Last week my friend and teammate Prerna asked me what makes me feel that I am growing. The question was a provocation to dive into reflecting on my journey and going into a bit of existential crisis only to be revived by the happy realisation of growing. Here are a…

The first few team members are probably the most important hires in your team. While you need to know that they may or may not stay with you for the entire journey but they do have a very strong impact on the DNA of the organisation. The key idea is…

Companies are built on ideas. However, they sustain because of their people. Having a vision for your team and the organisation's culture is critical for growth. My friend, colleague, coach and mentor Saahil Sood once told me that the important thing when building an early team is knowing who will…

Hello World! I completed 10 years in the development sector this month and I thought of writing this series to share with all of you what I think is the key to moving closer to our mission — building high performing teams. The development sector works differently from the corporate…

If you have someone who is younger than 25 years old on your team and you are not sure of how to work with them then this might be of some help. …

If you know me you know that I am not a big fan of the APS ecosystem. While at the outset the framework of intention looks pretty solid and makes a great business case, in the backdrop of low learning outcomes in public schools and a seemingly willing buying class…

So the other day I was talking to myself, you know the thing you do when your political stand is so well known that no one dares swipe you ‘right’ and you are ‘left’ alone. Anyway, so I was talking to myself and wondering what would this world look like…

Over the last 4 months, the world has been busy fighting a global pandemic and as of today, India has been under complete shutdown for almost 8 weeks. …

I hope you are doing well, and have found your Work from Home sweet spot. It has been more than 4 months since I last published an edition of the Interesting Things. In this edition, I have curated some articles that have enabled me to see the world in a…