Curious Log

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Simplest way to build trust and confidence

Many a times, we face a situation where we feel that our team members do not have trust and confidence in us or each other. Whether its a…

2013
Basics of Mobile Payments

Understanding the basics of Mobile Payments required me to find answers to these questions. What is a mobile payment What are the formats/models of mobile payment What is…

2013
What the dog saw – Malcolm Gladwell

When my cuz mentioned about this Gladwell book, my first reaction was why the funny title. It seems the title is inspired from Gladwell’s efforts to get inside…

2013
Mobile Payments Security – concerns, issues, threats, models and measures

One of the biggest reason why cash has still reigned supreme for purchases is the percieved safety it brings. It limits the potential damage to the hard currency…

2013
Why Financial Services Cos need Designers and fast !

I just came back from depositing a cheque into a relative’s HDFC Bank account. I know, its a crime that I did not use the Online Money Transfer…

2013
Leadership Lessons from Making of India – Book by Ranbir Vohra

It was quite some time back that I read the book – Making of India – by Ranbir Vohra. This was December 2006 and I had a habit…

2013
9 challenges in digitizing the sales force

Very few of us embrace change.Most of us would try our best to avoid any change in the status quo. Especially if it drastically impacts the way we…

2013
The Code Book by Simon Singh

The Code Book – is a short history of mankind’s journey to be able to transmit messages secretly. Its a very well researched compilation of what were the…

2013
Lack of pride – worse problem than corruption

Aam Admi Party and its parent movement – India Against Corruption – started a fight against corruption- probably the greatest evil which is eroding our country in all possible…

2013
Could “Gods” be aliens

I had heard a lot about Chariots of the Gods and finally managed to read it, inspite of the bad print. The whole book is based on one…

2013
The curious case of single order and multiple delivery consignments @ Flipkart

This just happened to me again in a short span of time. I ordered 4/5 books from Flipkart and the ordered was split into multiple consignments and the…

2013
Inflection point in Global mobile sales – Q2 2013

The latest Gartner Mobile sales reports are clearly saying one thing – the 2nd quarter of 2013 has been the inflection point in Global Mobile sales. Feature phone…

2013
HDFC Life’s Campaign to protect you from the rains

A colleague recounted an amazing experience she had at the Delhi Airport a few days back. She had just flown in and was waiting for her car. There…

2013
Bell Curve and the Appraisal Process

Imagine that a football team needs a manager/coach, someone who can motivate the players and help them deliver much more than they ever imagined they could. Now imagine…

2013
M PESA story

What are the things M PESA did right? Clean and focused campaign – “Send Money Home” – focused only on national remittances – something that was done in…

2013
Mobile Money Facts and Figures

Opportunity Scale 1.8 billion people globally have mobile phones but no bank acocunts (World Bank) Success Stories/Adoption Figures 20% of Kenya’s GDP moves on mPESA (2013) 20…

2013
CEOs role as friction buster

Not so long ago, a Private Equity guy told me that I was trying to do too many things as the CEO. Initially I thought he meant that…

2013
Uttarakhand Flood Relief – What we can do

I have been asking around to identify possible areas where we can chip in to help with the Uttarakhad Relief work. Adding the options I have found so…

2013