Is Heuristics misleading your Judgment?

I recollect a poem during my school days where the little girl finds it difficult to remember 6 multiplied by 9 while learning the table of 6. So she creates a mental shortcut and says 6 multiplied by 9 is ‘doll’. And assigns 54 to a doll. During exams she remembers ‘doll’ and forgets 54. …

Are we victim of Dunning-Kruger effect?

“One of the painful things about our time is that those who feel certainty are stupid, and those with any imagination and understanding are filled with doubt and indecision” – Bertrand Russell, The Triumph of Stupidity Visualise this. You are in a meeting. You are well conversant with the subject of the meeting. The meeting …

Does training help you improve your business performance?

The world seems to be divided on this one. The other day, one of my ex colleagues Rasesh and I were chatting up. The topics ranged from families to Office to current affairs. During our conversation he said that he has to go for the ‘compulsory’ training and that he finds it to be a …

Lee Kuan Yew : The legendary transformer

Singapore lost its founding father last week. Lee Kuan Yew died on 23rd March 2015. Lee transformed the colonial backwater into one of Asia’s prominent countries. Writing down some of the things I could understand on what led to this transformation and is there the other side as well. In one of the interviews Lee …

Freezing while presenting? These 5 things can unfreeze you

Let’s face it. Whatever be your profession, at some point or the other you will have to face this situation. Standing in front of a group of people and speaking. Have you faced or experienced this situation? Be it in your office, your business, your community get-together or alumni meets? What’s the feeling? During my …

MOOCS – An easy access to continuous learning, or is it?

Want to keep in touch with the subject of your liking? Want to do some formal course in the subject from some of the well- known universities and listening to some of the finest professors on the globe? Importantly want to do it sitting in your cozy couch sipping your favourite coffee? If your answer …