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People are Disruptive, Not Technology

The idea behind Uber emerged from the need to solve a problem.

The problem that was probably faced by millions of individuals before.

But the two founders had rich technology experience, having founded companies before.

That skillset allowed them to develop a technology enabled solution for the problem.

Using an existing technology.

And in the process, they created a new category, a new market, of which they became category leader?

Out of the three components of people, processes and technology, which component played the most important role in helping build this category.

The component that identified the problem and then was able to leverage skillset to architect the solution.

Technology component was secondary.

Yet, we prioritize technology over everything else when we think about building technology categories.

Think About It…..in this week’s episode.

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Kumar Singh is the founder of Designed Analytics LLC, which is focused on helping organizations explore how to leverage data and analytics to effectively compete, thrive and innovate. Kumar has over a decade of hands-on experience in supply chain and operations analytics. With over a decade of industry experience, he has worked across multiple industries, helping companies set up analytics centers of excellence. Post his industry experience, Kumar also did a stint in external consulting as a data science consultant with Boston Consulting Group (BCG). Kumar holds an MSc. in AI from Liverpool John Moores University, a Masters in Supply Chain from The Ross School of Business at The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, an MBA in Operations Management from IIT Roorkee, India, and an undergraduate degree in Electrical engineering. Kumar is ASCM CPIM, CSCP, and CLTD certified and holds the PMP certification from PMI. He is also an AWS-certified Machine Learning Specialist and Microsoft certified in the Azure IoT developer specialty.

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