Vijay Vijayasankar

What I learned from my social media detox

On Jan 1, 2019 I decided to get out of Facebook, WhatsApp groups and Twitter for a month. I stayed on LinkedIn and this blog though. I came back on Feb 1. Why did I leave ? The reason to leave was three fold – one, there were a lot of things going on inContinue reading “What I learned from my social media detox”

AI Adoption Challenges – 12 Lessons From The Trenches

In 2015, when I was given the chance to lead a services portfolio that included AI, I was quite excited for two reasons. One – it perfectly suited my geeky interests (especially my passion for math) and two – it seemed to me that I was back in 2000 with ERP, with every company wantingContinue reading “AI Adoption Challenges – 12 Lessons From The Trenches”

Three Lessons On Philanthropy – from my late grandfather, my mom and my friend

My intro to philanthropy came via a short lesson on economics from my late grand father when I was in high school. He was a retired professor of history – and interestingly had similar depth of knowledge in economics and political science. And for the record – he is the biggest hero in my lifeContinue reading “Three Lessons On Philanthropy – from my late grandfather, my mom and my friend”