Pchak,pchak,pchak,splash,spalsh,splash,bang,bang,...BANG".. Just when you think you've just stepped into a kindergarten classroom, you realize you are looking at twenty somethings crawling on their knees,some make -believe elephants flanked by make- believe ears, making the weirdest kind of faces, hollering at the top of their voices....spirited enough to put even the noisiest and mischievous of 9-year olds to shame. Meet the "children " of the Amrita School of Business at "play" during the Corporate Theatre Workshop conducted by the dynamic and extremely talented Mr.Paul Mathew at the Sri Krishna Hall in ASB.
The theater workshop provided students with the unique platform wherein they could shed all inhibitions, behave in the goofiest manner possible and learn something in the process. Mr.Paul Mathew who has had the experience of conducting similar workshops for executives of top national and multi-national companies urged us to let go of our personalities and our self-consciousness as only then can we be truly open to people and ideas around us. Through activities like producing and presenting plays and tableaux we were made to realise how a team notwithstanding the diversity of its team members,when focused on a common goal brainstorm for ideas delegate and asume roles and work single-mindedly and in unison towards the creation of a uniquely creative work of art.
A game of charades that was played with the students divided into various teams succeded in living us in splits- the hillarious antics of some of our friends, especially when we got to see a six-foot tall mosquitoe, a human frog and "God looking from above" we were almost sure we had taken Napoleon's disdain for the word "impossible" to new heights. We learnt that effective communication entailed having the right attitude and proper effort from both sides-that of the communicator and the receiver...
At the end of the nine hour corporate workshop session, we couldnt help feeling so much lighter-having had a jolly good time and having shed the weight of our over-rated self -images. For the first time we saw good communicaton, coordination, openess and receptivity to new ideas and people, and trust and camaraderie were not just management concepts but practical tools that help enhance successful team dynamics. A new bond had been forged among the participantys of the workshop. We couldnt help wishing the day would never end....Thanks to Mr. Paul Mathew the nuances of effective team dynamics will remain etched in our memory not just for the two years at Amrita.... but for life.
Contributed By-
Nishi Kuriyan
MBA 2006-2008
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