Don’t get lazy

This was something my professor told me several years ago and I didn’t make sense of it back then. Now I realize the power of what he said. And I think it applies to you too My colleague Ajay Singh at a get together last week. He continued People like us worry a...

Both 

Should we go after 18-24yrs or 25-35yrs?  Should we go after market 1 or market 2?  Should we focus on mobile or desktop?  Should we focus on merchant or customer?  Should I focus on work or life? Both is wrong  Both is the average  Both...

Earning respect

Your colleague invites you to her wedding, by sending a personal email with the invitation card attached  Response 1: Open the email  Read it Reply back  “Thanks <insert colleague name>  Congratulations on your upcoming wedding. I am...

Gut 

Gut is an awesome thing  It supercedes data It drives immediate action  It’s based on experience  It’s already rationalized  It’s you  Your judgement  Precisely the reasons why gut is also a bad thing  Because most...

Excel sheet leadership 

If, as a leader, you take all your decisions based on excel sheets, devoid of emotional labor, you are a victim of excel sheet leadership.  Here is the deal about excel sheet leadership.  It’s an oxymoron. It doesn’t exist.  The hard part is...