I lived in books more than I lived anywhere else
Looking forward to sharing the Closing Keynote at Amazon Web Services (AWS) Tech Leaders Assembly today. Excited to share my passion for Tech and how we are poised to Build from India for the World. More importantly, to talk about how the CXO’s in the audience can look at Diversity as a growth lever – …
“The AI software told banks to deny millions of legitimate purchases, at a time when consumers had been scrambling for toilet paper and other essentials. The company said a global group of 20 analysts who constantly monitor its systems recommended temporary adjustments that avoided a blockade on spending. The team is automatically alerted to unusual …
What makes you passionate? I was chatting with this newly minted CEO of a heath tech start up over the weekend. He had, in the past, played executive roles and had moved onto investment and consulting. His new startup leverages AI to automate manual work in healthcare and clinical trials. He spoke in depth about …
Being an autodidact is an understated super power Read More »
UNICEF estimated 44,000 Indian women die annually due to preventable childbirth-related causes. I had an extremely high risk pregnancy. Weeks ahead of my due date, I woke up with a splitting headache and the blood pressure monitor threw up an error. My husband insisted on visiting the hospital before going to work. So I did …
The Good Fund Feature – Janitri Innovations, wearable AI for expectant mothers Read More »
“For twenty years, the company ran mentorship programs, identified and promoted talented women early and often, and offered numerous trainings. And yet the only women in the C-suite were in marketing and HR, both pivotal but non-P&L roles. Why? “ **A new study of 21 female CEOs by Korn Ferry. Experts say that the systemic change necessary to consistently feed C-suites with diverse candidates has not yet happened. **At most companies, future CEOs need …
Over and over I have seen two key reasons why analytics projects fail #1Business Context – AI strategy needs to align with Business Strategy. Not as a hammer in search of a nail. A long time ago, we attempted building out NLP models with text data – we tried it all, from Word2Vec to Google …
The Promise is a 2021 Booker prize winner A story of a dysfunctional White South African family And its disintegration over time Of a promise made to their Black maid that takes 30 years to acknowledge That weaves together the narrative of the changing political system underlying it “Galgut depicts a family that has no …
I have been researching Startups in Tech driving Social Impact Potentially backed by Women in Tech It brings together all that I am passionate about – Live your potential, no matter where you are – And Leveraging Tech for Good to Drive Social Impact My hope is, at some point in the future, to start …
TheGoodFund – Startups for Social Impact : Niramai Read More »
Are you indispensable at work? There is a village in China – outside of Shenzen called Dafen. It is said that 60% of new oil paintings worldwide was produced here. The workers in Dafen – while diligent and talented aren’t artists – they are painters. Cogs in a painting machine. The author, Seth Godin, talks …
What do you do when people you manage fail? 1) You forgive and forget 2) You remember, pass blame, stigmatise and humiliate them 3) You forgive and remember The right approach that Bob Sutton, a Professor of Management at Stanford University advocates is to – forgive so that people have psychological safety and – remember, so that you …
PIVOT LeaderTalks Ep 4 – Building High performing teams with Ajeya Motaganahalli Read More »