musings – Strategic Chaos

Why Closure Is Overrated

According to the Cambridge dictionary closure ‘is the feeling or act of bringing an unpleasant situation, time or experience to an end, so that you are able to start new activities’. Heavy stuff. Although the term closure can be used in a business and operational context, it is safe to say that more often thanContinue reading “Why Closure Is Overrated”

Life Lessons From Phil Knight’s ‘Shoe Dog’

For the first time in a very long time I’ve fallen short of words around how to describe something. I’ve always known the power of words and their ability to transport you to a different universe. But I never imagined I’d feel this way about a business book. The way Phil Knight describes his journeyContinue reading “Life Lessons From Phil Knight’s ‘Shoe Dog’”

The Thing About Creativity

The thing about creativity is that it will keep you up at night. It will wake you up at offbeat hours and demand your attention. It will demand that you write down the idea on a notepad, an app on your phone, and in some instances will force you to wake up from your slumberContinue reading “The Thing About Creativity”

The Importance of Unlearning Ethnocentrism

Here is the fun part about growing up in a melting pot where your neighbor is English and your best-friend is Canadian. You quickly develop a wider view of the world around you. But here is the other thing. No matter how ‘worldly’ you consider yourself to be. We as humans have some inevitable biasContinue reading “The Importance of Unlearning Ethnocentrism”

Meet Zoya D’Souza

As a kid I was always asked if I was privileged enough to have one super-power, what would it be? Most kids would say the ability to fly, be invisible and one rather disturbing boy wanted to be huge so that he could hold the universe in the palm of his little chubby hands andContinue reading “Meet Zoya D’Souza”

Let’s Talk Just Me and You

“Your love is my drug” a common saying and used frequently in a lot of lyrics in the music industry. In fact I’ve probably heard that saying been thrown around so much nowadays that it got me to question if there was an underlying layer of truth to it. We live in a society whereContinue reading “Let’s Talk Just Me and You”