Mar 14, 20181 minWhat can CEOs learn from religion?We tend to dismiss religion if not as ‘opiate for the masses’, at least as irrelevant for organizations. But in doing so we run the risk...
Jul 25, 20171 minWhen governments lead us astrayLotteries are also known as “stupidity tax”; a nod to their improbable odds. In India, lotteries are often run by state governments – its...
Jun 30, 20173 minCheating ourselves to Death?India is often referred to as the diabetes capital of the world, with around 41 million people living with diabetes in 2007, and...
Aug 5, 20163 minIrrationality in the face of imminent deathThe video on how the passengers of the Emirates plane that met with an accident at Dubai airport behaved, holds major lessons on how...
Apr 1, 20152 minAre we better off living in California?It’s a question my wife & I have been debating since we moved to Chicago in January. Of course, the weather is the primary trigger....
Oct 29, 20144 minNegativity Dominance and Victim NeglectThe natural world is abound with asymmetries – from asymmetries in the fundamental physical forces to the left-right asymmetry ubiquitous...
Jan 3, 20143 minRise in ski helmet use, but no reduction in fatalities. Why?The recent skiing accident of Michael Schumacher has shook the sporting world. The F1 world and many more people are praying for him. We...
Dec 30, 20131 minIbIn progress report 2013The India Backbone Implementation Network (IbIn) was launched in April 2013 by The Planning Commission of India, with the primary...
Sep 19, 20132 minWhy didn’t the driver stop?In a a tragic accident between a bus and train in Ottawa, Canada, 6 people died, 8 were critically injured and 30 were hospitalized. The...
Aug 7, 20135 minCognitive Biases in Evaluating Human LifeOne of the greatest feats of the human brain is its ability to filter a vast amount of information into a manageable stream of relevant...
Jul 18, 20132 minChanging the behavior of Open DefecationBuilding toilets for over 50% of India’s population that defecate in the open is the primary goal of the Nirmal Bharat Abhyan (the...
May 16, 20132 minWhat do we all have in common with the IPL players caught fixing ?So, another fixing scandal hits Cricket and IPL comes in to news for the wrong reasons, once again. A lot of questions are being asked....
Mar 11, 20131 minWestern Railways moves to cut track deaths by implementing Final Mile’s interventionsOur work to reduce trespassing fatalities on Mumbai’s suburban railway system has been reported many times. Based on its success, Western...
Mar 4, 20132 minBeware of Bigger Cars!A recent news article talks about pedestrians and bikers being the most vulnerable on Mumbai roads. 57% of the deaths on Mumbai roads...
Feb 6, 20131 minFrom Product to Market.TIE Omidyar Network Affordable Healthcare SummitTIE and Omidyar Network recently organised the ‘Affordable Healthcare Summit’ in Delhi. Our co-founder, Ram Prasad was on the Panel, ...
Dec 28, 20122 minLets get emotionalDelhi Protests . (Source Reuters/Mansi Thapliyal) The recent horrific rape and the subsequent protests have led to many emotional...
Dec 5, 20122 minShould we adopt a rational response to risk ?While dealing with measures to reduce risk we usually ask the question “Is this effective?” Safety experts urge that the right question...
Nov 19, 20122 minGetting Emotional about Prospect TheoryProspect theory (Kahneman & Tversky, 1979) is a descriptive theory that models real-life financial decisions people make when faced with...
Aug 21, 20122 minScientists dispel ‘Miserable Monday’ myth…but have they, really?BBC recently reported this story on how Prof Arthur Stone of Stony Brook University and his team conducted a massive study and concluded...
Jun 12, 20122 minCurrency Of The MindIn the recent past academic literature is abound with discussions around how classical economics is poor at explaining or predicting...