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Does Work Remind You of Kindergarten?

By: Soma Dey

Topic: Innovations at Work

Does work remind you of kindergarten? You need a shake-up from humdrumness, from habits (ideally those lousy ones), from snags. And that will be all about ‘Work innovation’.

Got a hiccup? Take a ‘caipirinha-copacabana’ break, keep calm and sense and read below.

** Do you smile at work! Sounds cliché? A study published in the journal Neuropsychologia reported that smiling activates the release of neuropeptides that work toward fighting overstress, also seeing an attractive smiling face activates your orbitofrontal cortex, and you feel happy. Smile makes you beautiful. The world is so phenomenal if you smile. All these are proven facts, scientists and spiritual teachers will agree.

** Do you say “thank you” everyday! Professor Francesca Gino of the Harvard Business School and Professor Adam Grant of the Wharton School mentioned “receiving expressions of gratitude makes us feel a heightened sense of self-worth, and that in turn triggers other helpful behaviors toward both the person we are helping and other people that are around us, too.” You would like to have such environment around your work, don’t you?

** Do you try to avoid gossip! Tittle-tattle in other people is like overindulge in dessert. You enjoy the moment but regret afterwards AND that affects your mind and body.

** Do you keep your body hydrated! I am not kidding, most of your headache at office is because you don’t drink ample amount of water! Ting!

** Do you control obsession! Obsession is mania which if you suffer from, is worrying really!

** Social work! Touch on some ‘Social work’ whenever you get a chance, even trivial. Be it for justice, human rights, development or even simple politeness/smile/gratitude to your driver or domestic help, try at least a single elementary one in a week (if not day) and see yourself stimulated. And there is really lot more to tip-off. For now this is it. That said as I mentioned in my other blogs, innovation is a shift of emphasis, a break with tradition, a change of direction; innovation at work would leave a mark most certainly. Innovation is significant; I think its happiness too.

Innovation is happiness.

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Returning Home..!!!

By: Partha Bhadury

Topic: Vacation Innovations

My first attempt in writing  

A boy leaves his home for the first time, with tears in his eyes to start a new journey of his life… He was excited with a small fear about the upcoming challenges in his life…

The boy reaches his new job location. A 3-star hotel suite is allocated to him. He meets new people, makes few friends. In fact he is lucky to get some real good friends. The stay in the suite for the initial days were just so perfect, the boy and his new friends. Life was really beautiful. Trainings in the company were going on side by side. Weekends were like heaven. The boy spent the weekends in full masti …no one to ask him when to return home or any other restrictions…

Slowly the boy started to become accustomed to the new city. He found a new residence for himself and again luckily got some good room mates to share rooms.

Life was really going on beautifully for the boy.

Meanwhile, back home, his parents were missing their ONLY son, called him often and in every calls the common part was exchange of emotions. Every call ended in tears.

And then came the end of august. The date which everyone looked forward to. No extra marks for guessing

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Do you remember how it all started?

Do you remember how it all started?

As you’ve probably figured out by now, I’m participating in the #AmdocsGoSocial blogging competition, and my focus and inspiration throughout the competition is 30 years to the Back to the Future movie trilogy.

Do you remember how it all started? Watch Back to the Future 1985 — OPENING TITLE SEQUENCE here

Do you remember this dog feeding machine? What an amazing innovation, and a brilliant home…

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By: Amol Nitave

Topic: Vacation Innovations

Being a workaholic guy, I always treat my weekends as my vacations.

Generally how do we spend our weekends? The answer to this question can be watching movies, going for picnic, parties, shopping, shopping for girlfriend, shopping with girlfriend for girlfriend, or shopping with girlfriend for mother and father and brother… and sister of girlfriend…!!! Even I was not an excuse to few of these things, until I spent one of my weekend with a very special person in my life.

It was Saturday evening, and the time was around 4 pm. And as usual, I was sitting in office, about to finish my work. My cell phone was beside me and at that time, I got one notification on WhatsApp. One of my friend posted few photos in a group, where he was spending some quality time with his special one. At that moment, I decided that I will also do it. If he can do this, why can’t I…!!!

I went home and got ready. I was very much excited to meet my special one.

I packed my bag, put my shoes on, wore my helmet and started my bike… And then, the journey began towards one of the most memorable weekend, to put it in my workaholic terms, VACATION of my life.

It was just 30 minutes away from my home, but with the excitement I had, I manage to reach there in just 15 minutes…!!! And as soon as I reached there, the moment was arrived…!!! That special person was standing right in front of me, eagerly waiting for me.

The post which I received was about an interaction between a mentor and his mentee, and the group I got this post was of Mentor Together Program. And the special person I was talking about, is none other than my mentee, Sainath. A kid of 8th class from a very poor family.

Yes, I am a mentor of this underprivileged child.

I went there to teach him something new, creative and innovative on my “VACATION”. And the reason I went there, was to teach him Photography.

One of the famous personality, Benjamin Franklin once said, “Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn.” I wanted him to experience what photography is all about. To get involved in it.

Being a passionate photographer, I always carry my DSLR with me. After formal talks and discussion related to his regular study and all, I took my DSLR out of my duffle bag.

As soon as he saw my camera, he asked “Dada, are you going to take my photographs…?” I replied “No… Not at all…!!!” He was surprised and sadly said “Ok.” I smiled, and said “I am not going to take your photographs… You are going to take my photographs…!”

The moment I told him that I am going to teach him photography, he became very happy, energized and full of excitement, very similar to the one which I had while coming to his place.

We went to nearby ground and sat there. I started with all basic elements of photography, such as how to start the camera, how to click a photo, how to set focus, zoom in, zoom out, so on and so forth. Then after basic training, I asked him to click some photographs.

And the magic began. He learnt it so quickly that I was literally stunned. The way he handled camera, the way he started taking photographs, was quite amazing.

Within a short span of 1 hour, he transformed from Sainath to Photographer Sainath…!!!

Here are few of the pics he clicked: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=920050001377394&set=pb.100001172073201.-2207520000.1445430978.&type=3&theater

The focus he had on the fence was INTERESTING. The colors of evening light he captured were INSPIRING. And the selfie he took with me, was INNOVATIVE.

By looking at his spirit of learning something new, with the spark and the curiosity in his eyes, I can say he is an Innovator. And the energy and interest he showed, he is an Innovation Enthusiast…!!!

Like me and you…!!!

As we all know, "The best way to find yourself happy is to lose yourself in the service of others.”

And yes, being as an Innovator, I did something innovative on my VACATION (Weekend) for another innovator, Mr. Sainath… A brand new Photographer…!!!

Innovation is a voyage on the way we choose… and I have chosen this way…!!!

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Back to the Future hoverboards – the best movie hack ever !

Back to the Future hoverboards – the best movie hack ever !

Did you know? We’re celebrating 30 years to the “Back to the Future” movie trilogy that was first released in 1985. In fact, we’re just a few days away from 21 October 2015 — the exact date that Doc Brown and Marty McFly visited from 1985 in the movie’s part II.

Part II introduced some great lifehacks, but the one I like most is obviously the hoverboards (a.k.a flying skateboards).We all wanted…

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“Simple Living-High Thinking” + ECO Friendly = Awe-Inspiring.

By: Soma Dey

Topic: Home & Kitchen Innovations

Given a chance, I will green all around me and NO, it won’t be that jejune as it sounds now, trust me.

In my opinion, if we explore primitives and exercise bit artistry, we see our guests open-mouthed most certainly. And innovation is a stress-buster. While new ideas ring bell inside me, I go innovative.

“Grilled (Tandoori)” episode

This word is vocalized and I get my mouth watered. Who doesn’t! At my place, a beanfeast cannot be occasioned without grilled food items.

One gleaming Sunday morning, I was preparing for a bash and planning to grill plentiful. However we are gizmo genre and grill (especially indoor one) wastes good amount of electricity energy. Miffed I was carrying on as planned anyhow ……and something whacked me really sudden! That’s that bell inside me (rings mostly for something sensational).

I called my mom asking how grandma used to grill during her time if at all. And I got my stress-buster, shook up and laid the first stone of it. I got a standing metal box that can hold fire. I filled it up with ample charcoal and found a cooking grid which I placed over the charcoal filled box and that’s it. Good to go for my dinner. Simplest….inexpensive and environment-friendly indoor grill indeed. Later I ran on another one which might sound a bit tougher yet exquisite for outdoor. The idea came from the concept of ancient earthen oven. First I get to grab good quality mud that won’t crackle and will remain firm. Ask any clay-expert about it. I find a metal cylinder (with top open and a big hole at one side at the bottom) which I then cloak by huge layers of mud. I nourish it for one big day in summer to let it dry. Again next day another layer of mud on it and lay down for one more day and bingo!!!! My earthen oven is geared up. I used dry leaves and logs to fire up and our first food that was produced out exactly from there was one famous east-India dish called “macher paturi” (baked fish). Earthy flavor gave such amusement that one will be really obsessed with it. One can use charcoal instead to fire up, but then you need a grid. Charcoal flavor is rather popular.

Taking a trip down memory lane to my coffee-table.

What a coffee-table can do?

A coffee table can create history, it’s a booster, it evinces. If a coffee-table could talk, it would speak out about centuries. If a coffee-table could write, it would commit to a hefty one. Mine doesn’t differ either, in addition every time while I am at it, it jogs me towards innovation.

Why? For the reason that, itself it’s a product out of innovation, hard work, sweat and twinkle!

How? One big day I ordered for matured Bamboo stems of arm length, got really few of them. I glued them. For additional safety, I tied them round from head to toe with a contrastable nice leather bands. Tired Bamboo bunch rested for a day. Then I got a round shaped glass to put on top. I dovetailed the glass top over the bamboo gangs using suction cups. And ….. then just need a cup of coffee.

Now while you read my blog (which is inscribed over that great innovation), do you hear my coffee-table saying ‘hi, readers’ :) !!!!

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Presentation in Cooking

By: Anthony Fernandes

Topic: Home & Kitchen Innovations

The way we present ourselves externally (dressing sense) is equally important than what we communicate.

Similarly what differentiates the usual good cook with best in class cooking is not only to deliver the best in class taste, a large menu of recipes but together with it most important how the dish gets presented should be extremely appealing to create the excitement, feeling and cherish those moments.

While we go on vacation and experience a new culture and new taste of food there is undoubtedly focus on the way the dish gets presented. Ultimately what lasts with us forever and is etched in our memories is not the taste as much but more importantly the way the dish was presented, we end up taking pictures with us and have it part of our albums :-)

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While Extravaganza of Light-Camera-Action whisks cultivation

By: Soma  Dey

 Topic: Movie Innovations

 Mid 2014, post Malaysia Flight mishap near Ukraine, all flights over that route was cancelled indefinitely. I was in Ukraine, Kiev during then all alone and was scheduled to leave Ukraine exactly on the same day. Heard my flight was cancelled in boot which is a relief by God’s grace to avoid such plight. Paradox! Visa extension procedure---chaos mishmash around---no indication of flight onset---being stuck at airport with anxiety-ridden faces all around, didn’t appear solicitous. Rather sounded on pins and needles.

 But I survived, so my faith, dogma and strength. The whole night was worse, in a state of nerves. However I tried hard to pep up myself, elevating with positive vibes that kept me alive.

 And this episode is the ground for my ardor towards the movie ‘Life of Pi’. Can a condition for one being trapped with a Tiger, be more challenging? This movie depicts how to deal that with credence, conviction. “Solitude began. I turned to god. I survived” This memo by Pi (piscine molitor patel, the actor) is unforgettable, it vouchsafes our inner strength. I unequivocally would like to bring this to my introspection.

  Being an Art lover and an amateur theater-artist during college, I idolize all gigs and performances. Therefore Movie to me is one very important form of indoctrination. It’s cultivation gallops from performance via lights, camera, costume, scores till production. This endeavor itself inculcated me that talent if wrapped in a nice package goes really well consummately. I learnt about ‘persistence of Vision’.

I ponder over our very own childlike ‘flipbook’ where series of drawings that has sundry appearances would pop up as moving, if is seen hotfoot. In the days of yore, this essence really led proceeding with Films in big screen. And modus operandi with innovations was the recipe all along. Films embraced sound, colors and huge technological principles as days made headways.

 This kinda crazy film-lover (read myself) went to watch Lorenzo’s oil, a true-life drama and it changed my perception towards life really. “I am a Doctor by Profession, I invented a cooking tool for home-users”

sounds made-up, unreal? Not to me really later than watching this movie. A trouble-free solution from a polar opposite fraternity personnel on a tricky issue can be dumbfounding. I undeniably would like to bring this to my line of thought.

 Movie outcome: It’s been few years, I got bit an appetite on Ayurveda (traditional Hindu medicine from 3300-1300 BCE). With my eensy-weensy grip on such huge specialism, moreover being originated from land of Ayurveda I was spurred on, developed a candid cram full that reduces HAIR FALL, basically something that protects Hair. Innovation is about restyling too.

 Then one fine evening filled me with all vitality and gusto, something that won’t let me lose heart very easily, that won’t allow depression simply and that give leave to low-spirits all over. All these happened ensuing ‘The Pursuit of happiness’. Ways to success not abandoning hope is all about this film. When busy work life make us look like crawlers, this kinda film brings people back to validity.

Beyond the shadow of a doubt, I would like to bring this to my rationale.

 Entertainment really educates! What do you think?

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Hack to Prepare Skirt in 2 Minutes

By: Roshani Meshram

Topic: Home & Kitchen Innovations

When we were kids, we organized a dance program in our society w/o any assistance of parents. We wanted to look good, but we were afraid to ask money for costumes to our parents.

So we decided to use the things which are easily available at home. This is one of the hack we did.

Step to prepare skirt from a scarf for 1 - Take a long ribbon or large elastic band which can be tied on your waist. 2 - Tie both ends of ribbon together to form a round. 3 - Take a long scarf or Mom’s Saree ;) 4 - Hold scarf from 1 end and try to club it till the second end [length wise] 5 - Put this on the ribbon such that half part is on either side of the ribbon. [breadth wise] 6 - Just spread the scarf over the waist. 7 - Once both ends are together just pin up them Tadaa