Skin in the Game or Just Being Used? 14 Years in Banking Taught Me the Difference
I spent 14 years believing my loyalty was shared risk. It wasn’t. Here’s what I learned about skin in the game — and who really carries it.
Corporate Life
Philosophy & Life
Why Did Socrates Choose to Drink Poison When He Had the Option to Escape?
Why did Socrates choose death over freedom? A reflection on what his decision teaches us about integrity, conviction and living by your beliefs.
Corporate Life
Why Who Moved My Cheese? Feels More Relevant—and More Flawed—in 2026
A banker’s take on Who Moved My Cheese — why this corporate fable feels like a management tool rather than genuine life advice.
Book Reflections
Why the Bestseller Ikigai Feels Like It’s Written for a Parallel Universe
A honest take on Ikigai — why this Japanese philosophy feels unrelatable outside Japan and what urban readers can actually take from it.
Philosophy & Life
The High Cost of Fake Energy: Reading Socrates and Carl Jung on the Corporate Stage
“All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players” — William Shakespeare, 1599. Carl Jung described the Persona in 1921 as “a kind of mask, designed on the one hand to make a definite impression upon others, and on the other to conceal the true nature of the individual.” Alongside the