Why Life Sucks

Flagship Seminars and Keynotes

Param offers flagship keynotes and seminars that blend insights from global wisdom traditions and the behavioral sciences delivered in an animated style with humor and reflective inquiry, unleashing individual and organizational transformation.

His keynotes have galvanized meetings in businesses, federal agencies, non-profits, healthcare, and educational institutions.

Based upon 25 years of research and practice, this seminar teaches participants to live in the moment in a spirit of joy and vitality in their personal and professional lives.

Organizational Change & Personal Resilience

Using eastern methods of ‘finding one’s center’ in the midst of volatility and change the seminar enables participants to become resilient by reframing stress not as a problem but as a possibility.

Beyond Emotional Intelligence

Building on the foundations of emotional intelligence, the seminar invites participants to take the next step in relating with others with authenticity, mindfulness and ego-transcendence.

Awakenings for a Conscious Workplace

Only about a third of US employees report feeling engaged in the workplace. The seminar explores six awakenings that can enliven workplace culture, raising employee engagement.

Leadership as Enlightened Radiance

Based on eastern practices of ‘inner work’ that begin within but radiate outward, the seminar helps participants cultivate a ‘leadership presence’ that inspires others to superior performance.

The Art of Transformative Conversations

The seminar will explore the art of facilitating conversations that re-energize workplaces, deepen social bonds, promote creative problem solving and share levity and humor.

Custom-designed Seminars & Keynotes

Param has a proven track record of infusing his broad-spectrum paradigm busting methodology into any field and delivering effective and engaging client-tailored presentations that unfreeze people’s thinking and unleash ‘aha’ moments on virtually any topic.

He has been described as a ‘paradigm-busting hit-man’, who has the capacity to design and deliver a diverse array of presentations.

The list of topics and audiences (see below) speaks to the enormous diversity and reach of his keynotes and seminars:

Architecture of Breakthroughs in an Era of Globalization to management teams of rubber companies at a global rubber industry convention.

Creativity and Innovation in Knowledge Work to R&D teams at a global paint company and to development engineers at a commercial vehicles company.

Reigniting Workplaces through Transformative Conversations to human resource leaders across several industries.

Beyond Emotional Intelligence: Manager as ‘Enlightened Presence’ on a national speaking tour to managers from Fortune 1000 companies in six cities, engineers at a global engineering firm, economists in the banking industry and K-12 teachers.

Overcoming Stress, Fear and Anxiety: A New Perspective on Management to senior managers in Fortune 1000 Canadian companies, a global R&D retreat of a manufacturing firm and insurance professionals at a national insurance company.

Ultra-Brief Interventions for Community Mental Health to physicians, surgeons and social workers at several hospital systems.

The Hidden Levers of Performance Breakthroughs to a performance management consultancy firm.

Monetary Reform: A Paradigm Shift from Scarcity to Abundance at an annual meeting of a national think tank dedicated to monetary reform.

Enlightened Leadership and the Conscious Workplace to the management team of an NBA franchise, leaders at multiple Federal agencies, a professional association of HR managers and the management team of a non-profit.

The Art of Inner Landscaping to participants at the national Interior Plantscape Symposium.

Spiritual and Psychological Dimensions of Fraud to forensic attorneys and accountants at a conference of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners.

Mindfully Action in a VUCA world to banking professionals at their annual learning event.

Coping with Job Loss/ Retirement to airline pilots, health care professionals and federal employees.

Why Life Sucks: Enjoying the Lightness of Being at a national association of training and talent management professionals and at a federal agency.

Diversity and Multi-Cultural Competence to a townhall style meeting at a Federal space research agency.

Self-Care & Burnout in the ‘Sandwich Generation’ to attorneys at the world’s largest law firm.

Spiritual and Mystical Pathways: Transcending the Stalemate in American Health Care at the global annual meeting of management professors.

The Art of Compassionate Parenting to employees and their families at a global consumer product company.

The Architecture of Intimate Relationships to health care professionals at a nationally renowned hospital in their wellness grand rounds.

Transformational Leadership for Women Managers to women managers at a national land development projects company, a global lighting company and a commercial vehicles company.

The Myth of International Development to global leaders from over 50 international development organizations.

Appreciative Inquiry and Leadership to a cohort of leaders of social movements from over 25 countries.

The Great Resignation: Corporate America’s Motivational Conundrum at a webinar for human resource professionals.

Speaking

In this excerpt from Why Life Sucks, Dr. Srikantia explores the “chattering monkey”, the voice in our head that is talking to us continuously, shaping our perception of reality.

Dr. Srikantia proposes that authenticity arises from recognizing our social masks and awakening to how each one of us is created unique, special, and extraordinary.

Dr. Srikantia describes a mental model that is the root cause of stress in our lives and presents an alternative paradigm.