This is the first in a series of character origin stories from the Mahabharat. A young prince and his father, the king, are locked up…
No sudden wisdom has dawned on me. No life-altering epiphanies. Birthdays come and birthdays go. This will be just another day and the start of…
A lot has been written about defensibility and moats in businesses. Strategists talk about barriers to entry (resources, patentable technology and processes, expertise, capital) in…
Over a meeting, someone recently asked me to describe the archetype of a product leader. While I answered the question, a broader thought stayed with…
This is the second in a series of essays focused on the future of storytelling: the “Story Stack”. The first one was on the movie…
I recently shared the Possession-Awareness Quadrant framework with a hall full of PMs in the form of a 20-minutes-long talk followed by a quick Q&A…
I am working on a series of essays focused on the future of storytelling: the “Story Stack” – an entire ecosystem that I see developing…
I have been going through a friend’s notes from his favourite classes at NYU’s Stern business school. The notes from Professor Glenn Okun’s classes stand…
One of the ways in which organizations and individuals can assess areas of strength, possible opportunities and blindspots is by plotting their personal and group attributes/ qualities on the Possession – Awareness Quadrant.
People who build products and run them live learn some lessons the hard way. For example: speed and haste are not to be confused with…
One attribute of our education/ social system that has always bothered me is the unnecessary competition that schools and parents foster amongst the children. It…