Learning is forever
Greg McKeown's Essentialism isn't really about doing less. It's about doing the right things — and having the discipline to protect that choice from everything pulling in the opposite direction.
We built our company's first in-house startup accelerator. Some of those startups became unicorns. Here's what that taught us about the difference between watching innovation and enabling it.
I built and led an intrapreneurship programme that turned employee ideas into funded internal startups. Here's what it took, what it produced, and what it proved about innovation from within.
I built a recognition programme that surfaced hidden talent and celebrated the values that actually drive good organisations. Here's why that mattered more than it might sound.
I established Asia's first Customer Experience Center — a space where CxOs came to reimagine their businesses using emerging technology. It facilitated $124M in sales. Here's how it worked.
Most companies compete harder in markets that are getting more crowded. Blue Ocean Strategy asks a different question entirely: what if you stopped competing and started creating instead?
Every few years, a technology arrives that forces a genuine rethink of what computing can do. Quantum computing is widely described as one of those technologies. It's also one of the most consistently misunderstood — oscillating between breathless hype and dismissive scepticism, sometimes in the same week. So let's try to be precise about what... Continue Reading →
I led the InnerSource movement at SAP, enabling 200+ apps and building a discovery portal we open-sourced. GitHub featured it. Here's why we built it and what it changed.
The content discusses the fundamentals of Bitcoin, emphasizing that understanding money and banking is crucial for grasping its value. Bitcoin offers a decentralized banking system without transaction fees, accessible to anyone with internet. It also highlights the middleman dilemma, where the lack of regulation raises trust issues, while acknowledging the potential for innovation and improved security in the future.
Cialdini's book is uncomfortable reading — not because it's dark, but because you start recognising the moves being played on you in real time.
Effective implementation is crucial for any corporate strategy to succeed. Companies often struggle navigating change due to internal resistance and lack of urgency. To foster successful change, CEOs must establish a compelling vision, build strong teams, promote a positive future, address roadblocks, celebrate small wins, and ensure changes are integrated into daily routines.
Lior Zoref didn't just write a book about crowdsourcing — he crowdsourced the book itself. That's either a gimmick or a proof of concept. It turned out to be the latter.
John Doerr didn't invent OKRs. Andy Grove did. But Doerr brought them to Google — and then wrote the book that taught the rest of the world why they work. Here's what stuck with me.
Strategic thinking is often perceived as an innate skill, but it can be developed through practice and learning. Key traits of strategic thinkers include curiosity, clarity in problem-solving, openness to ideas, prioritization of important tasks, risk awareness, decisiveness, and a passion for learning. Developing these traits can enhance one's strategic capabilities.
Simon Sinek's central argument is simple and quietly radical: people don't buy what you do, they buy why you do it. The implications for leadership turn out to be significant.
Verne Harnish's Scaling Up is a sobering read. Growth, it turns out, doesn't solve your problems — it amplifies them. Here's what the book taught me about building something that actually lasts.
Eric Ries didn't just write a startup manual. He reframed what it means to learn — and once you see it that way, the method applies almost everywhere.
In 2009, the author dedicated 11 months to learning various software languages, design skills, and business strategies. Emphasizing that learning should become a habit, they advocate for continuous self-improvement without fear of initial failure. Ultimately, they argue that acquiring knowledge enriches one’s thinking and problem-solving abilities, making learning an enjoyable lifelong journey.
Do advertisements persuade you enough to buy a product? Not all advertisements translate into purchase, especially TV ads because you are sitting at home when watching it and there is no way to buy it then and there. So the key goals for ads is to maintain 'top of mind' , so when you actually go for... Continue Reading →
Interactive marketing is content marketing on steroids. When creating great content you are expecting it to invoke emotions and hence leading to the desired action from the viewers of the content. Good Content is Better Marketing But with interactive marketing you are watching this as this happens and you could also control the emotional journey of your... Continue Reading →
Learning anything is possible for anyone, but each of us go through a different journey. Here is an infographic showing how an expert becomes one..
The International Day of Peace also unofficially known as World Peace Day, is observed on 21 September annually . Dedicated to world peace, specifically the absence of war and violence, is at times occasioned by a temporary ceasefire in an active combat zone to allow humanitarian aid access. But many of us living in non-war... Continue Reading →
Many believed that SCM or mainly Delivery had come to a stand still and the only thing that can improve this was if someone invented 'teleportation'. But DRONES for delivery, that is something cool! The Great Evolution of Deliveries via Endicia Featured image credits: Edited by harishb07.com Aircraft photo by bribri/ CC BY/Marker-ed Drone photo by... Continue Reading →
The data in this infographic is updated only till 2011 but still a really an excellent collection of information. Featured image by dno1967b / CC BY / Texturize
The CEO of Vooza gave this funny key note at a conference recently, it really cracked me up.. If you haven't heard of Vooza before, they make funny videos on tech companies, check out their website http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ry4d2HQqXfA
Chrome Remote Desktop always allowed us to remotely access our machine from another laptop or PC easily. Now this is possible via our Android Smartphone or Tablet. This service is free to use especially compared to the costly tool called Parallels Access. You can get started by enabling your Windows PC or Mac machine with remote access with the Chrome Web Store... Continue Reading →
Facebook launches - Facebook Audience Insights, which is a new tool that can be exploited by marketers, by giving us insights about our potential or present customers, thereby allowing us to tailor the message to them in a better way. Once you choose the type of audience you can analyse details and get insights on... Continue Reading →
Interbrand is very well renowned for their ability to create and manage brands as key assets. They also evaluate the most valued brands every year and for those who have not seen this here is the list of the top 5 brands (remember, these are not valuation of the company on the whole but the valuation of just... Continue Reading →
Imagine having a digital assistant who based on your past behaviour, flawlessly manages your schedule, informs others how busy you are, predict when you will finish a particular task and reschedules the next tasks accordingly. Imagine an elevator which based a persons movement near it calculates the probability of the person needing the elevator and... Continue Reading →
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