I am not alone

I was at the TEDx IITRoorkee this weekend and as always loved my time with young minds What’s becoming increasingly obvious is that this generation in under immense pressure. The nature of questions thrown at me by the students reaffirmed this opinion. At the...

What was I thinking?

How many times has it happened that you looked at the past and went, “What was I thinking?” “That was so obvious. How did I miss it?” “I can’t believe I didn’t see that” You did see it. You saw it loud and clear But at...

iPhone X launched and…

There are a lot of conspiracy theories on how apple might be purposely playing with the software of existing iPhones, when a new one launches Reports of phones slowing down, sudden problems – are all well documented. Of course never proven to be true. Here is a...

Why predictable incentives don’t work too well

I see incentives as an intersection of two traits How predictable are they? How accurate are they? Predictability: Do I know of them beforehand Can I predict what they are Do I have an understanding of how it works Accuracy: Are they correctly measured? Are they...

Was he a success, or failure?

In 1983, a talented young guitarist was kicked out of his band. With apparently no warning. Handed over a bus ticket and told to go back home, 2 days before the band’s first recording On the journey back home, the guitarist, just as all of us, started speaking...

Rush hour

It takes me 40 mins to reach work everyday Anytime of the day The road is a smooth ride – traffic but not enough to stall. A 30km stretch with no red lights. But every now and then, someone with a sense of urgency will go berserk Change lanes Honk Brake...