2020 predictions
I had predicted in 2015 that Facebook will have 2Billion users (prediction number 5 in the blog below). It has already happened!!! http://money.cnn.com/2017/06/27/technology/facebook-2-billion-users/index.html
Is SAP worth $200 Billion?
Its been a interesting few months for SAP investors. Stock has jumped from $72 on 6/27/2016 to $103 on 5/12/2017. MCap jumped from $70Billion to $127Billion!! That opens a possibility to think is the stock headed to a market capitalization of $200 Billion? I think there are 3 mega trends which may make this happen. Upcoming
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Will Artificial Intelligence kill your job?
Answer is Yes and No. All of us have been seeing many articles recently about the coming armageddon of job losses. Some have even predicted that almost 75-80% of all jobs will go away. Time for us to take step back and use our “natural intelligence” before falling for this chicken-little syndrome. I was introduced
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How we got to NOW – Steven Johnson
[huge_it_share]Normally, I read books very fast. Once in a while you stumble upon a book which is so insightful, you “study” instead of reading. One such book is a book by Steven Johnson’s How we got to NOW I am amazed by the clarity with which Steven has weaved multiple strings of science history into coherent
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11 Rings – Phil Jackson – Mindfulness of a Zen master
[huge_it_share]I read Phil Jackson’s 11 Rings again recently. Some of the lessons are profound. Here is a simple presentation with those 11 lessons of a zen master of basket ball. Greatest coach of all times. 11 RINGS – SOUL TO SUCCESS
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You are who you hire
What’s the secret of a truly successful organization?. Its a cliche – Its all about hiring great people. I have a simple rule. If you hire a great team member, you dont have to manage them. We tried to solve the challenge of “how to hire a great candidate” while we were building a product
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Buck Up, Suck Up . . . and Come Back When You Foul Up: 12 Winning Secrets from the War Room
Recently I read this book by @JamesCarville,@PaulBegala. Even though I may not agree the authors political angle, they have done a great job of identifying what are the key factors that will make a political campaign or business a success. See the attached pdf BUCK UP, SUCK UP summary
Hillary Clinton – Digitally disrupted?
All techies could visualize a scenario like this one below. Hillary was approached by Obama to be the secretary of state. She accepts and comes back to her office. Her “IT Team” walks in and asks “Madam – Would you like 2 blackberrys one your personal and one state department”. She thinks for just a
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Yahoo Saga – Marissa Mayer
https://next.ft.com/content/c8f8176c-5285-11e6-9664-e0bdc13c3bef It’s easy for anyone to criticize someone for failures. I think Marissa Mayer @marissamayer was right on so many things that happened at Yahoo. But in the brutal and ruthless tech world, you need to get everything right. Not 90%, not 95% …its 100% correct all times. Timing is everything. Watch this Ted Talk
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everything is irrelevant
Google’s Leading Futurist Predicts Humans Will Start Living Forever by 2029 http://thescienceexplorer.com/brain-and-body/google-s-leading-futurist-predicts-humans-will-start-living-forever-2029 Why would anyone wants to live forever? Ray Kurzweil, thinks many people would want to live. May be the science will reach such peak. But should anyone live forever? Isn’t the beauty of nature is life and death in perpetual cycles? The process
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