Published DB

Portfolio method of Goal-Setting: How to focus on Immediate Deliverables AND Invest in the future

James Clear lists the 4 qualities of a great career & how you can use them to find a one

Atul Gawande’s 3 kinds of errors & what to do when your team makes them

Why your incentives are backfiring & how Pairing Metrics can fix this

What on earth does a CEO do ?

Nimawashi: A Japanese protocol to build consensus for difficult decisions

The 4 principles of how CEOs tame stress

3 traits of successful Startup Founders according to Paul Graham

DORIS: A Framework to define roles for Decisions & Projects

One of the biggest mistakes startups make: Democratic decision making! Why it is so & what to do instead

Hiring executives from established companies rarely works for startups. Here’s why:

These 3 goal-setting changes have harmonised my ambition & my happiness

The 1 question I would always ask if I was hiring a Senior Executive for my Startup

How I ensured we never had bad managers in my startup

Entrepreneurship ≠ Running. Entrepreneurship = Surfing.

People judged my early attempts to bring more Praise & Gratitude in my life. But it was worth it & here’s why

The 8 decisions I had to take to create my first Cohort Based Course (New Manager Academy)

Most first-time Solopreneurs have these same 3 questions. Dagobert has great answers for them

3 things I learnt from the best manager I ever had

Life after stepping down as CEO: 1 year update from my Solopreneur journey

5 things that helped me in my worst periods as CEO

This was my biggest blindspot as CEO & it hurt my company massively. Here’s what I would do differently now

Open Forum: a transformative meeting that most CEOs don’t do & a detailed guide on how to do it

7 things high-performers do in the early stages of their careers (My meme filled session for Stoa school)

How Not for profits can do Cohort Based Courses (CBCs)

The secrets & lessons of DarwinBox, India’s only HR tech unicorn

I was lost in my Solopreneur journey. A course helped me find my way

Pallet: a breathtakingly new approach to hiring

My biggest mistake as a CEO taught me to prefer cats over casinos

Rule of 3 & 10 explains why growing companies seem to be in constant chaos & what to do about it

After a decade as CEO, I want to be neither an employee nor an employer. Here’s what I want to do instead

How Stan Lee’s wife saved his career & in that ended up saving Marvel

Where on earth is online learning working ?

3 insights from how Freshworks built its famous company culture

The 1 Edtech story everyone should know: One Laptop Per Child (OLPC)

The overlooked secret to build a great company culture: Your hiring process

Morgan Housel explains risk & margin of safety using cats falling from buildings