top of page


Wise As Blog
Share the Wonder
Blog: Welcome
Search


Unlocking Creativity : Inspirations behind our bestselling picture book series — Willow the Wonderer
Watch our latest podcast exploring ideas, inspirations and creativity What is the source of ideas and creativity? "Where do your ideas come from?" This is one of the most common questions Darren and I (and no many other creatives) get asked. The motivations tend to vary. Aspiring or practising creatives are always curious to learn and perhaps get inspired through the approach others take, while the audience are usually interested in getting deeper insights into works they lik

Reeta Dhar
Jul 31, 202537 min read


The Elephant in the Classroom : Why Our Schooling System Needs to Change
In the last episode of our Wise As Podcast , we discussed the staggering pace at which Artificial Intelligence (AI) is progressing and how within a space of five years, our world may completely change. We touched on implications for education towards the end, and how it too needs to adapt to the new technological paradigm. We felt that we did not do the topic of education justice ... and certainly have a lot more to say on that account. So for our latest episode, we revisited

Reeta Dhar
Jun 22, 202532 min read


Will Artificial Intelligence (AI) take our jobs? Essential skill to teach kids
Last week, I found myself at the center of an 'internet storm'. It was self inflicted - I posted a comment on Reddit that irked quite a few folks. The offending comment was a prediction: Mass unemployment in white collar professions and the Arts by 2030, thanks to widespread adoption of Artificial Intelligence (AI).

Reeta Dhar
Jun 3, 202541 min read


How wisdom can help us get through hard times in life
The first full episode of our ' Wise As Podcast ' is here! We start with a topic close to our hearts - and what became the impetus for developing our Willow the Wonderer series: Reflecting on the hardest time in our lives and the wisdom that would have made it a whole lot easier. The trials of 'coming of age' A lot of our conversation focused on our teenage and early adulthood years. As I edited the recording, I found it interesting that we both picked a time when we were '

Reeta Dhar
May 20, 202520 min read


Sneak Peek: Watch the pilot episode of our 'Wise As Podcast'
I remember reading a case study on Madonna at university. Believe it or not, this was for my Master's Degree in Commerce … The central theme was that Madonna was one of the few pop music stars who had managed to carve out a decades long career in what is usually a fiercely trendy and youth oriented scene. This was due to one thing that Madonna did better than any other pop singer at the time: Every ten years or so, she completely reinvented herself. I remember saying to m

Reeta Dhar
May 12, 20253 min read
Blog: Quote
“Light a campfire and everyone's a storyteller"
John J Geddes
bottom of page
