Nov 18, 2020
“The strength of the team is each individual member. The strength of each member is the team.” ― Phil Jackson, Basketball Hall of Fame Coach Decision-making tool (Mental Model) of the week What is First Principles Thinking? In layman’s terms, first...
Oct 22, 2018
Born in late 1287, in the small village of Ockham in England, William of Ockham, a Franciscan friar and scholastic philosopher, wasn’t one to shy away from airing his radical views. The controversial figure spent much of his life on the run. In part for charges of...
Mar 6, 2018
In my previous article, I wrote about the “Inversion” technique for solving difficult problems by working backwards. Another powerful way to solve difficult problems is by using the chess “Retrograde Analysis” method. In simple terms,...
Feb 5, 2018
“All I want to know is where I’m going to die, so I’ll never go there.” These are the famous words of Charlie Munger, the business partner of Warren Buffett and Vice Chairman of the multi-billion dollar company, Berkshire Hathaway. Charlie Munger is an...
Jan 29, 2018
“In a time of universal deceit – telling the truth is a revolutionary act.” —George Orwell What is reality? Does your reality really exist? Over 2,000 years ago, Plato, one of history’s most famous thinkers, explored these questions in his famous “Allegory of the...
Oct 12, 2017
The quality of your decisions today will determine the quality of your life tomorrow. Our decisions influence how well we make use of our talents, efforts and resources. Better decision-making improves our capability to solve bigger, more complex problems—quickly and...