Tag: business

• May 12, 2022

  Creative or quantitative

  Are we getting too carried away with the ‘quantitative’ side of things in todays data-driven algorithmic world, at the expense of ‘creativity’? Quote to ponder: “What’s taught is it’s about trade offs. Now, the problem is that new way of doing it requires creativity. And in a world where everything, including the practice of economics…
• October 30, 2021

  Tackling the impossible

  “It always seems impossible, until it is done.” Nelson Mandela
• May 28, 2021

  Some inspiration from Bowie

  “If you feel safe in the area that you are working in, then you are not in the right area. Always go a little further into the water than you feel you’re capable of being in.” – David Bowie. We can learn a lot from the master of reinventing himself – David Bowie – about…
• March 26, 2021

  A career with no regrets

  “I’d rather regret the things I’ve done than regret the things I haven’t done.” Lucille Ball Do you ever think about the things you might regret in the future? I was out at lunch today. Someone at the table asked about how my career is going. Here we usually default to a generic response like…
• November 1, 2020

  Is authenticity overrated?

  “If you go to see Hamilton on Broadway when it reopens, you’re certainly hoping for no one in the cast to be authentic, you want everyone in the cast to give their best possible performance.” Seth Godin I recently heard Seth Godin challenging the popular idea of “being authentic”. Seth’s statement got me thinking as…
• October 30, 2020

  Knowing is not the same as doing

  “Knowing what to do and not doing it is the same as not knowing what to do.” Robin Sharma I’ve been trying to learn some new skills and have quickly realised that knowing is not the same as doing.  You can read all the books in the world and watch all the lectures, but until…