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Remembering AKR: The Prof AK Rao Memorial Lectures

December 2, 2022
Musings November 13, 2022

The genius of the Kinder Egg

I first chanced upon a Kinder Egg (“kinder überraschung”) when in Germany in the fall…

Uncategorized October 31, 2022

Modernizing the genba to demystify the factory floor

(Originally posted on Oct 31, 2022 on the Drishti blog) A significant amount of time…

Family

Diwali: How far America & India have come….

October 24, 2022
Business October 11, 2022

The brilliance of single-piece flow: The allegory of the cakes

(Originally published on Oct 11, 2022 on the Drishti blog) This past weekend, I had…

Business September 12, 2022

Getting workers to collaborate in problem solving the right way vs the fast way

(Originally published on Sep 12, 2022 on the Drishti blog) For a large manufacturer, everything…

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The rise and fall of the Punjab empire

September 3, 2022
Education August 17, 2022

To earn a PhD? Or, not.

A question that often comes up in conversation with friends, the kids of friends, our….
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Business May 11, 2022

Tribal Knowledge is the Enemy of the Growing Organization

(Originally posted on May 11, 2022 on the Drishti blog) As an organization grows it…

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  • Dr. Prasad Akella is a serial entrepreneur who has created and commercialized deep tech products that empower humans — in three very different areas: robotics, business social networks, computer vision/AI.
    He is a Fellow of the ASME and the SME and a Stanford PhD, Michigan MBA, and IIT BS.

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    By Prasad September 28, 2023

    Earlier this month, while in the midst of an adventure of a lifetime—going on safari…

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    April 17, 2023

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