Monthly Mulling by Tapan Desai

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Trusting Your Gut? Time to Spot Your Mental Traps
Here Are 7 Workplace Biases And What To Do About Them
 • Tapan Desai
The PR Campaign That Paved the Streets
From jaywalking to zero sugar, the labels we use reshape what we believe.
 • Tapan Desai
The 6 Words That Almost Got an NVIDIA Exec Fired
And a 3-step framework from NVIDIA for breaking the unwritten rules that hold you back.
 • Tapan Desai
The Genius of Doing Nothing (On Purpose)
What Chinese characters, tortoises, and sticky notes teach us about creativity.
 • Tapan Desai
The Rise of the Igonfluencer
How AI is making it easier to sound smart and harder to think deeply.
 • Tapan Desai
What Gets Measured Gets Manipulated
How metrics mislead, incentives backfire, and what to do instead.
 • Tapan Desai
Your Goals Make You Miserable. Here's Why.
The story of Raj, the Valley of Longing, and a very unwanted pet
 • Tapan Desai
What Makes an Artist Great?
A 300-year-old painting, a locked room, and three timeless lessons on creativity.
 • Tapan Desai
The Framework That Built a $2 Trillion Company
First Principles Thinking: The mental model, when to use it, and how to apply it.
 • Tapan Desai
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Monthly Mulling by Tapan Desai
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