Book Review: “How to Listen” by Oscar Trimboli

“SILENT and LISTEN share identical letters” The book “How to Listen” by Oscar Trimboli provides ample ammunition to practice listening. The book is divided into five levels of listening each of which require foundation from the previous levels - yourself (get ready to listen, give and pay attention) content (hear, see and sense) context (explore … Continue reading Book Review: “How to Listen” by Oscar Trimboli →

Book Review: “How to Lie with Statistics” by Darell Huff

“According to one random survey, I should be much happier than I am” - A quote from the book This book “How to Lie with Statistics” by Darell Huff is a classic book on interpreting data and charts. It was first published in 1954 and the data points presented for sure go back a hundred … Continue reading Book Review: “How to Lie with Statistics” by Darell Huff →

Implementing Data-driven Decision Making when you don’t have data!

Wrote this Article for Tamara, a FinTech start-up in the GCC Region and where I am currently working. The article is adapted from here (https://medium.com/tamara-tech-product/more-with-less-implementing-data-driven-decision-making-at-tamara-e08391f5b22c) Tamara’s product culture has been built on a few core pillars namely: Customer focus (solving a real customer pain) Perseverance i.e. relentless pursuit of making things work (“finding a way” … Continue reading Implementing Data-driven Decision Making when you don’t have data! →

Book Review: “Zero to One” by Peter Thiel with Blake Masters

If you talk to a product manager, founder, VC or anyone who has been part of start-up ecosystems for some time, chances are at some point they’d utter the word “zero to one”. Most likely, their frame of reference for this term came from the seminal book “Zero to One” by Peter Thiel. I had … Continue reading Book Review: “Zero to One” by Peter Thiel with Blake Masters →

Book Review: “Payments Systems in the US: A Guide for the Payments Professional” by Russ Jones, Carol Coye Benson and Scott Loftesness

How does one get started in a deeper and complex domain like FinTech? This book “Payments Systems in the US: A Guide for the Payments Professional” by Russ Jones, Carol Coye Benson and Scott Loftesness stays true to its title and provides a fundamental understanding of payments systems in the United States. However, the basic … Continue reading Book Review: “Payments Systems in the US: A Guide for the Payments Professional” by Russ Jones, Carol Coye Benson and Scott Loftesness →