Breastscreening Australia breaks the taboo

Breast cancer screening is an essential tool for detecting breast cancer early when it is most treatable. However, there is often a taboo around breast screening, which can prevent women from getting screened. Eligibility for free screening mammograms with BreastScreen Australia starts at 40, with those aged 50 to 74

Aboriginal arts in cancer centre

Have you ever considered the role of art in cancer care, and how it can benefit patients and their families? In recent years, cancer centers have increasingly integrated the arts into their treatment and support programs, recognizing the potential for art to provide emotional and psychological support to those undergoing

Mumbai’s punishing signal

An interesting initiative to tackle a common problem in India -Honking at traffic signals. What if the behavior of people is redirected against them to instantly face consequences of their action. Yes, that was the thought behind this experiment. Though the practicality of scaling this questionable, there are some interesting

Talent scouting lessons from Basketball

Identifying, attracting and retaining  the right talent is always high on the priority of all leading organizations. World Economic Forum in their commentary on Industry 4.0 have been calling out how the skills revolution will play a key role in shaping the economy. HR folks in organizations are always look

Innovate to suit user habits

There are many challenges in our day to day life. Most of them can be solved by bringing a little change in human behavior and habits. But human behaviors and habits are not easy to change. Though there are several approaches and techniques to people change management, there are several

Carma project: Toyota’s nudge for product recall

Traditionally, project recall in automobile, healthcare, food or other industry has been done as a massive public relations exercise supported by the company’s sales, distribution and service partners. The outcomes from the traditional route has not always been very encouraging. Toyota, the largest car manufacturer started to think about it

Tackling the challenge on truck drivers retention

The digital world has made the possibility of having everything delivered at your door step. This, however has created new set of challenges to companies which move the goods across the world. Yes, the logistics providers irrespective of scale are faced with enormous challenge of keeping up with the ever

Citizen Utility Boards inspired by university model

In several countries today, utilities (electricity, gas,water, telco) are still government controlled or either managed as a  monopoly or duopoly. Customers in such cases are always at the receiving end as they don’t have any forums to present their views. Most of the customer forums set up by government are

Sherlock inspired studies and innovation

Sherlock Holmes was a fictional detective created by Scottish author and physician Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. A brilliant London-based “consulting detective”, Holmes is famous for his astute logical reasoning, his ability to take almost any disguise, and his forensic science skills to solve difficult cases. Holmes, who first appeared in

Taking cultural competency seriously

One of the most discussed topics in the workplace in this globalized world is diversity. While diversity had many facets- gender, ethnicity, nationality etc, the one area that is usually understated is the appreciation of different cultures. Today,  most of the  large organizations either locally or globally are being made