— Stepping away during the day-to-day pressure cooker environment of the workplace to appraise one’s state of mind offers significant value to all involved in managerial roles. I’ve coined the expression “coffee darshan” to describe and advocate for this valuable pause in the workday. It relates somewhat to the tradition of sobremesa in Spain and Latin America,…
Vishwanath Alluri
About Vishwanath Alluri
Vishwanath Alluri founded the technology company IMISoft with a vision to create intellectual properties out of India by harnessing India’s intellectual resources and bringing them to the world stage. In 1999 he founded communication platform IMImobile. His engineering venture was acquired by Ramboll, a Danish engineering conglomerate in 2008, and IMImobile was acquired by CISCO in 2021. His new book is The Enlightened Manager: A Transformative Approach to Work and Life (Harper Business, Oct. 20, 2025). Learn more at theenlightenedmanager.com.