When Work Becomes a Joyful Journey: Lessons from a Manufacturing Transformation

Mr. Sampathraman and Mr Madan Sampathraman with their Generators manufactured in DPK Engineers

By Ramkumar Seshu, Author of Born to Win โ€“ Leadership Lessons from the Bhagavad Gita What if your workplace could feel like a place of purposeโ€”not just pressure? For over four decades, Iโ€™ve walked through the gates of manufacturing plants, corporate offices, and bustling service centres across India. The patterns are familiarโ€”machines hum, people move […]

Joy as a Business Strategy: Lessons from Focusing on Significant Action.

๐—ฆ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—”๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—๐—ผ๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—Ÿ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ฎ ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฝ ๐˜‰๐˜บ ๐˜™๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฌ๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ณ ๐˜š๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ถ, ๐˜ˆ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜‰๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ž๐˜ช๐˜ฏ โ€“ ๐˜“๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฑ ๐˜“๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜‰๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ข๐˜ฅ ๐˜Ž๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ข After more than four decades of working with leaders and teams across industries, Iโ€™ve come to a simple realization: happiness is not a by-product of successโ€”it is the foundation of […]

Happiness at Work: The Untapped Source of Excellence

The Zoomol Happyness Journey ๐˜‰๐˜บ ๐˜™๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฌ๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ณ ๐˜š๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ถ, ๐˜ˆ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜‰๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ž๐˜ช๐˜ฏ โ€“ ๐˜“๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฑ ๐˜“๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜‰๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ข๐˜ฅ ๐˜Ž๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ข Write to me atย ramseshu@borntowin.co.in. Iโ€™d love to talk to you. In my 43 years of walking into boardrooms, shop floors, and team meetings across India, Iโ€™ve learned one truth that never changes: happiness is the most […]

Happiness Quotient as a Key Driver To Scaling an Organization

Happiness Quotient is the New Metric – are you measuring it? ๐˜‰๐˜บ ๐˜™๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฌ๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ณ ๐˜š๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ถ, ๐˜ˆ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜‰๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ž๐˜ช๐˜ฏ – ๐˜“๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฑ ๐˜“๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜‰๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ข๐˜ฅ ๐˜Ž๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ข Write to me at ramseshu@borntowin.co.in. Iโ€™d love to talk to you. When I first met Naveen Pishe and Ketan Pishe at ๐—ฃ๐—ก ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐—ผ – ๐—™๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐˜๐˜€, a name that […]

Storytelling as a Source of Joy: Let the Team Voice the Culture

Story’s Sell, Facts Tell. ๐˜‰๐˜บ ๐˜™๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฌ๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ณ ๐˜š๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ถ, ๐˜ˆ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜‰๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ž๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜“๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฑ ๐˜“๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜‰๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ข๐˜ฅ ๐˜Ž๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ข Every time I walk into a new organization, I donโ€™t begin with charts or strategies. I begin with listening. Why? Because behind every role, every goal, every great teamโ€”thereโ€™s a deeper story. And in those stories […]

Happiness at Work: The Sacred Duty of Leadership By Ramkumar Seshu, Author of BornWin – Leadership Lessons from the Bhagvad Gita

Helping People Help Themselves, Joyously When I walked into the @Tourish DMC office recently, I sensed a quiet joy in the air. The Genuine Smiles. The Warm Greetings. I mean real joyโ€”that feeling of: โ€œ๐™„โ€™๐™ข ๐™๐™–๐™ฅ๐™ฅ๐™ฎ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™—๐™š ๐™๐™š๐™ง๐™š. ๐™„ ๐™ฌ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™œ๐™ž๐™ซ๐™š ๐™ข๐™ฎ ๐™—๐™š๐™จ๐™ฉ.โ€ In todayโ€™s world of pressure cookers and performance dashboards, happiness […]

The CEOโ€™s Success Toolkit: Building a Strong Second Line โ€“ The Hidden Engine Behind Scalable Leadership and Culture-Driven Growth

๐—ช๐—ต๐˜† ๐—˜๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐˜€ ๐—”๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—›๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—˜๐—ป๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ ๐˜‰๐˜บ ๐˜™๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฌ๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ณ ๐˜š๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ถ, ๐˜ˆ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜‰๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ž๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜“๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฑ ๐˜“๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜‰๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ข๐˜ฅ ๐˜Ž๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ข I LOOK FORWARD TO TALK TO YOU. CLICK THIS LINK “๐™๐™๐™š ๐™จ๐™ž๐™œ๐™ฃ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™œ๐™ง๐™š๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™ก๐™š๐™–๐™™๐™š๐™ง๐™จ๐™๐™ž๐™ฅ ๐™ž๐™จ๐™ฃโ€™๐™ฉ ๐™๐™ค๐™ฌ ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™™๐™ž๐™จ๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™จ๐™–๐™—๐™ก๐™š ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช ๐™—๐™š๐™˜๐™ค๐™ข๐™šโ€”๐™—๐™ช๐™ฉ ๐™๐™ค๐™ฌ ๐™™๐™ž๐™จ๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™จ๐™–๐™—๐™ก๐™š ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ชโ€™๐™ง๐™š ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ก๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™—๐™š.” โ€“ Ramkumar Seshu ๐—ช๐—ต๐˜† […]

The CEOโ€™s Success Toolkit: Resilience & Adaptability โ€“ The Unshakeable Duo Behind Crisis-Proof Leadership and Culture-Driven Growth

Why Emotional Agility Is the New Competitive Advantage ๐˜ฝ๐™ฎ ๐™๐™–๐™ข๐™ ๐™ช๐™ข๐™–๐™ง ๐™Ž๐™š๐™จ๐™๐™ช, ๐˜ผ๐™ช๐™ฉ๐™๐™ค๐™ง ๐™ค๐™› ๐˜ฝ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™’๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™‡๐™š๐™–๐™™๐™š๐™ง๐™จ๐™๐™ž๐™ฅ ๐™‡๐™š๐™จ๐™จ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™จ ๐™›๐™ง๐™ค๐™ข ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐˜ฝ๐™๐™–๐™œ๐™–๐™ซ๐™–๐™™ ๐™‚๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™– I LOOK FORWARD TO TALK TO YOU. CLICK THIS LINK “๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ง, ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜บโ€™๐˜ด ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ค.” โ€“ Peter Drucker ๐—ช๐—ต๐˜† ๐—–๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐˜† […]

The CEO’s Success Toolkit: Analytical Thinking- The CEOS’s Most Underrated Superpower – the Secret Weapon for breaking Growth Barriers

“๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ณ, ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†โ€™๐˜€ ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ฐ.” By Ramkumar Seshu, Author of Born to Win and Leadership Lessons from the Bhagavad Gita I LOOK FORWARD TO TALK TO YOU. CLICK THIS LINK ๐—ช๐—ต๐˜† ๐—จ๐—ป๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—˜๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ž๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฆ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ But here’s what […]

The CEO’s Success Toolkit: Growth Mindset – Your Secret Weapon for Navigating Uncertain Times

๐—ช๐—ต๐˜† ๐—™๐—ถ๐˜…๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—œ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ž๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฆ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐˜‰๐˜บ ๐˜™๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฌ๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ณ ๐˜š๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ถ, ๐˜ˆ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜‰๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ž๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜“๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฑ ๐˜“๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜‰๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ข๐˜ฅ ๐˜Ž๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ข I LOOK FORWARD TO TALK TO YOU. CLICK THIS LINK _Here’s what most CEOs miss: Growth mindset isn’t just about bouncing back from failureโ€”it’s about thriving in the constant state […]