Sanjay Kumar Mohindroo

  When Love Became a Public Idea. The rich history of Valentine’s Day is shaped by saints, poets, and scholars who turned love into a lasting cultural force. Love Was Never Just a Feeling Valentine’s Day did not begin with chocolate boxes or red roses. It began with risk. It began with belief. It began with people who argued that love deserves dignity and space in public life. Across centuries, priests defied emperors, poets reshaped culture, and scholars debated the place of affection in society. Each added a layer. Each asked a hard question. Is love private, or does it shape the moral core of a community? This day we mark on the calendar carries that weight. It holds the memory of courage in ancient Rome, imagination in medieval courts, and bold expression in print shops lit by candlelight. When we celebrate Valentine’s Day, we step into a long conversation about loyalty, honor, desire, and duty. We inherit a tradition shaped by thought as much as by emotion. #ValentinesDay #His...

Turning IT Spend into Business Proof. Benefits Realization Management turns IT spend into proof. This piece challenges leaders to measure value, not motion. Benefits Realization Management, or BRM, separates busy IT from valuable IT. Many firms ship projects on time and on budget, yet fail to show real business gain. Leaders feel the gap. Boards ask sharp questions. Finance wants proof. Business heads want impact, not dashboards. This post takes a clear stand. IT value must be shown in outcomes that matter to the firm: cost, speed, risk, trust, and growth. BRM gives structure to that task. It links tech work to business change. It tracks value from idea to result. It holds leaders to account. We explore core ideas behind BRM, common traps, and what strong practice looks like. We draw on real cases across banking, retail, and public-sector IT. The aim is simple. Shift the talk from delivery to value. Spark debate. Push leaders to ask harder questions. Invite readers to share how they pr...

Stillness Before Strength. Calm as a Daily Discipline Morning calm sharpens focus, steadies emotion, and resets judgment before the day takes over. Morning calm sharpens focus, steadies emotion, and resets judgment before the day takes over. The First Thought of the Day Edwin Way Teale wrote, “For the mind disturbed, the still beauty of dawn is nature’s finest balm.” The line lands because it feels earned, not dressed up. It speaks to pressure, noise, and the strain many carry into work before the day even begins. The Central Claim: Calm Is Not Escape Stillness is not retreat. It is a repair. Early calm restores attention and steadies emotion before decisions start. That calm turns reaction into choice. It creates space for better work and fair conduct. #Clarity #Focus Relief Without Romance The tone is relief, not softness. It grants permission to pause without guilt. The strength is quiet and firm. Calm becomes an active force that holds its ground. #MentalHealth #Calm Fewer Inputs, ...

Innovation Accounting: When Experiments Start Paying Rent. Innovation accounting gives IT leaders a sharp lens to judge experiments by learning speed, signal strength, and real business lift. Innovation lives on bets. IT teams test ideas in cloud stacks, data labs, and product sprints. Yet many firms still judge these bets with tools built for stable work. Budget burn, uptime, and headcount miss the point of trials. Innovation accounting fills this gap. It tracks learning, traction, and risk reduction while the work is still young. It replaces gut feel with clear signals. It does not kill bold ideas. It keeps them honest. This post lays out the logic, the metrics, and the hard trade-offs. It shows how leaders can tell promise from noise without choking speed. It also shares real cases where teams moved from hype to proof and from proof to scale. #InnovationAccounting is not soft math. It is sharp thinking for leaders who want progress that shows up on the scorecard. Bold IT bets need f...

The Quiet Power of Tending. Work gains meaning when we tend, build, and care for things that outlast us. Progress That Grows, Not Performs A Line That Grounds Us “The Lord grant we may all be tillers of the soil.” That single line slows the room. It speaks of work that feeds life, not ego. It carries calm pride, patience, and duty. It asks for care before credit. Build Before You Broadcast The message is simple. Do work that improves what you touch. Growth comes from steady effort, not noise. This applies to careers, teams, and nations. Strong outcomes rise from daily care. #Leadership #WorkEthic #Purpose Quiet Confidence There is peace in honest effort. There is strength in patience. Tending creates trust. Trust compounds results. That is lasting success. No shortcuts. No spectacle. Just progress. #Mindset #LongTermThinking Care Is a Strategy Care shapes systems. Care shapes culture. Care shapes people. When leaders tend to work, teams follow. When teams follow, value grows. This is d...

Flying Higher. Great paths are often walked alone. Progress tests comfort, courage, and conviction. Strength Beyond the Crowd Some journeys feel lonely because they demand clarity. Others feel crowded because they avoid it. That tension defines growth. A Line That Stays with You “Eagles commonly fly alone. They are crows, daws, and starlings that flock together.” That line lands hard because it is honest. It names a truth many feel but rarely admit. Distance Is Not Arrogance Excellence often creates space. It pulls you away from noise, comfort, and group approval. That space feels cold at first. It later becomes focus. #Leadership #Focus Calm Over Applause There is pride without noise here. Quiet confidence replaces constant validation. You stop chasing agreement. You start trusting judgment. #Confidence #Clarity Growth Tests Belonging Crowds reward sameness. Progress demands risk. Standing apart is not a rejection of others. It is loyalty to your standard. #PersonalGrowth #HighStandar...