“The most terrifying thing is to accept oneself completely.” - Carl Jung. Sometimes, I feel honored to live with these genius contemporaries. Sometimes, I feel low thinking about what I did with …
How to have an existential crisis?
Here is a playbook for it. It works really well. First of all, ensure food is on the table three times a day 2. Sleep well, 6-8 hours a day 3. Build reasonably good health 4. Work on …
Weekend relauncher
Weekends give time and space for pause, reflect, prepare and relaunch. When we run marathons, we stop by intermittently and have a quick dose of water and orange slices to regain ourselves. That …
Go-giver’s returns
What is obvious to you can be amazing to others. Remember there is a hierarchy in everything. The biggest excuse people say when it comes to sharing knowledge is that 'they already know'. The …
What is mentoring for you?
It is rare to find a boss who can be your mentor too. If someone finds it, they are lucky. Usually, superiors act quite aggressively in an organization's interests to make things happen, and …
Between Genes and Memes
My first book 'Between Genes and Memes' was released one year ago. The process of writing was humbling. Some things to share: 1. When you write, you bring out mud, sand, and gold. You have to …
Talking to the future
“Children are the living messages we send to a time we will not see.” — John F. Kennedy. On the annual day of Bhavans Al Ain UAE, I spoke to the students, teachers, leaders, parents, and even …
How team-based learning helps you thrive.
Schools and colleges in the world give you scoring based on what you do alone. Essays, exams, quizzes, and internships you do. All this is what we call a single-player game. But life, work, and …
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My 25th podcast
I started podcasting with an app called Anchor last year. Mostly to have meaningful conversations with experts and leaders on things that shaped their lives. Here is my 25th podcast on how team-based …
The eye surgeon of British Malabar, in the 1930s.
Can you see things better? Hmm, a little blurred, but better. Can you open your eyes fully? Yes, I will, I'm trying, it's hard. Try slowly, you can see things better. ok, ok, I can feel …
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100-day promise to myself.
The word Crisis in Chinese means Opportunity in Danger. A few days into the lockdown, I realized one thing. This is the time to accelerate. To learn more. To share more. And to connect with people …
Trolls Vs Analysis
Trolls are like pigs. They love fighting in the mud. Analysts are experts who go through the boring process of analyzing data and understanding the context to get a holistic view of things. We love …
Tracing ancestry from saliva
During occasional visits to my ancestral village, I used to think, how family roots are more biological than emotional. 'Blood is thicker than water' may sound like a cliche but the genetic …
Design thinking is all about users, not about designers.
“We must design for the way people behave, not for how we would wish them to behave.”― Donald A. Norman, Living with Complexity Coming up with an idea is now easy. You get inspired by …
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19 things which 2019 taught me shared through tweets
It has been a great year on Twitter, sharing my thoughts. The Twitter analytics says, more than 1 million people saw the tweets and 175K people engaged with it. Here are my best tweets curated for …
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