Culture
News Alert: Microsoft and Women!
As I went to my meetings last week, the talk in Seattle was all about the breaking news in the Seattle Times about the low and falling number of women at Microsoft—and a culture that discourages women from staying. I suggest everyone give it a read: ‘I felt so alone’: What women at Microsoft face,…
Read MoreMona Lisa – Apple: Brands To Icons!
Last week, between meetings in Paris, I had a short break and decided to go to the Louvre Museum to answer one question. Something that has fascinated me since I saw the Mona Lisa for the first time as a child. But now with a twist. How did Mona Lisa and Apple become icons? You…
Read MoreUltimatum OR A Mindful Strategic Plan?
Regarding this article: IBM tells thousands of remote employees to come back to office or find new jobs No question that to build and sustain a winning corporate culture, it is better if people have face to face interactions. However, the company has the responsibility to: 1. Explain and justify the radical change in decision…
Read MoreLeBron & Curry – Great Athletes But More Importantly Great Leaders
This week as we all watch Game 1 of the playoffs between the Cavs and GSW, one thing is certain: We will be watching LeBron and Curry make magic. In sports like in business, it is all about HOW you lead, set the pace, lead by example and make the impossible become possible. Yes, these…
Read MoreWorkPlace 3.0: It Is About Inclusion, Not Diversity!
For decades, we have argued that we do not have enough women and minorities in companies, startups, and in the STEM professions. To address this problem, we set our sights on ‘diversity.’ We have formed countless not-for-profits to increase the number of women in STEM and executive positions. I, myself, have been a member of…
Read MoreHow to build a great company by blending bureaucracy and holacracy
September 2015 – In 2001, when I built a start-up in the then-new field of RFID technology, I was often fascinated by the responses in interviews I would get from potential new hires. I would say, “Tell me what you can do,” and they would answer, “What do you want me to do?” I…
Read MoreGender bias or intimidation? Why sex discrimination isn’t business’s biggest problem
In my most recent article on Washington Post, I write about a topic that I feel very passionate about with some critical insight into what I think is happening with gender bias and discrimination in businesses today. When I entered the Austin airport on the heels of the SXSW conference last week, a group of…
Read MoreConsequential Disruption
Why Global Disruption is not enough. We Need to Disrupt MEANINGFULLY! Why? As you know, I have been a strong advocate of disruption leading to innovation from the 1st day of my career post graduate school (Mathematics) at BBN (Bolt Beranek & Newman) in Cambridge. We invented things that did not exist and in as…
Read MoreDisruption, Innovation And The Necessity Of Creative/Engaged Collaboration
The art of disruption and collaborative innovation is a very complex and often sensitive topic. In my line of work (as an innovator and disruptor), I am brought into medium and large enterprises with the explicit mission of breaking things to identify and collaborate on new areas of business. We hit many levels of resistance…
Read MorePressure Is On And Hopefully Growing Rapidly!
Friends, as we have discussed in the past many blogs, the pressure on enterprises to transform is not only real, but intensifying rapidly. Excellent! There was a good article discussing this recently on TechCrunch: The Pressure On Enterprises To Transform Intensifies Two major attributing reasons include: Thanks to Apple, Google and Amazon and a few…
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