E91 – Do it for the Sake of it
A few days after losing, Novak Djokovic told his coach, Marián Vajda, that he decided to quit playing tennis. To know what happened next, listen…
E90 – Panenka and the action bias
Have situations like these ever happened to you? (A) You land up at a doctor’s clinic with atypical symptoms that do not immediately threaten your health. The…
E89 – SUBTRACT In a World of Addition Bias
Let’s say you are a marketing manager with a portfolio of 15 brands across three categories. Revenues are under pressure. You are thinking of what…
E88 – The Diderot effect – Why we want things we don’t need
Has something like this ever happened to you?
You bought something. Say a new car.
And then…
E87 – Mitigated Speech, Power Distance Index (PDI) and an Air Crash
Imagine you are the first officer in the cockpit of a flight. The ATC has been highlighting some storm clouds…
E86 – Own Backyard
Let’s imagine you are in an unfortunate situation where there is a medical emergency. Someone in the family needs help. You have never faced this situation earlier.
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…
E25 – Miasma ?
In 1846 Dr. Ignaz Semmelweis was an assistant doctor at Vienna General Hospital which had two maternity wards 1 with interns being trained, & the other midwives are trained. Many pregnant women were dying at child birth due to ‘puerperal fever’ or childbed fever…