Kichu’s Legacy
He did not teach productivity from a whiteboard. He lived it, refined it, and gave it to anyone willing to do the work.
Kichu Krishnan was a first-generation entrepreneur, coach, restaurateur, and community builder. He founded Sirius Controls in 1986 and ran it for three decades. He opened Sree Krishna Kafe in 2003. He co-founded MAYA in 1990, an NGO dedicated to the livelihood of rural women and community health.
His deeper pursuit, the one that ran through everything, was helping people achieve what they set out to do. He began developing the WorkSmart system in the early 1980s, drawing from decades of study in NLP, behavioural coaching, and personal development. The first WorkSmart workshop ran in 1992.
Over the next 30 years, he trained more than 200,000 professionals across India. He worked with CEOs, directors, entrepreneurs, students, and NGO leaders. He conducted in-house programs at Barclays, Yahoo, Deloitte, Ernst and Young, SAP, Infosys, Motorola, KPMG, and many others.
The WorkSmart System is his method, made physical. It carries everything he taught, distilled into a tool people can use every single day.
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1952 – 2025
Why WorkSmart
Do you know your True North?
Most people have goals. Very few achieve them. Not because they lack ambition, but because they have no system. Goals stay in the head. Tasks pile up with no order. Days pass without real progress.
WorkSmart was built to close that gap. It gives you a clear method to set goals, break them into tasks, prioritise what matters, and plan each day with purpose.
The WorkSmart System
One journal. Everything you need.
The WorkSmart System is a physical, paper-based planning system. Not a blank notebook. Each section is structured to guide you through capturing, prioritising, and completing your goals and tasks. Designed by Kichu. Refined over 30 years.
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The WorkSmart Program
The journal gives you the system. The program teaches you to use it.
WorkSmart is a structured workshop led by trained coaches continuing the work of Kichu. It takes you through the principles, the practice, and the daily habits that make the system stick.
A goal without a plan is just a wish. The program turns the wish into a system, and the system into results.
Clarity
Set clear, written goals for work, family, and self. Specific. Measurable. Time-bound. Not hopes in your head.
Plan and Prioritise
Learn to tell the difference between what moves the needle and what just keeps you busy. Elephants or Rabbits.
Execute
Do the work. Review daily. Course correct. Plans become achievements and goals become reality.
Support
Six months of Momentum Sessions after the workshop. Two virtual sessions per month to keep you on track.
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A physical planning system built on 45 years of practice. Structured sheets, clear methods, and a system designed to be used every day.
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Here is the proof.
Before WorkSmart, my approach was to go with the flow and hope things would happen. After WorkSmart, I shifted to goal-oriented planning to execute things. I now plan tomorrow, today.
I always had an issue with long-term goals getting postponed. I learnt to manage my tasks properly. I am now taking real steps toward my long-term goals every single week.
The training was practical and informative. The principle of writing tasks down rather than keeping them in my brain has helped me enormously. I would recommend this to everyone.
Before WorkSmart, my approach was to go with the flow and hope things would happen. After WorkSmart, I shifted to goal-oriented planning to execute things. I now plan tomorrow, today.
I always had an issue with long-term goals getting postponed. I learnt to manage my tasks properly. I am now taking real steps toward my long-term goals every single week.
The training was practical and informative. The principle of writing tasks down rather than keeping them in my brain has helped me enormously. I would recommend this to everyone.
Before WorkSmart, my approach was to go with the flow and hope things would happen. After WorkSmart, I shifted to goal-oriented planning to execute things. I now plan tomorrow, today.
I always had an issue with long-term goals getting postponed. I learnt to manage my tasks properly. I am now taking real steps toward my long-term goals every single week.
The training was practical and informative. The principle of writing tasks down rather than keeping them in my brain has helped me enormously. I would recommend this to everyone.
Before WorkSmart, my approach was to go with the flow and hope things would happen. After WorkSmart, I shifted to goal-oriented planning to execute things. I now plan tomorrow, today.
I always had an issue with long-term goals getting postponed. I learnt to manage my tasks properly. I am now taking real steps toward my long-term goals every single week.
The training was practical and informative. The principle of writing tasks down rather than keeping them in my brain has helped me enormously. I would recommend this to everyone.