I lived in books more than I lived anywhere else
“I want to be doing something different. I want to get promoted to the next role?” Yesterday, I was chatting with this young woman who asked, what is a very common question. Our career conversations usually tend to start with what “WE want” Ironically though, you tend to progress faster when you start with “What …
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100% Is Easier Than 98% … it’s easier to hold to your principles 100% of the time than it is to hold to them 98% of the time. Going the extra mile than the majority is what differentiates one in a normal distribution. It is quite easy to get lost in the middle – Be that …
Two Women who break stereotypes. One, a Spy. And Two World Wars between them. Based on the enthralling historical account of the ‘queen of spies’, French secret agent who went by the Pseudonym, Alice Dubois ended up running a network of 100+ agents The book takes creative liberty with new characters entwined within this and …
What makes the Metaverse different from a Virtual World – 7 essential ingredients. Our marketing professor once used an analogy with Second Life during a session Second life is an online platform that allows people to create an avatar for themselves and have a well, second life in an online virtual world. “Would you care …
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The book that introduced us to the original Metaverse “This Snow Crash thing–is it a virus, a drug, or a religion?” Juanita shrugs. “What’s the difference?” It is astounding that Neal Stephenson could envision a world that seamlessly merges the physical and the virtual – way back in 1992 ‘Hiro Protagonist delivers pizza in real …
Playing the long game In my first job, I ended up weeping in the restroom within the first 3 months My team lead was a stickler for writing good code and rightly so. He added comments like a pro. The first time he reviewed mine, he edited, formatted and deleted parts of it. He didn’t …
Day 6 – #30daysofWeb3 Learning Challenge Who will control the software that powers the internet with Web 3.0? Can decentralisation move the narrative from ‘Don’t be evil’ to ‘Can’t be evil’? 5 key take-aways Sources below #1 Over the 35 years lifespan of the internet, control gradually shifted from the open-source protocols to proprietary services …
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What is the one thing that makes exceptional leaders? Earlier in my career, I reached out to a women leader – someone I admired but didn’t know at all. She chose to make time for someone who wanted to be her. In my raw ambition, I told her my grand career plans and all that …
5 tips to manage your time as a working parent How do you manage time is one of the top questions I get. Especially from working mothers. My time isn’t mine alone. You can have a well planned calendar and the kid can throw a fit. There are always things to do, classes to get …
How do I become the CEO? ‘What got you here, won’t get you there’ is a brilliant book on the topic of scaling as a leader. The idea being, what helped you in your individual contributor journey may not be the same traits that could help you navigate the C suite So what qualities differentiates …