The Best Companies Don’t Have More Stars — They Cluster Them Together 02-11
Talent is what separates the best from the rest. The best-performing companies simply have better people. Right?That’s certainly what we thought before Bain & Company launched its in-depth...
View ArticlePakistan's Senate passes Hindu marriage bill 02-18
Pakistani Hindu community will have a personal law for the first time as the Senate has passed 'The Hindu Marriage Bill 2017'. The bill, approved by the National Assembly on September 26, 2015 and...
View ArticleFor the Data Freaks, who aren't Data experts. the SAP HANA express edition....
What is SAP HANA, express edition?SAP HANA, express edition is a streamlined version of SAP HANA that can run on laptops and other resource-constrained hosts, such as a cloud-hosted virtual machine....
View ArticleImaging study confirms differences in ADHD brains 02-25
Image credit : Shyam's Imagination LibraryView enlarged imageThe prestigious journal The Lancet has published a large study identifying differences in the brains of people diagnosed with...
View ArticleNeed more migration to sustain “ageing” peninsular states, says CEA Arvind...
"Soon there are going to be states in India that will start ageing and they will need people from other parts of India to look after their elderly." At a time when many economically progressive states...
View ArticleIs Demonetisation Illegal? 02-27
Probably the tail end article on Demonetisation in my collection.. Everyone has a right to say and speak his/her mind. And 'every say' needs to be heard. Agreements. Disagreements not with...
View ArticleBoston Dynamics’ Handle robot dominates parkour on wheels in new footage 03-01
Boston Dynamics’ wheeled Handle robot received much fanfare earlier this month when DFJ partner Steve Jurvetson slipped us an early video from a company Keynote. Today we have more details on Handle in...
View ArticleWhat to Expect From Artificial Intelligence 03-01
To understand how advances in artificial intelligence are likely to change the workplace — and the work of managers — you need to know where AI delivers the most value. Major technology companies such...
View ArticleFixing the Indian state is beyond Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva and all the gods put...
Among the three or four things that I have been really passionate about, when I first came, was the need to ramp up public investment. The government has embraced that wholeheartedly. Broadly, the...
View Article10 Principles of Strategy through Execution 03-07
“We are all in the gutter,” wrote Oscar Wilde, “but some of us are looking at the stars.” That is the nature of strategy through execution. You operate deep in the weeds, managing countless day-to-day...
View ArticleExciting new possibilities in the Quantum Realm 03-10
The strangeness of the quantum realm opens up exciting new technological possibilities. A BATHING cap that can watch individual neurons, allowing others to monitor the wearer’s mind. A sensor that can...
View ArticleNew NASA Radar Technique Finds Lost Lunar Spacecraft 03-11
DSS-14 is NASA's 70-meter (230-foot) antenna located at the Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex in California. It is known as the “Mars Antenna” as it was first to receive signals from the...
View ArticleBrain hardwired to respond to others’ itching 03-12
Some behaviors — yawning and scratching, for example — are socially contagious, meaning if one person does it, others are likely to follow suit. Now, researchers at Washington University School of...
View ArticleWhen To NOT Use Isotype Controls 03-19
Antibodies can bind to cells in a specific manner – where the FAB portion of the antibody binds to a high-affinity specific target or the FC portion of the antibody binds to the FcR on the surface of...
View ArticleWhat’s Your Data Worth? 03-20
Many businesses don’t yet know the answer to that question. But going forward, companies will need to develop greater expertise at valuing their data assets.Image credit : Shyam's Imagination LibraryIn...
View ArticleThe case for digital reinvention 03-21
Digital technology, despite its seeming ubiquity, has only begun to penetrate industries. As it continues its advance, the implications for revenues, profits, and opportunities will be dramatic.Image...
View ArticleThe case for digital reinvention 2
This finding confirms what many executives may already suspect: by reducing economic friction, digitization enables competition that pressures revenue and profit growth. Current levels of digitization...
View ArticleThe case for digital reinvention 3
Instead, the survey indicates that distribution channels and marketing are the primary focus of digital strategies (and thus investments) at 49 percent of companies. That focus is sensible, given the...
View ArticleThe case for digital reinvention 5
Structuring your digital reinventionLeading companies invest more boldly in digital than their less well-performing counterparts do, according to McKinsey’s 2016 digital survey. They also invest more...
View ArticleCase of Digital Reinvention 4
As executives assess the scope of their investments, they should ask themselves if they have taken only a few steps forward in a given dimension—by digitizing their existing customer touchpoints, say....
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