A recent annoying trend is asking for phone numbers everywhere even if it is for having a tea. I was once refused a sale in one of the retail chains when I said I don’t have a phone number just to avoid sharing the number; but because of the commotion…

I have tried learning through various online platforms, many of them say it is self paced learning or make it such a way that you attend courses live at specific time. I have never kept up with the learning schedule except for one tool, which is Duolingo. Duolingo is pleasantly…

A lot has been discussed about QC and QA but the way I explain to people is to use a story I read in my school days. The story is One of the big enterprises wanted to replace the bulbs in their factories with a more efficient one which will…

I recently went to a public sector bank for some account related work. I was stumped by how behind they were in operational stuff compared to the modern digitalised ones. …

In some professional settings, when I had to meet new people; often during the greeting people say “Hi, I am ABC and I am the << insert fancy title>>” and look back at me, while my responsibilities were at similar level I did not have a fancy title. …

MS Dhoni recently retired from cricket. He was one of the few sportspersons who demonstrated that concentrating on the basics of all around aspects of the game like psychology, fitness, coaching etc made him accomplish so much as a captain. (ICC test no 1, champions trophy, t20 world cup, 50…

I have been taking conference calls using wifi when I had a subscription of a 256kbps connection. Before smart phones, I was the only one using wifi at home and most of the times my voice calls just went through. …

New technologies mostly aim at improving efficiency mostly by automation, in many cases of disruption they create jobs for people not even experienced in that line of business. I grew up in Coimbatore where there are a lot of entrepreneurs/self employed people around on multiple scales and domains. My observation…

I recently got a chance to read this book You 3.0 by Anand Tamboli and Amit Dangle. The thing that stood out for me in this book was the nice mix of quotes, anecdotes, bullets and explanations followed with summary of actionable points at the end of each chapter. …