Flummoxed and muddled
Reflecting on my journey to clarity in product building through frames, progress, and frameworks.
Finding a principle of growth
In this edition, I explore how increasing accessibility is the engine of product growth.
Learning and Development in the form of teaching
In this edition, I explore why teaching and sharing knowledge is essential for effective teamwork.
Babasaheb on agriculture
Exploring Dr. Ambedkar's innovative ideas on making agriculture economical and empowering women farmers.
The one about triads
Discover how I leverage triads to shape business strategy, positioning, and product development!
Revisiting Focus
Struggling to find focus, I'm learning how to balance work demands and energy levels effectively.
Network Mode
Startups thrive in logistics and agriculture by leveraging existing networks, not building platforms.
Contextualising product adoption
This edition dives into leveraging a service framework to boost product adoption and user understanding.
Strategic and Tactical - Marketplace Modes
Navigating the challenges of marketplaces, from trust to value, in a digital world—leveraging insights for future businesses.
The times are changing in product role
Navigating the art and science of product development through real-time learnings, constraints, and theory building.
Ways and means of influence
Navigating work with maximum influence and minimum authority
Fundamental frames
Learning from academics and implementing theoretical concepts to build startups.
2024 with new operating mode
Experiencing change, navigating new terrain, and honing my context awareness for a fruitful 2024.
Another year, another state of the year
A year of personal and career changes, from more free time to a shift in job roles, all while embracing the power of writing and the importance of thinking as an operator.
Yearly product planning
Product planning requires influence and strategic thinking for effective execution.
Memories, new research and contradiction in Indian agriculture
Change in the city, frozen memories, and the role of women in agriculture.
Re-building a consumption funnel
The disarray in information consumption habits and the need for more discipline in order to develop a Personal Knowledge System (PKM) and use it as an input for creative pursuits.
Experiential learning in agri
Reflections on agribusiness, insights from an interview with industry experts, and link to the motivator about "taste" for the latest post
Talking, illustrating and writing
Deep thinking, failed walks, and the power of conversations—unveiling my process of ideation and thinking.
Operator’s writing cry
Operators should write publicly to share their expertise and contribute to discourse, as it benefits both the writer and readers.
Believing more than writing
Writing, recovery, and regaining momentum after a hiatus in this newsletter edition.
What do you do?
Navigating questions about my job title, discussing primary farming ecosystems, and exploring the concept of uncertainty in startups.
Changing social contours
The decline of Twitter and the search for new social media communities and connections.
Coaching at work
Preface Trust me when I say, this was not the topic for this issue. But, due to time constraints and things taking shape during my break. I think it had to...
All about processing information
Uncovering my personal information stack: RSS, Twitter lists, and building a Wiki on Obsidian.
A season comes to an end
End of season for me, taking a break from agriculture, but staying involved through voluntary efforts.
Being in Public
Marketing oneself and my point of view on being strategic : an experiment and reflections.
Refactoring the newsletter
Changed format but renewed to stay true to purpose why it all started.
Tags as frames
approaches to your life, work and the world
Rephrasing my talking points
On work
New roles like Product Manager
Defining the essence of product management
Making agriculture economical
Basic Premise Agriculture as a domain domestically is efficient beast that satisfices each stakeholder’s needs without fulfilling majority of them...
Don't feel sorry for farmers
build businesses with them
Career Lessons for me and you
Intellectual and financial pursuit
Recruiting people in complex domains
signalling with content
Curious nature of agri-commodity logistics
Exploring the intermixing of Logistics and agriculture domains
Process Innovation : Danaher Business System
Context : About the Book Lessons from the Titans by Scott Davis has actual lessons of industrial economy businesses that could be applied for our new economy...
Communications is operations
Why communication is key medium to be focused about to help fix operations.
3Cs of Logistics
Context This thesis plays out in hindsight. But, when the work and idea of Pipehaul started in 2018, it was very high level. My work as a product designer...
State of the year
my recap of 2022 in a state of the year format
Understanding Systems at Work
This is a topic that will forever stay at work in progress stage. So, I thought you and I could benefit by sharing it out in the open. I am hoping to get...
Conclusion of masterclass in produce markets
In this part 2 of the series , we conclude the lessons learned in building a produce marketplace
Layers of Logistics
An attempt as a framework for developing products.
Masterclass in Produce Marketplace - Part 1
I had the opportunity to give a masterclass with the folks at Network Capital. It was about the topic that occupied majority of my mind space, social capital...
My approach to logistics
Back in 2018 after completing couple of years in the field of logistics as a business development manager and product designer. I came to the realisation...
On hiring
My personal journey on understanding the importance of hiring.
The change in my writing
The writer’s journey up until now
Map of Interests V2 -> Logistics Node
Part 1
Solving for Novel Uncertainty
in produce markets
Front Line Workforce
The people who drive your business