I am waiting to hear from the Twitter crowd that makes fun of 25 year old management consultants telling clients to cut costs. Must be busy drinking the cool aid.

When you look at retail shelf space, Nike is almost non existent in the Running section, replaced by Hoka, On, and Brooks. And when you try these newer brands you realize the reason... they make you feel like you are running in the clouds. Nike is going the Intel way📉

Visited an Amazon delivery station at Paraisopolis, Brazil’s 3rd largest favela. A 14 yr old I met at the after school program Amazon runs asked me if I could help her publish the book she is writing. I left impressed by her resiliency and my privilege youtu.be/FcgDOUxQVyQ?si…

One of the most important skills for a leader is to be able to differentiate fad from a lasting trend. If the leader reacts to every fad, the team is randomized. If the leader rejects a lasting trend as a fad, the team loses a large opportunity

I am in that part of my fitness journey where I am realising that lifting and cardio are not enough and I need to focus on mobility and sprinting. And my mobility sucks bcos I don't drink enough water. Our bodies are truly magical and complex.

1 designer for a two pizza team benchmark does not seem to be the case in Bangalore... Way more designers than SDEs in my twitter timeline.. Maybe designers are the ones living interesting lives and having an opinion ?!?!

The story of our lives...

We live in unreal times 😨

My biggest learnings from conversations with Anand Chandrasekaran has been exactly this - asking "how the world changes" when you hear a new idea and then figuring out how to make it work.

This is so underrated. We do this ("Walk the Store*) and listen to customer calls as a team every month.

Why being customer obsessed is very hard. Read thru the responses and you will see how all talk of customer obessesion goes thru the window when it impacts your bottom line.

The "Why" culture aboutamazon.com/news/company-n…

Loved reading

Water is the operating system for our body. Without (enough of) it, nothing runs properly - nutrient absorption, temperature regulation, joint lubrication, digestion, and flushing waste.

When I joined Amazon I used to wonder what is the big deal about cust obsession. After sometime I realized cust obsession is hard bcos it comes at a cost in the short term but pays off in the long term. But most companies don’t look beyond current mnth / qtr

I will never understand why Lenny Kravitz and Pharrell Williams never age…ever

Took Meta AI app for a spin. Its interesting. Wonder if people showing off their AI prompts / creations (vs hand curated content) becomes the new social media. Meta has been relentless in integrating AI since the last 18+ months.

Maybe the only thing I can say I have common with Zuck…raw dogging reality since birth 🤦‍♂️

Breakfast: same but different !