My 2018 Book Recommendation

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Every once in a while we come across an interesting book that questions your assumptions, derails your beliefs and yet in a profound way affects your thoughts. Last year I picked up this innocuous looking, although bold book “Courage to be Disliked – The Japanese Phenomenon that shows you How to change your life and […]

Leadership in exceptional situations

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**Spoiler alert for Episode 4, Season 7** Being an avid fan of Game of Thrones, I constantly review the situations and how it relates to leadership and strategy. Daenerys Targaryen took a decision and attacked the Lannister army against the counsel of Tyrion and Varys. Is this the right decision? Let us review the context in […]

Why Domain Driven Design (DDD) is getting popular?

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The concept of Domain Driven Design has been popularized by Eric Even’s book “Domain Driven Design: Tackling Complexity in the Heart of Software” in 2003. Not much attention was paid at that time since the industry was recovering from the “Dotcom Bubble” and the applications developed were not as complex as we see today. Fast forward […]

Lessons from Cuckoo Clock

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I am not sure when it started but it must be an Hollywood movie that showed a cuckoo clock that started my fascination for them.  Growing up in a middle class family of seven siblings, I can only dream of such things. Well, I am happy to tell you that after 30 years my dream […]