EMBA Class of 2016 B Orientation
EMBA Class of 2016 B Orientation Orientation Highlights The pleasant pre-monsoon weather at IPL’s Koramangala campus welcomed the latest batch of EMBA students. It was Orientation Day for the early admitted participants of the 18-month EMBA program that promises to be an exciting and enriching experience for these senior professionals. Dr. Marya Wani welcomed the […]
Andy Bechtolsheim on Innovation
Andy Bechtolsheim on Innovation Andy Bechtolsheim, one of the co-founders of Sun Microsystems and a Stanford Engineering Hero gave a talk today at Stanford on The Process of Innovation. It was webcast online and I was glad to be able to attend it from India. This time around, while listening to the lecture and watching […]
Leadership Lessons from Moneyball
Leadership Lessons from Moneyball Moneyball is one of my favorite movies to learn leadership lessons . It is the story of Oakland A’s GM, Billy Beane’s, innovative approach to baseball. Following the loss to the Yankees in the 2001 post-season, the A’s lost marquee players, and did not have the deep pockets to compete with other teams […]
The Girl Effect
The Girl Effect The Girl Effect Here are some statistics that should make everyone pause: ● Today, more than 600 million girls live in the developing world. ● Approximately one quarter of girls in developing countries are not in school. ● One girl in seven in developing countries marries before age 15. ●An extra year […]
So you’re a Product Manager now. What’s next?
So you’re a Product Manager now. What’s next? Professors Pinkesh Shah and Rahul Abhyankar wrote back to Ajay George (EMBA class of 2015-A), who recently became a Product Manager at Satmetrix with their tips on how to make the best of the first 90 days at the new role. An invaluable read for everyone, product […]
Learnings from a Newly Minted Product Manager
Learnings from a Newly Minted Product Manager Recently, IPL alumnus Ajay George (EMBA class of 2015-A) transitioned from Infosys to Satmetrix as a Product Manager. He wrote back to us talking about his first few days in the new role. Over to Ajay: First of all thanks to IPL and the cohort for helping me […]
New Product Idea –A Watch for Blind People…Almost
New Product Idea –A Watch for Blind People…Almost New Product Idea–A Watch for Blind People…Almost One of the participants in my course on Customer Connect & Market Research Techniques that I teach for the Institute of Product Leadership shared this great article about how products can benefit from user feedback. It is a first person […]
What Job Do You Hire the Apple Watch For?
What Job Do You Hire the Apple Watch For? What Job Do You Hire the Apple Watch For? After the recent Apple keynote, a friend sent me these questions: 1.Is the watch now a permanent part of your purchase? Buy one every 2 years to pair with your iPhone? 2.What would have to happen for […]
Product Managers and Startups
Product Managers and Startups Marty Cagan describes in his book “Inspired”, the job of the product manager as “to discover a product that is valuable, usable and feasible”. In relation to a startup a discussion with null went like this – A start up looks for the very clichéd type “Go – Getters”; but a […]