Mithun Sridharan

Elephant And The Rider Framework

The Elephant and the Rider Change Framework is a metaphorical framework for understanding change management.
The framework is based on the idea that change is often difficult because of the tension between our emotional (the "Elephant") and rational (the "Rider") minds.
The Elephant represents our emotions, desires, and instincts, while the Rider represents our rationality, planning, and decision-making. Using the framework, consultants and change managers can focus on creating a compelling vision and motivating employees to embrace change (the Elephant), while also providing clear direction, planning, and support (the Rider).
They can also work to identify potential barriers to change, such as resistance or lack of buy-in, and develop strategies for overcoming these barriers by engaging both the Elephant and the Rider.
This framework provides change managers with a powerful and intuitive framework for understanding and managing change, and can help them to achieve more successful outcomes in their projects.

Elephant And The Rider Framework

The Elephant and the Rider Change Framework is a metaphorical framework for understanding change management. The framework is based on the idea that change is often difficult because of the tension between our emotional (the "Elephant") and rational (the "Rider") minds. The Elephant represents our emotions, desires, and instincts, while the Rider represents our rationality, planning, and decision-making. Using the framework, project managers can focus on creating a compelling vision and motivating employees to embrace change (the Elephant), while also providing clear direction, planning, and support (the Rider). They can also work to identify potential barriers to change, such as resistance or lack of buy-in, and develop strategies for overcoming these barriers by engaging both the Elephant and the Rider. This framework provides project managers with a powerful and intuitive framework for understanding and managing change, and can help them to achieve more successful outcomes in their projects.

Executive Communications Using The Pyramid Principle

The Pyramid Principle is a methodology for structured thinking and communication. It is a key tool in a Consultant's repertoire. Consultants are trained to crisply present a recommendation to busy executives. Often, they only have a few minutes to communicate their recommendation in a compelling and structured manner. Then, if their client executive was interested in digging deeper, they present the details.

The Divine Ratio

A talk on the beauty of mathematics and it's manifestation in art, science, literature and nature.

Data-driven Enterprise Transformation - A Case Study

Strategic data-driven enterprise transformation refers to the use of data-driven insights and analysis to inform and drive the strategic direction of an organization. It involves leveraging data to identify key opportunities for growth and transformation. Subsequently, it involves developing and implementing strategic plans to initiate programs to help the organization achieve its goals. This webinar presents a case study how a European telecom operated re-invented its business model through Data-driven Enterprise Transformation.

Strategy Diamond – How Do Strategic Components Fit Together?

All organizations have strategies. The real question for a business is not whether it has a strategy but rather whether its strategy is effective or ineffective, and whether the elements of the strategy are chosen by managers, luck, or by default. The strategy diamond is a framework for checking and communicating a strategy.

Organizational Topology and Project Management

Organizational topology refers to the structure and layout of an organization, including the hierarchy of positions, the way responsibilities and decision-making responsibilities are distributed and the communication channels that integrate different parts of an organization. The goal of organizational topology is to create an effective and efficient organizational structure that aligns with the organization's objectives, enhances its competitive advantage, and delivers business agility to respond to the dynamic market forces. Project managers should be familiar with organizational topology because it affects the way their project team operates within the larger organizational context. Understanding the topology can help project managers to work more effectively within the organization and achieve better project outcomes.

Breaking the norms

Not all rules are created equal. Some were created to control people and codified into laws to stop humanity from sliding into anarchy. However, some others are anachronistic and created in a different time. Certain rules are black and white, while others are open to interpretation. The Japanese understood that boundaries are rarely clearly set and breaking rules require discipline. One such disciplined method is the Japanese 3 step approach called ShuHaRi.

Successful Admission Procedures and Job Search in Germany

Insights and best practices for successful admissions at German universities and job search in Germany.

Marketing Transformation

A lecture on Marketing Transformation, covering Corporate, Business, IT, Digital and Data Strategies, their interplays, emergence of technology as a central driver for marketing transformation and the need for new organization design towards market responsiveness and customer centricity.

Admissions And Job Search In Germany

Why is change so hard?

Behavioral change is not automatic. It’s not like we just flip a switch and all of a sudden we’re just changed. The German word Zweifel succinctly captures the two states of mind we all contend with. Change takes repetitive work. It’s harder to see the change when it’s slow and gradual. Those around us don’t seem to notice that much or say anything about our change. However, when we encounter someone that we haven’t seen in a while before our transformation, they tell us how much we’ve changed. However, as outlined in the book The Compound Effect, it’s the small little consistent changes that turn into big changes over time.

Is minimalism the key to happiness?

We live in a world that is driven by consumerism, where the message is always needing more and never having enough. There’s always something around the corner that is bigger, faster and better. We are constantly bombarded with advertisements reminding us to eat more, shop more and indulge more. The average American house contains more than 300,000 items. A Cornell University study estimated that an average average adult makes about 35,000 sub-conscious decisions of which 221 decisions concern food alone each day! On the topic of food, why do supermarkets carry 100 varieties of cereals, yoghurts, sausages? What would take us to be contented? More importantly, what forces are we trying to resist?

Our modern-day life is filled with things to do, buy, achieve, plan, strive for and tick off. It takes a lot of discipline to separate the wheat from the chaff. It takes conscious effort to avoid succumbing to these pressures. It’s humanely challenging to reduce the clutter till you can't further subtract any more.
The solution is Minimalism, which has a deeper meaning and history than is generally recognised. A minimalist lifestyle is a conscious and aware one, of the stuff that clutters and distracts you from living a meaningful life.

Top-Down Communications Using The Pyramid Principle

The Rule Of Three