I lived in books more than I lived anywhere else
What was your first job? The first couple of roles we play have an inordinate amount of influence on our careers. To how we work, what we end up doing and the leaders we then become (or don’t want to become:)) And that, therefore, should be an intentional choice to make. I loved Deborah Liu …
Why do folks feel unhappy about their careers? If you think deeply, most of the unhappiness stems from dissonance. Dissonance between what we are doing and what we think we should be doing. The goal, then is to keep that gap as small as possible. How does one do that? Through a lot of things. …
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“Franz Kafka, the story goes, encountered a little girl in the park where he went walking daily. She was crying. She had lost her doll and was desolate. Kafka offered to help her look for the doll and arranged to meet her the next day at the same spot. Unable to find the doll he …
How much do you focus on existing product performance vs future big bets? And what folks like your or I can do differently within our organisations? In a classic, Geoffrey Moore’s Stanford video talks about how companies build the escape velocity to move beyond the successes and pull from the past? We all have read …
A mentor once told me a secret To do well at the workplace And in life ‘Assuming Goodwill’ Conflicts and disagreements at workplaces, are inevitable There are two ways in which I have seen people handle such – Victimhood and Cynicism The former assumes the mentality of blame – that makes one lose a sense …
Ajay was a lead I had in one of my early roles. Razor-sharp and focussed – he truly emulated the paradigm – “Work like a lion rather than graze like a cow” I recall him telling me to optimise for energy vs time That as a morning person, he started his day quite early – …
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What if ‘Humankind is given a Universal Basic Income’? The thought was partly triggered because I had just read Daniel Susskind’s ‘A World Without Work’ And because I love futuristic technology and I wonder about things like why we work beyond it being a means of sustenance And about how our jobs are so tied …
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Have you wondered why we work 40 hour work weeks? As recent as early 1900’s, industrial era worked clocked in close to 100 hours. What drove the change in standards? I was listening to Rory Sutherland‘s brilliant interview in the podcast – Diary of the CEO, where he called out this quirky fact In 1926, …
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How to be more productive – 3 Tips you can try this week #The Idea Dump : I learnt this first from James Altucher who recommends carrying a notebook to capture all the thoughts and ideas that cross your mind. Over time, he says, you train your brain to become an ‘idea machine’ #2Important vs …
I think the first time I met Guru Bhat was at a conference where he spoke about the Art of Storytelling. I was absolutely blown away by his depth and charisma as a leader, and the intense self awareness and knowledge, he exudes Since then, I have followed everything he has written on LinkedIn – …
PIVOT #LeaderTalks – Supporting Women Scale into Leadership as an Ally ft Guru Bhat Read More »