It’s too easy to point the finger at social media and modern mainstream platforms and leave it at that. Blaming today’s media for the spread of misinformation is a neat, tidy conclusion that absolves us of responsibility. But the uncomfortable truth is that history — our understanding of it, our … [Read more...]
The Shape of Bold: A Framework for Those Building the Future
For as long as I’ve worked in strategy — and it’s been more than two decades now — I’ve searched for tools that do one thing well: help people think clearly. Not just think big, or think fast, or think lean. But to think clearly. Because clarity is the most underappreciated resource in … [Read more...]
The Algorithm Can’t Look You in the Eye
Over February and March this year, I spent a few weeks walking through India - part work, part wandering, part listening. In every conversation, every transaction, every quiet observation at the edges of the chaos, I found myself returning to one core truth: high touch will always, in the end, … [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...]
You Don’t Need a Lawyer. You Need Better Prompts.
The Tehsil offices in Punjab do not move fast. Nothing is simple, everything takes time, and, of course, palms must be oiled. The professional working with us was doing what professionals in such situations often do: explaining to us why things were complicated, why delays were inevitable, why … [Read more...]
Rising Above the Mundane: A Call to Level Up Knowledge Work
To me, knowledge work has always felt like it held so much promise. A life spent solving problems, creating new ideas, shaping the future - what could be more fulfilling? But if I’m being honest, the reality hasn’t always lived up to that vision. For too long, knowledge work has been weighed … [Read more...]
Wake Up, Canada: The Future Won’t Wait for Us
There’s a quiet complacency that creeps in when a nation has known peace, prosperity, and relative stability for so long. It’s almost seductive. We start to assume that what worked before will somehow carry us forward. That the formulas we perfected in the twentieth century will continue to … [Read more...]
Why Do We Only Listen When an Influencer Says It?
It’s baffling how often the simplest ideas go unnoticed until they’re said aloud by someone with a platform. You know the moment - the one where you’ve been mulling over a thought for ages, and then an influencer, a person with authority, articulates it, and suddenly, it’s like the light bulb … [Read more...]
Buying Canadian Isn’t Enough – We Need to Build Canadian and Back Our Builders
I’ve always believed that Canada is a country of builders. We don’t always make a big deal about it, but we have this quiet, determined way of solving problems. We innovate, we adapt, and we find workarounds when things don’t go as planned. But for all that resourcefulness, we don’t seem to own … [Read more...]