Mukesh Gupta's Blog, page 52
July 17, 2017
Entrepreneurs Bring Ideas to Life
Premise: Today, we have machines which can work as assembly line workers, hotel clerks, concierge, nurses, companions for elders, lawyers, doctors, drivers, artists, journalists, gamers, coaches, board members and many more. The value proposition for businesses to employ more and more machines is strong and will get stronger with the increasing capabilities and complexities of these machines and dropping costs. Add to this, the already accelerating trend of organizations looking to hire cont...
July 15, 2017
The Journey is the Reward – 5P’s
Premise:
As entrepreneurs, our journey is almost never complete. There is this constant urge to do the next thing.. There is a new product to launch, a new market to capture, a new competitor to quell. A new revenue goal to achieve, a new milestone to reach..
And if we do sell off our existing company and cash out, there is always another company to build!
In this ever changing and evolving goals, the key is for us to enjoy the journey as the reward in and by itself. If we dont enjoy th...
July 14, 2017
Avoiding Overwhelm – Managing the Workload of Being a Leader
One of the challenges that all entrepreneurs face is managing the workload. Being an entrepreneur is not easy. It takes a lot of time, energy, effort and attention. In this short video, Amy Jen Su, shares her perspective of how can we manage our workload and still have peace of mind and not get overwhelmed. She shares the 4P’s that we need to work on individually in order to achieve the 5th P (Peace of Mind): Personal Operating system: What she means is how we do operate as an individual...
July 13, 2017
Changing the World needs us to change the way it works…
One of the things that almost every entrepreneur does, whether they start out thinking about doing it or not, is that they change the world that they are a part of.
Here is a short movie that illustrates a shares a very important point about changing the world:
If we want to change the world, we need to change the way it works!
The movie shows that it is our responsibility to not only understand how the world works but also to take responsibility to break away from the norm (if required) and...
Innovation Lessons From the World’s first Rope Free Elevator and a Human Powered Elevator
Thyssenkrupp unveiled their latest product – Multi. This is the world’s first rope-free elevator that can move both horizontally and vertically. I think this is a breakthrough that is worth celebrating.
They claim:
Introducing the elevator industry’s holy grail and the end of the 160-year reign of the rope-dependent elevator. MULTI harnesses the power of linear motor technology to move multiple cars in a single shaft both vertically and horizontally!
This opens up new possibilities in urban...
July 10, 2017
Filming Fireworks from Within (using a drone)
Beautiful and a cathartic experience for me... What about you? Did you like it?
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PBTO58: Hunch – Where Insights and Foresights Meet! With Bernadette Jiwa
Who is on the show: In this episode, we host Bernadette Jiwa. She is a best selling author of multiple books and writes one of the most popular marketing and branding blogs – The Story of Telling. Smart Company named as the top business blog in Australia of 2016. Seth Godin listed it as one of the marketing blogs he reads.
Why is she on the show:She just released her most recent book – Hunch. The book talks about how we can turn our everyday insights into the next big thing.
What do we talk...July 6, 2017
PBTO57: Liminal Thinking – Creating change by understanding, shaping, and reframing beliefs with Dave Gray
Who is on the show: In this episode, we host Dave Gray. He is the founder of XPLANE and author of multiple books including Liminal Thinking.
Why is he on the show:He is a visual artist and uses agile, iterative techniques like Visual Thinking, Culture Mapping, and Gamestorming to get people engaged and involved in co-creating clear, unique and executable business strategies. His latest book – Liminal Thinking, talks about a core practice for connected leaders in a complex world.
What do we...July 5, 2017
Breakthrough Innovations
Introducing Vycle: Vycle is a human-powered vertical transport system for our expanding cities. It’s a cross between a cycle and an elevator. This enables us to use the concepts of riding a cycle but instead of going forward, we go up. This idea also combines the idea of allowing us to do a little bit of exercise over the course of the day, without having to take time out to exercise from our schedules. There is already a growing body of science that shows that non-intensive and consistent m...
July 3, 2017
Story of the First Digital Camera
In this short 4 min video, the inventor of digital camera, Steven Sasson shares how the first digital camera that he developed worked.
He also shares his insights on how to present a novel idea to an audience, so as to not confuse them.
He also shares a very important insight that as inventors and makers of products, we should not forget that there is a lag of time between the time that we concieve or invent something and the time we are able to actually bring it to market. During this time,...
