Child's Play

NPR had a superb article on the importance of imaginative play i

Into the Blogosphere

Considering starting to read blogs or write a blog?

Finding blogs to read:

Software Engineering and Division of Labor

It has been said that <a href=”http://www.google.com/search?q=all+software+engineering+design+problems+are+solved+by+introducing+a+level+of+

Packaging, Price, Value and ROI

A business usually has a core product. After experiencing some success with the product, the company may come under price pressure from cust

How Pseudosciences Form

Lately I have been doing some reading that made me think about pseudoscience. It se

The Sources of Organizational Inertia

In business, we often bemoan the inertia of large organizations. We invoke metaphors like the one about the aircraft carrier that requires t

A Changing Model of Life

NPR had a fascinating story about how the tree of life, our repr

Bhagawad-Geetaa 2.12-2.13

न त्वेवाहम जातु नासं न त्वं नेमे जनाधिपाः न चैà¤

Hamilton Sundstrand Space Suit

United Technologies published a beautiful advertisement in the Wall Street Journal showing a model of the Hamilton Sundstrand space suit. Cl

Six Sigma and Collaboration Systems

I recently took an introductory course on Six Sigma which was both fun and educational.

FINOVATE 2007 Presentation

Here is a pre-recorded version of a presentation I did yesterday at the FINOVATE 2007 Conference in New York City. This demo is, of course,

Product Release Frequency

Product managers, especially software product managers, are frequently faced with the question of when to “cut a release.” Enginee

Electric Roadster

Via Wired News: Tesla Motors has introduced the Tesla Roadster with impressi

ERP Systems and Collaboration Systems

By implementing Microsoft Dynamics, SAP<

Food Supply Chain Optimization

The phenomenon of lock-in is known by business academics, but few seem to realize

Presenting Compressed Information

Greg Hughes posted a very interesting video on <a href=”http://www.greghughes.net/rant/MakingTechnologyLieQuotHolyCrapquotworthyResizingOfIm

Last Night's Lunar Eclipse

I got up at 3:00 AM yesterday to view the lunar eclipse. It was interesting to view with the naked eye as well as through a telescope. <a hr

Dvorak Keyboard Layout

In high school, I had learned to touch-type, and as an avid computer user, I got pre

Talent #3: Making Better Systems

First, Break All the Rules says that great managers define talents as “recurring patterns of thought, feeling, or behavior that c

Talent #2: Teaching

First, Break All the Rules says that great managers define talents as “recurring patterns of thought, feeling, or behavior that c

Talent #1: Crystallizing Models

First, Break All the Rules says that great managers define talents as “recurring patterns of thought, feeling, or behavior that c

Strengths and Weaknesses

I just finished reading First, Break All the Rules, and it has been a real eye-opener.

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Caffeinated

A few years ago, Volkswagen introduced a turbocharged version of their New Beetle. To promote the car, they gave away postcards like this:<

Diet, Cholesterol, and Heart Disease

I have developed <a href=”http://www.milindspandit.org/Model%20of%20Dietary%20Contribution%20to%20Heart%20Disease%20via%20High%20Cholesterol

Anthropomorphism and the Emperor Penguin

A fascinating article on the hit documentary, <a href=”http://www