E81 – Think Small not Big
“Think small, not big”, seems to be advice contrary to what we are commonly told…
E80 – The Wisdom of Crowds
When in doubt and data is insufficient who should you ask? If you had two…
E79 – Do you trust your team?
Stories At Work – the weekly series is back with this season’s first story. Imagine that you had hired a new person in your team. In a key project, she tried her…
E54 – Talent Density
I am sure most of us have experienced that colleague who is awesome at his work but impossible to work with. Someone who may be…
E53 – The Power of Tiny Gains
Have you ever wondered why gyms are full in January but empty a month later? Why ambitious goals – write a…
E52 – The Stanford 5$ Experiment
If I gave you Rs. 500 as seed money for a entrepreneurial venture and told you – “you have two hours to make…
E50 – Is this your best?
This is the late 60s, and Henry Kissinger is the National Security Advisor to President Richard Nixon. Winston Lord is his special assistant….
E49 – Relaxing For The Same Results
Derek Sivers is a musician, entrepreneur, and author who became famous for his 3 min TED Talk on how to start a movement. In a podcast, he shares this incident which made him question his A-type personality…..
E48 – Stories do work
It was Monday evening, October 3rd, 2005. Bob Iger, who had recently become the CEO of Disney, was going to give his first presentation to the board. Ten years ago, Disney bought ABC. Iger, who was the Vice President at ABC, was made…
E47 – The Kick of Michael Phelps
It is August 16 2008. The Beijing Olympics are on. Michael Phelps has already won six gold medals. Now he’s on the quest for the record equaling 7th, The 100 meters butterfly. The record for the seven individual goals in a…