Karthi Subbaraman

It brings me immense satisfaction to conclude the Human nature series today. A few months ago, I conducted a WriteIn30 challenge for knowledge workers. During the masterclass, I gave a rather innocent comment to the entire cohort to write a timeless series about any topic of their interest so that

If you put working with self and others in a pie chart, it looks like 👇 Though working with self is winning 80% of the battle, working with others is the Pareto of your success. Here are some big ideas that helped me enhance my influence (aka working with others) from

I call it the open secrets of enhancing human potential because deep inside every one of us we know what it takes to be a human being of highest potential. The best part is we all want to be that admirable human being. The question is what comes between the

Phew! Karthi.....that was too much to take in all this week! Just tell me what should I do with all this understanding. I want actionable tips around how to apply human nature on me and on people around me. If you are nodding on that line, I totally empathise.

Yesterday, I had an absolute privilege to moderate an amazing panel of women leaders (Sheenam Ohrie, Managing Director, Broadridge Financial Solutions, India,  Sushma Chakkirala, Executive Director at JPMorgan Chase & co, Ann Ann Low, Senior Director, Talent Development Asia Pacific Region, LinkedIn, Dr. Falguni Vasavada , Advertising Professor at MICA | Social

If most human beings know what not to do then why evil exists? What makes good people go wrong? These questions do come up in our classroom dialogues. Personally, I was intrigued by the psychology of evil and went into this rabbit holes years ago and I found the Lucifer

Human relationships are a biological necessity for social animals like us, but where do ethics and morality fit in? Not everyone in society is moral and ethical, so why should I concern myself with these concepts? This question often arises when discussing a collective or society. There are numerous viewpoints

If the thread is perception and perception is growth then why bother about society? why marriage? what is the need to connect with people and form deep relationships? Would it not suffice if we live alone and experience things larger than self? These are curious questions from my student crowd

Then, what about spirituality is the immediate next question that comes in the QnA session post the lecture 🤓 I empathise with the confusion around spiritual awakening, stoicism, truth, enlightenment, ontology, epistemology, religion, faith, almighty, grace, mindfulness and the worst of all is spiritual psychology 🙈 Here is my spiky point of

A common comment I hear from my students post the human nature lecture is: "parts of it is philosophical and/or spiritual". Let me clear the philosophy mumbo jumbo first. Human nature sits at the intersection of all 3Ps as shown below. Let's break down each