ETI-Unplugged

24/01/2022

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24/01/2022

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Kumaran, Venkat and Deepak discuss personal productivity tips and practices they do. How to handle the factors in your control and those not in your control?...

23/01/2022

https://youtu.be/bylwNKxdyq4

Kumaran, Deepak and Gowtham discuss why do we need IT Architecture frameworks. Are they the cause of unceremonious death of software? How do TOGAF, Zachman a...

23/01/2022

https://youtu.be/diQWdBGyLpM

Kumaran, Venkat and Deepak discuss how document, system of record or system of engagement. How Gsuite helped change from just information sharing to a collab...

13/04/2021

https://youtu.be/nQXfdQ2PJ3Y

Kumaran, Deepak, Nishanth, Gowtham & Venkat, discuss what is happening to IT security in the Enterprise. Who is winning this "robber / police" game? In the h...

13/04/2021

https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/etindiaunplugged/episodes/2021-04-11T21_31_38-07_00

Kumaran, Deepak, Nishanth, Gowtham & Venkat, discuss what is happening to IT security in the Enterprise. Who is winning this "robber / police" game? In the hyper connected world, now nation states are using hackers to cause mayhem in other countries and stealing trade secrets from strategic indu...

13/04/2021

https://youtu.be/HLJYDc5EqlE

Kumaran and Deepak interview Balaji on his journey to the new venture, Syncortex, a startup aimed at helping enterprises benefit from Artificial Intelligence...

13/04/2021

https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/etindiaunplugged/episodes/2021-03-28T06_22_35-07_00

Kumaran and Deepak interview Balaji on his journey to the new venture, Syncortex, a startup aimed at helping enterprises benefit from Artificial Intelligence technologies. Balaji describes how Syncortex is making AI accessible to an average enterprise through their innovative products. Helping organ...

07/03/2021

https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/etindiaunplugged/episodes/2021-03-06T22_45_28-08_00

07/03/2021

https://youtu.be/IIEDThFfbfI

Kumaran and Deepak discuss how privacy impacts the employees in an enterprise. What happens to the data when you stop working for a company? What is the expe...

07/03/2021

https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/etindiaunplugged/episodes/2021-02-13T21_31_40-08_00

Kumaran, Deepak, Nishanth and Venkat discuss how learning happens in the enterprise. What is the difference between a learning organization and a delivering organization? Is the organization being selfish when it encourages its employees to learn? Learning is a mindset thing. Is there anything like....

07/03/2021

https://youtu.be/cMX4Ikx49l8

Kumaran, Deepak, Nishanth and Venkat discuss how learning happens in the enterprise. What is the difference between a learning organization and a delivering ...

14/02/2021

https://youtu.be/GuDpMnOQTn8

Sampoorna Hegde talks to Kumaran and Deepak about her journey to the new venture - Bloom Value (https://bloomvalue.com). Her is helping hospitals di...

07/02/2021

https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/etindiaunplugged/episodes/2021-02-06T21_00_19-08_00

Sampoorna Hegde talks to Kumaran and Deepak about her journey to the new venture - Bloom Value (https://bloomvalue.com). Her is helping hospitals digitally transform patient care. From patient registration to discharge. Hospital "Fin-ops" using data science and AI. Remote monitoring of pati...

07/02/2021

https://youtu.be/JiGP9v1SerI

Kumaran and Deepak talk to Rohan, who got hired as an Microsoft "Aspire" fresh from college. As a YouTuber he runs a channel focused on mentoring college hir...

07/02/2021

https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/etindiaunplugged/episodes/2021-01-24T02_50_45-08_00

Kumaran and Deepak talk to Rohan, who got hired as an Microsoft "Aspire" fresh from college. As a YouTuber he runs a channel focused on mentoring college hires and even advising them on how to be a freelancer. He likes teaching topics related to coding based on his experience and research. Rohan sha...

07/02/2021

https://youtu.be/6Qy9rEP1La0

Kumaran, Deepak and Nishanth discuss, what is happening to the on-prem data centre? Servers are definitely slowly losing to the cloud. In the Covid scenario,...

07/02/2021

https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/etindiaunplugged/episodes/2021-01-09T22_24_06-08_00

Kumaran, Deepak and Nishanth discuss, what is happening to the on-prem data centre? Servers are definitely slowly losing to the cloud. In the Covid scenario, developers are missing the desktop setup, especially the ergonomics of a big screen and the raw compute available at your fingertips. Network....

07/02/2021

https://youtu.be/rzp3wAga_48

Suvi shares her personal journey from being a tester in a big IT services company to being in a leader in a business function role - though closely connected...

29/12/2020

[Audio Version]: ETI-Unplugged: Episode 30: Functional Business Analyst - what the heck is that ? A conversation with Suvi V.

Suvi V. shares her personal journey with Kumaran Anandan and Deepak Sharma from being a tester in a big IT services company to being in a leader in a business function role - though closely connected with IT. Moving from pure technology to architecture - called a "functional business analyst". The exposure to new banking business back office operations. Playing the interpreter between business and technology. Identifying missing links in the requirements - by stepping on "land mines". Divorcing IT and marrying business! Fail fast versus the succeed quickly mindset of East Asia. The businesses are still struggling to align to Agile. The frustration of hour long 'stand-up' calls. More implementations happen in the past year, than ever before. Suvi's advice to the 'foot soldiers' of IT : give me new out of box solutions faster. It is sad that IT has become a factory. For the 'border-line' (border of IT and business) people: Keep it simple.



https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/etindiaunplugged/episodes/2020-12-29T00_11_49-08_00

Suvi shares her personal journey from being a tester in a big IT services company to being in a leader in a business function role - though closely connected with IT. Her biggest disappointment with food in China! The move to Singapore in the banking and finance sector. Moving from pure technology t...

21/12/2020

[Video Version]: ETI-Unplugged: Episode 29: Project Management is dead - long live Project Management!

Kumaran Anandan , Deepak Sharma, Nagarajan Ramanadhan, Venkatesan Oosur Vinayagam and Nishanth K Pillai discuss, is Agile really replacing project management? With never ending cycles, do we even have anything called a traditional project which starts and ends? Agile has enabled more engagement with business. Business is beginning to accept small failures. Since the outcome is so unpredictable - what happens to delivery timelines? Projects have become MVPs (Minimum Viable Products). If you cannot predictably manage your work for two weeks, you have no idea of what you are doing. 80% of the project fail to deliver. Project Management as a concept has failed - because it has failed to deal with reality. There is a need to move from project management to release management. It is about delivering on commitment. Digital Technologies today enable us to do MVPs in almost any field, including brain surgery. Acknowledging failure explicitly is path towards delivering on commitments.


https://youtu.be/Lrsn3dDfajs

Kumaran, Deepak, Ram, Venkat and Nishanth discuss, is Agile really replacing project management? With never ending cycles, do we even have anything called a ...

21/12/2020

[Audio Version]: ETI-Unplugged: Episode 29: Project Management is dead - long live Project Management!

Kumaran Anandan, Deepak Sharma, Nagarajan Ramanadhan, Venkatesan Oosur Vinayagam and Nishanth K Pillai discuss, is Agile really replacing project management? With never ending cycles, do we even have anything called a traditional project which starts and ends? Agile has enabled more engagement with business. Business is beginning to accept small failures. Since the outcome is so unpredictable - what happens to delivery timelines? Projects have become MVPs (Minimum Viable Products). If you cannot predictably manage your work for two weeks, you have no idea of what you are doing. 80% of the project fail to deliver. Project Management as a concept has failed - because it has failed to deal with reality. There is a need to move from project management to release management. It is about delivering on commitment. Digital Technologies today enable us to do MVPs in almost any field, including brain surgery. Acknowledging failure explicitly is path towards delivering on commitments.



https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/etindiaunplugged/episodes/2020-12-16T18_53_15-08_00

Kumaran, Deepak, Ram, Venkat and Nishanth discuss, is Agile really replacing project management? With never ending cycles, do we even have anything called a traditional project which starts and ends? Agile has enabled more engagement with business. Business is beginning to accept small failures. Now...

17/12/2020

[Video Version]: ETI-Unplugged: Episode 28: OKRs (Objectives and Key Results) in Enterprise IT - illusion of progress?

Kumaran explains to Deepak Sharma how to get the objective right before deciding the key results. It is about defining the correct problem to solve. Business and IT can use the same OKRs. How are KPIs and Key Results connected? KPI never tells you if you are successful or not - it is left to interpretation. The issues with the classical score card model. The illusion of progress. Do numbers really drive behaviour? How can you make OKRs when objectives seem vague? Efficiency versus effectiveness. Common pitfalls when using OKRs. What is the ideal frequency of defining and evaluating the OKRs. Does OKR work at the individual level?




https://youtu.be/cJyaL6Ox6UM

Kumaran explains to Deepak how to get the objective right before deciding the key results. It is about defining the correct problem to solve. Business and IT...

17/12/2020

[Audio Version]: ETI-Unplugged: Episode 28: OKRs (Objectives and Key Results) in Enterprise IT - illusion of progress?

Kumaran explains to Deepak Sharma how to get the objective right before deciding the key results. It is about defining the correct problem to solve. Business and IT can use the same OKRs. How are KPIs and Key Results connected? KPI never tells you if you are successful or not - it is left to interpretation. The issues with the classical score card model. The illusion of progress. Do numbers really drive behaviour? How can you make OKRs when objectives seem vague? Efficiency versus effectiveness. Common pitfalls when using OKRs. What is the ideal frequency of defining and evaluating the OKRs. Does OKR work at the individual level?



https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/etindiaunplugged/episodes/2020-11-29T01_55_30-08_00

Kumaran explains to Deepak how to get the objective right before deciding the key results. It is about defining the correct problem to solve. Business and IT can use the same OKRs. How are KPIs and Key Results connected? KPI never tells you if you are successful or not - it is left to interpretation...

28/11/2020

[Video Version]: ETI-Unplugged: Episode 27: Enterprise IT Culture - full-stack to no-stack!

Kumaran Anandan and Deepak Sharma discuss if there is something real about "IT Culture". Has there been a change in the "belief system". Is there a focus on outcomes that has forced this change. Writing a lot of code is no longer a sign of quality outcome. "Not invented here" should be a thing of the past. "Full stack developer" vs "No-stack developers". The remote working world has made a need for new meeting culture to evolve to create the efficiency of a face to face meeting. Can we create a "water cooler" effect in the virtual meeting scenarios. Senior leaders need to actively need to increase their exposure to successful case studies and articles related to new cultural approaches.



https://youtu.be/G9V-pV4bMV8

Kumaran and Deepak discuss if there is something real about "IT Culture". Has there been a change in the "belief system". Is there a focus on outcomes that h...

20/11/2020

[Audio Version]: ETI-Unplugged: Episode 27: Enterprise IT Culture - full-stack to no-stack!

Kumaran Anandan and Deepak Sharma discuss if there is something real about "IT Culture". Has there been a change in the "belief system". Is there a focus on outcomes that has forced this change. Writing a lot of code is no longer a sign of quality outcome. "Not invented here" should be a thing of the past. "Full stack developer" vs "No-stack developers". The remote working world has made a need for new meeting culture to evolve to create the efficiency of a face to face meeting. Can we create a "water cooler" effect in the virtual meeting scenarios. Senior leaders need to actively need to increase their exposure to successful case studies and articles related to new cultural approaches.



https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/etindiaunplugged/episodes/2020-11-19T23_31_22-08_00

Kumaran and Deepak discuss if there is something real about "IT Culture". Has there been a change in the "belief system". Is there a focus on outcomes that has forced this change. Writing a lot of code is no longer a sign of quality outcome. "Not invented here" should be a thing of the past. "Full s...

27/10/2020

[Video Version]: ETI-Unplugged: Episode 26: COVID-19 - Quickening of Digital Transformation - Joke to Reality

Kumaran Anandan, Gaurav Aggarwal, Gowtham Dakshinamurthy and Deepak Sharma discuss, how enterprises are challenging themselves. More offshore than onshore is more acceptable now. Is 90-10 the new norm? Are all these changes permanent or temporary? Is "Lindy Effect" going to be in operation here? Ten years ago COVID-19 would have killed the Indian IT services industry - today the technology is enabling it. The flexible work styles are creating new challenges which solved now will create enough friction in the system to prevent reverting to old ways. Customers are willing to close deals faster in the remote world - and they are happy to take standard conditions. There is a sense of urgency. CEO's are getting involved much earlier in the deal discussions, in the last three months. The urgency is driven by self-preservation as well as the need to grab the opportunities. The levelling of the playing field for on-shore and off-shore IT companies is a reality.



https://youtu.be/UBEvNp9NziM

Kumaran, Gaurav, Gowtham and Deepak discuss, how enterprises are challenging themselves. More offshore than onshore is more acceptable now. Is 90-10 the new ...

26/10/2020

[Audio Version]: ETI-Unplugged: Episode 26: COVID-19 - Quickening of Digital Transformation - Joke to Reality

Kumaran Anandan, Gaurav Aggarwal, Gowtham Dakshinamurthy and Deepak Sharma discuss, how enterprises are challenging themselves. More offshore than onshore is more acceptable now. Is 90-10 the new norm? Are all these changes permanent or temporary? Is "Lindy Effect" going to be operation here? Ten years ago COVID-19 would have killed the Indian IT services industry - today the technology is enabling it. The flexible work styles are creating new challenges which solved now will create enough friction in the system to prevent reverting to old ways. Customers are willing to close deals faster in the remote world - and they are happy to take standard conditions. There is a sense of urgency. CEO's are getting involved much earlier in the deal discussions, in the last three months. The urgency is driven by self-preservation as well as the need to grab the opportunities. The levelling of the playing field for on-shore and off-shore IT companies is a reality.



https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/etindiaunplugged/episodes/2020-10-26T05_29_13-07_00

Kumaran, Gaurav, Gowtham and Deepak discuss, how enterprises are challenging themselves. More offshore than onshore is more acceptable now. Is 90-10 the new norm? The need for secure bays, separate floor and separate network are things of the past, Active Directory and the secure VPN is the new boun...

21/10/2020

[Video Version]: ETI-Unplugged: Episode 25: No code means no bugs!

Kumaran Anandan, Deepak Sharma, Venkatesan Oosur Vinayagam, Nishanth K Pillai, Siddamma Tigadi and Gowtham Dakshinamurthy discuss the speed and efficiency generated by low-code-no-code solutions . Does it create more work for IT teams in the enterprise? Can business users really benefit from this? How do IT architects gain from the replacement of code based solutions to configurable SaaS based no-code solutions. Is discoverability of APIs an issue? Example of how Power BI figures out most relationships in the data automatically, hence reducing the manual effort. Does cost of licensing of low-code-no-code solution function as a deterrent to its adoption? Who are these "Citizen Developer"? Is it really scary for the "Real Developers"? How is Robotic Process Automation (RPA) changing the application integration space? Can the Business Process Operations (BPO) agents become first line developers?



https://youtu.be/8j3XeStngaw

Kumaran, Deepak, Venkat, Nishanth, Siddamma and Gowtham discuss the speed and efficiency generated by low-code-no-code solutions . Does it create more work f...

20/10/2020

[Audio Version]: ETI-Unplugged: Episode 25: No code means no bugs!

Kumaran Anandan, Deepak Sharma, Venkatesan Oosur Vinayagam, Nishanth K Pillai, Siddamma Tigadi and Gowtham Dakshinamurthy discuss the speed and efficiency generated by low-code-no-code solutions . Does it create more work for IT teams in the enterprise? Can business users really benefit from this? How do IT architects gain from the replacement of code based solutions to configurable SaaS based no-code solutions. Is discoverability of APIs an issue? Example of how Power BI figures out most relationships in the data automatically, hence reducing the manual effort. Does cost of licencing of low-code-no-code solution function as a deterrent to its adoption? Who are these "Citizen Developer"? Is it really scary for the "Real Developers"? How is Robotic Process Automation (RPA) changing the application integration space? Can the Business Process Operations (BPO) agents become first line developers?



https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/etindiaunplugged/episodes/2020-10-14T00_20_49-07_00

Kumaran, Deepak, Venkat, Nishanth, Siddamma and Gowtham discuss the speed and efficiency generated by low-code-no-code solutions . Does it create more work for IT teams in the enterprise? Can business users really benefit from this? How do IT architects are gaining from the replacement of code based...

05/10/2020

[Video Version]: ETI-Unplugged: Episode 24: Should enterprises care about learning?

Kumaran Anandan and Deepak Sharma discuss whose job is it to teach in the enterprise. Is it the L&D (Learning & Development) department or HR? How can you make learning more effective? Is training considered to be a vacation? Taking people away from ex*****on, does it really help? Can business leader enable learning? Does certification have any value? From being a car mechanic to a heart surgeon! Do full day programs still have their place in the time where attention spans are reducing? How can trainers/teachers make more impact? Learning by doing may be one of the best methods to teach.



https://youtu.be/dKNWzUYiP9g

Kumaran and Deepak discuss whose job is it to teach in the enterprise. Is it the L&D (Learning & Development) department or HR? How can you make learning mor...

01/10/2020

[Audio Version]: ETI-Unplugged: Episode 24: Should enterprises care about learning?

Kumaran Anandan and Deepak Sharma discuss whose job is it to teach in the enterprise. Is it the L&D (Learning & Development) department or HR? How can you make learning more effective? Is training considered to be a vacation? Taking people away from ex*****on, does it really help? Can business leader enable learning? Does certification have any value? From being a car mechanic to a heart surgeon! Do full day programmes still have their place in the time where attention spans are reducing? How can trainers/teachers make more impact? Learning by doing may be one of the best methods to teach.



https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/etindiaunplugged/episodes/2020-09-29T09_05_11-07_00

Kumaran and Deepak discuss whose job is it to teach in the enterprise. Is it the L&D (Learning & Development) department or HR? How can you make learning more effective? Is training considered to be a vacation? Taking people away from ex*****on, does it really help? Can business leader enabl...

16/09/2020

[Video Version]: ETI-Unplugged: Episode 23: Is AI going to help kidnap your children?

Kumaran Anandan, Deepak Sharma, Venkatesan Oosur Vinayagam and Nishanth K Pillai discuss the impact of Artificial Intelligence on the society. Inability to frame responsible questions for AI to resolve. Does inclusive approach help better AI? What are the ethics involved in using AI systems? Is it really possible to have an "air gap" between AI based and other core applications? The question is not what AI can do, but what it should do? Data can be misused for malicious intent. Connection between Kinder Joy and kidnappers!

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https://youtu.be/zfB_J55O6TQ

Kumaran, Deepak, Venkat and Nishanth discuss the impact of Artificial Intelligence on the society. Inability to frame responsible questions for AI to resolve...

15/09/2020

[Audio Version]: ETI-Unplugged: Episode 23: Is AI going to help kidnap your children?

Kumaran Anandan, Aman Deep, Venkat and Nishanth discuss the impact of Artificial Intelligence on the society. Inability to frame responsible questions for AI to resolve. Does inclusive approach help better AI? What are the ethics involved in using AI systems? Is it really possible to have an "air gap" between AI based and other core applications? The question is not what AI can do, but what it should do? Data can be misused for malicious intent. Connection between Kinder Joy and kidnappers!

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https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/etindiaunplugged/episodes/2020-09-14T20_12_42-07_00

Kumaran, Deepak, Venkat and Nishanth discuss the impact of Artificial Intelligence on the society. Inability to frame responsible questions for AI to resolve. Does inclusive approach help better AI? What are the ethics involved in using AI systems? Is it really possible to have an "air gap" between....

03/09/2020

[Video Version]: ETI-Unplugged: Episode 22: High Performance Happily Achieved (HiPoHA) - journey of a concept

Kumaran Anandan shares with Deepak Sharma his 20 years journey of finally reaching his startup idea of HiPoHA. The concept has been applied in over 245,000 documented real life scenarios. His experience and learnings at Microsoft. His initial struggle to get the concept accepted. He answers why this idea is important to digital transformation. Anecdotes of success at an individual level and a team level.



https://youtu.be/PJ8P4HJgesA

Kumaran shares with Deepak his 20 years journey of finally reaching his startup idea of HiPoHA. The concept which has been used by over 245,000 individuals. ...

02/09/2020

[Audio Version]: ETI-Unplugged: Episode 22: High Performance Happily Achieved (HiPoHA) - journey of a concept

Kumaran Anandan shares with Deepak Sharma his 20 years journey of finally reaching his startup idea of HiPoHA. The concept has been applied in over 245,000 documented real life scenarios. His experience and learnings at Microsoft. His initial struggle to get the concept accepted. He answers why this idea is important to digital transformation. Anecdotes of success at an individual level and a team level.



https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/etindiaunplugged/episodes/2020-09-01T22_34_11-07_00

Kumaran shares with Deepak his 20 years journey of finally reaching his startup idea of HiPoHA. The concept which has been used by over 245,000 individuals. His experience and learnings at Microsoft. His initial struggle to get the concept accepted. He answers why this idea is important to digital t...

26/08/2020

The book investigates the misapplication of conventional statistical techniques to fat tailed distributions and looks for remedies, when possible.Switching from thin tailed to fat tailed distributions requires more than “changing the color of the dress.” Traditional asymptotics deal mainly with ...

18/08/2020

[Video Version]: ETI-Unplugged: Episode 21: Can fashion industry benefit from ‘Monkey in the Box’ ?

Kumaran and Deepak interview Latashree, a Hyderabad based entrepreneur, who has an early stage startup focused on the fashion industry. Understanding her challenges and advising her on areas of focus. Kumaran also shares his experience on starting his own company. Value of 'Zooming In' and then 'Zooming Out'. Can sustainable fashion be a driver for the business? Artificial Intelligence vs 'Monkey in the Box'.



https://youtu.be/jI67CCRBlrw

Kumaran and Deepak interview Latashree, a Hyderabad based entrepreneur, who has an early stage startup focused on the fashion industry. Understanding her cha...

17/08/2020

[Audio Version]: ETI-Unplugged: Episode 21: Can fashion industry benefit from ‘Monkey in the Box’ ?

Kumaran Anandan and Deepak Sharma interview Latashree, a Hyderabad based entrepreneur, who has an early stage startup focused on the fashion industry. Understanding her challenges and advising her on areas of focus. Kumaran also shares his experience on starting his own company. Value of 'Zooming In' and then 'Zooming Out'. Can sustainable fashion be a driver for the business? Artificial Intelligence vs 'Monkey in the Box'.



https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/etindiaunplugged/episodes/2020-08-17T06_09_22-07_00

Kumaran and Deepak interview Latashree, a Hyderabad based entrepreneur, who has an early stage startup focused on the fashion industry. Understanding her challenges and advising her on areas of focus. Kumaran also shares his experience on starting his own company. Value of 'Zooming In' and then 'Zoo...