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Staying Ahead of the Game: Innovating with Systems Thinking, Adapting with Modern Management, and Scaling for Digital Transformation

Effective strategic management is not just a buzzword but a crucial component of success for companies like yours. However, several significant concerns challenge these organizations and can hinder their growth and profitability. From resource allocation to intense competition, these obstacles require careful planning and execution. To ensure your company remains at the forefront of your industry, addressing these challenges head-on is not just a choice but a necessity. Let's explore these issues further.

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Nov 05, 2012 · 1 min read

Innovation. Microsoft. Amazon. Trend Vs. Lag. Apple.

So with Windows 8, Microsoft is pretty much on its way in being a trendsetter quietly while the rest of the markets are going ga-ga over mobile devices and what not. Microsoft, is doing good, and they are being very innovative the experience from Windows 8 as a beta user for six months hasn't been frustrating at all. And it doesn't stop at Windows 8, as we see it in newly launched MSN, Office 360, and apps for Android making Office more accessible and productive than ever before. I now prefer using Windows 8 more than Mac OS X. For many reasons, the latest Mac OS X has sucked out all the energy from my powerful Core i7 running 8 GB of RAM - compare this with my Windows 8 Machine running faster on Centrino vPro 2 with only 3 GB of RAM. Why am I not surprised? Without getting into too much details, just say my Mac has more apps running at the same time than Windows machine, but its a power horse then shouldn't it be able to handle it well?

Sep 29, 2012 · 1 min read

From Commodification to Commoditization. The mighty iPhone.

So the iPhone 5 sold out tonight within few minutes. Again. I went up to grab my wallet, and enter my card number, and a few minutes ago it was showing me that I could pick up iPhone 5 in this store but just minutes later, whooooshh! It was gone. Why am I not surprised? It's iPhone 5. Surprisingly, this whole market and for that matter this existence of iPhone wasn't even there few years ago. But now, this iPhone matters. Consumerism is not a fad. It is a reality. We live in a consumerized world. And yes our needs and wants are dictated by this very much driven consumerism. So iPhone made it from commodification to its commoditization, but it still is a rarity when every time a new one comes out. Apple did great, for themselves, and has done much better for creating whole new set of new economy around iPhone. Google  ditto'd with Android. And rest is history. I'll try again tomorrow night and see if I could order one, successfully.

Sep 20, 2012 · 1 min read

Development. Simplicity. Desperate Measures.

Sometimes the minute of the tasks around development seem to be mundane and tend to get ignored. And sometimes, those development exercises keep the heads down and development focused on what they should be focused on most of the times. This seems so simple, and so achievable. All it takes to do is the effort in pulling this together from a stand-point where everything seems to be organized and accepted. That's the beauty of the simplified processes that make complete sense, and that add value and enhance the confidence of any development team for that matter. Yes, I am talking about a simplified process that enables and empowers the developers do their job at best. And, I am indeed referring to agile/lean/kanban frameworks that make things easier than expected closer to what they should be in the first place. The best ideas are born out of necessity, and the brilliant ideas are born out of utter desperation. And lean/kanban/agile all stem out from that necessity and desperation. And this is no surprise. Every effort the development teams put in making sure that the code is workable and there's a viable product or feature out there builds more confidence for not only the development teams but also the business and its effects can be seen 360 degrees. The value these processes add is that they help achieve these objectives with efforts that sometimes are seamless but mostly methodical and structural. Its like building a structure with proper facade and support. And the old processes and methods are somewhat of a tie down trick which somehow used to work, but today there's no capacity or risk chance possible to undertake such a method and jeopardize the development. I would be interested in learning others perspective on this and their experiences.

Jul 25, 2012 · 1 min read

Waterfall vs. Agile - a thought

Recently I came across this debate on why some companies prefer Waterfall vs. Agile, and I must say that no matter how tempting it is to look the agile way depending on technical needs, but, it all boils down to the business value. Waterfall has been working for years, and is practiced by all organization types - small or big, successful or unsuccessful, and start-up or established. Agile, though has been in the software engineering Eco-space for quite a number of years now, but primarily it has been adapted by companies which are experimenting with projects or programs that have lower risk ratios, or have a smaller enterprise footprint or is intended to produce a faster delivery around time to market for their products or customers. There is truly no one on one to comparison between the two methodologies, and rather both methodologies speak for themselves and at times can be seen as complementing each other, but neither one should be taken as an alternative to replace the other as both of them come with their pros and cons. And they are not in any way shape or form trying to compete with each other. Would be interesting to know other thoughts of how they feel about Agile and Waterfall - either complementing or competing with each other.

Jun 05, 2012 · 1 min read

USB Write-Protect / Reset-Erase

Once in a while when I get stuck with something so oblivious that takes a hercules stress, but tends to have a simple solution I turn to Terminal. And I'd my USB stuck with write protect - somehow in rushing from one machine to other you don't allays eject the USB drive properly so it gives you the hellish treatment, I tried formatting using Windows but it still won't write on Mac though will read. In the end I slider towards Mac and used the following utility (found it on MacOSXHints). A much better and simpler solution than downloading any tool or any malware unnecessary.

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