Author: Mukesh Gupta

Ideas

Rethinking Old Common Objects in New Ways

I came across interesting redesign of a few commonly used products and thought that the new designs were not only clever but were much better than the original designs.  Here we go: The Time piece:  NU:RO Watch from Anton & Irene on Vimeo. This redesign takes the hands out of the watch and inserts an hour glass instead.  Chalk:  One of the earliest memories that we have of our time in school is the touch, smell and taste of chalk. The good old chalk has remained unchanged for a long long time. Now, we have Nik Bentel reshape the chalk […]

Leadership, Strategy

Progress Doesn’t Always Follow a Straight Line

In an interesting blog post for Strategy+Business, Adam Kahane shares his perspective about solving tough problems. Tough problems or wicked problems are difficult to solve precisely because there is no one right answer and there are multiple root causes and motivations at play. It is wicked for the precise reason that there are seemingly contradicting interests at play, which makes it difficult to solve these problems permanently.  In the post, Adam talks about the fact that trying to solve a complex or a wicked problem as if it were a simple problem will always lead to making the problem even […]

Leadership

Four Ways Projects Get Delivered

As part of my reading list, I always look forward to posts written by Mike Shipulski. He is very wise and has the ability to simplify complex things into easy to understand chunks that help us grasp the concept. He is an innovation expert and has more than 20 patents to his name.  So when I read this post by Mike Shipulski on the nature of projects, I really had to share it with all of you. If you are in the business of leading or managing projects, this is a mandatory read. You can find the post here. If you are […]

Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Podcast

PBTO S2E10: Things that Matter to being Successful with Anne Sugar

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http://traffic.libsyn.com/pushingbeyondtheobvious/10_PBTO_S2E10__The_Things_that_Matter_with_Anne_Sugar.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Email | RSSWho is on the show: In this episode, we speak with Anne Sugar. She is an executive coach and speaker who has advised top leaders at companies like TripAdvisor, Sanofi Genzyme and Havas, She also serves as an executive coach for Harvard Business School Executive Education. Why is she on the show:  Dorie Clark recommended that we should host Anne and that she will have a lot of insights that can help us. Anne proved to be all that Dorie said that she will be. She shares a lot of great […]

Ideas, Personal Growth

Increase your Luck | Tina Seelig

Watch Tina Seelig, a Stanford professor, teaching entrepreneurship, talk about how to make our own luck. Its a simple two step process:  Take small risks and go outside our your comfort zone.  Look at everything you experience through a lens of possibility.  Small 11 min video but when implemented can make a big impact on our lives. Watch it here.