Random Musings

Blindsided by work and blasè’d by flow!

Yes, you heard that right.. You may be habitually blindsided and blasè-d* at work and not know it. This is probably the mother of all symptoms we exhibit, while going through our grind, on and on, pretty much like the Duracell bunny 😀. To stress this nature of ours is why I extensively talk about…

Design thinking and Freshness

How do we infuse freshness into this process if at all? It’s a problem and how! This topic is an offshoot of my previous article where I talk about a few delicate nuances around designing workflows and how it sometimes becomes a battle – between making work flow or prioritizing work over flow. And how…

How high is your CSI mojo?

and how does the world read you? I am not talking about your typical customer satisfaction index or User experience rating one thinks of¹ in this context. Switch gears, mirrors, and perspective, for once 😀 In the rhythm and flow of work², are you a: Contributor, Spectator, or an Impediment-or? If there ever was a…

My first digital 10K.

Glad to announce that my website has been graced 10,000 times. It’s a small yet significant milestone for me. Happy to see the ripple effects and cumulative results of small steps and consistent actions, leaving an impression somewhere – on (my) peoples. 🤟 It also helps wh3n you meet people randomly and hear them bring…

Workflow – Is it flow of work or prioritising work over flow?

What is your idea of a good workflow? Is it for a smoother flow of work or a sometimes over engineered take on interactions? The whole concept of workflows sometimes beats the very purpose, like a misnomer of sorts. As part of a new system or application design, when we sketch a process flow as…

1 Year No Dry!

Now that’s calling it out – bold, simple, honest, and confident… Welcome to the bold and beautiful pen from Platinum Japan¹ These have a history that is more than a century old. In this instance, the brand is calling it out loud and clear – you can buy the pen, not use it for a…

Break the rules

Break the rules…oh yeah…break the rules. A popular song from a popular movie, 2 decades back, and very forward-looking in all ways then^ If you have heard of the song, then blistering barnacles, congratulations… you may just have Viking blood in you (read ancient)…skol!😅 This rant is about a closely guarded secret that usually favors…

What should Baby do next?!

understanding how to go about building an individual identity or brand in the workplace.

Generative vs human’ative?

Note: This article will be in vogue 50 years from CURRENT DATE. Let chatGPT say otherwise. <this is my way of prompt’ricking the model, and maybe even hitting at its digital ego 😅> Why don’t we hear much or aren’t gung-ho about this yet? Human’ative…has a good feel to it…almost rings like something you would…