Spilled Water, Sharp Wit, and a Lesson in Leadership

A spilled glass. A damp strategy plan. And a CEO who cracked a line that lit up the room. A story about humour, leadership, and the gold in the cracks.

Decline Creep: The Slow Slide You Never See Coming

It starts with settling—choosing comfort over challenge, convenience over growth. The fire that once pushed you forward dims, not because you chose to give up, but because you stopped choosing to push.

Unlearning for Success in an AI-Driven World: Why Past Wins Can Hold You Back

..our car had been halted by an avalanche. Workers were labouring to clear the road, knowing full well that another could strike at any moment. That’s the nature of avalanches—sudden, disruptive, and unforgiving.

Learning from Experience: A Leadership Journey in Stories

Some conversations stay with you long after they end. They challenge you, nudge you, and sometimes, quietly reshape your thinking.

AI Natives Are Here: Are You Keeping Up?

Travel For Growth

Every time I have stood in the queue of a land where I clearly am ‘foreign’ irrespective of the passport I hold, I learn something new. Especially so, when am not peering into my phone or consumed by the desire to see more.

Arrivals and Departures

Every departure is its own arrival. And every arrival, a departure. To learn hard things quickly, you must focus intensely without distraction. To learn, in other words, is an act of deep work.

Why am I interested in the future?

William Gibson said it well. The future is already here - it is just not very evenly distributed. So, how do we make sense of our aspirations of the future?

It’s Not What You Work On—It’s How You Do It

The Lotus Leaf and the Droplet: A Quiet Lesson in Life