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: “Strong Product People” by Petra Wille

Hello readers, I am resuming writing here after a year! I hope to be more regular going forward. I am also changing the book review format a little this time, in order to make it more legible and understandable for the readers The book Strong Product People by Petra Wille is a recommended one for … Continue reading Book Review: “Strong Product People” by Petra Wille →

Book Review: “The Psychology of Money” by Morgan Housel

The book “The Psychology of Money” by Morgan Housel has been a rage last year, that aroused my curiosity to read the book. Although this does not strictly fall into the domain of product management, I would cover it here since quite a few principles the book details out are applicable to many situations a … Continue reading Book Review: “The Psychology of Money” by Morgan Housel →