In Blog Life is a safari* September 28, 2023 5 Mins Read June 2024 update: The Information publicly revealed that Drishti was acquired by Apple. ——- Earlier… Read More
The brilliance of single-piece flow: The allegory of the cakes By Prasad October 11, 2022 (Originally published on Oct 11, 2022 on the Drishti blog) This past weekend, I had…
Getting workers to collaborate in problem solving the right way vs the fast way By Prasad September 12, 2022 (Originally published on Sep 12, 2022 on the Drishti blog) For a large manufacturer, everything…
On why I love T-Mobile By Prasad September 10, 2014 I am a big fan of T-Mobile’s. I am what is called a “Net Promoter” – I actively canvas….Read More
From father to son By Prasad September 5, 2014 My father (“AKR”) would have been 85 today. Today is also Teacher’s Day — an important….Read More
From Product teardowns to Investor teardowns — interesting use in the finance world… By Prasad August 22, 2014 Back in August, 2011, I wrote about product teardowns and the immense benefits/insights that…
7 Steps to monetize your shares in a (private) company By Prasad June 25, 2014 Ben Smith and I shared some of our experiences in trying to…
Click or Clack? In either case, we will miss you! By Prasad April 5, 2014 I’ve loved cars as far back as I can remember. There are any number of photos of me….Read More
Silicon Valley entrepreneurs — starting them young! By Prasad February 26, 2014 The world talks about Silicon Valley, its spirit of entrepreneurship and how…
Augmenting tasks performed by humans is no easy feat By Prasad October 5, 2018 (Originally posted on Oct 5, 2018 on the Drishti blog) In the mid-1990s, I led…
Introducing Drishti: Making factory workers more competitive in an increasingly automated world May 9, 2018
From Product teardowns to Investor teardowns — interesting use in the finance world… By Prasad August 22, 2014 Back in August, 2011, I wrote about product teardowns and the immense benefits/insights that they bring. I…
7 Steps to monetize your shares in a (private) company By Prasad June 25, 2014 Ben Smith and I shared some of our experiences in trying to monetize shares held…
In Blog Assembly’s future: Reducing the cost of quality even as we improve quality September 22, 2021 4 Mins Read (Originally posted on Sep 22, 2021 on the Drishti blog) Defect rate benchmarks have been… Read More
Introducing the “right to affordable repair” By Prasad September 15, 2021 (Originally posted on Sep 15, 2021 on the Drishti blog) Right to repair is the…
Humans or automation: For now, it’s both By Prasad September 2, 2021 (Originally posted on Sep 2, 2021 on the Drishti blog) Since the first robot was…
Four generations of engineers: The life and times of my grandfather, CVS Narasimha Rao By Prasad August 25, 2025
Privacy and your social graph — Lesson from the early and pioneering days of Social Networks @ Spoke Software By Prasad July 10, 2010