Jan 26, 2023
Summertime soldier
It was 2011. The government debt crisis in the EU had reached a stage that required the bailout of several countries long thought to be...
Dec 21, 2022
Handling year-end appraisals
For many, it is that time of the year again for festivities and holidays. However, it is also the time of the year for many companies to...
Aug 6, 2022
Soft skills, soft skills.
[Adapted from something I saw off the Internet recently.]
Jul 30, 2022
Brand equity
The Lamborghini brand sixty years ago was not known as the luxury car brand it is commonly associated with today. They were actually...
Jul 24, 2022
Sitting in a glass box
Management is: Get it done, follow-up, discipline, planning, analysis, facts, facts, facts. It’s [getting] the right people in the room,...
Feb 28, 2021
My oblivious friends...
Reaffirming point #36 in my forty takeaways last year: Most of the people around me keep trying to tell me what's good for me or how I...
Feb 14, 2021
The ability to just do and get things done
The last few weeks had been a huge tailspin for me. I relate it to a multitude of challenges compounded upon each other - first, the...
Dec 26, 2020
Complicated storytelling
This is true for many investment banks. And people pay for complexity. But it's an odd world: Founders chasing publicity on social media,...
Dec 22, 2020
I am just a brick-layer.
“Rome wasn’t built in a day but they were laying bricks every hour.” "The problem is that it can be really easy to overestimate the...
Aug 22, 2020
Creating value
in starting up any business or career, one needs to first understand your role within the firm - are you a small gear or a large gear...