Blissful journeys
Recently in a discussion there was a beautiful song rendered by an artist urging people to save trees. Most of the appreciation from adults in the audience focused on the voice of the singer and the content was lost to despair.
I think one of the best way to get awareness to saving trees is
Recently in a discussion, CxO of a large corporation mentioned, “The most powerful communication is what we see, not what we hear. ”
I told him, “All the five senses only make sense if the parties responsible for communication are ‘sensible’ 🙂
Sometimes don’t you think we humans take ourselves a little too seriously? Continue reading “Intelligence..”
A person might say an apple is red but his color-blind friend sitting next to him may argue it is not. We usually see this happen with all other sensory perception.
Continue reading “Understanding Reality – Implications on future of AI”
Many times while speaking to groups of young students and professionals in India, people are curious about my personal experience of working and living in the USA.
It always makes me reminisce my days of living in the midst of the most happening place on earth, the Silicon Valley.
Today almost every major organization around the world is talking about Artificial Intelligence (AI) and its impact on the workforce. Some of the leading thinkers are even talking about the possible threat to human species itself.
Continue reading “Will you soon be killed by an AI powered Robot?”
#PDA #smartphone #1990s #siliconvalley #palmpilot #alexa #google #siri #cortana #ebiz #cisco #sgi #sdlc #waterfall #agile
Reminiscing while speaking to a group of app developers.. Those 1990s were an interesting period. Continue reading “1990s”
Whether it’s every day life or in business (nothing but part of life), isn’t it important that we develop skills of ethics, empathy and compassion along with Continue reading “Compassion..”
Lots of digital activity statistics shared these days showing the adoption of Internet and other social networking apps.
It is good to see the world adopting Internet and Smart-phones, Continue reading “Net Effect – Activity or Impact”
A report shared this morning mentioned that
“since independence everything has grown exponentially, except agriculture. Shows reforms have eluded a crucial sector most people live on.
There is always a lot of discussion around dressing sense, or rather lack of it. I notice many people are even worried about repitition of dresses when they step out to go to any public gathering, a company meeting or a family function.
Unless its an event showcasing a fashion designers new clothing line hence directly related to the profession, rest of us can perhaps learn to not break our heads on this issue.
Remember that Gandhi with a loincloth evokes lot more admiration in the world than a dapper looking Hitler.
From startups to spirituality,
Well, the utopian AI that can replace human intellect and wisdom is long way to go. err..atleast not until my great great grandchildren are going to be around perhaps 😃
But certainly, portions of AI will be more pronounced in the near
If innovation is the most important factor in the growth and revival of many organizations, the biggest deterrent was often the lack of business ethics and governance. Continue reading “Business: Perform-and-Flourish or Cheat-and-Perish”
Reproduced from a chapter i authored in 2009 in the book “The Future of Innovation”.
Continue reading “Harnessing Creative Capabilities Of Global Ecosystem”
Creating and implementing innovative ideas is increasingly difficult. Pressure to “make numbers” and streamline operations leaves little time for ingenuity.
Continue reading “Thinkers without Borders..Innovations from outside”
Last decade was the decade of Innovation networks and ecosystem. Many of us had published articles
These days the events at Infosys have become an interest for most of the business world, or at least in India.
In a group of foolish monkeys…. the most frustrated monkey is the one with Intelligence and the most blissful is the one with the wisdom.
Once upon a time, there was a town. Thousands of inspired, capable and responsible citizens were working hard to make it into a beautiful city. They were unaware of a defective nuclear reactor bang in the middle of the city at the mayor’s palace. One day it exploded without any notice leaving the city in ruins and destroying the lives of many of its citizens.
Lesson: Lack of proper governance at leadership levels cause huge damage and can potentially bring down entire organizations .
Talent🏅 without enthusiasm 😄 is like a Ferrari 🏎 without fuel ⛽
All three powers are required for a successful completion of work
Two most significant business transformations in recent times have been the emergence of services as a major segment and also the reality of Globalization.
It is extremely important that innovative business models evolve suitably to address this need. In fact, we are witnessing a host of new business models
Gesture of quick and simple appreciation for the good work brings a smile and improved confidence for doing even better things whether someone is a child, student, blue collar, white collar, irrespective of age and profession… the practice that is very close to my heart.
Both businessization and consumerization will drive adoption of technology to maturity. We need designers and brand owners think beyond the standard form factor (small or big screens embedded into a thing).Instead we need natural sensory interfaces to proliferate making it global Continue reading
in search of truth 