I see startup websites throwing culture pages with smiling pictures of employees. An organization’s culture is more than the handbook or website placeholder. It’s everyday life and a journey. Also, it comes from the top leaders. A founder’s role is critical. It’s their action that gets cloned/copied or followed.
Category Archives: Random Thoughts
uncertainty
We are living in an era of uncertainty. Nothing is permanent, be it our health, job, or relationship. But does this mean we should stop living? The last few years of the pandemic and losing loved ones have taught us about our limited life and bought us closer. The current economy talks about recession, and …
now
Our world offers many choices and confuses us. We are fighting for a qualified source and content more than ever. Technology has enabled us to run in a superfast lane competing with our peers. The quest for becoming ultrahuman is adding fatigue. We are running faster than ever to achieve our goal.The race, battle, and …
Originality
Emptiness is inside, and the want has taken away our originality. We are painting ourselves in real or reel both for attention. The self now craves external appreciation. Our virtue of self has transformed into voyeurism and an infinite scroll.The era of glory by externals over self is why social media exists. In the absence …
posturing
We live in a world carrying different personas. It’s like we are in the real world but on reels. The posture can be because we want to look good or be part of this society that preys on materialism. The emptiness within could be another reason for this layer. We are desperate for attention and …
hyper connect
We say necessity is the mother of invention. We are still out fighting poverty, malnutrition, poverty, and illiteracy. With technological advancement, we are hyper-connected, and innovation sharing has gotten easier. Covod19 occurrence, trace, and cure say it all. Our world has become a global village with the emergence of technology: Arab springs to Panama papers …
Sail
You have to be mad head to run your enterprise, the main reason being uncertainty. You are on a treadmill and a vicious cycle of things working and not working. Every other day in the founder’s journey is a challenge: customers leaving, employees leaving, or failing product timelines. Media only glorifies the founder’s life, unicorn …
blame
We become how we feel: a victim or a survivor depending on our mindset in business. The fight-and-flight mode of our brain always nudges us to run away, blame others, or sink in guilt. We are no more rational creatures but an animal up in rage to react when the ego gets in our way. …
lead
Leadership is not about telling the team what to do but working with them, hand in hand, and showing them the way. How do you expect a team to peak performance when a leader is in leisure and least bothered about the organization? How will your team perform when you are unavailable for them or …
Practice
Practice to perfection: we are told about it time and again.No job is small. Every task or position requires dedication and practice. We can not be the best in trade by sitting idle or just doing enough. In the book: score takes care of itself, the author talks about his best players’ grit, daily grunt, …