Category: Professional

Book Review: Lord Ganesha’s Laptop

Lord Ganesha’s Laptop: Building a radically adaptive IT Organisation in India: An expat’s story is an engrossing story of how the return ticket for an International trip got extended from 6 months to 18 long years. This is the story of an aspiring engineer who spent the prime of his career in a foreign country building an Agile enterprise from scratch. This is the …

Find the Watering Hole

Be it a new role, a new company or a new domain, Transitions can be hard. Transitions teleport you to unfamiliar territories. It is usually the consequence of the sage advice to get out of comfort zones. But transitions are inevitable for growth. One of the best advice that I have ever received on tackling transitions, something that I take very seriously and follow …

Career Lessons from the movie – Cast Away

Cast Away is an Adventure/Drama from 2000 which has beautifully captured the journey of Chuck Noland a FedEx executive marooned in an uninhabited island. It is a wonderful movie which has a lot of career lessons embedded in it.

It has been a very inspiring movie at various times in my career. I have tried to capture the essence of lessons learnt from it in the post. Do share your thoughts and experience around how one deals with career challenges. After all, we are all in it together.

5S Application & Mindspace

It was a designed silence on online platforms over the last two months. I was transitioning into my new role in the last two months. During this period, I had planned to set aside some time to retrospect, reflect & reset certain aspects of my life. I wanted to share one such thought today in this post. One interesting reflection that emanated from having …

Steering Clear of the Digital Transformation Debacle

When a Digital Transformation Project ends up “successfully” but customer feels like he did not achieve what he actually needed, it is nothing less than a debacle, considering the time, money and the effort involved in the implementation of the same.

This is one of the top 5 reasons listed as barriers to success in Digital Transformation journey in recently commissioned Wipro Digital Transformation Survey 2019.

In this article, I explore what enterprises can do to avoid getting into this zone. Read on and share your views. Would love to have a conversation on this…

PM Vs Tech vs UX – Panel at PLF Bangalore

It was super exciting to be a speaker and moderate the panel at Product Leaders Forum, Bangalore last Friday. The panelists, Santosh Shukla, Nishant Choudhary, Himanshu Joshi, Sumit Sonal & Prasad Velagareddi brought in a lot experience, diversity and variety to the conversation. I thoroughly enjoyed the preparation & actual event equally. I did want to capture some of the aspects i enjoyed through this journey, so jotted a few lines capturing the same.

Thanks to Subhajit Paul, Madhurima Saha, Mohit Agarwal , all organisers & Volunteers who made this wonderful event possible .

Zinda Ho Tum

Life is full of ups and downs. Especially when it is an off day, and you are grappling to come to terms with challenges, difficulties, barriers in front of you. This beautiful piece from the movie Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara, is a wonderful listen.

Dilon Mein Tum Apni Betaabiyan Leke Chal Rahe Ho
Toh Zinda Ho Tum
Nazar Mein Khwaabon Ki Bijliyan Leke Chal Rahe Ho
Toh Zinda Ho Tum
Hawa Ke Jhokon Ke Jaise Azaad Rehno Seekho
Tum Ek Dariya Ke Jaise Lehron Mein Behna Seekho
Har Ek Lamhe Se Tum Milo Khole Apni Baahein
Har Ek Pal Ek Naya Samaa Dekhe Yeh Nigaahein
Jo Apni Aankhon Mein Hayraniya Leke Chal Rahe Ho
Toh Zinda Ho Tum
Dilon Mein Tum Apni Betaabiyan Leke Chal Rahe Ho
Toh Zinda Ho Tum
 

How Exaggerated Constraints can help bring disruptive innovation?

In building products we often come across constraints. Whether it is technical constraint, a business constraint, a statutory constraint or financial constraint, it impedes our activity. It is often these constraints that leads to innovation. When the vision is sacrosanct, and achieving the goal is the only option, innovation appears, disguised as constraints. When the vision is sacrosanct, and achieving the goal is the …

Hitting Adversities for a Six – Prof. Hawking Way

I had heard about Prof. Stephen Hawking, knew he was a great “scientist”. I had also seen his appearances in American sitcom The Big Bang Theory. During one of my conversations with Prof Shaleel, we started discussing about Prof.Stephen Hawking. Intrigued by this, I started learning more about him. I caught up with a few videos of his life including his famous Ted Talk, …

Her side of the story – Monica Lewinsky

When the world seems to be up against you, how does one, stand his/her ground? When it seems that everything has come to a standstill how do you rev your engine up? What does it take to stand up for yourself and your dignity. Here’s Monica Lewinsky courageously telling the world, her side of the story.