Saturday, May 6, 2017

WaysAhead: A Whale, Or A Wail of An Opportunity!



Photo Courtesy- “A beautiful mind” by Universal Pictures

When did you last remember the voice of someone in a dream, rather, to be precise, their linguistic abilities?  

Aren’t dreams largely powered by vision!

I am vividly reminded of the initial trepidation, with which I had taken up an internship with a manufacturing plant. The deafening sound of the machines running all around got compounded in that fierce temperature of 50 degree Celsius. Whereas, the CAD monitor, enjoyed giving command to the whole system, itself placed in a cool room.

Now let me take you inside the plant. A huge pile of virgin paper, in a continuous flow (how many kilograms?), with several gallons of water (how much?), only to evaporate in split of a second from the side pipes! The blue colored pipes with water streaming upwards (showing a symbol of steam), and yellow pulp for virgin paper, culminating into the desired end products. The sight of this whole anime, being monitored and operated by a nerdy engineer, dressed up in a batman t-shirt; defies the 100% efficiency, productivity and safety, they are known for!

Imagine if you could see this picture as a shareholder of the company that you have invested in. And the fact is, you certainly can, per kind courtesy: Power BI!!

What Power BI is!

Power BI or Business Intelligence is a business analytics service, a product of Microsoft. The interactive visualizations with self-service Business Intelligence capabilities, where end users can create reports and dashboards all by themselves, is the mainstay of Power BI. Here, the dependency on any IT staff and Database Administrator, gets nullified.

Further on, Power BI, cuts across different systems & forms, to scourge, and dig in for the data that we need, in order to get a holistic view, right there. It is the system that truly embraces the business volatility (real time market trends data of customer segmentation and opportunities), to create a perfect homeostasis, just like our well mechanized human bodies.

We all aware that whenever our body temperature goes higher, we perspire automatically to let the body cool down? Also, sometimes the reflex action upon being waved at, by a pretty lady at a mall, is the instant flickering of our eyes, really fast. This involuntary reflex action, actually, adjusts our vision.

Now, how will Power BI help us in the growth of our business, or our organizational development? Would it act as efficiently as our brain and control the whole system, effectively?

Taking an example of a business model, perhaps, all the products are catering only to 2% of market capacity, while one is set to grow! So how do we measure the gap in terms of profitability? It is a known fact that the per capita net national income of India has shown a rise of 10.2 percent from 2016 to 17. So, which Magic Wand did this humongous task of getting the precise data, in shortest of time?

Well, Power BI System Dashboards can do it all, by pointing and reporting any exception for you to devise the best way of handling it, since strategy exists only in non-singular frame of reference and developed only when the thinking is geometrical.

You might question, why should we use the open standards-based REST API, to integrate our application or service with Power BI?

The answer is, Power BI Integration helps in delivering your solutions faster (“Time is Money”), and being cost friendly, has a direct positive impact on cutting down your company’s overall costs. This works simultaneously, while you focus on your core value, in a way that enables you to share the picture in real time as you see (e.g. a wild white elephant, a whistling dolphin or a crouching tiger), with your key stakeholders. Consequently, their vision remains undiluted and pristine.

Furthermore, the system hits off on the right note from the very stage of its inception, generating a positive thought wave. Thus, when you talk about the whistling dolphin, everyone around your war room really knows that the pitch is a perfect match, they can vividly visualize the dolphin flying high, and are not lead to think about Sumo wrestlers, instead.

There is really no best time to say “Eureka”!!

The other very useful advantage of Power BI is that the touch enabled native app for Windows OS and Android, which lets you access data wherever you go.

What all of you see, is the big blue whale, hanging to the tail of the whistling dolphin!

We at WaysAhead pitch in with our expertise in Power BI, by solving and providing our clients with the best of solutions & the best practices for managing their data, towards a profitable outcome, from within the existing format of data.

We invite you all to join us, in this exploration of the inherent power of Power BI!!


Watch out for more mind tickling thoughts in my upcoming blogs.

Hope you liked it as much as I did while writing it. For more related articles, please visit www.waysahead.in


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1.     Sakthian M.

Strategic Change Management and economics enthusiast, with a degree in Applied Sciences and PG in Human Resources Management, with work experience spreading between global liaising and business partnering. A certified Corporate trainer and Independent Training Consultant in Leadership Change management and Emotional Intelligence.




     

Monday, March 27, 2017

WaysAhead: Quick facts about Organic Foods - Myths and Reality


Organic food!! Whenever we desire to buy organic food, its price tag compels us to drop the idea. The problem is we do not know what an organic food is.

Organic food contains high level of vitamins and minerals like vitamin C, iron, magnesium, and phosphorous and are grown without pesticides. It is sure that the intake of organic food leads to less ingestion of toxins. It is a great choice for our health but how to identify?

Just select that fruit or vegetable which has a sticker with a 5-digit PLU code beginning with 9. It is for organic food. Organically grown items are not identical. Worms also help you in identifying an organic food. It is a good sign. These worms also know that non-organic food is just not edible.

So, next time when you see worms in your grains don’t jump. Simply wash it and devour it.

Organic vegetables have their own aroma. They do not need extra spices. Similarly, organic fruits are juicier, as they are allowed to ripen on the tree. It is light for the digestive system and reduces acidity as well. It is a myth that organic fruits and vegetables spoil faster. But if you store in a refrigerator they last long. Many a times we find people saying that organic food are not very nutritious. But researches report the opposite. Conventional food grow with pesticides designed to kill bugs and weeds. Now you decide whether it is healthy to eat poison, or not to eat poison?  Organic food can be pricey but many are affordable. In many cases, organic food may cost less than conventional food which has hidden cost, such as health hazard.

People believe that organic foods are super biodegradable. This myth is true. If you pay heed to all the myths seriously you'll find that organics are more beneficial than conventional food. I've been eating organic food for years, and I value it. So, what are you waiting for?

That is all for today.


Watch out for more mind tickling thoughts in my upcoming blogs.

Hope you liked it as much as I did while writing it. For more related articles, please visit www.waysahead.in

Oh! Just an update, WaysAhead is all set to launch its unique range of “Organic Foods” in Sep ‘2017. Their product is innovative and of supreme quality, yet affordable.


Logging off for today!


Ms. Sagorika Banerjee


Ms. SAGORIKA BANERJEE 

Sagorika is a dedicated and dynamic teacher with an outstanding academic record. At present, she is serving at a school as Head Mistress. She has excellent subject knowledge and she brings along with her, 22 years of valuable experience in quality education as administrator, teacher, trainer, motivator and academician. Her leadership style reflects singularity of purpose and an unwavering commitment in implementation of school’s vision “holistic development of every child’. She has an experience of counseling students. Sagorika, is also empaneled with CBSE Board for more than a decade now. Her endless efforts in managing the Media and Newsletter of various schools she worked for, added a special feather on to her cap. She has an experience of conducting English lectures for CLAT and MBA students. Her motto of life is to work, work and work for the betterment of the children and reach the pinnacle of success.



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Thursday, March 9, 2017

WaysAhead – A thoughtful journey from illiterate to ‘Being e-literate’


The word ‘illiteracy’ incites in our minds, as disability of reading and writing. The 21st century illiterates are not those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn and relearn. Even if you are not a graduate, no problem, but you need to be a tech-savvy. People call you ‘outdated’ if you do not know how to use computers.

At the school (where I work), while interviewing teachers, I find my Principal often fascinated by so-called computer savvy candidates. I do not charge him for this as it is the need of the hour. Everybody wants to employ a multi-talented e-literate person and not just a bookworm.
The demand of a smart worker is more than a hard worker. Smartness comes with your way of handling the latest gizmos. I often remember Alvin Toffler’s comment in his book, “Rethinking the Future” –

“In today's 'Information Age', if you are not e-literate, you are an illiterate!”  - I think we should ponder into this matter.


Who can forget Charles Darwin’s theory of ‘survival of the fittest’?

Our parents communicated via letters and telegraphs. Today's option far outweighs this.  People interact with family during their "busy constraints" through Facebook, WhatsApp, Messenger etc.  Children learn these skills as part of their lives, like language, which they learn without realizing, they are learning it. This is a very clear and simple example of what we call ‘unconscious competence’. Even a toddler these days, knows to play a computer game. A liberating intelligence cannot be achieved until we achieve a collective digital literacy. The 21st Century Brain reveals that students in this modern world need to utilize all the higher order thinking skills (HOTS).

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We were encouraged to evaluate, analyze and synthesize knowledge, whereas today's students use the internet to research and find text sources, videos, pod casts and presentations.

Now, the question is - will this "google, yahoo" element of brain indeed lead to great innovations and make life easier for all?  Technology is an asset, but in a global community, will a man be able to transfer his values beyond his community?

We should contemplate on this issue before it gets too late.

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Sagorika

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About the author: Ms. SAGORIKA BANERJEE



Sagorika is a dedicated and dynamic teacher with an outstanding academic record. At present, she is serving at a school as Head Mistress. She has excellent subject knowledge and she brings along with her, 22 years of valuable experience in quality education as administrator, teacher, trainer, motivator and academician. Her leadership style reflects singularity of purpose and an unwavering commitment in implementation of school’s vision “holistic development of every child’. She has an experience of counseling students. Sagorika, is also empaneled with CBSE Board for more than a decade now. Her endless efforts in managing the Media and Newsletter of various schools she worked for, added a special feather on to her cap. She has an experience of conducting English lectures for CLAT and MBA students. Her motto of life is to work, work and work for the betterment of the children and reach the pinnacle of success.