Nishant Mehta

Founder at MehtaCognition; teacher, coach, and leader at heart and in practice. Love to learn and lead, and even more so when in the company of other learners and leaders.

Pinned post from December 5, 2022

Introducing MehtaCognition

“I am not an ornithologist. I am a bird.” • Saul Bellow “If your dreams don’t scare you, they are not big enough.” • Plaque on the wall of the CEO of Accenture North America “We are kept from our goals not by obstacles but by an easier path to a lesser goal.” • Robert Brault Metacognition is the act of thinking about thinking. At Mehta...

February 22, 2023

Developing Your Leadership Muscles

The post below (after the break) was written and shared on February 12, 2020. As head of school at The Children’s School, my one norm for our team was simple: “We practice leadership every time we meet.” That norm carries forward into my work today at MehtaCognition; it’s not just a value anymore for me. It’s who I’ve become. It is wha...

February 16, 2023

“Who-Luck” and How We Measure the Impact of Our Lives

The post below (after the break) was written on February 16, 2020 as I was preparing for a transition away from my job as head of school at The Children’s School and embark upon another journey in a few months to India where I’d reconnect with family and friends, and support a national nonprofit for a year. COVID scrapped those plans l...