Welcome back to Inflexion Point. In this edition, I talk about innovation practices of some of the leading Indian companies. I hope you find this useful. Take care and be safe. Innovation School of Management at Titan Titan is one of India's leading design and retail companies, with brands like Tanishq, Fastrack, and Taneira. Over the years, the company has diversified into various markets, starting with watches and jewellery, to eyeware, perfumes, accessories, and sarees

In this piece, I share innovation practices of some of the leading organizations, with a hope that you could get inspired and imitate some of these approaches. The companies of interest are BMW, Disney, Facebook, Google, and Netflix. Do read at leisure, and write back with your comments. How Zuckerberg encourages experimentation at Facebook At any point in time, there are over 10,000 experiments running on the Facebook website itself. On experimentation, the rule that Zucker

Welcome to Inflexion Point, the monthly sharing the interesting and informative from the spheres of innovation, creativity, and technology. In this edition, we focus on creativity-- asking is AI can match human creativity, how Bell Labs fostered star performers, what makes some people more creative than others, effect of music on creativity, and secrets of Einstein's brain. 3 reasons why AI will never match human creativity One of the most pressing questions of the current t

In this edition, we look at how much are robots worth, how COVID-19 is blowing apart the innovation myth of Silicon Valley, impact of intense exercise on one's memory, why female artists are more creative than male, and creativity tips from world's funniest people. Hope you find this edition useful. Do write back with your views. Are robots overrated? The ongoing pandemic has made heroes out of the nameless, faceless robots. Right from checking on patient's vitals, to delive

Welcome back to Inflexion Point. In these difficult times, the intent of Inflexion Point is to spread a ray of hope that this too shall pass, provided we innovate, show compassion and resilience. In just about a few weeks, we have truly become a Global Village and have learned to respect our fragility. This edition of Inflexion Point is dedicated to the acts of creativity and valor taking place around the world, with a hope that this too shall pass. How Islam is fighting co

Welcome back to Inflexion Point, your monthly from the spheres of innovation, creativity, and business. In this edition, I take you through how reading literary fiction makes you a better problem solver, the upside of Coronavirus, how babies are pre-wired to perceive the world, the way Google checks its candidates on emotional intelligence, and what successful women leaders have in common. Do read at leisure and share as you see fit. -- A case for reading fiction Business l

Welcome back to Inflexion Point, the monthly on the interesting and insightful from the domains of creativity, innovation, design, and business. In this edition, I present to you cases when individuals are more innovative than teams, the science of sleep and creativity, why geography is destiny when it comes to innovation, why AI lacks the common sense to understand human language, and five cognitive biases that you must overcome to start on your own. Hope you find it useful

Though the New Year did not have the best possible start, with tensions mounting in the Middle East, bush fires down under, and continuing agitations across India, you might still find solace in looking at the year gone by. Here is a humble attempt in sharing with you the informative and inspiring from across the domains of innovation, creativity, technology and strategy. Since 2008, this practice has helped me keep pace with the progress in the field, and help retain meaning

Welcome back to Inflexion Point. This edition talks about how Indian companies manage various aspects of innovations, ranging from soliciting ideas, governance mechanisms, encouraging experimentations, and rewarding results. I hope that you borrow some of these for your endeavors, and also share your practices to the audience at large. Take care, and wish you a delightful new years 2020. How Tatas encourage and tolerate failures? There are very few conglomerates in the world

Welcome back to Inflexion Point. This edition focuses on children and parenting. Hope you find it useful. Kindly read at leisure and share with pleasure. Does parenting rewire dads? Mothers are connected to their babies, much before the baby is born, but how about fathers? Do fathers have a bond with their babies? Research on rats suggest that dads develop new neurons in response of staying with their new-born, and this helps develop greater empathy. The key, however, is 's

Welcome back to Inflexion Point. In this edition, I present to you some hand picked pieces on creativity. We talk about gender biases, the creative advantages of being left-handed, impact of motherhood on creativity, the dark side of creativity, and if creativity is uniquely human. Hope you find this compilation helpful. Do reread, and share. -- Even women think men are more creative One of the most fiercely debated questions is that on gender differences in creativity, and a

Welcome back to Inflexion Point, the monthly on insightful reads from the domains of innovation, creativity, and technology. This edition covers lessons from 9/11 on crisis communication, how open offices are killing creativity, Marie Curie's radioactive waste, ways of freeing up your brain's space, understanding the Pasteur's Quadrant, how robotic swarms are reaching difficult places, on when and when not to trust intuition, Amazon's gamble on crowdsourcing Alexa's answers,

Welcome back to Inflexion Point, your monthly on relevant insights from the world of innovation, creativity and strategy. In this edition, we talk about the importance of failure in innovation and ways of embracing failure, why we generally fear creativity, the effect of humor and even sarcasm on creativity, why boredom is sometimes good for creativity, why most corporate learning programs fail, insights from the world's leading innovators, and what problems are appropriate t

Welcome back to Inflexion Point, the monthly from the domains of Innovation, Creativity, and Strategy. In this edition, I present to you how Neil Armstrong got wrong some 50 years back, the secret sauce of Alibaba, elements of innovation culture at Tata Group, Issac Asimov's commentary on creativity, how leading companies leverage AI, the dark side of gamification, the secret of mentally tough people, and the future of hybrid airlines. What Neil Armstrong got wrong On the 5

Welcome back to Inflexion Point, the monthly on innovation, strategy and creativity. In the edition, we look at the country rankings on AI readiness, how Facebook is launching its own cryptocurrency, the limits of Design Thinking, how leaders enable organizational innovations, training the brain for creativity, and a look at the world's greatest leaders. Further, on August 21-22, CII is hosting the 15th edition of the India Innovation Summit in Bangalore. It's a useful event

What really went wrong with Boeing The recent catastrophic crashes of Boeing 787-Max crafts and the grounding of its fleets globally has led to wide concerns around how much of AI is really enabling and when it turns against human betterment. However, this piece isn't about automation or the effect there-of, it's the one on humans, and the organizational culture. The author laments that missing 'psychological safety' and not encouraging employees to bring forth hidden problem

Welcome to the 11th Anniversary Edition of Inflexion Point. I started this newsletter, originally named Inflection Point, in April 2008, when I was an Innovation Evangelist at Wipro. The inspiration came from my first boss at Wipro - Sangita Singh, and then GS Nathan and Vikesh Mehta fueled the desire. From a humble beginning of 300 recipients, the size has grown to over 14,000. Hope that you find this edition useful. Also, read online. Do reflect and share. Seven ways the

The dark side of creativity Are creative people more dishonest? Research suggests that creativity is a better predictor of dishonesty than intelligence. Creative people often don't shy away from bending the rules or truth to suit their version, and, while doing so, indulge in unethical behaviors. Experiments with adults have demonstrated that, creative people tend to interpret ambiguous situations to meet their belief and even offer compelling justification. That doesn't, how

Welcome back to Inflexion Point. Autism and creativity Are creativity and autism related? This has been a source of constant investigation in science and psychology, especially with so many geniuses associated with autistic traits. Research has offered that there could be two paths to creativity, especially in men, normal brain and autism -- in a way that genius is an extreme case of autism, that allows for free connections not visible to ordinary brains. The genius perhaps h

Wish you and your loved ones a very happy and prosperous New Year 2019. For the tenth year now, sharing the compilation of the most incisive stories and research from the domains of creativity, strategy, and innovation from 2018. Here are the 52 stories from the past year. Hope you would find it useful. Do share suitably. Thanks. Leadership and Change The world's 50 greatest leaders (Fortune Magazine) The best performing CEOs in the world 2018 (Harvard Business Review) What