This presentation shares aspects of Culture & Artifacts inspired by the work of Dr Edgar Schein based on my work as an Organization Development and Culture Change consultant. Leaders drive culture and impact it . I looked at the leadership in my clients from the lens of India systems of the nine emotions or Navarasa . I find the Navarasa approach an effective way to help leaders explore their mindset when dealing with change and uncertainty.

1. Culture Cues Creates
Connectedness
Value Creation for People and Business
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2. Culture
•Way we do things here/ Riti ani
Parampara/Pazhakkam Vayzhakkam*
•The Smell of the place /
•Idhar ka systim /Riwaz*
*Tamil Malayalam, Marathi , Hindi Way we do things
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3. Culture
creates a
strong sense
of identity
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4. There are always
key players in the
Culture typology
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5. Culture has
Unsaid Rules
“Yeh Andar
Ki Baat Hai “
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6. Culture has
its own
language
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7. Culture is
changing
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8. Not knowing the
Culture hits you
like a ton of
bricks
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9. Leadership Balance : Integration of Emotions
Rasa/Emotion Basic Meaning Behaviour
Shringara (शृङ्गारं) Love Devotion ,
Hasya(हास्यं) Joy Humor
Raudram (रौद्रं) Fury Irritation , Stress
Kāruṇyam (कारुण्यं) Grief /Tragedy Compassion , Empathy
Bībhatsam (बीभत्सं) Disgust Self Pity, Depression , Avoidance
Bhayānakam (भयानकं ) Fear Anxiety , Worry
Vīram (वीरं) Courage Pride , Confidence
Adbhutam (अद्भुतं) Wonder Curiosity , Mystery
Shantam (शांतत) Peace Calmness , Unruffled
Indian Philosophy and system suggests that all of us have these 9 basis Emotions , Leader need to become self aware of
these rasas , and use appropriately for managing self and teams 9

10. Finally for Leaders it is
about striking the balance
by understanding their
mind-set that can create
Conflict or Create
Connectedness in the
Workplace
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11. J Karthikeyan
Speaker
Karthikeyan is a Senior Management Consultant in Mercuri Urval. He has more than 20 years of experience in developing and managing
business in consulting.
His consulting career includes stints in PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PwC) & Grow Talent later acquired by Right Management. Karthikeyan
was VP Consulting Services in Right Management before joining Mercuri Urval.
He works with clients in Private, Public spanning manufacturing and services and Not for Profit Sectors. He has assessed organization
capability to support business agenda, reviewed and recommended organization design and processes improvements for driving business
effectiveness , designed and delivered assessment and development centres to identify and develop leaders
He supported clients to accelerate merger & integration of companies with a focus on culture integration and coaching senior leaders to be
effective and impactful, facilitated large scale change management process with a focus on reinvention, innovation and culture change.
He enjoys swimming and an occasional trek with friends. He has a Bachelor of Technology degree from NDRI, Karnal and a Master’s degree
in Personnel Management and Industrial Relations from TISS, Mumbai.