Lessons from “Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind” by Yuval Harari — As I turned the pages of Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari, I came across a chapter where the author analyzes the reason behind the rise of European superpowers during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. The Romans, Chinese, Persians and other Asian empires were convinced that…

with the advent of advanced generative AI — A lot has been written about how GPT will (or already has) revolutionize(d) Search, and maybe even the ‘world’ at large, as we can see the various applications of these advanced models in schools and corporate life alike. However, I work in the Enterprise Search space, which is quite different…

Redefining PM in the age of advanced AI models — My organization has been pumped about the new advanced LLMs since the last few months (and with reason!), and that energy has permeated many of our product teams, with leadership encouraging all of us to think out of the box, take the time to experiment, be willing to absorb risk…

My previous post about my commencement into hiking gave me immense pleasure in putting my love for this sport into tangible words. So, this post is another one in the #hiking series where I try to delineate my feelings as I walk along these pnw trails. Snoqualmie Falls + Tokul Creek Trestle trail 1.4 miles out &…

How to create successful product partnerships when you say bye to ‘build’ & ‘buy’ — I’ve had the privilege of leading some internal & strategic external partnerships in my product career. More recently, the partnership has been at company-level, where I drove OEM (read: smartphone mobile global vendor with the largest marketshare in the world) engagement with our cloud storage consumer product (read: an up-and-coming…

Product Management Lessons & Insights for 2023 — On various types of product management roles Create new experiences in your career: right from sales, marketing, engineering to product management roles for 0 to 1 products; roles in growth & engagement, monetization, partnerships, operations, customer success; roles in a startup, in a behemoth corporation, product consulting roles for multiple clients — well the list is endless…

How to have that stellar experience from Lyft to Lift-off — Airline travel is never straight-forward, even for the sleek traveler. …

And how to embrace it for posterity — Not so long ago, I had the fortune to go through a strenuous period in my career, under the erstwhile leadership of a not-so-great manager. I was pushed hard to accomplish some great tasks through less-than-spectacular leadership philosophy. …

Alternative access to credit & its impact on consumer’s financial sanctity — Nearly two-thirds of Americans, 63%, say they’ve been living paycheck to paycheck since the Covid-19 pandemic hit the U.S (CNBC, 2020) The pandemic, the resulting rise of industry wide layoffs, stagnant and depleting sources of revenue for SMBs, and the rapidly evaporating stimulus checks, North Americans (both north and south…