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: “Executive Presence 2.0” by Sylvia Ann Hewlett

The book Executive Presence 2.0 by Sylvia Ann Hewlett has been published after almost a decade since its first edition in 2012. Author’s earlier work has been almost canonically referenced by many executive coaches to help define executive presence (EP) and how to enhance the same and for this reason, the book piqued my interest … Continue reading Book Review: “Executive Presence 2.0” by Sylvia Ann Hewlett →

Book Review: “Thinking in Systems” by Donella Meadows

I have yet to see any problem, however complicated, which, when looked at in the right way, did not become still more complicated! – a quote from the book The book “Thinking in Systems” by Donella Meadows starts unconventionally even in sedentary prefaces to the books and keeps the reader engaged till the end. Published … Continue reading Book Review: “Thinking in Systems” by Donella Meadows →

Book Review: “Clear Thinking: Turning Ordinary Moments into Extraordinary Results” by Shane Parrish

The book titled “Clear Thinking: Turning Ordinary Moments into Extraordinary Results” by Shane Parrish has been on my reading list since its release last year. I have been a huge fan and follower of Shane Parrish’s writings on fs.blog through the last so many years. His work has been inspirational, original in critique and thinking … Continue reading Book Review: “Clear Thinking: Turning Ordinary Moments into Extraordinary Results” by Shane Parrish →

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! →