Musings of a practitioner behavioral scientist on mental models, choice architecture, human potential, behavioral economics, tech, VC n everything in between.
The red planet has always intrigued me — and I am sure I not alone in this mix of curiosity and fascination. From my early childhood when I was willing to discover how a martian would look like, to my teen years when I started to learn a bit (a really little bit) of astrophysics and science — so I…
A Breath of Fresh Air
This is both a comeback post and a belated one.
I spent the last days of October at Silicon Valley. My schedule had an interesting mix of visits to local companies and start-ups, academic researchers, think tanks and the attendance to an event in San Carlos — and of course, a…
Every single year I choose a word that I use a theme for the upcoming 365 days. Something I want to learn, practice, reflect upon. I have chosen gratitude, discipline, growth before. This year I was bound to Hope.
But why hope?
Today I had lunch with a dear who happens to — also — be a successful executive in a leading CPG company in my country. From where tech is leading us, the role of digital in the way companies are designing their marketing efforts, to more exoteric aspects of management, human…
When I was on my early twenties, I had this smart ass, know it all, talk bravado attitude that seems so common on those leaving BSchool that time. I proudly named myself one that had the courage to speak what other people thought but would not. I felt I was fearless for doing so.