In Blog The tresses of time: A history of hair May 26, 2025 9 Mins Read Strangely, I’ve been thinking about hair these last few weeks. Perhaps because I just attended… Read More
Life is a safari* By Prasad September 28, 2023 June 2024 update: The Information publicly revealed that Drishti was acquired by Apple. ——- Earlier…
Yogurt! By Prasad August 4, 2023 Yogurt is a central ingredient in the Indian diet. As my father worked closely with…
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…
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…
Introducing the “right to affordable repair” By Prasad September 15, 2021 (Originally posted on Sep 15, 2021 on the Drishti blog) Right to…
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…
Why data drives the next industrial revolution and how it impacts the design process By Prasad August 18, 2021 (Originally posted on Aug 18, 2021 on the Drishti blog) Each industrial…
Thinking long: Prasad Akella on Drishti’s new CEO, Gary Jackson By Prasad July 20, 2021 (Originally posted on Jul 20, 2021 on the Drishti blog) You may…
Here’s how to avoid DRIP environments with leadership buy-in (webinar recap part 2) By Prasad January 26, 2022 (Originally posted on Jan 26, 2022 on the Drishti blog) Recently, we hosted a webinar…
Goodbye, 2020: A series of year-end predictions By Prasad December 16, 2020 (Originally posted on Dec 16, 2020 on the Drishti blog) One of the most bizarre…
Part 1: Regionalization and manufacturing neighborhoods By Prasad December 16, 2020 (Originally posted on Dec 16, 2020 on the Drishti blog) I recently reflected on what 2020…
In Uncategorized Modernizing the genba to demystify the factory floor October 31, 2022 5 Mins Read (Originally posted on Oct 31, 2022 on the Drishti blog) A significant amount of time… Read More
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…
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…
Four generations of engineers: The life and times of my grandfather, CVS Narasimha Rao By Prasad August 25, 2025