Imagine dropping millions of dollars on an enterprise solution only to find out that it really doesn’t solve the problem. That’s the risk businesses face, especially when it comes to tech products. Most often, there’s no comprehensive way to test the fit before...
2023 is the year of Customer Experience (CX). 86% of customers say they would pay a premium to brands that offer a fabulous experience. Companies with an annual revenue of 1 Bn USD can earn an added 700 Mn USD within three years of investing in CX. There’s no doubt...
Would you live as an undocumented person for three months? Lucia Gallardo, Founder & CEO of Emerge, did just that. Her aim: to understand the problems they face. For context, Emerge is a tech lab that works at the convergence of sustainable development and social...
The way humans communicate is in bite sized pieces. So-Young Kang believes that we’ve been practicing micro learning for 1000s of years now. Our most recent guest on Slaves to the Algo says, “It's the neuroscience of learning. There's the behavior design...
With effect from June 10, 2022, the website bigdata-madesimple.com will move to a new domain. Crayon Data’s corporate website, crayondata.ai, will host the content as part of their new AI community, Slaves to the Algo (STTA). For the past 9 years, Big Data...
How can we encourage women in tech to play a more active part in this industry? Our most recent guest on Slaves to the Algo, Lucia Gallardo, says, “I don't think there are too many men in tech, I just think there aren't enough women in tech. It's just a...
How do we innovate with technology to solve a nation’s crisis? Can we redirect tech to solving a social cause? Lucia Gallardo tells us how! Our most recent guest on Slaves to the Algo says, “When I discovered technology, it was always going to be a tool. So,...
How does an enterprise strike a balance between managing human and tech intelligence? Dr CJ Meadows believes that technology is our new colleague, and we need to treat it as such. Our most recent guest on Slaves to the Algo says, “We don't have to have jobs that...
Is technology an enabler to sharpen your art? CVL Srinivas believes that it doesn’t matter whether you are in a creative department or PR agency or brand agency. No one can escape technology. Especially since it's now at the forefront of enabling brands and...
There are some defining days to come in cricket, thanks to the metaverse, believes Sundar Raman. It’s not just a technology or platform, but a mindset, says our most recent guest on Slaves to the Algo. With his typical humor, he adds, “Metaverse is what I...
Today’s sportspersons are more open to analyst insights, believes Sundar Raman. Our most recent guest on Slaves to the Algo says, “I think if somebody is going to help me improve my game, I want to give time to listen to it, because it makes me better. And there is a...
Wordle and data science don’t seem to have much in common. Find out why there’s more than meets the eye. This is the third blog in a three-part series. Read the first and second parts here. We all know that the English language has 26 characters. Let us consider that...
“If they don't give you a seat at the table, bring a folding chair.” Most women in tech have taken Shirley Chisholm's statement to heart! Meet five women in tech whose contributions impacted the way we live life today. And how their work is changing the future. Dr...
“Over the last 20 years, the sports industry has grown exponentially. We’re in that decade where everything has to change. The entire plumbing has to change,” believes Unmish Parthasarathi. The founder and executive director at Picture Board Partners joins...
Wordle and data science don’t seem to have much in common. Find out why there’s more than meets the eye. This is the second blog in a three-part series. Read the first part here. Before we understand how entropy affects Wordle, we need to grasp the basics. What...
Have we delved too far into data to ignore intuitive individual performances? Unmish Parthasarathi believes that there is more than one path to success. Our most recent guest on Slaves to the Algo says, “Sports is unscripted drama. There are many playbooks...
Humanity has always had a predilection for prediction. Decades ago, people imagined what life would look like in the 2020s. Some suggested that roadways would be replaced by pneumatic tubes. One issue of Popular Mechanics dreamed up a smart dining table that would...
Wordle has taken the world (and Crayon Data) by storm. I’m not an expert in English vocabulary. But I am good with data science! And so, I approached the problem of solving Wordle using my expertise. With due credit to 3Blue1Brown for the inspiration. How do...
Rishad Tobaccowala believes that algorithms expand his world. Our most recent guest on Slaves to the Algo podcast says, “People keep trying to say let's keep it clean, or let's keep the technology away. If you keep technology away, you don't have electricity. If you...
If humans don’t understand emotions, how can machines, wonders Alok Aggarwal. Our most recent guest on Slaves to the Algo says, “Even humans have a hard time learning human emotions. Somebody may be smiling but be thinking of something different. We probably don't...
We’ve come a long way from, ‘Show me your friends, I’ll tell you who you are’. Today’s algos are smart enough to recommend what you should have for dinner, based on your order history. Across services, customers are demanding personalization. It’s no different for the...
What does a full-stack restaurant model look like? "At Grain, we control the whole end-to-end user experience from cooking, to ordering to delivering. So, we own kitchens, we build our tech, and we own a network of drivers,” explains Yi Sung Yong, co-founder & CEO...
In this season of Slaves to the Algo, podcast host and AI evangelist Suresh Shankar connected with different leaders from digital marketing to EdTech to healthcare to travel. They discussed how AI has transformed and is continuing to transform their industries, their...
In Season 2 of Slaves to the Algo, podcast host and AI evangelist Suresh Shankar connected with different leaders from digital marketing to EdTech to healthcare to travel. They discussed how AI has transformed and is continuing to transform their industries, their...
Four-time highly successful entrepreneur, “algonaut,” and one of the earliest leaders of AI Peng Ong discusses the evolution of technology in multiple spheres in this week’s episode of Slaves to the Algo. In the first half of a deeply insightful conversation, Peng...
In this week's episode, Suresh talked all-things-FinTech with Greg Palmer: columnist, podcaster, and Vice President of the Finovate Group. In the first half of what turned out to be a fascinating overview of some of the latest trends and innovations in the FinTech...
In this week’s episode, we caught up with Sandeep Reddy, doctor, medical informatician, AI specialist, and founder of Medi-AI. Sandeep outlined the advances that AI is making in the three critical stages of healthcare: diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment. AI is...
From banking leaders to revolutionaries in the AI space, Suresh covered a lot of ground with his guests in these 10 episodes. Here’s a countdown of our top 10 moments from season 1 of Slaves to the Algo. We recap the age of relevance and how digital irrelevance is now...
Facebook claims to have 2.7 billion monthly active users. But how many of them are ‘synthetic’ (aka fake) profiles? In this episode, we are joined by Jeff Jonas, wizard of big data and founder and CEO of Senzing. Jeff has spent his life dedicated to one thing – entity...
Data culture is as important as organization culture. But the question remains… how does an organization create it? Who leads it? And why is it important? Janardhan Cadambi (Jana) from Mastercard explains why data standards and principles are just as important, if not...
We’ve all heard of the age-old adage of the right vs the left brain. In this episode, Tim Kobe, legendary architect and founder of Eight Inc and often referred to as "Apple's Best Kept Secret," talks about a revolutionary new hybrid model. There is no real dichotomy...
TS Anil, the CEO of Monzo, talks to us about how Monzo designs their customer experience. A digital bank by design, they always start with their desired end state in mind. With a single-minded focus on making money work for everyone (their customers), they optimize...
Ian Myles of area 51 talks about human cognitive biases, how they affect the way we program algorithms and their unintended consequences. He uses his experience in industrial design, technology, fintech and education to discuss the future of explainable AI (ex-AI) -...
Ian Myles of area 51 talks about human cognitive biases, how they affect the way we program algorithms and their unintended consequences. He uses his experience in industrial design, technology, fintech and education to discuss the future of explainable AI (ex-AI) -...
As more marketers advocate how to write copy for a search engine, John offers a refreshing perspective. Brands will become even more important in the world of algorithms. Differentiation now comes from the right-brained side of marketing. He also deep dives into how...
How do you create great AI that can make use of data that hasn't been even created? How will you prepare for a world where 90% of the data you will have in 2022 doesn't exist today? John Kim of Expedia discusses these matters and why tech giants with the ability to...
Harvard Business Review calls the 20s the start of the "age of relevance" driven by a new 5Ps. Advances in analytics, big data and AI make it possible for digital disrupters to deliver relevance. In this episode, Suresh uses his decades-long experience to explain...