Search about the word strategy online and you are bound to come across a gazillion articles. Some of them are good, some of them are bad. You wish if there was an article that teaches you strategy with the help of an example case study. Your search ends here! — My thinking about strategy has been formed after reading the book Good Strategy, Bad Strategy by Richard Rumelt. It is an excellent and thought provoking source that I will recommend you buying. You can also read the summaries which are available online. In my article, however, I will explain with…

Someone may have asked you— what is your vision for your department, for your product, or for your organisation? If you were like me, you would have been clueless, because I never knew what vision was. So, here is a guide I wish I had five years ago when I started my career. — It was the year 2018. I had found a new job right after college and I was one of the two people on the team. There were three other indirect collaborators. We were working on a new strategic initiative that was novel and never tried in this organisation. The first…

One of the world’s oldest, finest, and innovative agencies responsible for meteorological observations, weather forecasting and seismology can learn a thing or two from the world of software to design more usable interfaces for their users. — I love using software and apps that make user’s life easy. Most of the times, I have specific needs for solving some specific problems and I’d like to use the software for that. This time my problem was finding how the rainfall will look like in my district because I…

Artificial Intelligence is revolutionising our world every single day. More and more professionals in diverse domains are finding newer and innovative ways of including AI in their workflows. The Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance is not behind. Learn here the five ways Deep Learning is revolutionising this space. — In the current global order we find ourselves in, one of the most important pillars for determining a nation’s clout in the international affairs is the sophistication of its military abilities and capabilities. Military capability is determined by the structure, modernisation, readiness and sustainability of its operations. This modernisation depends…

The crux of causal inference lies in comparison. Therefore, it is absolutely important for a scientist to understand, define, and develop valid counterfactuals, thus leading to valid conclusions, and consequently, valid decisions. In this article, I explain what counterfactual is. — This is my second post on Causal Inference. In my first post, I talk about the basis of causal inference, and how it is used for making business decisions. In this post, I discuss Counterfactual, Validity, and Biases in Causal Inference in detail.

What is Causal Inference? Learn how you can know what works and use it effectively to optimize business processes. A user-friendly guide to Causal Inference! — Almost every one of you must have studied in your school the favorite mantra of statistical correlation, which was “correlation doesn’t imply causation”. Just because there is a high correlation between two phenomena, it doesn’t mean that there is causal attribution too. For example, there is a high correlation between…

Agile Project Management ensures superior projects, highly satisfied customers, reduced risks, increased flexibility, and improved team morale; yet, not a lot of non-profits benefit from Agile Project Management. Learn how you can bring Agile to your non-profit using SCRUM and KANBAN! — This is the first part of the two-part series of bringing agile to the non-profit world. In this article, I discuss agile, agile manifesto, and agile principles, and end it with seven tips on how to create a culture in which agile project management thrives. …

Focusing on understanding your beneficiaries and solving problems for them can not only help you get closer to them but also allow you to get loyalty from your employees and your funders. Learn how NOW! — Ruth had been working hard on this new financial inclusion product for over two months now. This was targeted at those who earn less than USD 2 per day. She did her research and talked to the industry leaders, politicians, and academicians to understand the problems the beneficiaries face in…

As a data scientist, you need to get your message across to the stakeholders in the most effective manner. Use these principles to help you do so! — Shekhar has been working rigorously on this presentation for a long time now. It contains the preliminary findings from the first set of data his team is getting from the field. He has applied the latest models he has in his repertoire and has got the tabulated results and charts…