Nuero Signatures at Work

Today I woke up to awesome Friederike talking about aligning our neuro signatures to the workplace. It reminded me of an incident a few years ago.

I had the privilege and honour to stay at my mentor's (Nandini) home a few years ago. In that little time I spent with her, she cooked me amazing meals.

While she was cooking in her rockstar style, I was chit-chatting all topics under the sun by sitting on the counter top extension.

The first thing that caught my attention was an air conditioner in the kitchen. I asked her, “ma’am this is unusual for an Indian kitchen”. She smiled at me and non-chalantly answered, I prefer to cook comfortably.

She made the workplace work for her and not the other way around. That experience is still fresh in my mind even after 8 years.

Focus on your strengths and find a workplace that aligns to you rather than you adapting to the new environment. It is so much easier for you to be you rather than adapting and changing who you are. If something doesn’t work in the workplace it need not be YOU and it could be something we could fix.

If you can’t handle heat in the kitchen, install an air conditioner. There is no hard and fast rule that you must sweat and struggle in the kitchen. Thank you Friederike Fabritius for discussing the most important topics of work design.

P.S: Till date, Cook a Doodle Doo signed by ma’am is my go to book for managing myself and an effective kitchen ❤️