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You may have the best strategy in place to get your company back into the market and increase the share price, but even the best strategy is a commodity unless you effectively implement it. Many big companies over a period of time get entangled in a web they themselves spun and this is when their CEO decides on renewing... Continue Reading →
In the 1970s, Xerox's Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) developed the first personal computer, the Xerox Alto. The Alto was the first computer to feature a graphical user interface (GUI) with a mouse and a desktop metaphor, which are now standard features of modern computers. However, Xerox failed to commercialize the technology, and it was instead popularized by Apple, who introduced the Macintosh in 1984. The reason for Xerox's failure was primarily due to the company's focus on its core business of copying and printing, and a lack of understanding of the potential of the personal computer market. Xerox's management at the time did not see the potential of the technology and did not invest in its development. They also did not recognize the potential of the GUI and mouse-based interface, they were more focused on developing the technology for their core business of copying and printing. Additionally, Xerox was not able to capitalize on its innovation because it was not able to create a business model for the personal computer market. The company did not have the distribution and marketing capabilities to compete with companies like Apple and IBM, which had already established themselves in the personal computer market.
Atomic Habits emphasizes the importance of small changes in daily habits and how they can compound over time to bring significant improvements in overall life. The book provides a framework to identify and change habits, create an identity through habits, and stick to them by creating a culture of habits in personal and professional life.
Ben encourages you to be prepared for difficult times and to never give up on your goals. The book 'The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers' is a valuable resource for anyone looking to start or grow a business and wants to gain a better understanding of the challenges they may face and the strategies they can use to overcome them. It provides insight into how to navigate through difficult times, how to make difficult decisions, how to find and hire the best people, how to build a strong team culture, how to improve communication within a team, and how to be an effective leader.
Working against time during the peak of the pandemic, I created and led a product team of 40 product manager, data scientists, architects and developers and an ecosystem of corporates, universities, startups, NGOs, and developers to build, karnatakafightscorona.org. I am humbled by the fact that this product helped over a million citizens. And for this... Continue Reading →
I have focused on 3 key areas in my leadership roles: Driving Product Innovation, by increasing patents, thought leadership, developing key products and with strategic initiatives such as Intrapreneurship, Startup Accelerator, Startup School, InnerSource, I build and enable our employees to build, world class innovative products, leveraging the best and latest technology and ensuring the... Continue Reading →
To aid with discovery process of innersourced projects within an organization, we built and open-sourced a portal.
I get asked quite often to explain bitcoin, and I felt for knowing and understanding bitcoin you need to understand the basics and not just the transactional aspects of bitcoin. So here is my version of BITCOIN-101. 1-MONEY, BANKING, TRANSACTIONS. If you know BITCOIN and you are questioning bitcoin, it's because you have never really... Continue Reading →
Power of persuasion and how this works, if that's something that interests you, then this is the book for you. It's a great set of tools if you are in marketing or sales, and if you are a consumer, then it's good to know how your psychology is used for or against you when making a purchase.
Many believe that strategic thinking is something you’re born with. It may be true like in case of any other skills in sports, musical instruments, public speaking, but personally I feel that is a skill you can master with a lot of practice and lot of learning. So what is strategy? its not knowing how to get to the... Continue Reading →
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