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Nirav Mehta commented on the post, Concluding Question: Note to Self, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
The message 5 years from now will carry on the major themes we learned in this class. Technology continues to be a transformative agent in disrupting major business models and will continue to act as a change agent in business and society. Computing and technology will continue to be consumerized with more and more services moving into the cloud.…[Read more]
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Nirav Mehta commented on the post, Weekly Question #7: Complete by November 10, 2016, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
Nicholas,
Great article. I love the innovation in the medical field especially with the use of common consumer products like an Iphone. I wonder if this study is going to change the way medical students are taught medicine and particular diagnosis of heart mumurs. While technology is great it works only when it works and I am strong believe we…[Read more] -
Nirav Mehta commented on the post, Weekly Question #7: Complete by November 10, 2016, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
As an engineer I belong to the community of practice of the IEEE or the Institute of Electrical and Electronic engineers which is one of the largest professional organizations in the industry. The IEEE’s mission is the educational and technical advancement of electrical and electronic engineering, telecommunications, computer engineering and…[Read more]
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Nirav Mehta commented on the post, Weekly Question #7: Complete by November 10, 2016, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
Ryann,
I agree that our OMBA cohort for residency was a community of practices. Our team like yours came from different backgrounds, ages, demographics and professional roles however we all bonded exceptionally well during the week. The team building exercise and particular the leadership development class provided us an opportunity to form and…[Read more] -
Nirav Mehta commented on the post, Weekly Question #7: Complete by November 10, 2016, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
Rich,
Interesting post. I did not realize that lenders had the ability to blacklist appraisers and their scores. I also thought the lender would accept the score since all appraisers followed a set methodology for their appraisals. I am sure with the toxic mortgage issues over the last few years Fannie Mae and the government regulators have…[Read more] -
Nirav Mehta commented on the post, Weekly Question #7: Complete by November 10, 2016, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
Having worked in the publishing industry I have a unique perspective on this question and I strongly believe the age of agents/publishers is not dead but merely transformed from the traditional models people are use to. Digital technologies and consumerization have change the business models in the publishing industry by offering the average…[Read more]
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Nirav Mehta commented on the post, Reading Question: Disruptive Change and Book Publishing, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
Rachel, Great post. I worked at a large publishing company and your rationale and though process is exactly how the industry is leaning. Self publishing tools are changing the industry dramatically however most of the self publishing platforms like xlibiris or author solutions are now owned by the large traditional publishers like Penguin Random…[Read more]
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Nirav Mehta commented on the post, Case Question: Assessing Open Innovation at Siemens, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
Innovation can be measured with multiple KPI’s depending on the organization and the organizational culture. Financial metrics like NPV or ROI analysis would be the typical metrics used to measure the success of the innovation in generating return on investment of new product value which in turn should lead to higher revenues and profit for…[Read more]
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Nirav Mehta commented on the post, Case Question: Radiohead, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
Digital media has many advantages for the recording industry from lower costs for physical distribution to expanded opportunities for marketing the digital media. Digital media presents a unique opportunity for the recording industry to produce better quality recordings with greater clarity and then distribute these at a lower cost than…[Read more]
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Nirav Mehta commented on the post, Weekly Question #4: Complete by February 15, 2017, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
In my view IT has enabled the emergence of global brands like Ebay, Amazon, Google and Microsoft as examples. These technologies companies have built a product set which is used by users across the globe. In many ways IT has also allowed traditional brands from companies like Disney and Procter Gamble to also expand as technology provides a medium…[Read more]
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Nirav Mehta commented on the post, Weekly Question #4: Complete by February 15, 2017, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
John I think in a military/govt context it makes sense not to have BYOD. I think the Edward Snowden incident has shown us its hard enough to maintain secrets within secure computer networks, with the introduction of BYOD that would make the challenge even harder. I know traditionally military and govert agencies have always had rigorous security…[Read more]
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Nirav Mehta commented on the post, Weekly Question #4: Complete by February 15, 2017, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
Nicholas,
I think some organizations have super sensitivity to risk and compliance issues with BYOD in general, as you stated its an old mindset of working which limits this type of innovation. It is surprising to hear that Temple Health does not support this as being a teaching facility they are always looking for innovation and reducing…[Read more] -
Nirav Mehta commented on the post, Weekly Question #4: Complete by February 15, 2017, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
BYOD is supported in my workplace however some restrictions are placed on the devices to ensure corporate data is not leaked, hacked or released into the public space. Our corporation uses tools like MobileIron which allows the corporation to secure the contents of the data which is downloaded to these personal BYOD devices. In the event of the…[Read more]
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Nirav Mehta commented on the post, Weekly Question #4: Complete by February 15, 2017, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
Chris, Great explanation. I am huge fan of google drive as we use it at work to collaborate extensively and allows us to bring our work home when required without needing to bring home a laptop. Online storage of content, personal backups, videos and photos continues to grow however in the corporate space companies like Box.Net are growing…[Read more]
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Nirav Mehta commented on the post, Weekly Question #4: Complete by February 15, 2017, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
The cloud is a concept in IT which is about leveraging shared resources for the basic tasks in IT like compute and storage. The “Cloud” provides a set of shared services in various flavors of computing and storage are provided for consumers of IT services to leverage. The cloud is all about provided shared computing resources on demand similar to…[Read more]
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Nirav Mehta commented on the post, Weekly Question #5: Complete by February 25, 2016, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
Adam I agree with you 100%. IT was a transformation vehicle acting as a change agent to drive the business to operate differently and like you pointed out build a data driven business model versus making decisions on your gut. Like you have indicated a decentralized model is great when subsidaries are profitable however when your trying to…[Read more]
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Nirav Mehta commented on the post, Weekly Question #5: Complete by February 25, 2016, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
IT’s role in the globalization is a transformation engine which highlighted some of the challenges Wyeth faced as it looked to expand its business globally. The case study makes a great argument for showing how IT addressed many of the shortcomings, duplications of effort and overall waste of resources that Wyeth had to contend with with each…[Read more]
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Nirav Mehta commented on the post, Weekly Question #5: Complete by February 25, 2016, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
Chris,
Great point. Data migration from the legacy is usually the challenge in these projects. Often in ERP and Datawarehouse projects the biggest challenge is data normalization or standardization of the data so you can move it. Legacy systems often have data in multiple formats or multiple systems have different formats. How do you get…[Read more] -
Nirav Mehta commented on the post, Weekly Question #5: Complete by February 25, 2016, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
The global nature of the ERP and Datawarehouse projects at Wyeth had a significant impact on their design, development, implementation and subsequent operation of these platforms. Both type of IT projects typically have a large number of stakeholders involved so the first consideration we need to look at is how do you do governance for these type…[Read more]
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Nirav Mehta commented on the post, Weekly Question #8: Complete by November 2, 2017, on the site 9 years, 7 months ago
I use to work for an educational publisher who served many customer segments from the mass market (B2C) to niche markets(focussed on professional in segments like nursing healthcare, medicine) to multi side platforms (serving customers in Higher Education with customers being professors, student and institutions). Each customer segment had a…[Read more]
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