Need Ideas? Dress Down
Need Ideas? Dress Down Despite the Mumbai heat, I don't miss an opportunity to wear a suit. Especially to a first-time work meeting. However, things are different if the agenda of a meeting is problem…
Category: Human Behaviour
Why Design Thinking is Here to Stay
Why Design Thinking is Here to Stay A close friend recently shared this article titled 'Why Design Thinking will fail', written in 2013 by Jeffrey Tjendra. Jeffrey is a designer entrepreneur and strategist. Among some…
Venture Capital Elevator Pitches
Venture Capital Elevator Pitches I left my job at a venture capital (VC) firm in 2010. After freelancing for a bit I then worked with a high-technology company in the robotics space. I then started…
The Entrepreneur in a Venture Capital World
The Entrepreneur in a Venture Capital World Imagine a food connoisseur has a vision of opening a restaurant. Selling a carefully crafted list of delicacies, whose preparation has taken years to refine. This aficionado has…
What’s Your Profession? Did You Bring More Soldiers?
What's Your Profession? Did You Bring More Soldiers? In 1970s, according to the TV series Mindhunter at least, the FBI was filled with accountants & lawyers instead of more relevant experts in areas that mattered.…
Rate Wisely
Rate Wisely Imagine the simple process of rating a book you've just read. Let's say it is a non-fiction. Perhaps a business or even a self-help kind of book. The normal tendency would be that…
The Illusion of Ratings and Feedback
The Illusion of Ratings and Feedback Life in present times has become an increasingly rapid process of experiences and feedback. Businesses are always asking us to rate the services or experiences they offer. And often,…
Pigs Rule
Pigs Rule I recently found myself around a humorous discussion around politics at a relatives' home.A grand aunt asked another relative if they planned on getting into politics. The relative laughingly retorted that for one…
A Pad Idea!
A Pad Idea! Once upon a time, there was is a man named Arunachalam Muruganantham from Coimbatore in India, who could not bear to see the discomfort and embarrassment that his wife had to go through,…
Actions With and Without a Face
Actions With and Without a Face Even today, you can see people of some races cringe or gasp at the sight of the swastika, the symbol of Hitler's party. Even though the swastika has much older…
Design Thinking – Shelters for the Homeless
Design Thinking - Shelters for the Homeless [3.5 minute read] Here's the next post, towards sharing stories and incidents around design thinking in daily lives, towards a better collective understanding. My earlier post was about…
Design Thinking – Water Taps at Home
Design Thinking - Water Taps at Home [7 minute read] I've had the habit of applying aspects of Design Thinking to my work and personal life for some time now. In fact, off late it…
Does Your Fire Escape Plan Work?
Does Your Fire Escape Plan Work? Early hours of 29th December saw a horrific fire at a rooftop restaurant in Mumbai. I could hear a continuous stream of distant sirens just before going to sleep.…
Do Some of the Pillars of Democracy need a Shake-Up?
Democracy has rested on four pillars. The legislature, executive, the judiciary, and arguably the most important, the press. All the pillars need improvement, some far more than others. The world press, for instance, has really…
Vulnerability of Tech Processes and Human Decisions
Vulnerability of Tech Processes and Human Decisions Here are two interesting incidents I came across online in the last week. One, about a seemingly harmless vulnerability in an online service's process. The other, a possible…