I lived in books more than I lived anywhere else
What NOT to say in an email? LinkedIn News recently had an post about passive aggressive phrases to avoid in emails. Do you use any of these? – Per last email – For Future reference – Bumping this to the top of your inbox… – Just to be sure we are on the same page… …
Communicating better at work – Write better emails Read More »
I thought I wanted to work in Marketing and drive Go-to-market strategy in my first role. As management trainees, we rotated across roles in the first year and I was assigned as the product manager to drive Product Usage and Retention for my State. It involved number crunching day in and out – analyzing customer …
“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 »
#ReviewswithRanjani #PODSHORTS Genre – NonFiction – Innovation Book 38/52 Book – Medici Effect, What Elephants and Epidemics Can Teach Us About Innovation The Medici Effect : What Elephants and Epidemics Can Teach Us About Innovation Diversity drives innovation – We’ll today talk about how break through insights lies at the intersection of ideas, fields …
#ReviewswithRanjani #PODSHORTS Genre – NonFiction – Entrepreneurship, Leaderships, Startups Book 36/52 Book – The Monk and the Riddle The Art of Creating a Life While Making a Living – Lessons from a Startup VC “And then there is the most dangerous risk of all- the risk of spending your life not doing what you want …
#ReviewswithRanjani #PODSHORTS Genre – NonFiction – Work, Management Book 33/52 Book – Linchpin, Seth Godin “There used to be two teams in every workplace: management and labour. Now there’s a third team, the linchpins. These people invent, lead (regardless of title), connect others, make things happen, and create order out of chaos. They figure out …
Episode 19 – Are you indispensable? How to be a linchpin in life and in your career? Read More »
#ReviewswithRanjani #PODSHORTS Genre – NonFiction – Work, Management Book 29/52 Book – Dip, Seth Godin “If you are not going to get to #1, you may as well quit now” “Average is for losers” Never quit, he says is bad advice. Winners quit all the time – they just quit the right stuff at the …
Episode 18 – Learning when to quit and when to stick Read More »
#ReviewswithRanjani #PODSHORTS Genre – NonFiction – Management Book 30/52 Book – Decisive, Chip and Dan Heath Should I resign from this job or not? Vs.What do I enjoy doing for my career and how do I get to it? Today at PODSHORTS, we’ll talk about one of the villains of decision making – Avoiding a …
Episode 16 – Avoiding a narrow frame – Should I resign from this job or not? Read More »
#ReviewswithRanjani #PODSHORTS Genre – NonFiction – Work, Management Book 30/52 Book – Decisive, Chip and Dan Heath “Always ooch before you leap!” Think about a student, Steve who has decided to go to pharmacy school. He thinks he likes working in healthcare and he enjoys chemistry. This is thin evidence for such an important decision. …
Episode 17 – Reality Test your assumptions with Ooching Read More »