Monthly Archives: May 2015

Earlier today , I accepted IBM’s offer to join them as a VP & Partner in the Strategy and Business Analytics Group . My primary focus will be in helping IBM customers take their business to its next level using modern big data and analytics solutions . It is a technology agnostic role – whichContinue reading “Hello IBM, I am home !”

Having gone through this process successfully and in somewhat of a fast track manner , I have often been asked by several people on what does it take to make partner in a consulting firm (or principal, VP, MD or any of the other terms that are equal to a partner).  I have asked severalContinue reading “The path to partnership in big consulting firms “

If you listen to certain VCs and CEOs active on social media – you might come to a conclusion that the existential threat to their companies is “culture” ( or lack there of). It’s also largely silly. Most touristy places I have visited have some kind of “cultural immersion” program – where you are exposedContinue reading “Organizational Culture – please don’t get too wound up over it”

   We were a bunch of trainees listening to Mr FC Kohli at TCS in 1999. He asked if we had questions – and one of my friends asked “Our title now is Assistant Systems Engineer trainee. Our competitors give way nicer titles at our level. Why can’t we be called consultants?”. Mr Kohli’s responseContinue reading “Oh those corporate titles”

This is the first Sapphire I am missing in a very long time – probably in a decade or so. But thanks to the high quality live streaming video provided by SAP, and twitter – I felt I did not miss much . I woke up early, fed my dogs, brewed some coffee and satContinue reading “SAPPHIRENOW 2015 Day 1 – Bill McDermott and The Run Simple Keynote”