I was struggling with my huge to-do lists which never get ticked more than 50%. It was frustrating when we are managing multiple teams, client accounts, and important developmental work. And when …
Projectise your work
How to make routine repetitive work more exciting for our team? That was the challenge put forward by the CEO of a manufacturing company who sells surgical equipment. The 60-year-old company is trying …
What Meditation, Marathons, Music and Marijuana do to you?
To increase dopamine considerably. And why doing it all obsessively is bad. Dopamine is your brain’s reward juice. It is the orgasm of your brain when you achieve something amazing. When you …
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To see things as they really are
This is my first blog post in 2018. For the last 15 days, I was meditating. In the depths of darkness in my bedroom. In the cool morning air of my ancestral village. Wherever I see a quiet place. It …
Reading is like living another life
I know Google loves long-form content. But I write stuff which can be read in a minute. Because we all have the lesser attention span. We have more people following Twitter than blogs. Twitter has …
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Sitting quietly in a place to outsmart your cognitive biases
Humans are driven by emotions than anything else. We value our own beliefs and principles than the powerful potential of rational thinking. This is natural stupidity. Despite all these, we survive. …
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4 things which can reimagine education
I've been working on a baby side project for last one year, apart from my consulting business. As part of that, I spent a lot of time with students, faculty members, employers, edupreneurs and parents …
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Digital Marketing Primer
While visiting colleges, many students ask me if I can put together a digital workshop for them - which is practical, relevant and useful. After some serious thought and research, I have put …
War-like projects for full engagement
Recently I got a call from KITCO. They are project consultants for Cochin International Airport and many other flagship projects in Kerala. Interestingly, they are doing a unique project in schools to …
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Think like an outsider
Every time I do strategic discussions as part of consulting for my client CEOs, I come across one fundamental challenge. Leaders are desiring for change sitting inside the problem. You are constantly …
That four extra seconds
You are looking down. Always. On your phone. Even when the love of your life is with you. Even when a friend is there whom you are meeting for many months or even a special team meeting where people …
From narratives to numbers
While I was buying books crazily on Amazon, its algorithm suggested me to buy 'Big Data The Essential Guide To Work, Life, and Learning in the Age of Insight'. It came along with the rest of so many …
Content relevance and resonance
I was listening to a fascinating interview with Yuval Noah Harari in the Bloomberg's Soundcloud before I was going to sleep. A 52-minute gripping audio interview with tonnes of insights. One of the …
Let go or be dragged
Growth is the most exciting word in the world of digital marketing. Not 20% annual growth. 10X growth is what excites people. And delivering that growth can't just happen with tactics. It needs an …
Internet is human
We started GreenPepper Digital, a digital marketing agency, five years ago, it was a relatively a new business idea in India. Our team framed an idea for the digital transformation of traditional …