Since late 80s, the world has
witnessed rise and fall of many tech companies. While some still thrives, few
of then successful companies have vanished into thin air. Melissa Peri, the CEO
of Produx Labs that develops next gen Chief Product Officers, through her book
Escaping the Build Trap addresses various issues, based on her experience, that
a typical product company faces and how the organization can overcome them by developing
right product management processes and putting people in place.
Most of us know or atleast would
have a broad idea as to how Indian courts function. Undue delays, huge costs,
multiple adjournments and resulting frustrations are some of the
characteristics that define our Judiciary. While we accord great respect and
look up to courts, are they living up to the expectations? Are they delivering
the right judgements and more importantly, are they monitoring the adherence to
such orders issued by them? Arun Shourie raises more such relevant and valid
concerns in his book “Anita Gets Bail- What are our Courts doing and What
should we do about them.“
Did you just buy something in one
of the festival flash sales and repented your decision because soon after the
purchase you realised that it wasn’t something that you really needed? Wondering how it happened! You just
fell prey to one of the weapons of influence-‘Scarcity’. Dr Robert Cialdini, a
professor of Psychology, in his book ‘Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion’,
lists out six powerful weapons of influence that are employed by people around
us including salesmen, teachers, parents, children etc to persuade us and
surrender to their requests.
As all of us are diligently
washing our hands using soap to ward ourselves off the preying Corona virus,
let me share some secret with you!! Our body houses almost 1 trillion bacteria
gleefully dangling and swimming inside our body. You may exclaim “Gosh!” but a
fact is a fact. There is much more that Bill Bryson, the author of ‘A
short history of nearly everything’, throws light on from formation of universe,
discovery of elements, to evolution of humans. Game for a fact-filled ride?
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