SHe
SHe Last evening, dad shared links to two tweets with me. Tweets from the UN Women and UNDP Asia-Pacific's accounts. Both tweets were about challenging patriarchal stereotypes this womens' day. One of the tweets wondered…
Who Does Recruiting Best?
Who Does Recruiting Best? An acquaintance on LinkedIn recently tagged me and some others including a friend, on a post. It was about how design thinking and good practices are applied to several areas of…
Staying Power
In the years after starting my strategy consulting practice, during one meeting with one of my mentors, he asked me how work was. I said it was good, but had a lot of ups and downs.…
Goby the Fish
I recently came across an article about an initiative to create awareness about marine pollution. Some folks living close to a beach (can't seem to find the beach's location), created a giant, transparent fish. Made…
Context
One of the fundamental ingredients of an impactful innovation or successful design thinking exercise, is empathy. The ability to understand and share the feelings of another. Often, in our enthusiasm to create something someone (a…
Built In Your Image
We encourage people to be objective, and not to be emotionally imbalanced. We even look down on the rare outburst by family or friends. Right? And there's a reason for it. Nobody likes someone who…
A Poem for Design the Future
Ava and Dr. Jimmy Patell, dear friends of mine, were extremely kind to gift me a poem that they wrote about my book on design thinking, Design the Future. The poem itself is more priceless…
Skill or Skin
A racist, I assume, has a more chronic condition of xenophobia, which is dislike of, or prejudice against people from other countries.Because a racist will dislike or prejudice against even fellow citizens of another race.Despite knowing…
The Point of disapPOINTment
The Point of disapPOINTment With our high hopes, we do face the occasional disappointment. Not getting that promotion you worked so hard for. Having to postpone a holiday because of some reason, or difficulty in…
Upbringing
Upbringing Here's a thought regarding upbringing. Views welcome; and especially so if you have kids and your parents either stay with you, or you visit each other often. You know how curious for information kids…
The Reaction Buffer
The Reaction Buffer When you have a layer between the incident or the surrounding and your own thoughts and emotions, that is the space where you can evaluate your reaction to the external. You can…
My Book on Design Thinking titled ‘Design the Future’
Design the Future Hi! As some of you might already know, my book on design thinking, titled 'Design the Future' is out! Despite design thinking being several decades old, we are seeing increasing relevance in…
Dr. John Virapen on the Greed of Pharmaceutical Companies
Dr. John Virapen on the Greed of Pharmaceutical Companies Sometimes when you think about one particular country or another, and admire it for a great government, a transparent press, a robust healthcare ecosystem, and so…
The 106 Ladies at the Auto World Vintage Car Museum
The 106 Ladies at the Auto World Vintage Car Museum I was in Ahmedabad for a meeting earlier this year. Had to visit the Auto World Vintage Car Museum before getting back. With 106 cars…
The Stanford Marshmallow Experiment, Delayed Gratification and more
Image: The Stay Puft Marshmallow Man from the Ghostbusters movie, 1984 The Stanford Marshmallow Experiment, Delayed Gratification and more In June this year, Jessica Calarco wrote a very interesting article around the famous Stanford marshmallow experiment from…