By Guest Author Anita M. Sands A few months ago, I spoke about culture and microbehaviors at a tech company’s conference in San Francisco. To illustrate what “microbehaviors” are and how they can cause a feeling of exclusion, I described the difficulty I often have as an Irish person—unschooled in American sports—contending with the baseball metaphors my colleagues
Dr. Anita Sands is a global technology and business leader, public speaker, and advocate for the advancement of women. She currently serves on the board of three Silicon Valley public companies – Symantec Corporation, Service Now, and Pure Storage, and is a board director at private companies ThoughtWorks and AppBus. She is also an active
By Guest Author Frank H. Levinson Ray Kurzweil began writing more than 25 years ago about the possibility of a technology singularity occurring sometime in the late 20th century. He defines “Singularity” as “a future period during which the pace of technological change will be so rapid, its impact so deep, that human life will be irreversibly transformed.”
By Guest Author Soren Petersen Design awards are the design profession’s “stamp of approval” for a wide range of new and classic design related offerings. There are hundreds of design awards, each with its own distinct focus and selection criteria such as business, impact, and culture. The most sought-after awards are the IDEA, Red Dot,
John Mullins is an entrepreneur, an Associate Professor at London Business School, and author of The Customer-Funded Business: Start, Finance, or Grow Your Company with Your Customers’ Cash (Wiley, August 2014).
Nari Kannan is CEO and co-founder of dunnitt, a start-up company that enables family, friends and colleagues coordinate their activities and do “micro-collaboration” from any browser or smartphone. His previous company, Ajira Technologies, Inc., built BPO analytics tools and counts top BPO companies as its customers. Nari has over two decades of experience in information
Joshua Fisher has worked for fifteen years in K-12 mathematics education as an editor, writer, researcher, presenter, and project manager. He currently works as managing editor for a middle-school publisher and professional development company serving school districts throughout the United States. In his spare time, he writes about education at his blog Text Savvy (www.textsavvyblog.net).
Shailesh Otari is an MBA student at Boston University. Prior to his MBA, he worked as a project lead at Syntel Consulting Inc. His expertise include systems and business analysis. Shailesh is passionate about new IT ventures and entrepreneurship in emerging economies. Deal Radar 2010: WebyogDeal Radar 2009: ClearpathDeal Radar 2009: WirkleDeal Radar 2009: OrangescapeDeal