওয়া সময়ের মধ্যে
ছুটে চলে গেলো একটা রেলগাড়ি |
চমকে গিয়ে তাকিয়ে দেখি
আবছা একটা মুখ জানলার ধারে বসে
মিলিয়ে গেলো |
আমি হাত তুলে চিৎকার করে ডাকলাম,
"এই তুমি! চিনতে পেরেছো আমায় !
আমাকে কি দেখতে পেয়েছো !"
প্রজাপতিরা তখন চিনতে পেরে ডাক দিলো ,
পেছন ফিরে দেখি
একঘর আলো !
জোনাকি তখন মুচকি হেসে বললো ,
"দেখো আমি সূর্য হয়ে গেছি !
তুমিও যাও , বদলে ফেলো নিজেকে ,
নতুন দিনের নতুন মানুষ হয়ে |"

Some Thoughts

2023-08-12T12:52:00.006-07:00

It is important to do something positive on a day when motivation is at lowest.

The person who doesn't get defeated after the defeat emerge as winner.

যে পরাজয়ের পর পরাজিত হয় না সে বিজয়ী হিসেবে আবির্ভূত হয়

Our action is outcome of what we conceive. But there are noises in-between concept and action. Those noises (good and bad noises) deviate our actions from our concepts. Because we live in real world, not in ideal space. In ideal space, noises will be zero. In real world, noises are inevitable.

আকাশ জুড়ে রঙ খেলা

2023-03-15T11:17:00.003-07:00

ছোট্টো সোনা,নাগরদোলা

দুলছে সোনা, হরবোলা

পাখির ডাকে সন্ধে বেলা

আকাশ জুড়ে রঙ খেলা।

চড়ুই শালিখ দুপুর বেলা

উঠোন পারে জমছে মেলা l

মাছরাঙ্গাটি করছে খেলা

নদীর জলে ভাসিয়ে ভেলা l

মুনিয়া পাখি লেজটি তুলে

রাজধানীতে দিল্লি চলে l

দোয়েল ফিঙে সবাই মিলে

তাজমহলের গল্প বলে।

ছোট্টো সোনা, পাখির বাসা

বাবুই দিদির ভালোবাসা

জোনাকিদের নিত্যি আসা

আলোর ছটায় নতুন আশা।

(for My sweet twin baby girl ~ Munia & Chhoto )

December 2015

Its' all about Global

2023-02-13T19:11:00.000-08:00

When we talk about digital, we think global. After all, the World Wide Web is the backbone of digital transformation.

When I look back at the journey for my book, "Digital Transformation: A Strategic Structure for Implementation," I can see a great global connection. The book was published in 2022 by Productivity Press, New York, under the banner T&F (Routledge).
The book was primarily written during my stay in Wales, UK, in 2019–20, based on my long experimentation with the application of digital platforms for organisational growth for over a decade in India. There was some German connection too, though on a miniature scale. Major contributors to the book are leadership guru Claire from England and nonagenarian genius Dave from the USA. Indian agile coach Samik was great help who lives in Netherland. My Austrian friend Alexandra was a great inspiration, always along with Indian-origin USA-based scientist Promode R Bandyopadhyay. Utibe from Africa was a great supporter for the promotion of my book. The book has got place in the library of Deakin University, Australia. So far I know, there was recommendation for Stockwell Library in London as well.

During my stay in Wales, I received a lot of support from Sushil, Ramu and Saran along with a few more Welsh friends, which truly helped me in writing this book. 2022 is definitely special, as the book published in all its glory is the result of a decade of hard work and an out-of-the-box thought process supported by friends and mentors from across the globe.
Bid adieu 2022. Looking forward for 2023.
Wish you happy new year.

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Digital Transformation: A Book for Future

2022-09-26T12:14:00.005-07:00

It's 2022! One of the warmest summers in Europe! I was traveling from Kent.

When I reached Victoria Station, I had a couple of hours to spend in London before I started my next journey to Wales. I searched for "a place to see near Victoria" on the internet. In a fraction of second I got an enormous information! I found a blog on food in London where I saw a beautiful pink cake shop that was about two minutes' walk away! Definitely, I needed a coffee and the appeal of red velvet was irresistible! I walked down to the flowery pink destination at the corner of the road!

During my wonderful an hour stay at Peggy Porschen, I had a brief observation and limited conversation inside the famous cake shop. However, I observed how the cake shop engages its customers by enhancing the user experience, which has become part of its brand promotion that can effectively help both Peggy Porschen and the customer to promote their own brands. Of course, the internet sources, blogs and social media empowered by digital technologies are powerful platforms in helping these engaging stakeholders to create unlimited opportunities for promotion.

How are digital technologies and platforms helping businesses and organisations to create unlimited opportunities?

My experience over the years in creating an organizational ecosystem, user experience, design thinking and strategy linked with a new generation of transformational leadership to explore these infinite opportunities in digital era helped me to create the concept of Strategic Structure for Digital Transformation.

My book, recently published by Taylor and Francis (Routledge publication, Imprint Productivity Press, New York) is all about these experiences and values to engage everyone in the world of unlimited opportunities!

https://www.routledge.com/Digital-Transformation-A-Strategic-Structure-for-Implementation/Chakravorti/p/book/9781032220192

Happy reading! 😊

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Digital Transformation

2022-06-19T11:16:00.000-07:00

It is pleasure to inform that, my book on Digital Transformation is published by Taylor and Francis group, New York… Officially available at following link of Routledge website:

[https://www.routledge.com/Digital-Transformation-A-Strategic-Structure-for-Implementation/Chakravorti/p/book/9781032220192?utm_source=individuals&utm_medium=shared_link&utm_campaign=B024587_dm1_1au_7pp_d876].

Hindi Poems - हिंदी कविता

2020-01-26T11:18:00.000-08:00

सुन ले मुसाफ़िर, मेरे मुँह से

प्यार की दो‑चार मीठी बातें।

प्यार की झलकती हुई दुनिया में

खो जा रहा हूँ मैं, क्या करूँ मैं।सुन ले राहगीर, मेरे दिल का

दर्द की दो‑चार मीठी दास्तान।

कविता की राहों में भटकती हुई मैं

उड़ जा रहा हूँ मैं, क्या करूँ मैं।सुन ले मुसाफ़िर, मेरे दिल का

प्यार की दो‑चार मीठी दास्तान।

- I wrote this hindi poem long back, and tried to give tune! I don't have any idea about music, but tried a difficult task of fixing tune of this small poem! Don't know if it was worthy or not.

Anyway, rewritten the poem today sitting at my Port Talbot house! Summer 2020

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ऐ हवा, तू आ जा ना मेरे पास

ऐ बादल, तू छूने देना मुझे आकाश

ऐ हवा, तू आ जा ना मेरे पास

ऐ बादल, तू छूने देना मुझे आकाश

तेरे लिए मैं तड़पता रहा हूँ

तेरे कदमों को फूलों से सजाया हूँ

तेरे लिए मैं पागल हुआ हूँ…

ऐ हवा, तू आ जा ना मेरे पास

ऐ बादल, तू छूने देना मुझे आकाश

Old lines, rewritten in my blog! Neath, Summer 2026

Opposite to Arctic

2019-10-06T14:50:00.001-07:00

---- by Nirjhar Chakravorti

The Orion who flew opposite to Arctic,

will show the path today.

He'll show new horizons

Snow white desert

Freezing cold air

and underneath it the unstoppable life struggle of the world's most vibrant land.

Will tell the immortal story of stealing eggs from rookery,

Will tell the story of a group of heroes.

Will announce the joy of life in open podium,

Will tell the tale of few undefeatable men.

Look through the windows of your mind -----

You too might have walked in the long evening

on this snow desert,

You too might have protected your wounded beloved companion on this deadly desert,

Opposite to Arctic.

Come back again today

Sing to life, sing to people

Today, Orion will guide you again,

Just you,

As you are also heroic,

You can also spend a long winter wandering on the snow.

You can also share food with your comrades when you are still hungry.

The Orion will show you the way ----

Because you too can sing the joy of life ----

Opposite to Arctic.

Problem, Integral Part of Life

2019-01-12T10:35:00.000-08:00

‘in a day, when you don't come across any problems you can be sure that you are travelling in a wrong path'.

Swami Vivekananda

Indian social reformer of late nineteenth century

When you try to do something in life positively and trying to organize your life holistically, you must encounter problems. This problem can be of any form, defined or undefined.

The problem in life signifies that you are trying to do something honestly, without taking any short cut. It is also true that when you are trying to do something honestly, you have every probability to overcome the problem. There is no need to be stressed due to problem, rather it is important to continue the journey with true spirit.

The key aspect is to keep patience and continue hard working with confidence. Think little bit on the strategy that how the problem can be nullified or minimized. If you can accept problem as part of life and if you can keep self believe, then making a strategy and accordingly continuing hard work to achieve the goal is not at all a problem. At a maximum, sometimes, you need to adjust your goal little bit without hampering the overall objective of life.

So, keep your spirit high, take a deep breath, say “I can do” and continue hard work.

Getting Tensed for Examination?

2019-01-03T07:02:00.001-08:00

If you are getting some tension/ pressure for your exam and preparation for higher education, don't worry, it's natural and it happens with all who has desire to be successful. Some tension or anxiety will help you to keep you focused in your studies and help you always to keep your belt tightened.

Higher education is nothing but focused hard work.

So if you are putting hard work and long hours in study, then take the tension in a positive sense.

This tension is nothing but your internal urge to get success. So keep cool and continue hard work.

Keep your spirit high always, because your education is going to serve million in this world with true human values.

Waiting for Dawn

2018-12-22T12:37:00.003-08:00

- poem by Nirjhar Chakravorti

Waterfront Winterland at Swansea: A Real Fun

2018-12-22T02:59:00.000-08:00

Waterfront Winterland at Swansea, Wales (UK) is a real place for winter time fun. In 2018-19, it organized between 16 November 2018 to 6 January. It's organized at National Waterfront Museum.

(National Waterfront Museum exhibits Wales' history of industrial revolution and innovation by combining significant historical artifacts with modern technologies). Waterfront Winterland is one of the exciting fun fair which gives a new dimension to the Museum ground.

The ground becomes a lively place during the Winterland fair which is a kind of must pay a visit spot. There are plenty of rides for all age groups.

During 2018-19 fair following rides considered: Snow Storm, Sky View, Bumper Cars, North Pole Funhouse (new for 2018!), Family Carousel, Variety of Winter themed children’s rides, The Big Wheel, Ice Extreme (new for 2018!). Each rides costs affordable price. Token for the rides are available from three token booths inside the ground. Ice Skating is one major attraction. Fun is incomplete without good food. Food counters are available inside the ground. Variety of candy and chocolates are also available. Lots of quality restaurant is available outside the Waterfront ground too.

I went there with George, Neil and Amy during last week of November. It was real fun for all of us. We enjoyed various rides and games and had a great dinner at a good restaurant outside the ground. It was a windy, cloudy and drizzling winter evening which we all enjoyed lot.

Master of Night

2018-12-14T07:45:00.000-08:00

(a poem by Nirjhar Chakravorti)

When you leave me,
I'm the wild fire,
When you leave me,
I'm thunder shower.

I set the rule, to break it,
I break the rule, to set it.
Experimenting power
of truth, love with merit.

I destroy the darkness,
See the golden sun rise,
Creating new horizon,
To give you new surprise.

When you leave me,
I'm still Master of Night,
I know, you'll come back,
At end, I'm only to remain at sight.

Steps to Make Life Organized

2018-11-30T16:30:00.000-08:00

In life, whatever you do, four steps are very much essential:

- planning,

- organizing,

- leading,

- controlling.

Planning:

Anything you do, you need to plan prior to action. You can't do things whimsically. When you are going to Tesco or any supermarket for marketing weekly goods, it is always preferred to make a quick list for purchase. Also put tentative cost of each of the thing. It'll help you to have proper marketing, you'll not miss any must needed thing, you'll not end up with buying unnecessary thing, you will understand your budget so that you can save some money.

It is applicable for all the activities you do. Like, if you are a student, make weekly plan. Based on weekly plan, prepare daily To Do List. As such, all of us can always make daily To Do List to smoothen our daily life. Also, for all of us, monthly and yearly financial planning is important, so that we can save reasonable amount for long term. To prepare financial planning, we need to identify monthly income and accordingly we need to plan our expenditure. If our income is not confirmed and not considerable amount, then we need to explore possible income sources and we need to discard any unnecessary expenditure. We have to be strict to ourselves for expenditure point of view.

In professional ambience, where multiple resources are involved to carry out activities, planning is very much essential. It create a proper vision for what to do and how to do. It avoids confusion and conflict as activities for each resource is defined.

Organizing:

After planning, it is essential to organize the things as per plan. Organizing includes identifying and organizing resources to perform the task. For example, while going to supermarket, if you have planned to use cash, instead of using your credit card (as while using card, there is no control over purchase). You have budgeted GBP 60 for the week. So it is essential to organize that amount. For that, before going to supermarket, you need to go to ATM counter to withdraw the amount.

If you are a student of epidemiology and you have planned to work on effect of pollution in a certain area, then it is essential for you to organize relevant data based on which you can pursue your research (example, you have to find extensive data from internet, local hospitals and health centres, etc; you may have to do a sample survey on certain number of people in the locality, etc). In professional ambience, it is essential to organize all resources as per plan. Likewise, it is required to identify suitable manpower, train manpower for suitable skills, organizing money from bank, etc.

Leading:

It is a stage when job is performed at actual. The biggest challenge is to perform the activities as planned. Many uncertain activities and distraction comes during execution which causes hindrances for execution of the job. Here is the role of leading the activities so that desired objective is met effectively and efficiently. For example, after entering the shopping centre, it is essential to buy the products as per list prepared with the cost range as planned. There will be many attractive products on display. Biggest challenge is not to buy them. Also there may be product of different qualities and price tag; challenge is to stick to the plan and buy the product whose price is matching the planned value. So a huge amount of self discipline is required. If you are a student, studying as per plan on each and every day is next to impossible. If you can maintain it daily by reasonably following weekly routine, then it is a true leading the task. If you have planned for group study, then arranging all friends together and conduct study session effectively and efficiently without waste of time is a very tough task. In professional ambience, teamwork is must. Motivating the team members, tracking of progress as per plan with respect to time-money-quality, mitigation of various kind of task to perform activities are few of the role for good leadership.

Controlling:

When we perform any task, invariably there will be some gap between planning and actual execution. The efficiency of a good execution depends on whether we are able to identify and measure the gap reasonably and taking necessary corrective action so that end objective gets fulfilled. While going to supermarket, the target was to buy a list of products within a budget. It may be possible that a couple of things are not available at shop within the targeted price. It is essential to take a quick decision if any alternative product can be procured within budget which can satisfy the purpose of the originally planned product to a reasonable extent. Also there may be need to take a “buy or no buy” decision if the available product's price is much higher than targeted value. There can be other example as well. Likewise, if you are a student, you may have weekly routine where studying ethics is scheduled on Thursday afternoon between 2 pm to 5 pm. It may happen that you fail to study on a particular Thursday due to unscheduled visit of a guest. So you come to know that in that week, you have deficit for three study hours for ethics. Now you have to check suitable time where you can study additional three hours in remaining days of the week. For that you may have to reduce/ sacrifice few other less prioritized routines work (like weekend fun hours, etc). In professional life, controlling has huge importance and a true manager or leader always pays huge attention on controlling activities. Controlling has two aspects. One aspect is to constantly follow up the execution activities with respect to original planning so that the job gets completed as per planning. In case, there is inevitable and unmanageable deviation, then measure the deviation and take corrective action so that the job gets completed either within the planned parameters or with very minimal manageable variance (with respect to cost, time and quality). Also it is required manage risk factors associated with the job.

Planning, organizing, leading and controlling are the skills which we all must try to develop within ourselves. If we apply them then our thought process will also become more logical and analytical. It'll help us to structure our thoughts to identify the wrong and right in true sense. This structured thought not only help us for doing the thing right, but also it helps us do the right thing. It helps us to be much stronger internally to select the right spirit and become less influenced by external wrong ideas. When someone is internally unstructured, then people and ideas with wrong spirits will try to influence them and convert him or her identity to wrong spirits. It'll create a camouflaging atmosphere around him or her which will gradually destroy power to think logically and ethically. So it is very much important to start doing right thing. The best way for doing that is to start following the four steps of life, that is planning, organizing, leading and controlling. Once you will start doing this, you'll automatically become more confident to yourself. Your thought process will be more positive which will inevitably change your life towards positivity. You'll find that you have reasonably good income, you have increasing savings, you have improvement in professional life, you have correct sets of people around you, you have more free time when you can serve humanity in true sense and you have less time to read & follow wrong ideas. It's positivity which will encompass your life.

Incomplete

2018-11-13T06:14:00.002-08:00

A poem by Nirjhar Chakravorti

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When you close your doors….

I'm free….

Sky is the limit….

So I fly with the wings

that you had given me long back.

I met the cloud.

She asked me about you,

and closed her door.

I went to to the deep sea,

to collect pearl.

Pearl told me to come with you,

for taking her out of water.

I went to the jungle, to sleep on the tree.

Tree asked for your smile and turned down me.

Because it's you, without whom I'm incomplete.

Plant & Maintenance Engineering

2018-10-30T12:54:00.000-07:00

What does it mean by Plant & Maintenance Engineering?
How a Plant & Maintenance Engineering Department works in reality?
What is necessity of having an engineering department for a production plant?

The presentation describes few interesting features.
Plant Maintenance Engineering