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  • Take Back Your Power by Deb Liu (Book Review)

    As I wrote in my review of Professor Jeffrey Pfeffer’s book Leadership B.S., leadership advice that is actually effective is in short-supply among the tens of thousands of leadership books. Deborah Liu‘s new book, Take Back Your Power: 10 New Rules for Women at Work is one of the rare few that offers evidence-based, practical,…

  • You Are What You Risk by Michele Wucker (Book Review)

    Michele Wucker’s book “You Are What You Risk: The New Art and Science of Navigating an Uncertain World” offers a deep dive into the world of personal risk, exploring the different factors that influence our risk perception and our approach to taking risks. In a world where we are constantly being presented with new risks…

  • Cloudflare TV: The CTO Show

    Cloudflare‘s CTO, John Graham-Cumming, interviewed Rajiv for the The CTO Show on CloudFlare TV. The CTO role varies enormously from company to company. In this series, John speaks with CTOs from across the industry to understand their role and how they ended up in it. (May 24, 2021) This week’s guest is Rajiv Pant, entrepreneur, former CTO…

  • My Personal and Professional Values: Keys to Collaborative Success

    Shared values and principles are the driving force behind any successful team. I hold certain values dear, not only in my professional life but also in my personal interactions. These are not attributes that I always embody perfectly, but they are principles that I constantly strive to uphold. 5 of My Values Victory Through Unity…

  • Humor, Seriously by Jennifer Aaker and Naomi Bagdonas (Book Review)

    Since I also wrote my review of Arianna Huffington’s The Sleep Revolution while pulling an all-nighter, it is only appropriate that I write my review of a book about humor to be as dry as a Bollywood dance number without the music. As fate would have it, back in 2013, I crossed paths with Professor…

  • Cloudflare TV: Builders and Innovators: Interview

    Cloudflare‘s President of Field Operations, Chris Merritt, interviewed Tech luminary and entrepreneur Rajiv Pant for the Builders and Innovators segment on CloudFlare TV. Watch the 30 minute video on Cloudflare TV Aired on  January 13, 2022 @ 5:30 – 6:00 PM (EST)

  • The Creator’s Code by Amy Wilkinson (book review)

    The Creator’s Code by Amy Wilkinson (book review)

    Having played key roles in driving innovation and success in digital businesses at The Wall Street Journal as their chief product & technology officer and at The New York Times as CTO, I’ve always been intrigued by what sets successful creators apart. It was in this pursuit of knowledge that I read my friend Amy…

  • Activities, Outputs, and Outcomes — A framework for your job

    This is a framework for understanding, describing, and performing your job duties, roles, and responsibilities. You can use this as a template to create a useful job description that you would actually use while you are in a job. It divides a job into three categories: activities, outputs, and outcomes. To be successful in your…

  • Leadership B.S. by Stanford University Professor Jeffrey Pfeffer (Book Review)

    Many books on leadership are like fairy tales: Inspiring, but misleading about leadership that is actually effective in our real world. Real leadership — i.e. leadership based on evidence and science, and thus statistically more likely be effective in practice — is less commonly found in leadership teachings. Instead, what we often hear is “feel good…

  • Management & Technical Career Growth Tracks (v3)

    In follow-up to earlier work on a) versions one and two of these technical and related career tracks, b) pathways for career development in product engineering, c) job titles, and d)  employee evaluation & career development, here is an updated version three of the career growth tracks. This version 3 includes software engineering & architecture,…

  • How do you launch a suite of Mobile, Web, and Voice products from ideation to go live in 12 weeks?

    How do you launch a suite of Mobile, Web, and Voice products from ideation to go live in 12 weeks?

    Check out the blog post by Very, the product development partner I worked with in my previous job at Thrive Global to design, build and launch multiple Mobile, Web, and Voice-controlled products from ideation to go live in 12 weeks! Thrive Global was created to end the stress epidemic. Founded by Arianna Huffington, the comprehensive platform tackles…

  • Reflections on the Yale CEO Summit 2016: Disruption and Leadership in Focus

    Yesterday, I attended the Yale CEO Summit for the second time. The summit, held at the Waldorf Astoria in New York City, brought together some of the world’s most influential leaders across various sectors. The theme of this year’s summit was “Delight and Despair Over Disruption, Part II: The Post-Election Story.” This Summit, hosted by…