Consequences of Resisting Innovation — Remember the “Kodak moment”? The ability to capture memories into a picture using a personal device was what Kodak gifted to the world. Unfortunately, Kodak decided to cling on to analog cameras far too long, and eventually lost the game. Nokia too has a similar story. In 1979, Nokia created…

Technology Communication Is an Art of Its Own — One of the superpowers of a technology manager is the ability to make the business understand the tech realms. It’s a skill that is hard to master. Multiple unsuccessful and successful attempts have taught me a few lessons that helped in becoming better at it. The simplest thing way to ease up these conversations is to avoid tech jargon and acronyms.

Recall what you learned in the history classes at school. Wasn’t it mostly about kings coming to power, wars, colonisations, ships, egos of leaders, policies, and treaties? Yes, they are relevant. And yes, many historic milestones have been removed or modified in academic textbooks globally, depending on how they affected…

Practice Won’t Make You Perfect If You Do It the Wrong Way — “The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write but those who cannot learn, unlearn and relearn.” — Alvin Toffler Have you ever come across people who will stick to their initial beliefs despite facts proving otherwise? We shouldn't blame them. It is, in…

En route your career, you’ll come across many individuals whose actions directly affect you. Of all those people, perhaps, the person whose deeds will impact you the most will be your immediate manager. Working with a good manager is a blessing. Yet, working with a bad one can’t be called…

Not All Plants Create Drama — Some plants are hard to kill even after months of neglect. Yes, there are ones that turn yellow if you kept the windows closed for two hours and many other plants that increase the number of house chores. However, there are also ones that are quite understanding of the busy…

What’s Wrong with Linear Thinking? — Think about this. You have a problem that has a simple solution. Will you implement that solution or stay back to think of an alternative? Focusing on a straightforward solution is called linear thinking. Thinking of alternative solutions is a step towards lateral thinking. …

“I hope I won’t get scared in the last minute!” exclaimed Vijith keeping his eyes fixed on the distant aircraft steadily descending from the vivid blue sky. I looked at him, he did look a bit nervous. That was unexpected. After all, he was the one who had planned that…

Scalability, Pre-Clustering, and Many More — K-means clustering isn’t the best clustering algorithm out there. It isn’t highly accurate because K-means assumes all clusters to be even in size and spherical in shape. K-means also can’t handle complex geometry. It is specifically useful only for flat geometry clusters. And outliers, if present, can have a major…