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My strange love affair with (Carnatic) music

July 27, 2025 8 Mins Read

There’s something profoundly ironic about my relationship with Carnatic music. Here I am, a man…

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Why Paul Revere became famous while William Dawes was forgotten: The all-powerful social network

By Prasad December 4, 2023

Back in November 2007, Jeff Stiles, my new manager at SAP, invited me to talk…

Marketing teams can learn a thing or two from RobMars Management

By Prasad October 8, 2023

I was excited to learn today that I, apparently, had Polish relatives—including a business magnate…

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…

Drishti’s manufacturing leadership — and influence — recognized

By Prasad March 16, 2021

(Originally posted on Mar 16, 2021 on the Drishti blog) Earlier this…

Part 3: The growing imperative for practical AI

By Prasad February 2, 2021

(Originally posted on Feb 2, 2021 on the Drishti blog) In the…

Challenges in using data in the manufacturing environment (webinar recap part 1)

By Prasad January 11, 2022

(Originally posted on Jan 11, 2022 on the Drishti blog) Last month, I hosted a…

Meet the humble tea cosy

December 17, 2021

Will 2022 herald the end of pilot purgatory for AI and IoT?

December 15, 2021

The BIG gap in digital twin technology: Assembly operations

December 8, 2021

Lean and data: Two journeys on the path to lean leadership

October 19, 2021

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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…

Process investments: As important as product, but often ignored

By Prasad September 28, 2020

(Originally posted on Sep 28, 2020 on the Drishti blog) In assembly, codifying the process…

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The genius of the Kinder Egg

November 13, 2022 3 Mins Read

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

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…

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