Tuesday, March 22, 2016

Hfs Research Webinar - Why Design Thinking Can Save the Services Industry from Obsolescence

Design Thinking has created a fair buzz in the industry today, and strategy leaders in various industries are trying to learn of how this can help them build an edge, in the modern, digital era, where things can happen and change in the blink of an eye.

(Do check out the post on 'Standford d.school's Design Thinking - Virtual Crash Course')

 Now, one of the major industries facing strong headwinds in the digital era, with smartphones and smarter machines, is the services industry.

HfsResearch recently hosted a webinar with eminent industry panelists to discuss and debate this subject. Do watch this to gain some key insights, and how this may help you to plan for the next wave.

Saturday, March 19, 2016

Stanford d.school - Design Thinking - Virtual Crash Course

Design Thinking is a methodology that's increasingly being embraced by new age thinkers and businesses, to drive rapid, sustainable and hopefully, successful/disruptive innovation to survive the rapid pace of change in a digitized world.
Principles of Design Thinking

In short, design thinking is being embraced as a 'Strategy for Innovation' (Read the article).


Now that you have an idea, why not take a crash course from the Stanford Design School to get started!



The Stanford Design School's Virtual Crash Course on Design Thinking

Sunday, December 20, 2015

Billions in Change

Billions in Change is a movement founded by billionaire philanthropist Manoj Bhargava, creator of 5-hour Energy.

He dreams of making a difference to the world we live in - and is working to make it happen. 
Inspiring. Join the movement too.




Visit BillionsInChange.in

Sunday, November 15, 2015

The Internet of Things (IoT) is creating a New Way of Living

There have been rapid advancements in technologies and the devices using these, in the recent few years, which have opened up the possibilities for a different way of life in future.

If you haven't yet heard of the Internet of Things (hmm, quite unlikely for many), then you can find a good quick overview in '[Infographic] Understanding The Internet of Things (IoT)' and '[Infographic] The Internet of Things - The Past, Present and the Future'.

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IBM's Smart Planet, Cisco Systems' "Internet of Everything" are just some examples in which companies are preparing - and enabling - the future.

And, if you want a more practical view of how life is likely to change in the foreseeable future, then check these out:

 

A Day in the life of the Internet of Things (Part I):
 

A Day in the life of the Internet of Things (Part II): 


Life Simplified with Connected Devices:

Well, it sure seems like a technologically advanced future, but just hope that humans don't lose the essence of life! As someone on a blog post mentioned, "What exactly will the people in this world do? Look at screens?!"


Sunday, September 6, 2015

Google's Advanced Technology Project - Project Soli

Well, can you guess what this is?
Sure, it's a (smart) watch being operated like a conventional watch...

You sure?
Look again - something more is going on here!

To know more, check out this short video about 'Project Soli', a Google ATAP project, that's advancing technology and making things future ready.



Or, if you'd like to read a bit about this, click here.