Reverse Engineering of Silicon Valley
America has lost many achievements to the rest of the world. Starting from light bulbs to nuclear weapons, the list is endless. However, still to date, it’s success in building…
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Rokon Zaman
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Data Misguiding AI Startups
Low-cost sensors and broadband wireless connectivity have been offering us very detailed, real-time data. Of course, the processing of these data provides intelligence. Such a possibility of data has created…
Silicon Valley Hard to Replicate
After numerous failed attempts of replicating Silicon Valley, the temptation still remains. After decades of bafflement and frustration, the world is still struggling to figure out the trigger point and…
Sharpen Innate Abilities to Protect Jobs—make the world more humane
With the impending threat of job loss, job protection has become a burning issue. Upskilling is a standard option to counter job loss due to automation and robotics. However, it’s…
Automating Repetitive and Routine Jobs—illusive in nature
There is a common belief that repetitive and routine jobs are targets of automation. The prediction of the disappearance of such jobs makes many of us nervous. However, not all…
High-Tech Strategies in Perspectives
High-tech has been a lucrative industry. How to enter into this industry has been a strategy question. Although the journey started at the Bell laboratories, many countries are now active…
Malaysia’s Labor and Nichia’s Idea for High-tech–sharp contrast in strategy
Malaysia is a high-middle-income country. On the other hand, Nichia is a mid-sized non-listed Japanese company. Why is there a comparison between them? What is the lesson to draw? The…
Creative Waves of Destruction Shaping Future—demands prediction and timely response
Experts are divided in predicting the future of work and living by 2030. They agree that artificial intelligence (AI) and the Internet of Things (IoT), among other technologies, will have…
Entering into Innovation Economy through Redesign—A prescription for aspiring developing countries
Often we perceive Innovation as the magical outcome of creative minds. For entering into an Innovation Economy, should we wait for the emergence of creative genius? If it is an…
Innovation Magic through Ideas of Redesign
Neither Apple nor Nichia invented a smartphone or the light bulb. But how have they created tremendous Innovation success stories in these products? How to create such a remarkable opportunity…
Passion and Knowledge for Scarcity of Ideas
There is no natural correlation between R&D budget, publications and patents
Education without Passion Stalls Development—lessons from the history
The Passion for Perfection leads to the production of ideas and their integration into products and processes. Subsequently, it leads to offering us increasingly better products at less cost to…