Tejas Padekar

Just wrapped up a powerful 2‑day #7HabitsOfHighlyEffectivePeople "Signature Edition" workshop with Rupender Khaira, and I’m walking away with a very fresh perspective on both work and life. What struck me most was this: most of us “know” these principles somewhere in the back of our mind – be proactive, begin with the end in mind, sharpen the saw, and so on. But there’s a huge difference between quietly agreeing with an idea and truly understanding how to live it. Rupender Khaira didn’t just walk us through the book; he unpacked the real meaning behind each habit with stories, frameworks, and reflections that made the concepts click at a much deeper level. It felt less like a training and more like having a mentor translate timeless wisdom into practical actions for both personal and professional growth. Grateful for the opportunity to revisit these fundamentals with fresh eyes. Sometimes, the most powerful insights aren’t “new” – they’re the ones that finally land.

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Don't fall into the trap of building solutions that only fit your needs and timelines. The catalyst to truly innovate and deliver high-grade solutions is to listen and understand your customers' problems. When you understand their real struggle, it forces you to drop your preconceived notions and ideate outside the box. That's where the magic happens. ✨

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FINALLY!! In addition to the push from government, wall street, and customers, there is now a push from employees too!! In a bold move, over 1,000 Amazon (India) employees are raising concerns about the company's rapid AI expansion. They're calling for sustainable practices and ethical guidelines to protect jobs and the environment. (You can read more about their demands here: https://lnkd.in/gxrnRZKs) It's crucial for tech giants to balance innovation with responsibility. As we embrace AI, let's ensure it's a force for good, not a source of harm. What are your thoughts on this?

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Great products solve for real user pain. Too many apps. Too many logins. Too many choices. Airtel just launched a plan that simplifies all that—25+ OTTs, 1 recharge. Sometimes, reducing friction is the most underrated kind of innovation. https://lnkd.in/gdmipzi8 Pankaj Dayani Siddharth Sharma Anurag Verma Sanket Arora  kanishk kumar Hitesh Bhatia Vipul Gaba Manish Jain Parichay Saxena Gurpreet Singh Nikhil Rajput Narendra Choudhary Amiya Vidit Varun Das Ankit Srivastava Anant Kumar Manoj Kumar Mauni Heena Naithani Himanshu Gulati Himanshu Luthra Sushit Sharma Joel T Stephen Gitansh Malik

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🤝 Mentorship in Action After my last post on unlearning old skills to grow as a leader, a few people asked what I did keep through those transitions. For me, the answer is simple — mentorship. It’s been the constant across every stage — and honestly, as much about learning as teaching. It reminds me of sports: even the best athletes have coaches, not because they lack skill, but because great coaching builds perspective and resilience. Mentorship does the same for teams — it brings out their best. Early on, I thought mentorship was about giving answers. Over time, I learned it’s about creating space for others to find their own. Now, seeing someone I’ve coached step into leadership is the most rewarding part of the journey. As my org grew, mentorship evolved into a different kind of conversation — connecting with people several layers away. That’s where skip-levels started changing how I lead. More on that soon. ⸻ #Leadership #Mentorship #Growth #CareerJourney

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A great read for people struggling with Whatsapp Business due to operational constraints. It highlights how an Org's DNA restricts it from solving genuine user problems. https://lnkd.in/djfimqBT

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Adobe have completed new research on the state of AI in customer experience. I’m looking forward to joining them live to discuss the implications, particularly how organisations can move from experimentation to embedded AI across the end-to-end customer journey.

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I constantly oscillate between sharing in-progress work and completed work. This means I'm long overdue to share some exciting updates on Wonderment Delivery Promise, our pre-purchase ETAs product. Wonderment now supports Rules for transit estimations and fulfillment estimations to allow you to account for per-product ETA customizations (like embroidery and engraving), warehouse delays, or other events that would impact coming estimates. Here's a quick demo of how you can use them for communicating pre-orders, backorders, and delays: https://lnkd.in/eb88vmcu

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