In Blog Why Paul Revere became famous while William Dawes was forgotten: The all-powerful social network December 4, 2023 10 Mins Read Back in November 2007, Jeff Stiles, my new manager at SAP, invited me to talk… Read More
Modernizing the genba to demystify the factory floor By Prasad October 31, 2022 (Originally posted on Oct 31, 2022 on the Drishti blog) A significant amount of time…
Diwali: How far America & India have come…. By Prasad October 24, 2022 Today is Diwali, or Deepavali as we called it in Southern India where I grew…
My first Macs By Prasad February 18, 2016 Stanford, 1985 I am in the process of retiring my old PowerMac 7100 from…
Does getting admitted to your state public college need to be this hard? By Prasad October 9, 2014 With Chirag getting closer to college, we’ve been more attention to college admissions….Read More
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…
How AI and data amp up the traditional genba By Prasad January 22, 2019 (Originally posted on Jan 22, 2019 on the Drishti blog) For decades, lean manufacturers have…
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 The BIG gap in digital twin technology: Assembly operations December 8, 2021 3 Mins Read (Originally posted on Dec 8, 2021 on the Drishti blog) Digital twins combine all the… Read More
Lean and data: Two journeys on the path to lean leadership By Prasad October 19, 2021 (Originally posted on Oct 19, 2021 on the Drishti blog) It’s not easy to be…
Assembly’s future: Reducing the cost of quality even as we improve quality By Prasad September 22, 2021 (Originally posted on Sep 22, 2021 on the Drishti blog) Defect rate benchmarks have been…
Four generations of engineers: The life and times of my grandfather, CVS Narasimha Rao By Prasad August 25, 2025