Abhilash Pillai

Problem solver by profession. Building product @udaandotcom, ex: Flipkart, Yahoo, ITC.

[Abhilash Pillai @abhilashgp]

Most of us are aware of the cognitive biases that affect us. However, it is hard to avoid them. There is a name for being aware of bias in others while not in oneself - “bias blind spot.”
Why is this so hard, and what can we do? ….

[Abhilash Pillai @abhilashgp]

@dpuzzlesarena @engineers_feed Because multiplication should be thought as taking half of a half pizza, hence u get a quarter pizza

[Abhilash Pillai @abhilashgp]

Probably the best “protein powder opening” experience I have had!

True Basics @TrueBasicsIN

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@saffrontrail @letsblinkit My thesis is, if they show a higher number, customer switches to another app which may show a lower wait time. Once an order is placed, customers never cancel!

[Abhilash Pillai @abhilashgp]

Empuraan movie is a 10 mins story told in 3 hours. A revenge and a dynasty succession (with a weak reason on why that is the right answer for the state) gone wrong and set right by the hero!

[Civic Opposition of India @CivicOp_india]

This 10 km stretch, responsible for over 60% of India’s software exports, should be the best—but it stands as a prime example of political extortion. It’s time to set things right! @DKShivakumar #BrandBengaluru #ORR #Bengaluru

[Abhilash Pillai @abhilashgp]

@BluSmartIndia @BluSmartGoyal my first trip with you in Bangalore never happened today! So much for cancellation free electric car rides!

Booked a rental! Due to shortage of drivers, got a ride 45 mins post the booked time.

Workaround seems to be "push the ride into future"

[Abhilash Pillai @abhilashgp]

How to apply these insights into avoiding biases? Two strategies.
1 - Ensure you have sufficient reserves of energy
2 - Reduce the amount of energy that needs to be spent while questioning
More details in my monthly post on “Fighting Confirmation Bias.”
https://t.co/g4HS5lKARV

[Abhilash Pillai @abhilashgp]

Most of us are aware of the cognitive biases that affect us. However, it is hard to avoid them. There is a name for being aware of bias in others while not in oneself - “bias blind spot.”
Why is this so hard, and what can we do? ….

[Abhilash Pillai @abhilashgp]

We have an evolutionary tendency to conserve energy. Hence listening to the fast responses from the working model feels effortless. Questioning it and applying cognition feels effortful (tiring, feels unpleasant many times)…..

[Abhilash Pillai @abhilashgp]

Wonder why we give up too soon in the face of ambiguous problems? How to avoid them?

Change the mental model of how we can chase clarity in problems

First issue in my newly launched newsletter, The Product Spike: “Chasing Progressive Clarity” https://t.co/jREPdxPuPM

[Abhishek Chatterjee @abhilivian]

Hiring for @udaandotcom.
Andaz Apna Apna style.

Recruiters:

[Abhilash Pillai @abhilashgp]

Should children be nudged towards problems of increasing complexity? Make tough demands on them?

[Avraham Z. Cooper, MD 🩺 @AvrahamCooperMD]

This is literally a time lapse of the earth rotating. Coolest thing I have seen in ever.

[Abhilash Pillai @abhilashgp]

@sids Also never underestimate the power of conceptual models. Customers may not extend the notion of messaging to include payments, can’t wait to see what happens!

[Marc Andreessen 🇺🇸 @pmarca]

https://t.co/IlRYdH6610

[udaan @udaandotcom]

Our co-founder @Sujeet_fk visited warehouses to oversee operations & motivate the teams
#Lockdown21 #IndiaFightsCorona #udaanForBharat

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Jugaad solutions https://t.co/hMhDmneOft

[Anand Lunia, IndiaQuotient @anandlunia]

This is the strongest argument why India will do just fine.