Joining Mik in this episode of Mik + One is Pallab Chatterjee, a visionary entrepreneur and technology expert. Pallab is currently the chairman of 3Lines VC, a boutique VC firm specializing in investments in AI-focused companies in the US and India. Pallab shares his journey from running a research lab at Texas Instruments to becoming the CEO of IT Technologies and Symphony Retail AI. Mik and Pallab discuss the TI-84 and TI-86 calculators, which Pallab helped bring to market, and how they revolutionized the industry. They discuss the importance of understanding waste and its impact on organizational capacity and the role of finance in driving digital transformation.

Mik and Pallab also discuss the importance of actionable visibility and the challenges of implementing predictive and prescriptive models in organizations.

Key discussions include:

The story behind the Ti 84 and Ti 86 calculators
Understanding waste and its impact on organizational capacity
The role of finance in driving digital transformation
The role of AI and digital disruption in shaping the future of work
Advice for organizations looking to embrace digital transformation
The PDCA cycle and the importance of actionable visibility
The challenges of implementing predictive and prescriptive models in organizations
Understanding waste and rework cycles in software organizations
The need for a metadata layer to operate on an enterprise relational database
How organizations can avoid stagnation or falling behind
The importance of customer-centricity and quantifying pain levels

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Dean Leffingwell on the Mik + One Podcast: Part 1, Part 2
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Dave West - podcast episode
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Greenfield project
Skunkworks
Bimodal IT
Agile Release Train
Mik + One Podcast Episode 20: Justin Watts
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