“The other day I was watching Kal Ho Na Ho with my family again,” Jigneshbhai said when we met for coffee last weekend. That was an old movie. But Swami and I looked up as we had watched that many times over. “Do you remember that charged up scene where SRK reads out a letter … Read more
“Do you think AI will wipe out creativity?” Swami asked me the other day over coffee. As a writer, that was something on my mind. I had seen some of the recent AI tools and what they could do. It did feel like some of the AI might help. But it also did feel like … Read more
“Have you ever been in a meeting towards the end of a project when a person who has not been to any of the preceding ones comes up with a ‘small feedback’ that impacts everything?” Swami asked us the other day over coffee. Jigneshbhai flashed a smile and I knew what was coming. “Did someone … Read more
“Wasn’t it Abraham Lincoln who said Democracy is a government of the people, by the people and for the people?” Jigneshbhai asked me and Swami the other day when we met over coffee. Swami replied, “Yes, that is correct,” after quickly checking it on Google on his phone. “Why do you ask?” he added. Jigneshbhai … Read more
“If you don’t find an insight, slice it and dice it, and then drill it, till you kill it,” Swami declared when we met for coffee. “Nice line, who said it?” Jigneshbhai asked, his curiosity piqued by Swami. “Raichand said that last week, just before a client presentation,” Swami reported. “He wanted us to present … Read more
Swami told me and Jigneshbhai about his last apartment association meeting over coffee last weekend. “A lot of people complained about the stray dogs that made life difficult”, he said. “They claimed that they occupied parking lots in the basement, barked and ran after children,” he added. “Yes, that’s true, right?” Jigneshbhai poked. “Yes, they … Read more
Last weekend over coffee, Swami started, not with a question as he often does, but with an observation. “A few years back, I was told that I need to post on LinkedIn regularly twice a week for it to work,” he started. “Only then will there be recognition of my knowledge and expertise as a … Read more
“Raichand posted a message in our group over the weekend and told us to be ready for an urgent meeting on Monday morning,” Swami reported to us last evening over coffee. One week into the new year and his holiday season mood seemed gone. “2025 Goals it said,” he said. “But we had no clue … Read more
“This ad says Jockey. Or Nothing,” Jigneshbhai started our coffee chat the other day looking at this ad in a magazine. Swami and I wondered why he was looking at these kind of ads in a cafe. But he was engrossed in it. “The idea is to tell their target audience that they should not … Read more