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…

Temple 12 Shosanji , Shikoku pilgrimage — where pilgrims fall down —

Upcoming Sept 2023 — Japan has held my attention since I started watching Naruto way back in the past. I became even more enamoured with Japanese culture when I discovered studio Ghibli movies (Spirited Away, My Neighbour Totoro, Arietty and others!) and by default started consuming Japanese movies, food, cultural nuances and even enrolled…

Re-finding your Mojo — Ennui. That feeling. When your career is at a comfortable state — you’re getting paid on par with what you’re expected to do at work, or at-least you’re satisfied with the monetary variables and find solace in the daily mundane routine of your workday — or when you’re too comfortable…

Ending up in #ProductManagement — As a recent immigrant to the US, and having traversed multiple geographies in the past (India, Singapore, Dubai, Canada, even Malaysia for sometime) both in personal and professional capacities, I’ve held various product positions from startups to large corporations, leading enterprise and commercial products in the eCommerce, Fintech, Data, Enterprise…

Growth Hacking your Product — What is Product Growth? Let’s get the basics straight. Growing a product, or product growth can be defined as increasing the value of your business for your customers, stakeholders, employees, shareholders and investors. This value can expand through an increase in — revenue — improving revenue margins within the product through monetization number of…

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 &…