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Consider some of the recent challenges faced by Facebook- 1.     In 2017, Facebook admitted that the suspected Russians were paying to boost posts in the US to influence 2016 presidential elections. Facebook has millions of advertisers and buying ads just needed a FB page and a credit card and some trivial details. 2.       Facebook recently admitted that nearly 10% of its 2.1 billion user base are the fake accounts, arguably a leading source of fake news. 3.       In the event of you forgetting FB password or accounts being locked, Facebook needed to ask users to email the copy of the photo ID and do the verifications offline. In all probability, to deal with these challenges, Facebook recently acquired identity origination platform company- Confirm.io. So what does Confirm.io do?  Based on thecurrently available information, Confirm.io- offers to existing customers an API that lets companies verify the authenticity of governm...

Sometime back I read about why Mark Zuckerberg wears the same t-shirt to work every day and the reason he gave has stayed with me. He does so to avoid something called as decision fatigue. All of us have limited will-power during the day. An engrossing event like decision-making sucks up the will-power. And a routine event like deciding what to wear, often consumes the diminishing will-power. Not only Mark Z, but the likes of Barrack Obama, Satya Nadella and many successful personalities have such tactics in place to cut-the-decision making crap and focus their limited energies on the right areas. As the fastcompany article revealed , Jeff Bezos is a big believer of streamlining the decision making. He has even instituted a 4 step process: Decisions that are reversible, can use a light-weight process. Don’t wait for 100% information before making decisions. 70% is just-about right. Waiting for 90% information to be available usually slows down decision-making. Stakeholder alignment is ...

India recently won the ICC U-19 Cricket World cup. Like with the various moves India U-19’s legendary coach Rahul Dravid makes (being his huge fan), I followed his post-tournament interviews with much admiration. One of the things that struck with me was this quote of his- "It was interesting because the 2012 final featured India and Australia; the result of the final will tell you that India beat Australia. Six years down the line, while only one of those boys played a couple of one-day games for India, four-five Australians have gone on to play for Australia. So, more of their guys have gone on to play first-class cricket. The debatable point is actually who won that final, if you look back six years later. So I think those are interesting chats and conversations to be had." Most people choose only failure as a credible source of learning. Here,Dravid brings a very refreshing perspective on performance. Not only is he insisting to learn from success (by choosing to look 6 y...

In the last 4 weeks, I endured and completed: 1. Ultra Marathon : Bengaluru (50 Km) [7th-Jan] 2. Mumbai Full Marathon (42.195 km) [21st-Jan] 3. Oxfam Trailwalker : Bengaluru (100 km) [2nd-Feb] With many marathons over the years, i have deciphered that- "Runs end, Running doesn't". Each run teaches you something about life. Here, I am sharing this reflection from my recent runs. Following are usually the phases one goes through while going through the marathon- 0 km: I know I can do it. 21 km: It's getting painful. Did I make the right choice choosing to do it? 30 km: Why the hell did I start? 38 km: I am close to giving up. 40 km: I think I can push a little 42.195 km: Never experienced a high like this. Does this cycle sounds familiar with anything insurmountable you have attempted? The cycle begins by taking a high risk, bringing in high energy, dealing with (often) self-created doubts, questioning the very reason to start, almost giving up, and while on the v...