Insights from gamification projects done for a product based tech startup (TravelTriangle.com) combined with my learnings from 10+years of audio-visual storytelling experiences. — Adding frisky elements and introducing reward points to a product is not gamification. The idea of gamification is to introduce the core elements of actual games into non-game environments to inspire users towards higher engagement, instigate loyalty and thereby drive predefined business goals. …

People from other disciplines associate closely with design more than other fields may have some evolutionary traits in them. — Having spent time in the passenger seat will not help anyone truly understand what it means to be a driver as much as the ones who have sat behind the wheel. At the same time, not everyone can be a Formula1 driver just by the virtue of knowing driving, you…

A theoretical framework for non-designers to get a better sense of the product design world through two fundamental differences. — Hiring designers is never easy, and there is no straightforward path to this. …

A stencil that is evolved through frequent feedback over years of building digital product& service-based experiences. — In Art, the final output revolves around the artist than the patron. In Design, it revolves around the end-user(or the customer in certain scenarios) and it is highly iterative. …

Memoirs of creating a brand new EdTech Product during the crisis of 2020–21 and a myriad of unforeseen events. (The makeshift Home Office in the middle of a small island-town by the Arabian Sea added a distinct flavour to the whole remote work experience) — Tale 1 of 7 ROUGH SEAS AND STRONG WINDS OF MARCH 2020 𝙼𝚊𝚗𝚢 𝚖𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚑𝚜 𝚋𝚎𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚜𝚒𝚐𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚞𝚙 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚊𝚗 𝚞𝚗𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚌𝚒𝚙𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚗𝚎𝚠 𝚊𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚐𝚗𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝

There are people and organisations taking advantage of young people by promising ultimate success, wealth, or fame to them by glorifying failures as mandatory steps towards success. Such chronic positivity would trick the vulnerable into the vicious circle of pursuing unrealistically ambitious dreams forever. What is it, if it is not a scam? — We must stop injecting chronic positivity into everyone we meet in the name of mentoring them. Because it is simply toxic for the majority of the people beyond what we can fathom.

The most memorable mentoring sessions I ever had as a mentee were often those unplanned, informal meetings when I was least expecting the mentors to pour their wisdom onto me. Even better ones were often those conversations during or after a great meal/drink together. And the best ones were when…

The dual nature of THINKING and the untapped potential of the human brain. — This is part 3 of a 6-part series, where I share accounts of a journey I have embarked on to understand the true ingredients of ‘inventiveness’ and ‘sustainability’. To build my argument, I have looked at patterns from history, concepts of neuropsychology, the philosophy of science, and anything that has…