Understanding the context before saying – Yikes!
The other day at home, I walked up to the lunch table, saw a box of sweets and instantly said ‘Yikes!’. My mother and my wife gave me looks...
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The other day at home, I walked up to the lunch table, saw a box of sweets and instantly said ‘Yikes!’. My mother and my wife gave me looks...
Last week my wife’s laptop charger stopped working. It was late in the evening and she was working on something critical, when her laptop went out of charge. She...
This week, I had an interesting conversation with a very senior individual who has invested in multiple organizations. The conversation was around how, in today’s competitive market many organizations...
This week saw some interesting news on trends and forecast of changes happening due to automation in our workplaces. There were three articles in particular that got me thinking...
This one is from my initial shipping days. We were sailing in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean when suddenly the engine of the VLCC (very large crude carrier)...
It is the Indian Premier League (IPL) season and like all previous years, this year too there is excitement, animated discussions between colleagues at work, between friends after work,...
The other day, I was at the airport early in the morning, dropping my parents. As you may know, the Bangalore airport gets very busy in the early hours...
This post is in continuation to my last week’s post, ‘Hands open or fist closed leader’. Many of us have had bosses who are ‘fist closed’ leaders. Dealing with...
A very wise person once told me, ‘when you try to hold sand in your hands, you have two choices. You can either try and close your fist, in...
I once had a manager tell me during my appraisal, ‘Vivek, you have great potential, your intent is good but there are some very fundamental things that you are...