Mukesh Garg’s Post

With the majority of operational IT roles in Ramboll #GlobalIT being outsourced to Tata Consultancy Services, we had to restructure our Global IT with new roles. In my new role as Senior Director of IT Service Delivery, I shall be accountable for the deliverables from TCS leading a team of very professional Service Delivery Managers - @Arnold Francis Bjørn Gert Jensen MANDAR SHENDYE Pramesh Unnikrishnan Prasath Chellappan Sathish G. Sonali Verma Susanne Lund Vignesh Natarajan REMYA S. I am thankful to Thomas Angelius for his continued trust and confidence in me and look forward to the new challenges in this role; working closely with my colleagues Christian Peters Ditte Andersen Elvira Janas Mikko Viitanen Mirela Bønløkke Linda Assels Hald. To the new beginnings....

Books are the best friend and a constant source of knowledge, information and most importantly inspiration. Here is the list that I finished in 2023 - 18 books (read 12 in 2022) Looking forward to curate my list for 2024. Happy to get your recommendations. 1. My experiments with Truth - M K Gandhi 2. My Life in Full - Indira Nooyi 3. Mysteries of Death, Fate, Karma and Rebirth - Jugal Kishore Mukherjee 4. Covid2121 - T Jaganathan 5. Modi @20: Dreams meet Delivery 6. Your Brain at work 7. Atomic Habits 8. The Handmaids Tale 9. Shoe Dog 10. In Search of Jyotish - The Karakatvas 11. Angels and Demons 12. The Upanishads 13. India That Is Bharat 14. The Theft of India 15. India, Bharat, Pakistan 16. 1000+ Little things Happy Successful People Do Differently 17. Arthashastra 18. Chanakya Chants.

#culture and #traditions is what makes you keep growing stronger and stronger. Ramboll Head Office.

The day to day work becomes even more meaningful with such initiatives at Ramboll

I am here at the #GCCConclave2023 by nasscom Powerful talks on AI and how #chatgpt is going to change the future of technology. A lot of discussion on how leadership has to be adaptive not just for the disruptions that technology will bring but also from the expectations and aspirations from Gen Z who have very different aspects of a professional life. An exciting opportunity to meet the industry stalwarts

2 days of spending time together with the Bright Minds of Ramboll. Great learning, #insightful and #networking sessions at the Ramboll Leadership meeting 2023.

A #confluence of Ideas, Passion, Energy, Enthusiasm by the leadership team at Ramboll India. One of the most engaging sessions I have had in a very long time. I spoke to the team about #EDI. Other sessions covered were on #Clifton strengths from Gallup; #culture; #marcom; #happiness; winning the #talentwar; #ONERamboll. Finally not to miss the fun and social evening. Thank you @Rohit Chaudhri and Vidya Basarkod, FICE for getting together the RIN Leadership together for 2 days.

It was a pleasure to host our Campus Recruited batch of 2023 at Ramboll Chennai office today. Half a day session to know their aspirations, give them a brief of Ramboll and Ramboll IT. Looking forward to formally onboard them in the Ramboll family ASAP.

Few years ago, I had set a target of reading 12 books a year. So far I have been holding onto my goal. 2023 has been a speed reading so far. Just finished by 6th book since Jan this year. Looking out for suggested readings for the rest of the year and also prepare for 2024. Please recommend. Of the readings so far this year, I would like to strongly recommend you to read “Your Brain at Work”. The book explains how real life tricky situations can be handled in a scientific way where just by being conscious of what is happening inside the Brain and a process on how to modulate that, helps to manage the situation in a much better way. Some snippets 1. Mental processes consume a lot of energy, especially if prioritising something. 2. Don’t multitask – even eating while watching a TV is multitasking. You can focus only on 1 conscious task at a time. 3. Inhibit distractions as early as possible, to stay focussed. 4. Stress is good, but only in right levels so as to reach peak performance – a balance of norepinephrine and dopamine [hormones for alertness and interest] 5. Take a break and do something fun when you hit an impasse 6. Don’t suppress your emotions – it affect the other person as well as it is quite evident on your face. Label your emotions to make it easier – that’s why we ask “How are you doing” 😊 7. Certainty and autonomy, are rewards and also a threat. Strong emotions due to these need more that labelling – i.e. reappraisal 8. Manage expectations – generally keep them low. 9. Social connections are as important as food and water. Connect with people at human level 10. Be fair, always 11. Read the SCARF model [Google it]. Very helpful in all situations 12. Status is at times even more important that money 13. Don’t problem solve for someone. Just help them think about their own thinking with the right questions so as to enable them find a solution [I personally need to practise this a lot] 14. Identify “toward” and “away” states while addressing a change. 15. It's all about Cotisol, Dopamine, Serotonin and Oxytocin.

As per world economic forum it will take 132 years to end the Gender Gap!! What are you doing to speed it up? The world has also set a timed target to achieve net zero, which is impossible to achieve without women. Share your ideas to end the gender gap and achieve the net zero targets in a gender equal way. Happy International Women's day. #ramboll #iwd2023 and #allyship