From Insights to Influence
India is world’s 7th largest country by area with second highest population. Along with this huge size (both in area and population) India has a lot of diversity in terms of languages, social status and economic well being of her citizens. Due to insufficient penetration of technology and huge size, India did not have a … Read more
When I was in middle school, one morning, one of my classmates came to school with a new fountain pen. He was obviously very happy. Just before the prayer, we were standing in a group. He proudly declared, “See my uncle got me this new pen. It’s a Japanese pen.” We were looking at the … Read more
The other day, a friend of mine sent me a joke. The joke was titled as ‘Busy Couple’ and presented a funny short conversation between a couple. In reality, it was about Active Listening. Here is how it goes. The joke made me laugh and also think. It seems that the couple has a serious … Read more
Technology innovation is the guiding star of human civilization. Ever since the first wheel was invented, human race has been on a relentless journey of uncovering new ways and means of making our lives easier. There have been several impediments to this progress. From time to time, thought leaders helped in removing those impediments by … Read more
This is my third post in the series on ideation. In the earlier two posts, I talked about incremental innovation and ways to uncover ideas that can lead to Blue Ocean markets being created. Every innovative idea is an abstraction of the amalgamation of different thoughts and observations. This post focuses on creating a catalog … Read more
After the 4th generation of data technology for cellular networks became operational, quite a few statements have been made about the importance of data. In my last post, I have talked about Artificial Intelligence. AI algorithms needs data to train on so as to become intelligent. This post focuses on the importance of data and … Read more
In my last post, I talked about ways of uncovering Ideas that can help go beyond incremental innovation. You can read it here. This post is focused on an analysis of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in terms of opportunities and threats. AI Buzz In the present technology arena, Artificial Intelligence is one of the most popular … Read more
In the last post in this series, I talked about ways of uncovering Ideas that can help achieve incremental innovation. You can read it here. This post is focused on ways to find ideas that can go beyond incremental innovation and help create more value for the users. Red Ocean and Blue Ocean Ideas While … Read more
Innovation and Human Thinking Innovation is all about ideas and how they can be employed to solve real world problems. Contrary to popular belief, great ideas generally do not occur as divine manifestations but involve deep contemplation and research. The rise of Artificial Intelligence is threatening the traditional job market (More on opportunities and threats … Read more