What is KAYAKALPA?
'Kayakalpa' is 5000 years old Indian system for total body rejuvenation. Which Purifies and Nurtures the body, mind, and soul. Kayakalpa brings Subtle & Physical bodies in harmonious balance, brings youthful longevity & superpowers to the practitioners. Loosely translated in english it will mean 'Total Transformation' of Body, Mind & Soul, akin to 'Rebirth' of the person, giving new lease of life full of youthfulness and energy.
How ancient practice of KAYAKALPA is anyway related to modern Digital Transformation?
While presently working on 'Digital Transformation' of the organisation, as I was understanding the scope while peeling-off the layers and sub-layers, like Drivers, Enablers, Technologies and Benefits etc, it reminded me of ancient Kayakalpa treatment. I am convinced that the Business Transformation through Digitisation, aka 'Digital Transformation' is to business, what Kayakalpa was and is to humans. The similarities are two glaring to be ignored. Firstly the intent and the purpose is the same, bring in youthfulness and energy like it is a 'Rebirth'. Also the methods like Purification & Nourishment are similar. Besides, the underlying principle of bring Physical body and Subtle body in harmony, is undoubtedly the same.
With the 'Industrial Revolution 4.0' as it is being popularly being touted as, Physical parts of the organisation, like Machines, Infrastructure, Hardware, People, Products, and the Subtle part of the organisation like Strategy, Culture, Skills, Data, Software Platforms etc need to be harmoniously aligned or amalgamated with each other, bringing in Total Harmony to the organisation.
What 'Purification' entails in Digital Kayakalpa?
Purification process for organisation, will entail, removing 'Non Value Added' activities, across the value chain. Organisation will undergo major change of working culture, where siloed working will be abolished giving way to harmonious Cross Functional Working, hierarchical controls will have to be done away with to empowered teams, and personal toxicities and agendas can make way for harmonious Team Work for business benefits, else, those, who will not comply will have to be 'taken out' or flushed out...
What 'Nourishment' means to Digital Kayakalpa?
Nourishment is an important part of Kayakalpa, likewise, New Strategies, New skills, New Capability building, New Resources, New Hardware and Software platforms, Technologies like Big Data, ML, AI and Cloud Computing, besides on 'Physical' level, technologies like IoT or 3D Printing, Industry 4.0... the list of 'Nourishment' is long and enticing enough. Similar to Kayakalpa process, Purification & Nourishment should go together for best effect.
Harmonious Co-Existence of Body, Mind and Soul
As per ancient sciences, human beings live at multiple levels of existence all the time- Physical level of Body, Subtle level of Mind and Divine Purified level of Soul. Kayakalpa, intends to achieve harmony amongst all of them, which often gets distorted in day to day life. Thinking little deeper, I feel, even Businesses live on these different levels. Undoubtedly, 'Purpose', 'Vision & Mission', 'Culture' can be called as 'Soul' of the organisation. Strategy, Plans, Processes, Structures, Work-Flows, Information Flows, intellectual Capital, like IP, Patents, Subject Knowledge Expertise, can be safely compared with 'Mind' of the Business. Business exists in the form of Products, People, Infrastructure, Plant & Machinery, Hardware etc, which are similar to Physical level of the Body. Surely everyone will agree that for a successful business transformation, harmonious actions at all these levels are absolutely imperative... they way they are in Kayakalpa process.
Is 'Digital Transformation' the new KAYAKALPA for Businesses?
One of the purpose of the Kayakalpa process was to rejuvenate self for long healthy life and enjoy the benefits, that the life offers. Businesses, after Kayakalpa, will surely be much more fit than ever before, they will emerge in their new youthful Avatar, and will be able to enjoy the rewards, the new world has to offer.
Kayakalpa was scientifically based elaborate lengthy process, handled by experts Siddha Yogis, in a very disciplined manner. Needless to say, Digital Transformation fits the description perfectly, as it will require involvement of experts and disciplined approach to achieve the full benefits of Digital Kayakalpa.
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