Thought Stream

Gathered growth gyan: hire patient, kind & communicative failures

I was among some very smart and accomplished professionals today. Their 2 cents on the kind of people that should be hired might sound a...

The India stack: Bringing India’s population into the digital age. The world’s too.

The India Stack refers to the project of creating a unified software platform to bring India's population into the digital age. Its...

Exploring parenting guilt in working moms

I've observed a phenomenon among some colleagues which I felt deserved exploration. Some of the best working moms that I know of, who...

Inspiration > Motivation. How might we find ours?

Motivation is external, inspiration is internal. Motivation needs one to convince and psych up themselves. Inspiration is different - to...

Building a Social Business

Muhammad Yunus, the practical visionary who pioneered microcredit and, with his Grameen Bank, won the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize, has...

Fear of Commitment: Reality Check

You've heard this phrase a lot. Before you use it, make sure you understand it. Lets break it down - what is fear, what is commitment,...

When passions are many & heartbeats few

Life is beautiful. And limited. To make the most of it we paradoxically need to do the least, in a way. Least distractions, least...

How to find whats trying to find you

For everyone who says they don’t know their purpose in life - I’ve spoken to hundreds of individuals over the last few years, exploring...

Telling Tales: Telling them well so its meaningful (and fun)

Once upon a time, storytelling was magic. It still is. Just that maybe in the volume of content, created just for the sake of creation or...

What is social debt & do you have any?

We make choices and take risks based on our situation in our life journey. Usually we measure this only in financial terms - do we have...