The farther you see, the higher the chances you win. — The world has new masters. Ones that do not dictate your destination, but choose your path anyway. We might own our homes, our cars, even our identities, but we certainly don’t own our opinion. We do not even own the spectacles that show us the world. Can we remember the first time we started…

How To Manage Perception Of Your Product In A World Where Algorithms Are Hated? I sat through multiple scenes of “The Social Dilemma” as the personified algorithms performed technological voodoo on a simple-minded boy to metamorphosize him into an extremist. Devil Incarnate! Horrified is not even close to representing the…

And Tell Your Story… — If your friend asks you the plot of Harry Potter what would you tell? Surely, you will not include the fact that Harry fought the Hungarian Horntail in the Triwizard Tournament, or that Sirius Black was Harry’s godfather. Most likely, your narrative is likely to revolve around Harry and Voldemort. …

How To Remember The Big Ideas, and actually use them…. I read and read… I read fiction to partake in intoxicating journeys with the protagonists and the author. I read non-fiction to learn something new. I read to constantly update my knowledge, absorb new ideas, and improve my skills. At…

No, They Are Not Generalists… — Every time I visit my parents we seem to have the exact same conversation. It is initiated in various forms like “You are a Project Manager right?” or “What do you do in your work?” or “Why do you only do meetings?”. And every time, I take them on a…

Customer-Centricity is not the forte of big-Tech alone I recently visited my Hometown — Ranchi, a small city in India, filled with luscious greenery, cramped roads, and beautiful sceneries. If picnics are your thing, then this is the place to be. Be it a picnic by the babbling brooks, the…

Your users are not all the same. — My Bank’s App is a mess. I do use the App regularly, in fact very regularly. But 99% of the time, I use it to transfer funds. And the rest 1% time for everything else. But here is what my homepage looks like:

Why Are Habits Difficult To Pick and Easy to Abandon? — Do I call myself a runner yet? I have been running regularly for the past eight months. But I am nowhere near to the numbers an average runner has. I am slow even if I can run decently long. It’s not the first time I took up running. I have…

Creating Positive User Emotions For Your Products — The colleague who always runs late for your meetings annoys you. The neighbour playing his music too loud every night just drives you nuts. The friend who gets freshly baked cookies for you to office probably has your adoration. She offered to drop you home after you tried very hard to…