Santosh Avvannavar

Logic versus Emotions: Humans dilemma

One of the common check lists in Job Description (known as JD) is “being flexible”. Several things in an company like production, routine activities seem rigid. Is flexibility indicates availability? The rigidity comes with a baggage that makes several distances! Rigidity might have its

21st century skills

Less is more

Choices are hard to come by but when they come it could be hard to make a right choice! Is, less is more a right mantra for producers and consumers?

emotions

New emotions in pur(Chasing) Products & Services

Next time you buy a product or service look at it more than a purpose and I am sure you would love the idea of pur(chasing) it.

CSR

CSV over CSR: An approach for brand-as-business to bettering the world

Doing one time is getting termed as marketing shtick. One time is no more fun for consumers and this is crucial for EdTech companies though others are not spared. Integration isn’t easy and it frequently needs social and cultural movements. In the last

innovation

What isn't Innovation?

A tuff question to answer and differentiate - innovation, creativity and ideation. Often these terminologies are inter-mixed. Can a book be termed as innovation? Do we think attractive flower vase

idea

Let Idea Fly...

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Ideate for India: Idea that can save the nature!

Master Naveen, who was 8th Grade (now in 10th Grade) student from ACTS Secondary School, Bengaluru is one of the winner of the ideas submission to ‘Ideate for India - Creative Solutions Using Technology’. It’s a national challenge by National eGovernance Division of

Coding

The Negative Part of Kids Coding

In one of my interactions with a pilot I asked a question, what runs in your mind while being in the cockpit of the plane? The pilot paused and said,

drag and drop programming

Why is the Drag & Drop format of coding a right beginning for kids?

Human communication is not restricted to words but also body language such as facial gestures, symbols etc. Semiotics is the study of signs and its related to several disciplines of education. We see it in art, psychology, linguistics etc. This tells signs that exists

Daniel Kahneman

We want more

Here's a question: how do we know if we wanted to have more classes from a particular teacher? One might say I know it consciously or have a hunch or I just feel about it - but do we really know? Everyone might have

Why sometime influence work?

Dr Robert Cialdini, an American psychologist who has worked several decades in understanding the underlying factors that influence people to say “yes”. He identified six universal principles that help to understand how one could be persuaded and accept the idea. Reciprocity: My first personal

I love robots but am afraid of people

Master Swarit 9-year-old who is in fourth grade of Harvest International School, Bengaluru who loves play football and robotics. In the time of parents expectations of child performing in class ; Swarit is not like most 9-year-olds. From the listing Talks by brilliant kids and

Tinker to generate ideas

Some interesting questions that makes eyes droll, widens ear and raise eyebrows are - how did one innovate it? where does one get this idea? why don’t I get such ideas? Typical self pat answers are - the person is lucky, I am

Tinkering is a way to generate ideas

Some interesting questions that makes eyes droll, widens ear and raise eyebrows are - how did one innovate it? where does one get this idea? why don’t I get such ideas? Typical self pat answers are - the person is lucky, I am

Coding is a new literacy

Santosh Avvannavar chats with Harsha Badami Nagaraj, Engineer with more than 12 years of experience working in Tech, Sunnyvale, California, USA (https://www.linkedin.com/in/harshabn/) Santosh: Do you think children must or should learn coding? Harsha: I think coding is an essential

Want your child to be a greatest thinker: allow to play more!

A plain playground seems attractive over hundreds of man-hours beautifully chiseled and crafted classroom for a child. Imagine if classrooms were like a playground, the learning would be at its

Parents

What Parents mean to Children?

Lets imagine if I say the word ‘child’, what comes to your mind? The possibilities are cute, sweet, smile, naughty, happy and so on. Now let's imagine if I say

Artists

Artists & Designers are Tomorrow's Innovator

Curiosity is the mother to creativity I believe when artists and designers come together with scientists or vice-versa it’s going to be better tomorrow. I have three reasons