Human vs AI contest As part of my leadership lab experiments, I pitted ChatGPT against myself for a creativity challenge. This post is an analysis of the outcome. I will also detail the question, the methodology and rationale, results, the comparison, and my verdict. Methodology As part of an interview, I was asked a question…

Headlines that sell! Today’s post is related to the literary device “Ordinal Numbers”. This is also part of the AtoZ challenge evaluating literary devices for each letter of the alphabet. Niru completed hers — link at end. #ABCBookReviewChallenge. Money for Headlines One of the first tips on making money on Medium (and everywhere else on the…

Making Productivity Joyful As a working mom, productivity is a topic very close to my heart. Most content on this topic treat it solely as a motivation or prioritization problem. But for working parents, life always has two priorities on the number one spot — kids and work! …

Monday Musings Have you ever come away from a conversation feeling unheard and frustrated? When people seem to 100% ignore or disregard your opinions, sometimes after asking you to provide one! If you are a writer here on Medium too, perhaps you produced a brilliant post, but all you heard were… crickets…

Profitable Advice for Digital Age Work habits, expectations and environments have changed dramatically in the last 10 years, especially post the pandemic. Yet leadership advice in books still remains stuck in the 80s era. Worse, most books are written by academics, not corporate professionals. If you are looking for customized advice, then my book “Leadership…

Friday Fun Welcome to Friday Fun, part of my November writing challenge. Today’s post explores the literary device "Neologism" and is also part of my writing challenge #ABCBookReviewChallenge. Neologism A neologism is a newly-created word used in expressions, in both writing and speaking. …

Life with labels Too Career focused. Lazy Housewife. Blogger. Cool cat Aunt. Pimply youth. Innovator. Disorganized Mom. These are just some of the labels thrown at me by folks. Some were strangers, some were family, some were passing acquaintances who used a mix of stereotypes and snap judgements. All are true, but only…

Monday Motivation

Leadership Lab Lessons This post is a roundup of insights from the book "Loonshots" by Safi Bahcall that explores the dynamics of innovation within organizations. Many of these principles can be applied to our personal life for career and money management. Phase transitions are critical. First what are “Loonshots”? These are radical, risky…