Frameworks & Flywheels

In this episode, we discuss what mastery really means, particularly in sport and in a professional setting. We discuss what drives some people to go that extra mile and whether it's something that all of us seek.

We close things out with our content recommendations.  Content discussed in this episode:

In this episode, we talk about learnings from Jeff Bezos' operating style - trying to identify areas where we can apply these learnings to our personal and professional lives. 

Jeff Bezos, as most of us would know, is the legendary founder-CEO of Amazon.com - possibly the most successful company of the current century. He has recently stepped down from his post of CEO at Amazon to pursue interests - specifically in space exploration with this company Blue Origin. 

We cover the following themes in our discussion:

2. Balance - Evaluating multiple decision frameworks simultaneously and using the best ones. Specifically, the Type-1 and Type-2 decision-making process. 

3. Conviction, Self-belief & Bezos' famous regret-minimization framework.

2. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams

3. Carry On - Rainbow Rowell

5. Beyond The Last Blue Mountain: A Life Of J. R. D. Tata - R.M. Lala

6. The 50 Best Contemporary Novels Under 200 Pages

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In this episode, we have a freewheeling chat about money and our philosophies around it. We talk about how people think about money and how it affects their decision making.

Recently, Salesforce signed an agreement to acquire Slack for a deal valued at $27.7 billion! 

We discuss the strategic significance of the acquisition for both companies. Additionally, we try to understand what such a consolidation means for the future of enterprise software. Consumerization of Enterprise software is one of the hottest fields right now and we are excited to observe what's next! Happy listening!

Our recommendations from the episode: 

1. Roger Martin talking about Integrative Thinking in the Knowledge Project Podcast

2. Richard Koch on The Tim Ferriss Show

3. Delivering Happiness by Tony Hsieh (RIP)

In this episode, we discuss whether a platform-specific UI/UX can create new opportunities for incumbents and startups in the enterprise space. We discuss the unique challenges faced by B2B businesses compared to B2C - such as high inertia and necessary friction in solutions! 

Hopefully, you'll find this interesting. Do reach out to us on Twitter if you have comments, suggestions, criticism on the episode (or, in general!). You can find us on the following ids - Frameworks & Flywheels (@FFlywheels), Chaitanya (@ckingalpha) & Achyut (@a_2510). 

The content we discussed during the episode: 

1. Alchemy by Rory Sutherland 

2. Notes of a Dream - The Authorized Biography of A.R. Rahman

3. Rory Sutherland on the Invest Like the Best podcast 

Happy listening! 

In this episode, we talk about the American connected fitness company Peloton and its uniquely successful business model. By selling premium hardware and premium subscriptions, Peloton has managed to avoid many of the pitfalls of hardware businesses. We also talk about how this compares to Apple and the subscriptions that it offers and the bundle that it recently announced.

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In this episode, we discuss the bookstore business and how it's changed in the age of Amazon. We talk about the changing economics of the business and how bookstores can reinvent themselves to stay relevant and profitable. We round things out with our content recommendations of the week.

In this episode, we try to understand if hope drives action, and eventually, that action feeds into positive outcomes! Do you agree? Or, do you think it's the other way around? 

We round things out with our content recommendations for the week.

Suggestions from the episode: 

In this episode, we discuss Jiomart and its overnight success since launching a couple of months ago. We discuss the dynamics of retail in India and how Jiomart fits in. We talk about its strategy and positioning relative to the incumbents in the grocery delivery space.

In this episode, we discuss the abundance of information on the internet and how one goes about discovering and consuming this information, including how we do it in our own lives. We discuss binging and rabbit holes and some of the methods that we ourselves use in managing the content deluge in our lives. We round things out with our content recommendations for the week.

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