I asked this question to my network -
How to bring simplicity in to the design of products – take complexity out and not the capabilities?
Here are a couple of interesting answers I got -
David Marshall wrote back -
It should all be driven by a proper elicitation process to define system requirements. This should result in [...]
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Take complexity out and not the capabilities
Posted in Creativity, Decision Making, Design, Entrepreneurship on March 21, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Get to know yourself
Posted in Balance, Decision Making, Leadership, Life, Psychology, Uncategorized on January 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
What a moment for America! Obama is the 44th president of the USA. A great inaugural speech by Obama which touches everyone on this planet.
One of the readers of Andrew Sullivan’s blog writes about the difficulty that the comedians have in mocking Obama. Interesting read particularly this line – “Obama has the realness that comes [...]
We Win or We Perish
Posted in Balance, Book, Coaching, Decision Making, Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Life, Perspective on October 17, 2007 | 1 Comment »
This is an interesting short-story that gives a perspective for entrepreneurs’ risk taking abilities.
A long while ago, a great warrior faced a situation which made it necessary for him to make a decision which insured his success on the battlefield. He was about to send his armies against a powerful foe, whose men outnumbered his [...]
Interview with Bill George (Author of “True North”)
Posted in Balance, Book, Coaching, Decision Making, Entrepreneurship, Interview, Leadership, Life, Professional, Spiritual, Venture Capital on June 20, 2007 | 2 Comments »
I interviewed Bill George, author of best-seller books “Authentic Leadership” and “True North”. Bill is not just a great author and a leader himself, he is a wonderful coach and a teacher too. Here are the excerpts of this brief interview -
Hitesh: What is “True North” and how does it apply in the context of a business student or [...]
The MONK and the MONKey
Posted in Balance, Book, Bottom of Pyramid, Coaching, Creativity, Decision Making, Entrepreneurship, Happiness, HoMe, Leadership, Life, Personal, Professional, Psychology, Review, Spiritual, Venture Capital on June 6, 2007 | 4 Comments »
I read Randy Komisar’s “The Monk and the Riddle“. I just could not stop when I started reading it. By the time I finished reading it, the clock struck 4 AM. I think it was a night well spent.
Randy Komisar is a Venture Capitalist with Kleiner Perkins. This book tells Randy’s evolution (thus the word [...]
Happiness: How To Find It?
Posted in Balance, Creativity, Decision Making, Entrepreneurship, Happiness, Leadership, Life, Personal, Psychology on May 25, 2007 | 1 Comment »
HAPPINESS – It is the single most important goal of human life. All our actions could be traced to “seeking happiness”. While happiness is so important and sought after, it is not properly understood. There is a huge element of subjectivity involved and that makes it hard to define, measure, monitor and fix.
Uncertain Future: Our [...]
Harmony in Decision Making and Happiness
Posted in Balance, Coaching, Creativity, Decision Making, Entrepreneurship, Happiness, Leadership, Life, Personal on May 25, 2007 | 1 Comment »
We make so many decisions everyday, ranging from as simple as which brand of coffee to drink to as significant decisions as whether to use nuclear weapons against Japan.
How do we make these decisions? What is our personal compass that we use to navigate through this web of decisions? And, Is that compass directing us [...]
How green is my purchase?
Posted in Balance, Bottom of Pyramid, Decision Making, Entrepreneurship, Happiness, Leadership, Life, Personal, Professional, RandomThoughts, Spiritual on March 24, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
When we ask this question about “How green is this purchase of mine?” – Remember this -
There are no passengers on spaceship earth. We are all crew.
Discipline fosters creativity
Posted in Balance, Coaching, Creativity, Decision Making, Entrepreneurship, Fun, Happiness, Leadership, Life, Personal, Perspective, Psychology on February 13, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Popular Belief: Discipline hinders creativity.
Reverse: Discipline fosters creativity.
The most prevalent way to depict creativity is Einstein’s photo with his shabby hairstyle and chaotic looks. Creativity does not always come packaged as this confused picture. The other well-behaved gentleman shown above is C.V. Raman – another physics Nobel Prize winner. It is a different face of [...]
