Aneesh Sathe

Completely randomly on mastodon I came across this wonderful tool via Ada. It’s not fancy, it’s a funky looking, but I was instantly in love. Here it is: Giant Heart Poetry It has a syllable counting function and I used it immediately to write (bad) haikus… here are a few: Sanity is found in boxes Life spills. Unraveled. Collect it all, tick boxes GTD keeps me A Flying Kite Caught A flying kite caught Winter’s saddest ocean breeze Little boy giggled

There is a fetishism around management artifacts, handbooks, spreadsheets, memos and more. People who like the idea of being a leader but lack experience look at these artifacts and think that whatever goes into the artifacts is how the world will function. This micromanagement flavour of command and control forgets that there are people involved. Leaders must remember that the people who you are leading are just like you and, crucially, that they are closer to the problem. Strategies crumble when they leave out the team’s intelligence, insight, and input. Therefore, building a culture of …

The year was 1989, Solapur, then a small town in India. I’m about 4 years old attending one of the kindergarten years at St. Joseph’s Highschool. The days feel endless and everything has a sheen of significance. During recess me and a friend haunt the area just off from the main playground. This was an area that we’re not exactly allowed to go to, but not exactly forbidden either. What makes this place worth the apparent risk is that it’s full of pebbles. This is a place where treasure is to be sought. You see, a few days ago I had found a particularly interesting shiny stone and given it to …

# Summary # Leaders are by the nature of their job, alone. Good leaders are thinkers, they explore and map their territory and lay out a course. That is they lead with vision. To develop a clear and confident vision leaders need to be able to concentrate on what’s important to take decisions with courage and conviction. Leaders don’t have the expertise to tackle every problem. Leadership teams have a wider expertise and should be structured such that there is openness and space to explore from a place of vulnerability. Good leadership teams are also good friends who are able to fearlessly …

Most people know my love for Norah Jones (I bought the cassette for Come Away with Me before all the awards), most people don’t know that I’m a long time fan of Anoushka Shankar also. To hear the sisters talk and play together is something else! If for some crazy reason you don’t want to listen to the podcast, here are some of their songs from albums: https://youtu.be/kEJSWIftX98 https://youtu.be/Wi7F-MlKLG4 https://youtu.be/wnkopIHRH3Q https://youtu.be/jguri1qOCY0 Here’s one of Anoushka with Sting: https://youtu.be/TmnDLMzpXLE And the best tribute I saw to Chris Cornell: …