Many people talk about time management, as life management. It starts with a “do list” and prioritising, as well as understanding “important Vs urgent” in daily life. Managing time is a skill and not a talent and hence it is learnable like soft skills. Studies show that when the time is well managed in a day, our productivity increases, we have increased focus and happiness with a sense of achievement. Managing distractions and communicating effectively are key. Creative thinking is very rare in normal work environment as we get conditioned to do things in a certain way. It takes self leadership to pause, take a step back and think through the desired outcome.

Design thinking is about engaging our right brain to ask questions and challenge the usual way. It needs courage, a long term vision and the ability to go out of the box to solve problems in a divergent way. Design Thinking is an emerging area of soft skill where people can find solutions in their personal and professional life. Clients expect professionals to go out of the box to find solutions and try something new for better outcomes.