Vivekam (Vee-vay-kum) comes from the Sanskrit term for discernment.
To discern well is the ability to distinguish among choices and tradeoffs. It is the ability to choose one's thoughts, speech, and response to any situation.
Vivekam believes discernment is the differentiating edge for well-being, effectiveness and performance.
Principles
inside out
Conscious leadership starts within. Our approach starts by baselining the skill of discernment: self-awareness and self-authorship in how individuals act, lead themselves, relate with and impact others.
response-ability
To discern well is the ability to see choices and tradeoffs. It is the right and responsibility to choose your thoughts and your response to any situation.
we become what we practice (and we are always practicing something)
Shifting a habit requires awareness. Sustaining the change requires embodiment. We define embodiment as the lived experience of how new habits feel in our bodies and impact others. Re-wiring toward new habits requires curiosity about long-held beliefs and management practices, committing to shift, and, practice and patience.
Approach
home base
Development is most effective when it builds upon a central framework or a "home base." Vivekam's home base is The New ROI.™️, a set of skills & practice to "return" greater effectiveness. Individuals can more easily access and integrate learning when guidance, exercises, and experiences are linked to the home base.
purposeful + playful experimentation
Vivekam takes a lab-like approach built on decades of habit change research. We prefer experiential and iterative learning over presentation of concepts and models. Our approach tests and observes the impact of interventions based on an individual or organization’s context. Data that is observed from one’s direct experience can be as powerful as RCTs as a catalyst for change.
whole-bodied intelligence
Multimodal methods connect the body, brain, and behavior. It draws upon left-brain management practices and frameworks, adult development theory, & neuroscience research. It also draws upon right-brain activations through breathwork, movement, expressive arts, and contemplative practices.