Leadership insights, thoughts from lived experiences and readings
Today I finished The Motive by Patrick Lencioni, a repeat read. First time I read it was three and half years ago when the book was just published. I read this book to remind myself why I chose to be a people manager or leader. In today's business landscape, leadership has become a term that many aspire to… Continue reading The Motive by Patrick Lencioni
Elon Musk is a name that resonates with innovation, ambition, and the unyielding pursuit of humanity's future in space and renewable energy. In his biography, aptly titled Elon Musk, Walter Isaacson takes readers on a riveting journey into the life and mind of one of the most enigmatic and influential figures of our time. I purchased… Continue reading Elon Musk by Walter Isaacson
The "Iron Triangle" is a concept often used in project management, and it can be applied to software development as well. It represents the three key factors that are interconnected and typically in tension with each other in any project. These factors are: Scope: This refers to the features, functionalities, and requirements of the software… Continue reading The Iron Triangle of Software Development
Greetings, my readers! I have been feeling a bit exhausted in work (work-life balance?) as it has been more than 6 months since my last vacation (Hawaii with my family and parents). So I decided on this long road trip just a month earlier. Here I recount the incredible tale of my 8-day road trip… Continue reading Epic 8-Day Road Trip Adventure to Far Horizons
I first came to know about Kona's Manager Book Club from Alise Faircloth, my colleague at Twin Health. So I joined the May session and the book we discussed in two sessions was Do Nothing by Celeste Headlee. In the second session the author Celeste was present for the last 15 minutes to answer 3 questions that the group submitted ahead… Continue reading Do Nothing by Celeste Headlee as part of Kona’s Manager Book Club May 2023
I finished reading the new edition of The Slight Edge by Jeff Olson that just got released last week. In this book the author provides valuable insights on how to achieve success and happiness in life through consistent, daily actions. Olson believes that the small, seemingly insignificant choices we make every day have a cumulative effect on… Continue reading The Slight Edge by Jeff Olson
I, hereby, declare war against four horsemen of chronic diseases - Cancer, Cardiovascular Diseases (heart diseases), Type 2 Diabetes (I am already a pre-diabetic patient) and Neurological Degenerative Disease like Alzheimer’s. This declaration stems from reading a new book that came out in March named Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity by Peter Attia, MD. I finished it last week and found… Continue reading Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity by Peter Attia, MD
Today I finished the audiobook Startup Leadership: How Savvy Entrepreneurs Turn Their Ideas Into Successful Enterprises. In this book author Derek Lidow outlined the 4 stages of a company's growth and the leadership requirements for each of those stages. He mentions that the entrepreneur must move passed being just an entrepreneur to becoming an entrepreneurial leader (EL). Stage… Continue reading Startup Leadership by Derek Lidow
I came up with 9 rules for cross functional collaboration in large projects while thinking to solve a particular problem in office. Do you think these are too many or too few? Please share if you have any recommendations to change. Identify Teams - key stakeholders and participants like product, engineering, UX, business/customer Define Goals… Continue reading 9 Rules for Cross Functional Collaboration
Last week I finished the book Gangsta Vision: Recipes to break into product management leadership by Dilip Ramachandran. Dilip is my ex-colleague from Marqeta and a friend of mine. Few months before publishing this book, he had a session with me. That's when I came to know that he had been writing this book. While the… Continue reading Gangsta Vision by Dilip Ramachandran
Last Thursday we had an outing from Twin Health as many employees flew into Mountain View Headquarter to finish the Q2 planning. We also had our Chief Marketing Offer Shella Tan join. Incidentally this is also the month when I finished my first year at Twin Health. The outing was in Campo di Bocce of… Continue reading Twin Health Outing at Campo di Bocce of Los Gatos
A few days back, I finished the latest book from management guru Patrick Lencioni named The 6 Types of Working Genius: A Better Way to Understand Your Gifts, Your Frustrations, and Your Team. The premise of this book is that each of us has certain types of work that bring us joy and energy and other types of… Continue reading The 6 Types of Working Genius by Patrick Lencioni
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