Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Nitish Shrivastava is Senior Vice President and Head of Products at Persistent Systems . On January 5, 2023, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella spoke to a gathering in Mumbai attending the Microsoft Future Leadership conference. Nadella covered many topics, including technology, innovation and futuristic trends. One topic, in particular, caught my attention. Nadella spoke about something called productivity paranoia . The term was coined in response to a Microsoft research study that uncovered the contradictory nature of how managers and employees view their progress (or lack) in productivity in the wake of post-Covid-19 events and paradigm shifts. In particular, one statistic caught my eye: Nadella mentioned that 85% of surveyed managers reported that the “shift to hybrid work has made it challenging to have confidence that employees are productive.” They point to challenges involved in remote working: among … [Read more...] about Why We Need To Take A Data-Driven Approach For Measuring Productivity
Proposed guidelines for collecting and interpreting technological innovation data
Semiconductor Sustainability: COP27 And The Potential Of Chips To Save Energy
Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin CEO of AIoT chip company XMOS , Mark Lippett is a technology leader with 25 years’ experience in startup, scale-up and blue-chip companies. The annual United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP) always brings technology under the sustainability spotlight. As the global climate issue becomes more pressing, a recent study by McKinsey is demanding widespread commitment to environmental protection targets to realize a 1.5°C trajectory by 2030. One focus in 2022 was semiconductors—given their environmentally taxing production and their application within devices that consume power throughout their lifetime. Of course, realizing more sustainable methods of chip manufacture and energy-aware device functionality can be a major advance in reducing overall emissions. The Semiconductor Climate Consortium (SCC) was formed in November last year, comprising 60 founding members who attended COP27 in Egypt to outline … [Read more...] about Semiconductor Sustainability: COP27 And The Potential Of Chips To Save Energy
The Startup CEO’s Guide To Building A Successful Customer Advisory Board
Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Sudheesh is CEO of ThoughtSpot . Prior to joining ThoughtSpot, Sudheesh was President at Nutanix. There’s long been debate in the business world over whether good products create happy consumers or happy consumers drive good products. In recent years, the technology industry has shifted to embracing the second philosophy, especially through the pandemic and current economic turmoil. As the market gets tougher, investments in new technology become leaner. Technology partners will only succeed if what they offer truly makes an impact. Shaping these requires the right approach to a longtime staple of Silicon Valley business—the customer advisory board. Getting value from a customer advisory board (CAB) requires a strategic approach and a programmatic framework built around four stages: 1. Set expectations. What do you intend to get out of your customer advisory board? You may not need a CAB at all, or you might … [Read more...] about The Startup CEO’s Guide To Building A Successful Customer Advisory Board
ChatGPT Hits 100 Million Users, Google Backs Claude Bot And CatGPT Goes Viral
Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Updated with news of Google’s $300 million investment in chatbot-maker Anthropic, paragraph 9. ChatGPT has hit an estimated 100 million monthly active users making it the fastest growing consumer internet application in history according to a UBS study. UBS analysts peg its total addressable market to be $1 trillion, reported Yahoo Finance . Ever since its launch on Nov. 30, the clever ask-me-anything tool has been the go-to-resource for advice on just about any topic it’s been trained on and can complete complex tasks like debugging code, doing research and writing articles in an endearing human-like tone. Some news organizations like BuzzFeed have embraced it, striking a $10 million deal with Meta to provide Facebook and Instagram with AI-generated content leveraging the technology, according to Reuters . While others like Forbes have banned it. And there’s been a proliferation of AI detectors popping up to stop … [Read more...] about ChatGPT Hits 100 Million Users, Google Backs Claude Bot And CatGPT Goes Viral
Solvay And Leaf Logistics Build Certainty In An Uncertain Freight Market
Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin The $1Trillion U.S. freight industry is known for its volatility with radical swings in freight rates as shippers and carriers try to balance supply and demand. For example, DAT reported the number of spot market postings in December 2022 had fallen by 57.3% from the previous year and prices had dropped by 15.2% despite rising fuel costs during that same period. Shippers such as Solvay are turning to new providers such as Leaf Logistics to drive business certainty by focusing on collaboration and advanced data analytics to coordinate supply and demand. Post-pandemic supply chain inconsistencies drive companies like Solvay — a global leader in materials, chemicals and solutions — crazy. While the rates rise and fall as predictable as the sun rising and setting, the length of a cycle and the extreme limits within that cycle drive is frustrating for companies like Solvay that require reliability to serve their … [Read more...] about Solvay And Leaf Logistics Build Certainty In An Uncertain Freight Market