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…

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…

Inn’verse and You

What do yoga classes, OTT, and chatGPT have in common? They are all subscription based. With so much going around, from metaverse, generative AI and everything else in between – the quest for awareness and empowerment is at an all time high. Some have mastered or are venturing into exploring their inner selves (which i…