May 22What is the “Weekend Upgrade” Project? An open community to Learn, Inspire and Share IdeasProject weekend upgrade aims to share ideas and inspiration with our online and offline community members on our social platforms (Over 20,000 strong community members on Linkedin, and Facebook respectively ) Candid chats with Global Business Leaders Sidhartha S. on LinkedIn: Ashok Ramachandran, President & CEO- Schindler India & South Asia | 31… Watch this to know how difficult it is to interview a #leader? It may be difficult, but the #insights they share are…www.linkedin.com2 min read
Feb 2012 Ideas: Why Metaverse will need to evolve as a digital ecosystem built on community, commerce, credit, and creativity?Facebook shares have not been performing great since the company renamed itself “META” indicating its plan to be the pioneer of the opportunity called Metaverse. Does that imply Metaverse is only a hype based phenomenon that will fizzle out or a dumb opportunity being talked about by tech founders living…7 min read
Feb 5Data-Driven Decision Making will improve the future of work and create transformation friendly organization cultureThe success of a business depends on the decisions the board takes or fails to take Businesses will take all decisions based on data. Leaders will no longer operate out of their intuition and gut-feeling especially when shareholder’s value creation is at stake Data-driven decision-making will influence all business decisions…3 min read
Jan 30Advice to Graduate Students and Young Professions building a career in consulting and digital transformationKnow where the careers will be made (all jobs will require some form of technology expertise, digital transformation, and trends understanding) Blockchain technology powered ( #defi and #digitaltrust ) and #Cloud are two big forces that will form the foundation of the future of #digitaltransformation in the 2020–the 2030s. Cloud…Digital Transformation2 min read
Nov 28, 2021Decentralized, Democratic, and Immersive: The Metaverse and Web3.0 will hook you 2021–2040Great companies take time to evolve, and once they evolve they disrupt the entire industry Google was founded in the year 1998, and it took them approximately ~15 years to become the ecosystem that it is now (search engine, youtube, android, consumer gadgets, and cloud company) Facebook was founded in…6 min read
Nov 21, 2021Digital Transformation- From the start till the endDoes your management have a very clear picture of what digital maturity models in the given industry look like? What business plan and model does the board have to defend and digitize the core business, expand into adjacencies, and build next wave ventures (disruptive and game-changers)? What are the general-purpose…2 min read
Oct 31, 2021Why I have been writing books and blogs about Startups Ecosystem, Venture funds, Digital Maturity Models, and Future tech for the last few years?I have been blessed enough to have written a book titled ‘Digital Event Horizon’, over 100+ technology blogs, designed CXO podcasts, digital topic workshops, and published 700+ Linkedin digital playbook posts. Learning is the most important skill to possess in the 21st century and intellectual humility will allow you to…4 min read
Oct 10, 2021The Future of Money, Bitcoin, CBDC’s, NFT’s and De-Fi- Why the scarce Cryptocurrencies Money 4.0, and also a big Reset button? By Sidhartha SharmaMoney has served a very important role in human life since its invention a few thousand years ago. Like most other experiments, Money has been through various stages of evolution: Money 0- Pre-barter and Barter days Money 1.0- Invention of Gold and coins as means of exchange Money 2.0-Money 1.0+…4 min read
Sep 21, 2021The Metaverse Shift (Part#2)Wearable Ecosystem as Computing Platform (Part-2)-by Sidhartha SharmaAR/VR/Mixed reality headsets have existed for a long, but ever wondered why the metaverse is getting so much attention? Few big megatrends shaping web3.0 : Rise of low cost and sleek, stylish wearables Rise of 5g powered AIoT Rise of NFT/ Digital Assets powered by blockchain economy Processing, Storage cost…3 min read
Sep 21, 2021The Metaverse Start (Part#1): Mixed Reality and Gamification of Everything by Sidhartha SharmaAugmented reality is more important than what many people think. Augmented reality is going to be the primary platform for future work, industrial internet, and entertainment. As AR/VR/MR technology hardware and 5G evolves, all the digital identities and locations will further evolve as digital avatars or digital twins. Physical reality…4 min read