FTX collapsed in November 2022 with $8.9 billion in customer funds missing. The governance failures weren't hidden — they were hiding in plain sight
What FTX’s Collapse Teaches Us About Startup Governance — And Why Nobody Saw It Coming
My Learning From: Extreme Ownership -How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win
Jocko Willink and Leif Babin learned leadership in Ramadi, Iraq — one of the most dangerous places on earth. The principles they brought back turn out to apply almost everywhere else too.
Avoiding Fake Design Thinking: Why Empathy Matters
Design thinking is everywhere in 2022. But most organizations skip the one phase that actually matters. Here's where the real innovation breakthroughs happen.
When a Million Citizens Needed a Product Built in a Pandemic
During the peak of the pandemic, I spearheaded building karnataka fights corona webapp with a team of 60. A letter from the Government of Karnataka followed. This is that story.
Why the Best Innovation Ideas Are Coming From Outside Your Organization
The assumption that competitive advantage requires keeping innovation internal is increasingly wrong. The best ideas today live outside organizational boundaries.
MY LEARNING FROM: Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion, and Purpose
Hsieh didn't just build a shoe company. He built a proof of concept — that culture, not strategy, is the most durable competitive advantage a business can have.
Startup School: Why I Built a Programme to Teach 1,000 People a Year to Think Like Founders
An annual startup school, 1,000+ participants, a venture challenge, real curriculum, and a chance to get funded. Here's why I built it and what it proved about intrapreneurial culture.
Intrapreneurship at Scale: How I Launched Four Internal Startups and Secured Corporate Funding
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.
Champions Circle: What Happens When You Make Invisible Contributions Visible
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.
My Learning From: Mindsharing- The Art of Crowdsourcing Everything
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.
My Learning From: Start With Why – How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action
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.
My Learning From: Scaling Up- How a Few Companies Make It…and Why the Rest Don’t
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.
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