BM Watson Decision Platform for Agriculture gathers data from multiple sources – such as weather, IoT enabled tractors and irrigators, satellite imagery, and more – and provides a single, overarching, predictive view of data as it relates to a farm in an easy-to-use app. Thereby helping the individual growers make informed decisions.
If you are one of those who believe that money can’t buy happiness, you definitely need to hear social science researcher Michael Norton and think again. Try spending money on others and you will be actually able to buy happiness. Hear Michael’s little experiment and may be try it yourself this thanksgiving season
Shark Tales: How I Turned $1,000 into a Billion Dollar Business by Barbara Corcoran My rating: 5 of 5 stars Ms. Corcoran is eminently likeable on the Shark Tank and very authentic when it comes to narrating her life story. Drawing parallels from childhood days to make key business decisions, building an empire and saving it few times makes you think anything is possible if you put your best. Thank you Barb! for sharing your life lessons. View all my…
Just in time when companies need their next threshold of efficiency and effectiveness, IT industry pundits have coined a new term Botsourcing. Interesting article by Phil Fersht on how 2018 investments intentions by industry are stacked in Robotic Process Automation (RPA) vs Outsourcing. copyright and credits – HfS Research However, the key question remains is RPA the new outsourcing or it is just that outsourcing and automation are converging now? I personally believe it is the later. We will soon see…
Thinking of setting up a cloud center of excellence (CoE) in your organization. Here are some of the learnings from my recent experiences that may be worth the read. Use them as guiding principles when enabling your team Roles – Operating model decisions determine how people fill roles that achieve business outcomes and not vice versa. Embrace the change – willingly and enthusiastically. Change of applications, IT systems and business direction is expected with any transformation initiative Change Management –…
Robotics Process Automation (RPA) takes robots out of the humans. Typical knowledge worker employed on a back-office process has a lot of repetitive, routine tasks that are dreary and uninteresting. RPA is a type of software that mimics the activity of a human being in carrying out a task within a process. It can do repetitive stuff more quickly, accurately, and tirelessly than humans, freeing them to do other tasks requiring human strengths such as emotional intelligence, reasoning, judgment, and…
Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of NIKE by Phil Knight My rating: 5 of 5 stars Buck’s “Shoe Dog” is an interesting journey, full of struggle and problems, but also full of hope and victories. Best business book and best memoir I have read so far. Lot of touch and go moments in the journey of what we see Nike today. Phil Knight described every charter in so much detail that you will be really glued to the…
The Greatest Salesman in the World by Og Mandino My rating: 4 of 5 stars Og Mandino got me glued to this self-help classic from the beginning with his powerful principles, written in a compelling, clear style. I picked this book for its flashy title but it is really about an approach to living one’s life so that you can realize your dreams. It is up to you if you want to have a reason to applaud or spend life…
Humility is an undervalued commodity, so it is a great time to buy. Acknowledging the help and contributions of others on the team prevents you from being too high to hear the opinions of others and the lows of not feeling like you can do it on your own.
