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I feel extremely upset when any Startup goes down. It takes years of burning midnight oil to create an enterprise. You till the soil with your bare hands, water it with your sweat and plough it with your bare feet to give birth to an enterprise. And then lack of wisdom, illogical expansion, reckless recruitments,…

This is a tasty lesson in entrepreneurship. As I sat down on the table, I heard someone say “I can eat here 7 days a week and and still feel good”. It echoed my thoughts. Quality, variety, hygiene and a pricing – This restaurant has got it all. Most importantly, you are a guest here;…

For a nation to catch up and move aggressively to the needs of its demographics, investing in Research and Development and innovation is imperative. However, India always considered investments in education and research as an expenditure. Politicians spend only when the returns are immediate. With such short term planning of policy makers and Government, India…

Gopi was like any of us employees. He worked hard, performed well and delivered well – for his employers – the badminton association if India. As an employee, he felt the pain, the lacuna, the gaps, the need of what the current training systems lacked. He knew the gaps and pain points in talent discovery,…

I personally prefer not to write in a magazine that I publish. It would be a travesty of justice and editorial freedom that I profess that the business head writes and takes a position. But when the editor himself (from this issue, the Editor-In-Chief) demands that I write, I meekly follow the diktat. The thought…

Over the last decade, India has seen decreased jobs, more graduates coming into the job market, increased competition and reduced chances of succeeding in getting a job. Here is some data for you to understand the fall over the last decade and gravity of the situation: 1. Uttar Pradesh recruits its police force through UPPRPB.…

For me, The idea of the student protest at Galgotia is harebrained and devoid of logic. Just think of the idiotic nature of the protest that these gullible and vulnerable students were sucked into: 1. The student protesters were protesting against opposition that doesn’t have any administrative powers to help the students. We were teaching…

Recently, I was requested to be the chief guest at a function where an Edtech Company was launching its skilling courses. The request also included a tête-à-tête with a big-time social media influencer with millions of followers. Knowing and learning about the influencer, I politely turned down the request. It is no secret that much…

And how to come out of the storm stronger. If you are a designer and look around the internet now, it’s tough. It seems like it is all falling apart as our inboxes and feeds are filled with alarming headlines such as ‘UX is dead, we killed it’, ‘Designers are facing an existential crisis’, or even ‘The big…

The paradox of standardization. To design requires a varied and complex skillset. You must process lots of information to understand the needs and desires of the end user and then creatively and confidently implement a solution, all while respecting the needs of other stakeholders and their resources (time, money, etc.). Of course, design isn’t just…

Here’s the harsh truth: I’ve reviewed more than 1,000 portfolios in my design career so far, and I turned 90% of them down because of one thing — the linear design process. By “linear design process” I mean cookie-cutter case studies that always read the same. The designer learned about a problem, conducted user interviews, created…