Author Archives: Vijay Vijayasankar

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”