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...

Ideas

Received an email yesterday. A fellow entrepreneur wants to get into the gifting space. Wants to offer 2 hour delivery and only brands. Because no one else is serving this need.  Here is the deal No one starts a business saying I will deliver bad products and I...

Everything that happens

Everything that happens, happens for a reason  Perhaps true.  Everything that happens, happens for the good Perhaps true.  If you wait long enough, everything will explain itself. Everything will settle.  But is that the best use of your...

What is respect?

The reality of firing is not that of capability. It’s rarely that.  It’s that of a value mismatch. The value that is being added is lesser than expected or the strengths possessed are not valued enough.  The same value can be significant...

Problem with the 5% 

I have a golden rule for policy making Solve for the 95%, not for the 5% Look around you. Most rules and policies are drafted to curb the 5% that deviate. Not to acknowledge the 95% that adhere. No car blinds for the 5% rapists  Punch cards for the 5% free loaders  25...