Some people build products. Others build companies. But the work I’ve come to love most - the work that energizes me every morning - is building people. Not in the abstract, theoretical way we sometimes toss around in leadership circles. But in the trenches, in real time, through the process of … [Read more...]
Mentorship Is Not a Role – It’s a Mindset
I recently shared the news about my engagement with Catalyste+ as an expert advisor in a volunteer capacity. Many congratulations have come my way, along with a few questions - one of the most common being, “How do you find time for these?” The answer is simple: it’s giving back. Through time, … [Read more...]
The Weight of Old Narratives
Time moves. Life moves. People move. Yet, for all our acknowledgment of change as a constant, we rarely grant that same fluidity to the way we perceive others. We hold on, sometimes stubbornly, to outdated impressions of people, locking them into versions of themselves that no longer exist. We … [Read more...]
We Teach Answers, But Life Demands Questions
I’ve spent enough time around kids to know one thing for certain - they never stop asking questions. Why is the sky blue? Why do we have to sleep? Why can’t I eat ice cream for breakfast? They poke, prod, and test the world, not looking for final answers but for a way to understand what’s in … [Read more...]
What If We Stopped Asking Kids What They Want to Be?
Growing up in India, the question we were all asked was: “What do you want to be when you grow up?” It was often delivered with a mix of curiosity, pride, and sometimes quiet pressure. The answers came in predictable shapes - doctor, engineer, IAS officer, businessperson - respectable, … [Read more...]
Stillness Is Not a Luxury – It’s the Work
It’s strange, isn’t it, how little space we make for thinking in the places that depend most on our ability to think clearly? Time spent reading, reflecting, analyzing, and planning has somehow become the enemy of productivity in modern professional culture. We’ve romanticized the busy calendar, … [Read more...]
The Disappearance of the Technical Gatekeeper
There was a time - till very recent, in fact - when an idea by itself wasn’t enough. You could have the most compelling insight into human behaviour, the clearest understanding of a broken process, the most obvious gap in a market, and it still wouldn’t matter. If you couldn’t code, your idea … [Read more...]
Work Without Walls
What if the way out isn’t to escape your work - but to redesign your relationship with it? It catches people off guard when I say it, which tells me it’s still not a common idea: “My work doesn’t feel like work.” I’m not being flippant. I don’t mean that my days are spent in luxury, detached from … [Read more...]
Return the Cart: What Small Acts Reveal About Us
It happens quietly in parking lots across Canada. You’ve loaded the last of your groceries into the trunk, closed the hatch, and the cart stands there - empty, idle, waiting. What you do next might feel inconsequential, even mundane. But this moment, however fleeting, is the stage for a small … [Read more...]
The Cost of Now, The Price of Later
There is no shortage of advice on how to live a meaningful life. Invest in yourself. Nurture your relationships. Find purpose. Cultivate harmony between your work and your life. Practice mindfulness. And none of these are wrong. In fact, each of them is a profound investment in a life well … [Read more...]