Feb 22How to Avoid Being Busy at Work & Find Your Focus?As a knowledge worker in a hybrid work environment, it is at times difficult to even find time in our calendar for ourselves. By doing the following 6 things, however, we can operate at our 100% efficiency without being busy doing things which will not move any needle at our…Productivity4 min read
Feb 13One thing I tell my team oftenI go through a lot of decision-driven meetings. One of the things I often tell my team when I recommend an alternative view or ask something which they are not prepared with is that they “Think through it. If need be, write it for themselves to think better and then…Product Management2 min read
Jan 22Carpets & Curtains: How to Balance ChangeI have been very fortunate in my life and career that people high above in the organisations I worked with, took a bet on me when I myself would have not done it. They coached and mentored me. …Mentoring3 min read
Jan 16Mental Models, to use DailyA mental model is a term people use to recall a specific behaviour, framework or heuristic. So, even when we think we are not following a mental model, we are subconsciously following one! …Mental Model Tools4 min read
Jan 5Predictions for 2022For the last few years, I have been working in Travel and on the Future of Work. Now, by a stroke of luck and adversity, both these industries are merging like never ever before! So, here, I will predict within my circle of competence and early next year, we will…Predictions3 min read
Dec 27, 2021How to ask effective questions?On my first day at the job, the HR director came into our induction and told us newbies “Remember, there are no stupid questions, only stupid answers!” I took his lesson to the heart and became a question-asking machine. As the years went by, the realisation hit me that yes…Product Management6 min read
Dec 19, 2021Few Loved Books of 20212021 was a busy year with lots of disruption. Thanks to books, I always had a way to compartmentalize when there was so much grief and stress outside. I spent a lot of nights and early mornings cuddling with my two kindles and books, losing myself in them. In 2021…Reading5 min read
Aug 25, 2020Going Public: How to Read An S-1Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) are back in business. and with them, come tons of S-1. A Form S-1 is the initial registration form that private companies file with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) when they intend to file for IPOs. It looks like this Now, whether you invest…IPO2 min read
Jan 7, 2020Reflection on 2019 or How to Build HabitsIn my college, there was a culture of junior year giving seniors farewell. One of the questions, which I was asked by my juniors was, that what would be one thing they should not stop doing and I said — ‘learning’ I have always hedged for learning, knowing from life…Habit Building2 min read
Dec 25, 2019My top 5 books of 2019While last year I had announced the top 10 books I read; based on the feedback I got, I realised it makes more sense to rather zero into my top 5 books this year. Few patterns emerged, when I started reflecting on my reads this year: My top 3 books…Books2 min read
