During the holiday travels, one of the vexing things that you might have come across is people in a hurry, those who hurtle by at excessive speed on airport escalators, as you stand. Conversely, you might be the one trying…
I write a lot about internet operations on this blog. In the Wharton core Operations class, we teach a catalog business case, where I make the point that catalog business is a good way to understand the advantages and disadvantages…
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Highlighting some books that I loved reading in 2018. These are not necessarily books that were published in 2018. (Before I get into the list, I loved three wonderful books by my colleagues this year: The Customer Centricity Playbook by Peter…
Tsundoku / Anti-Library of 2018 This is the year in which the exquisitely fine word Tsundoku entered our lexicon. So, the end of the year is a good time to evaluate the dreams for future reading. I don’t buy books impulsively much, but…
Bad Blood by John Carreyrou was the most unputdownable book that I read in 2018. The book reveals that the truth is sometimes stranger than fiction. Reading the astounding details on Theranos, once a revered Silicon valley unicorn and a…
Palantir is one of the most fascinating companies in the Valley because the core purpose of the company is data-analysis based intelligence products and services — a setup so close to the nature of operations research. Palantir occupies a weird…