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Ignore that advice at your own peril
I am obsessed with the question: "What is the problem you are solving?” so you can imagine my delight when I heard Kevin Systrom, the...


What is your Catalytic Mechanism?
I have been working on the Entrepreneur’s BattleBook for two years. Or, rather, I’d better say I have been thinking about it for two...


Want success? Have the difficult conversation!
A few years ago, I found myself in a situation where I had to turn around an organisation that was strongly resistant to change. The team...


Improv for business: Sharing control, doing what needs to be done and acting with kindness
Improv is a great source of wisdom and life philosophy and I was struck by how applicable its principles are when we are trying to...


The secret of peak performers
If you are to read one book this year, I would suggest it is the new Tim Ferriss book “Tools of Titans”, out on 6 December this year. I...


Respect, identity and gratitude
This is personal. I recently had to undergo a small surgery and a number of tests before that. It is something that I have been afraid of...


On knowing what to draw...
I look around and there so many people who are not clear what they want to do and what is their passion. I personally am from the camp...


What happens when the change does not start with the leaders
This cartoon is well known and I thought of it as a cliche for quite a while until i came across this article by Ron Carucci on hbr.org....


How long does it take to become an overnight success?
I have been thinking recently about what is success and how our notions of success are shaped by the media. We hear about the achievement...


Go Beyond the Post-its
I am fascinated a great deal by the parallels of design and running a business. I came across this piece on medium about design muscles...
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