I lived in books more than I lived anywhere else
“When the Black Death plague entered England in 1348, the Scots up north laughed at their good fortune. With the English crippled by disease, now was a perfect time for Scotland to stage an attack on its neighbor. The Scots huddled together thousands of troops in preparation for battle. Which, of course, is the worst …
Kevin Kelly is quite a super star. He is one of those people Tim Ferriss mentioned in his podcast around 5 years ago that I still recall. Because he wrote one of the most brilliant posts I have ever come across that I recommend everyone reads – 1000 True fans He shares what he calls …
Chitra Gurjar and I recently had a great conversation on her podcast ‘Software People Stories’ about a myriad topics…. Human-centered AI and Tech, leadership, how product management complements my analytics role, being comfortable with ambiguity…. to my dad who will always my north-star and of-course books! And most importantly a topic that I increasingly realize is …
Podcast – On Human centered AI, Leadership and Getting more women into Analytics Read More »
Have you heard the story of how Airbnb funded their startup with cereal boxes. So I heard this oh-so-smart story of how AirBnB emerged from the cusp of doom in Guy Raz’ book – ‘How I built this’ After their failed attempt at getting people to book through Air Bed and Breakfast (as it …
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Can the post COVID world address income inequality in supercities? There are three trends that the a16z report addresses in this respect – albeit from a US lens #1Supercities and the Workforce — and how it ties to inequality. Think cities such as San Francisco. Or in India – Bangalore. Think about the impact of …
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Book 11/52 2021 Book – Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don’t Know Genre – Analysis and Strategy, Personal Transformation #reviewswithranjani #podshortschallenge Rating – 3.75/5 This is another brilliant book from Adam Grant. In THINK AGAIN, Adam Grant brings together research and anecdotes to help us learn how to stay need …
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“Planning is Guessing Unless you are a fortune teller, long-term business planning is a fantasy. There are too many factors that are out of your hands – market conditions, competitors, customers, economy etc. Writing a plan makes you feel in control of things you can’t actually control. At best, it is guess work. It tells …
Friday Book Recommendation : Rework – Changing the way you work Read More »
Do you know that feeling of Guilt combined with Fear? The kind that envelops you when you know you are wasting time glued to your screen instead of studying for an impending exam. That probably is normal [and requisite] if there is a exam to write the next day. I felt that almost on a …
𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐨𝐝𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐲 10𝐗 I have been trying this new hack out after I read Canadian Astronaut, Chris Hadfield, talk about how they use this in space training And it works. Gearing up for a huge presentation, interview or game? – Doing this one …
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𝐒𝐨, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐚 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐚-𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭? 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 There is an abundance of online content/MOOC’s that talk about technical skills that need to be picked up around Math, Programming and ML They are good skill-sets – Absolutely. But picking up skills that cannot …
So, you want to be a data scientist- 7 fundamental questions you can ask yourself Read More »