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<p>As some businesses get increasingly exploitative, sometimes other businesses and sometimes a divine intervention comes to counter the effect.</p>

<p>India &#8211; More highways or Better National &amp; Public Transport? &nbsp; This is an email I had sent to our Minister for Road Transport &amp; Highways in January this year. Of course I am still optimistic (or delusional) enough to hope for a response or an opportunity to further discuss this topic. Either way, I&#8230;</p>

<p>In my book, I briefly discussed the topic of quality in the world of innovation and automation. My view was that through the quality revolution in the US and Japan and then other parts of the world, logically back then, someone visualizing the year 2021 might have assumed a world where everyone has quality integrated&#8230;</p>

<p>Bitcoin, Bit(e)coin &nbsp; I&#8217;ll start by saying that I clearly don&#8217;t know much about cryptocurrency. I&#8217;ll also add that it would be incredibly beneficial to have a global currency that works securely without the need for intermediaries and their resulting transaction fees. &nbsp; However, I find bitcoin a bit concerning, and here are my thoughts&#8230;</p>

<p>With the stopping of production of Segways last year, but its more affordable robotic startup Ninebot doing well, one wonders if affordability must be integral to the success of a business depending on the business model and whom it aims to cater to.</p>

<p>The sculpture of Moses by Italian Renaissance artist Michelangelo Buonarroti shows an inspiring and incredible attention to detail.</p>

<p>Many of us are familiar with the paradox of choice, whether or not we have heard of the phrase itself. The paradox of choice, is our tendency to believe that more options or variants or choices in a given situation or purchase event is a good thing. After all, who wouldn&#8217;t want more flavours in&#8230;</p>

<p>The challenge of finding the names of Books Recommended in Books.</p>

<p>Zomato has a nicely done vertical slider for their filter options on their mobile app. It&#8217;s just simpler, logical and easy to use. Odd how we still have horizontal sliders on apps.</p>

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<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Soap Dispenser Design This here is an ancient shampoo dispenser that broke last month. It was a crappy design for a few reasons. Firstly, because of how the pumps are placed (at the bottom). It would not stand on its own when you needed to refill. You either&#8230;</p>

<p>Navigating airport security&#8230; A cartoon strip..</p>

<p>Shared Tables This amusing but perhaps effective picture I saw in this tweet last month got some thoughts rolling. We could all use some personal space in public. Especially in countries like India. Where the population, combined with the general lack of regard for other&#8217;s personal space can be quite a challenge. Growing up, I&#8230;</p>

<p>My 9 Step Version of the Design Thinking Process This post about my 9-step version of the design thinking process has been long overdue. It is already explained in my book, ‘Design the Future’, but I also wanted to share it here for those interested. The five-step Stanford design thinking process is arguably the most&#8230;</p>

<p>Choosing Business Opportunity to Avoid Change As an individual, if you have a habit your core doesn&#8217;t fully approve of, you&#8217;d find a disconnect that you might, either align with, or from time to time try to fix. It could be diet, fitness or even ethic related. And often, between control or restricting something for&#8230;</p>

<p>Venture Realty Capital Back when I worked in the venture capital space, startups always came seeking a lot of investment. Often far more than they needed. We would sit with ventures we thought had some potential, and during the process, break down the investment needs. Eventually, we would arrive at a number that was close&#8230;</p>

<p>CrystalPlanet: Staying Power</p>

<p>Image: The Stay Puft Marshmallow Man from the Ghostbusters movie, 1984 The Stanford Marshmallow Experiment, Delayed Gratification and more In June this year, Jessica Calarco wrote a very interesting article around the famous Stanford marshmallow experiment from the 1960s, which were a number of studies conducted by psychologist Walter Mischel. Mischel was studying correlation between children who&#8230;</p>

<p>The pros and &#8220;Cons&#8221; of Storytelling! Storytelling. Steve Jobs wasn&#8217;t the first to talk about, or practice it. Nor was he the first one to focus on the customer and build differentiation. Function and form. And he wasn&#8217;t the first to capture customer personalities, traits and passions in their marketing and communication, instead of just&#8230;</p>