I lived in books more than I lived anywhere else
Company first – Business Unit Next – Team Third – Individual Last Always. Always think in that order. If you are a working individual solving a problem, always put the company hat first when you think through the solution If you are a hiring manager, please hire for folks with this outlook. If you are …
A Thread Do we value speed or intuition? “Deep Blue didn’t win by being smarter than a human; it won by being millions of times faster than a human. Deep Blue had no intuition” 2. Do we really know how the brain produces a mind? One of the things I have oft pondered about is …
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What can startups learn about product lifecycle from Netflix’ recent Venture Into Gaming Netflix’s is an interesting case study to all startups on how to own the product lifecycle Broadening prospects and identifying new revenue streams once they reached the maturity stage #Stage1 They started with DVD sales and rentals [ a now declined and …
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You could be a people manager or an individual contributor but this holds true nonetheless. When setting goals for self or the team – Set 2 types of goals 80-20 goals and 50-50 goals What does that mean? – A 80-20 goal is one that is 80% likely to get done. It allows realistic completion …
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Do you know this thing when you are scrolling through mails and intend to get back to some of them. And then you never do. Or you do and you need to read again to understand the context. One of the hacks that works with this is the 2 minute rule. It is simple – …
Have you heard Baz Luhrmann’s Sunscreen Song? “Advice, like youth, probably just wasted on the young”, commonly known by the title “Wear Sunscreen” was written as a hypothetical commencement speech by columnist Mary Schmich As relevant today as it was 10 years ago. Probably the only thing I had stuck on my walls when in …
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“Only 22% of companies using machine learning have successfully deployed a model”. says a Deeplearning(dot)ai report What makes it so hard? And what do we need to do to improve the situation? A thread – #1 ML is code using data. Not just code. #2 Output of the models are dependent on the data it …
What is the best piece of advice you have received? ‘You are over-indexed on books . Make time to connect with people to learn more’ We were once discussing an article about how Adobe’s CEO, Shantanu Narayen relies on mentors forged through years of relationships for help in navigating everything And one of the leaders I …
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The Voice in your head and the stories we tell ourselves ..Why did I miss adding the critical point during the presentation?…. …why hasn’t he called me back yet…. ” What I if let her go and she gets hurt… “As humans, we may talk to ourselves at a rate equivalent to speaking 4,000 words …
What is the one thing that top executives do extremely well? I once asked a senior women leader (I hugely admire) – “Where do you focus your personal energy as you grow as a leader?” Pat came her answer, ” On Asking Good Questions” At the outset this may seem surprising since we rise through …
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