PMI Pune Monthly Meet: "Mind Maps for ITIL" and "Technology of Thinking" July 9, 2010

PMI Pune Deccan-India Chapter is pleased to invite you for interesting and thought provoking seminars on:

v An Introduction to Mind Maps using ITIL best practices by Mr. Maneesh Johari

v The Technology of Thinking - A Whole Brain Approach to Managing Sustainable Growth in a challenging environment by Dr. Prasad Deshpande

Venue: Pune Shramik Patrakar Sangh, Cummins Auditorium, 193 Navi Peth, Ganjwe Chowk, Near Alka Talkies, Garware bridge & S. M. Joshi hall, Pune 411030.

Date: Saturday, July 10th, 2010

Time: 10:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Topic 1: An Introduction to Mind Maps

Speaker 1: Maneesh Johari, CEO, Buzan Institute India

Maneesh [B.E. (M) & M.B.A.] is an entrepreneur and a advisor to a number of organizations & has interacted closely with the industry for almost 2 decades. He is responsible for the running of the Buzan Centre in India & has played a major role in spreading the awareness of the “Buzan” brand name in the country.

His belief – stems from an age old Chinese saying:-
If you want to plan for a year – sow rice;
If you want to plan for a decade – plant Trees;
If you want to plan for a lifetime – educate People.

The vision of Buzan Centre Pune is to be able to introduce Mind Map®s to as many people as possible – so that the whole Society & hence, the whole Nation – is able to increase its Mental Literacy, thus benefiting the world.

Topic Abstract:-

Mr. Maneesh Johari would be giving us an Introduction to Mind Maps a revolutionary technique invented and propagated by Tony Buzan. Tony is the world's foremost expert on thinking visually, and a leading lecturer on the brain and learning. Tony has lectured to diverse audiences, ranging from large corporations, to universities, to governments. Tony invented Mind Maps in the 1970s, and has been instructing millions in this technique ever since.

The Mind Map® is an expression of nature, a manifestation of Radiant Thinking, and is a natural mental function. It is a powerful graphic technique which provides a universal key to unlocking the potential of the brain. The Mind Map® is applicable to every aspect of life where improved learning and clearer thinking will enhance performance. Mind Map®s are the Simplest and yet the most Powerful Tool for Enhancing the Performance level of the Brain

Topic 2: The Technology of Thinking - A Whole Brain Approach to Managing Sustainable Growth in a challenging environment

Speaker 2: Prasad Deshpande

Prasad is a Director of Empowered Learning Systems Pvt. Ltd. which focuses on Consulting, Training & Organizational Processes.

With about 20 years experience in industry and he specializes in Leadership Development, Whole Brain Thinking, Executive Coaching, Sales and Service Management and empowering learning throughout organizations.

An International Speaker, Prasad recently presented at the prestigious ASTD annual conference 2009 at Washington DC and was featured in an interview on the SHRM (Strategic Human Resource Management) site. Please refer to www.shrmindia.org/whole-brain-thinking-productive-workforce.

Prasad is a member of American Society of Training and Development (ASTD) and International Coach Federation (ICF). He has completed the CEG certification in coaching from Singapore and is working towards being credentialed as an Associate Certified Coach (ACC) from the ICF. Prasad has also attended the Leadership week at the London Business School, as a part of the Prestigious Accelerated Development Programme for Senior Managers, where he also served as a shadow tutor on one such program. Prasad is also a certified Practitioner of the Hermann Brain Dominance Instrument (HBDI) - a widely used and the most researched diagnostic tool which measures our preferences in thinking styles and communication.

Prasad was born in East Africa, lived in Kampala and in the UK before returning to India to complete his Engineering in Production Engineering from Mumbai University .

Topic Abstract:

Why are some organizations more successful than others? One key reason is that they think about what they do. For most organizations, ROI means only the return they get on their Investments. For successful organizations it also means the return they get on their Ideas, Interactions and Implementation.

Successful organizations are able to think in many different ways. And so are the individuals and teams inside them. They are all able to think logically as well as intuitively. They are able to see both the big picture and the detail. They are able to balance opportunity with consequence. These successful organizations do not have a ‘secret sauce’ or ‘recipe’; the secret, if at all, is that they are more aware of what how they ‘see’ things.

Research on the brain has led to an understanding that each of us has a preferred way and mode of thinking that affects the way we take in and process information. The awareness of one’s own thinking style and the thinking style of others, combined with the ability to act outside of one’s preferred thinking style is known as ‘Whole Brain Thinking’ or the Technology of Thinking

In this one hour session ‘ Technology of Thinking ‘ Prasad will present the Whole Brain Thinking Model, the philosophy and his experiences of implementing this technology with real life examples of organizations in India and overseas

Note:

Monthly seminar is FREE FOR ALL / NO Entry FEE; one does not have to be Pune Chapter member to attend this seminar.