"It is all about execution, stupid!", said a wise man. And it is nowhere truer than in AI implementations these days. A vast majority of AI inspired projects start with a lot of fanfare: budgets are lined up, a prototype is funded, a few data scientists go to town with the latest and coolest AI... Continue Reading →
Enterprise AI: Hype vs. Reality
During the early days of the IT hype cycle in the late 1980s, the economist Robert Solow famously said, "You can see the computer age everywhere except in the productivity statistics". This came to be called the 'Solow computer paradox' and spun a body of research on the true impact of IT spends on productivity,... Continue Reading →
The Cognitive Enterprise
The business world has a way of coming up with catchy terms which are, at best, thought provoking. The idea of the ‘Cognitive Enterprise’ is one such idea that is taking hold: and the genesis is becomes quite apparent, once you start thinking about it. It starts with the basic axiom of a competitive marketplace:... Continue Reading →
Why Socrates? Why now?
It would be reductionist and simplistic to attribute the birth of logic, rational and ethical thought to an individual. But if there is one individual who can be credited with this, it would undoubtedly be Socrates. And that is my inspiration behind this blog – how do we all get better at ‘Thinking like Scorates’?... Continue Reading →
Celebrating the learning and curious mindset 