Prasad KAIPA, Ph.D.

USA


Prasad Kaipa is the founder and CEO of SelfCorp, a web-assisted leadership development company; the managing director of the Mithya Institute for Learning & Knowledge architecture, a research based management consulting firm; and is an adjunct professor at the Saybrook Graduate School. The Mission of SelfCorp is to align individual and corporate direction and bring more effectiveness and value to individuals and organizations.

Prasad is passionate about integrating spiritual and practical perspectives to work and life. As one of the three founding directors of the Foundation for Human and Economic Development (Foundhed), he is clear that spiritual and economic developments have to go hand in hand. Foundhed is working on exploring different approaches to dialogue, conflict resolution and peace, and sponsored several meetings in USA, India and Pakistan to bring peace to Indian Subcontinent.

At SelfCorp, Prasad is developing approaches and tools that allows executives to ‘map the genetic code of organizations’ so that they can ‘re-wire’ their organizations for superior performance. These tools can also be used for mapping future scenarios, assess success factors in mergers and acquisitions as well as for developing personal strategies. Cisco and HP have worked recently with Prasad in developing knowledge business models for creating a new business and in coming up with unique, brandable product design that is consistent with their culture. Prasad worked with Boeing, Ford, Sun, Quaker Oats (Pepsi), Navigation Technologies, BAE Systems, Mastek, Pacific Bell among others in developing the areas of leadership development, cultural integration, executive coaching, strategic thinking and knowledge creation.

As a senior manager in the Apple, Prasad was asked to create an educational menu for Apple technical staff using innovative learning approaches. Later, as a research fellow in Apple University, with a charter to help design ‘a learning processor that augments human intelligence,’ Prasad interviewed high achievers and exceptional people researching how people learn and ‘unlearn.’

Prasad originally got his doctorate in Physics and helped build an international radiation research laboratory in the University of Utah with Dr. Ed Haskell (1981-87). Prasad also worked as an educator/researcher (Saybrook Institute 1994-), as an international product marketing manager (1987-88) and a technology advisor (1988-89) (Apple) and received several awards for his contributions. Athena Interactive released three award winning CD-ROMs for leaders based on his learning interface concepts and his pyramid building (thinking in three dimensions) methodology. Prasad is currently on the board of directors/advisors for Aankhen inc., Intertec Communications, Spirit of India.com, Partnerships for Change, Athena Interactive, Communities for the Future, DannemillerTyson Associates, Chinmaya Institute of Higher Learning and Gatherings for Ecoculture.

Prasad’s book ‘Discontinuous Learning: An Executive’ is scheduled to be available in the fall of 2001 through Vinayaka Media, Palo Alto, CA. Many of his articles, book, pyramids and tools are available on the Internet and the URL is http://www.mithya.com. Selfcorp is building its website for web-based leadership development and the URL is http://www.selfcorp.com.

Prasad is married to Dr. Vinoda and has two kids Pravin (15) and Vidya (11). He enjoys exploring and dialoguing on spirituality in business issues, listening to Carnatic music and playing carroms and tennis.