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  • Why goofing up with April is risky? March 27, 2021 08:55 AM IST

    Why goofing up with April is risky?

    April is more than the Fool’s Day. It is the month of beginnings, a month of new starts, a month that sets the tone for the year ahead, for people as well as businesses. It is the time to plan, learn, reflect and grow.

  • The invisible hard skill that one must adopt    March 20, 2021 09:06 AM IST

    The invisible hard skill that one must adopt  

    Almost everything that we do—at home or work—can be done better yet we do not look at improving habits. ‘Improve’ is the hardest skill to follow but if done, it can be magnificently rewarding.

  • Sunil Gavaskar, Madhuri Mishra and lessons in influence  March 13, 2021 09:16 AM IST

    Sunil Gavaskar, Madhuri Mishra and lessons in influence 

    It is not only social media that makes an influencer. It is the resolve, the purpose and the consistency in work that makes an influencer.  

  • 3 Lego lessons to keep entropy in check March 06, 2021 07:48 AM IST

    3 Lego lessons to keep entropy in check

    Large organisations create teams to address the problem of entropy. But there are processes that bind all teams into a large one—making a big room full of Lego blocks. That’s why startups are agile. They are the small rooms of fewer Lego blocks.

  • Moral Intelligence—a trait of a remarkable leader February 28, 2021 09:01 AM IST

    Moral Intelligence—a trait of a remarkable leader

    Right and wrong taught as values remain the compass for decisions that define moral intelligence. Like in life, in business, too, a moral intelligence lapse leaves a hole in the company’s trust and value systems.

  • Are you a choice architect? February 20, 2021 09:02 AM IST

    Are you a choice architect?

    Informed choices are important in life and in business. In the second of a two-part series on behavioural economics, we look at choice architecture, the practice of influencing choices.

  • Changing behaviour—one mime at a time February 13, 2021 08:16 AM IST

    Changing behaviour—one mime at a time

    In the first of a two-part series on behavioural economics, we discuss how influencing behaviour can have a wide-spread impact—from saving lives to conserving water.

  • Cricket, GameStop and new rules of risk decisions February 06, 2021 09:08 AM IST

    Cricket, GameStop and new rules of risk decisions

    Rules have changed, a new democracy has taken shape and it is here to stay across all walks of life, including cricket and stock markets.

  • Why you must not call yourself an expert? January 30, 2021 08:22 AM IST

    Why you must not call yourself an expert?

    Try being an adaptive expert who applies knowledge effectively to find solutions to novel or atypical problems

  • 3 must-know growth tenets from prepaid mobile success January 24, 2021 12:29 PM IST

    3 must-know growth tenets from prepaid mobile success

    Understanding the consumer behaviour responsible for the success of prepaid mobile adoption in India offers a peek into the evolution of current and future services

  • You can change the game with a 'nudge' January 17, 2021 12:28 PM IST

    You can change the game with a 'nudge'

    A nudge predictably alters behaviour without forbidding any option or significantly changing economic incentives. To count as a nudge, the intervention must be easy—putting the fruit at eye level is a nudge, banning junk food isn’t.

  • A leadership skill that I saw in a thief January 09, 2021 09:06 AM IST

    A leadership skill that I saw in a thief

    Courage and fear co-exist and managing the balance between the two is the key to our success.

  • Survival of the fittest, err, the fitter  December 27, 2020 07:26 AM IST

    Survival of the fittest, err, the fitter 

    We not only need physical fitness but also mental fitness. It is about looking inward and thinking how to grow fitter. It is about the fittest, not the fittest among us, but a fitter version of our own.

  • The terrific value of inversion thinking December 19, 2020 01:41 PM IST

    The terrific value of inversion thinking

    Sometimes when there is too much clutter, there is no clear thinking. Like in designing, where we need to value the negative space, we need to pay attention to negative space in thoughts as well.

  • The magic of creative confidence December 12, 2020 10:42 AM IST

    The magic of creative confidence

    Creativity is not just about painting or being an artist, it is about thinking. Creative thinking gives birth to ideas, which are vital not only for business but also for day-to-day life.

  • Please pay your complete attention to attention December 05, 2020 08:00 AM IST

    Please pay your complete attention to attention

    Attention is not merely staying focused on the task at hand but is also how to process other information in the brain.

  • The enormous value of note-taking in being successful November 29, 2020 09:50 PM IST

    The enormous value of note-taking in being successful

    Taking notes makes a remarkable difference when you make it a part of your learning ladder. It helps retain knowledge better, which further helps the mind to build interconnected mental maps or models.

  • Extraordinary work will make you see a new perspective November 21, 2020 01:37 PM IST

    Extraordinary work will make you see a new perspective

    Purpose-driven work creates a competitive advantage for businesses as well as people. To work with empathy is a powerful purpose. Adapt it.

  • Six reasons why WFH is not working November 14, 2020 08:11 AM IST

    Six reasons why WFH is not working

    Office space gets you a landing strip for you to move away from other things and enter a work zone.

  • Learning lessons from big, remarkable events November 07, 2020 02:06 PM IST

    Learning lessons from big, remarkable events

    Learning grows on learning. The more you learn, the more growth you experience.

  • Weddings, chaos and 3 must-know principles of entropy   October 31, 2020 08:56 AM IST

    Weddings, chaos and 3 must-know principles of entropy  

    A business needs to not only lead by goal orientation but also keep entropy low by providing incentives, training, metrics for performance measurement, etc to keep it on track.  

  • Risks and decisions—you need to know these lessons October 24, 2020 09:14 AM IST

    Risks and decisions—you need to know these lessons

    The ‘risk hai toh ishq hai’ line from the web series Scam 1992-The Harshad Mehta is a reminder—of the power of timely decisions, alertness towards our availability bias and our circle of competence.

  • Special offer on the grand gesture—your free superpower October 17, 2020 09:08 AM IST

    Special offer on the grand gesture—your free superpower

    As our life seems more static than growing, designing joy purposefully will bring in energy. Designing joy in small things is nice but grand activities will stimulate mind and body.

  • These 3 simple practices will make you nurture a growth mindset October 10, 2020 08:00 AM IST

    These 3 simple practices will make you nurture a growth mindset

    Changing our beliefs can have a powerful impact. The passion for stretching yourself and sticking to it, even (or especially) when it’s not going well, is the hallmark of the growth mindset.

  • Sure-fire strategic genius of fighter pilot John Boyd October 03, 2020 12:22 PM IST

    Sure-fire strategic genius of fighter pilot John Boyd

    In the entrepreneurial world, you do not wait for a perfect product or a service. You observe the space, orient your offer and decide a course of action.