Circa early 2020, Covid19 caught the world by surprise, to say the least. The last couple of years have been crazy in many ways. Organizations, big and small, went from a status quo that was essentially unchanged for decades, to work-from-home (WFH), to work-from-anywhere (WFA). New buzzwords like ‘blursday’ entered our lexicon, the common man …
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Making Sense of Data
A thread on a LinkedIn post got me thinking about how “data” is often confused with “insight”… 99% of the ‘insights’ I encounter are mere associations. E.g. ‘X% of millennials prefer Y’ or ‘X% of our customers switched from contract Y to Z’. These are observations, not insights.Robert van Ossenbruggen In every industry and market …
The Crisis Is Here
At the time of writing this, the #Coronavirus pandemic has already claimed more than 1 Million deaths and infected more than 54 Million people, worldwide. Countless lives (and livelihoods) have already been affected by the #Covid19 virus, and most of the year 2020 has really been all about dealing with the crises. Could we have …
Day 100 – Learning to Adapt
It is now 100 days since the #Covid19 lockdown first began in India. A lot has happened since then… We learned to #WFH, and to cope with the “new normal”. We dealt with Technology challenges, and tried to find a quiet space in our homes – with a charging point nearby. We coped with ever-changing …
Day 28 – The Fight Continues
It’s only been a few months since I took up a new role at Aegon Life. Just a couple of weeks after joining Aegon, India launched a strict #lockdown protocol in response to the #Covid19 pandemic. Originally meant to last 21 days, it has now been extended in its second phase. When the office moved …