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About This Event
Talk Description
Modern institutions invest heavily in measuring skills, personality, and performance. Yet burnout, leadership failures, and career misalignment continue to rise. Ancient Indic thought approached human capability differently—through the idea of svabhava, one's natural disposition toward contribution. This talk explores how the concept of Varna originally emerged as a framework for understanding different modes of human contribution—and how this insight may help address modern leadership and institutional challenges.
About the Author
Poonam Gupta-Krishnan is an entrepreneur and organizational alignment researcher with more than 25 years of experience in technology consulting across public and private sector institutions in the United States and internationally. She is the founder of Iyka Enterprises and the inventor of the Varna-CQ™ (Consciousness Quotient) framework, which explores how natural cognitive orientation influences leadership, career alignment, and institutional effectiveness. Her work bridges insights from Indic knowledge traditions—particularly the concepts of svabhava and Varna—with contemporary organizational leadership challenges. Through her research, writing, and speaking, she explores how alignment between natural disposition and responsibility can improve leadership outcomes and institutional performance.
Book Link
https://a.co/d/03BxBuXv
Website
http://www.varnacq.com/