Mukesh Gupta
Mukesh Gupta
I currently work for SAP as Customer advocate. In this capacity, I am responsible to ensure that the voice of the customer is being heard and play the bridge between customers and SAP. Prior to joining SAP, I have worked with different organizations serving in different functions like customer service, logistics, production planning & sales, marketing and business development functions. I was also the founder-CEO of a start-up called "Innovative Enterprises". The venture was in the retail & distribution business. I blog at http://rmukeshgupta.com.
Starting a Digital Transformation Journey
Premise: It seems like there can’t be a day that goes by when I don’t hear the word transformation being tossed around, usually with the…
The Act of Leading Vs Being a Leader
Premise: I was talking to one of my friends about leadership and what it means to be a leader and is there a distinction between…
How To Choose The Best Idea Amongst All to Execute
Premise: I am sure that we all get into a situation where we are required to come up with a set of ideas that will…
Book Review – Indistractable by Nir Eyal
Overview: I got a digital preview copy of this book via NetGalley. This book is all about how to handle distractions that are hurled at…
Book Review – The Disruption Mindset by Charlene Li
Overview: I got a digital preview copy of this book via NetGalley. The book is about is basically about what do organizations (typically incumbent organizations)…
Book Review – Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Perez
Overview: I bought this book on Audible after listening to the author talk to Roman Mars on his podcast – 99% Invisible) and listened to…
Convenience Trumps Everything Else
Premise: I have realised this truth: Convenience trumps everything else. If you think about it, almost everything that we do, we do because it is…
Strategy to Execution to enable Intelligent Enterprise
Premise All organisation have a stated strategy – one that they would like to execute on. However, most organisations are not able to execute the…
Why Do Startups Fail?
Premise: There has been enough written about startups and reasons why almost all of them fail. So, why write another post about this? Even though…
Ten Rules for Building a Good Company
Today, I stumbled upon a book – “Tree-Ring Management” by Hiroshi Tsukakoshi. Hiroshi san is the Chairman of a kanten manufacturer far from the bustle…
An Unconventional Approach to Manage Your Projects
Almost everyone project manager that I meet wants to find out a way to do two things: Deliver their projects on-budget and on-time Be innovative…
Samsung unveils A “Phablet” – a Foldable Phone or a Foldable Tablet?
In their developer conference, Samsung revealed (partially) a working prototype of a tablet that can be folded into a phone. Tablet or a phone –…
Why Good Ideas Don’t Fly and What To Do About It?
Every leader talks about the importance of innovation to their business. In public, every leader talks about how they and their teams are at the…
4 Pathways to Innovation
I was facilitating a group of senior leaders who were tasked with leading the innovation effort in their respective organization and started the facilitation with…
Personal Data Replaces Cash at this Cafe
Shiru café looks like any other coffee shop. But the similarities end there. If you were to go to the café for some hard earned…
The State of the Gig Economy
We have all at some point in time talked about or heard about the growth of the gig economy and how this could potentially be…
Big Data, Automation and Cows Who Decide When they want to be Milked
I came across this interesting read on Quartz.com. The post is about a farm in Iceland where the entire barn is automated. Here are some…
How to Help a Colleague Who Seems Off Their Game
When we think about productivity at work, we need to think beyond ourselves. As they say, as a team we are as strong or as…
How To Make Good Decisions
One thing that follows us all day around is the need to make decisions. Right from the time we wake up to the time that…
Leadership Effectiveness – Questions to Ask of Ourselves
As leaders, the way we behave when we are alone or amongst a group is always noticed by everyone around and has an impact whether…