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Hiking for the soul

How I got initiated into this wonderful sport #PNW #Seattle #Fuji — 4AM — Arrival at the summit 5AM — catch sunrise of the day! When I scaled Mt. Fuji in 2015, I didn’t have an inkling of what I’m getting myself into. I wasn’t used to climbing as a sport (hours spent running or at the gym weren’t enough for this…

Hiking

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Hiking for the soul
Hiking for the soul
Hiking

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Why Admitting Ignorance the Key to Success as a Product Manager

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…

Books

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Why Admitting Ignorance the Key to Success as a Product Manager
Why Admitting Ignorance the Key to Success as a Product Manager
Books

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Oct 6

Plum Onigiris & Uphill battle on a strenuous Mountain Hike

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

Japan

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Plum Onigiris & Uphill battle on a strenuous Mountain Hike
Plum Onigiris & Uphill battle on a strenuous Mountain Hike
Japan

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Jul 4

O-Henro — Shikoku 88 temple pilgrimage

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…

Shikoku

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O-Henro — Shikoku 88 temple pilgrimage
O-Henro — Shikoku 88 temple pilgrimage
Shikoku

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Jun 19

How to find that motivation to jumpstart your career

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…

Careers

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How to find that motivation to jumpstart your career
How to find that motivation to jumpstart your career
Careers

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May 17

How Discomfort & Dissatisfaction led to my perfect career

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…

Careers

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How Discomfort & Dissatisfaction led to my perfect career
How Discomfort & Dissatisfaction led to my perfect career
Careers

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Product Growth — from User Acquisition to Retention [Part 1]

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…

Product Growth

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Product Growth

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Mar 21

Future of Enterprise Search

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…

Search

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Future of Enterprise Search
Future of Enterprise Search
Search

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Mar 11

Impact of AI on Product Management

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…

Product Management

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Impact of AI on Product Management
Impact of AI on Product Management
Product Management

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Mar 6

Hiking in the Pacific Northwest (PNW)

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 &…

Day Hikes

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Hiking in the Pacific Northwest (PNW)
Hiking in the Pacific Northwest (PNW)
Day Hikes

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Swapna M

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Product @Microsoft | https://www.swapnamalekar.com/

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