Knowing more
July 2, 2021I have very fond memories of growing up as a kid in Srirangam, a small, temple-town right next to Trichy (which itself was a small town back then) in the mid-80s. It was a magical period – of our first TV (Solidaire),…
Category: communication
The work-from-anywhere fantasy
June 30, 2021Jobs site Indeed’s recent study in May 2021 says that searches for remote work skyrocketed by 966% year-on-year. Microsoft’s 2021 work trend index indicates that three in four employees in India are seeking remote work options. Avaya’s Life and Work Beyond 2020…
Social media status update prompts
June 24, 2021Before you write and share something on Twitter, Facebook or LinkedIn, do you notice what the prompt in each of those platforms’ status update boxes are? Here they are, if you don’t recall, or didn’t care to observe. Twitter’s prompt fits the…
A very useful writing advice/productivity trick
June 21, 2021I first remember reading about Indian-born writer Amitava Kumar‘s rules for his students in his 2015 book, ‘Lunch With a Bigot: The Writer in the World’. He repeats the same set of rules in his 2020 book, ‘Every Day I Write the…
Nikhil’s gambit and brand Zerodha
June 15, 2021Indian chess grandmaster and former world chess champion Viswanathan Anand was slated to play chess with well-known celebrities to raise funds for The Akshayapatra Foundations’ COVID-19 relief feeding efforts, on June 13, 2021. The format of the game is a simul (simultaneous…
Nudging India to get vaccinated
June 14, 2021Now that India’s Union Government has taken on the responsibility (as it should) of procuring the vaccines, the hope is that the supply issues would be sorted. As early as possible, to make up for the lost time (and lives). The issue…
A reply vs. a quote-tweet/quote-post – should you react?
June 10, 2021One of the many nuances I dwell upon in great detail in my corporate workshops on personal branding is something seemingly small and insignificant that most people don’t even give it enough thought – how and when to reply to someone on…