Posts by DrSalonen
Book Review: Breakneck – China’s Quest to Engineer the Future” by Dan Wang
I reviewed the fascinating book “Apple in China: The Capture of the World’s Greatest Company” by Patrick McGee. I was amazed by how Apple has built its dependence on China throughout the years and also paid and educated the Chinese technology industry to become a manufacturing giant. If you haven’t read the book, you really…
Read MoreBook Review: Transformed – Moving to the Product Operating Model by Marty Cagan
This is the third Marty Cagan book review. The first review was about the book “Inspired – How to create tech products customers love.” The second book review was about the book “Empowered – Ordinary People, Extraordinary Products.” The book is personally very interesting to me, as I have had the pleasure of leading over…
Read MoreBook Review: Empowered – Ordinary People, Extraordinary Products by Marty Cagan
I wrote a book review of “Inspired: How to Create Products Customers Love” by Marty Cagan, which I believe is one of the foundational books that one should read if building products, especially in tech. I also wanted to bring across the importance of Marty Cagan’s thesis on how to build products that people love.…
Read MoreBook Review: Inspired- How to Create Products Customers Love by Marty Cagan
We tend to think that AI will solve everything and that we can give AI the role of thinking, and we follow whatever comes from the LLM models. The question we must ask ourselves is this: when creating products, especially digital ones, what skills and understanding should we maintain to ensure that the solutions we…
Read MoreAre you doing enough education to preserve your value on the market regarding AI, and what skills will be needed in the future?
The pace of innovation within the AI space is changing workplaces faster than we could have imagined. Bernard Marr in his LinkedIn Newsletter post “The Great Skill Shift: How AI Is Transforming 70% Of Jobs By 2030.” Bernard has recently discussed this with Aneesh Raman, the Chief Economic Opportunity Officer on LinkedIn. Let it sink…
Read MoreWhat success looks like from a parent’s perspective – thoughts on parenting
It is each parent’s dream to see their children grow and prosper. As a parent, you can only give them guidance in life and the foundation of what you believe in, and what you think might help your child. Once they are flying with their own “wings,” you hope that you can be with their…
Read MoreThe importance of business and technology frameworks and reasons why you should care
I will never forget my professor’s comments in my early journey working on my doctoral dissertation. He said calmly, “So you don’t want your work to have longevity? I was shocked and initially did not understand what he meant in his statement. He explained that if no frameworks are involved, there is nothing to compare…
Read MoreAre you building an AI-driven business that scales?
I enjoy reading the LinkedIn articles by the Microsoft Chief Marketing Officer Jared Spataro. He writes about AI at Work and its impact on our lives, which has also been a topic of mine for a while. I am interested in learning how AI changes organizations and how different job profiles change over time. In…
Read MoreBook Review: Apple in China – The Capture of the World’s Greatest Company
Sometimes, books are timely, and the book Apple in China: The Capture of the World’s Greatest Company by Patrick McGeeis a good example of that. I have always enjoyed reading about the technology market and ecosystems. As an Apple device user with an iPhone, several iPads, and an Apple TV in our different properties, including…
Read MoreBook Review: Why Machines Learn: The Elegant Math Behind Modern AI
If you wondered about the history of machine learning and what all is behind it, you would not go wrong by selecting the book by Anil Ananthaswamy. His book is now a bestseller on Amazon, and I do understand why. The book is “Why Machines Learn: The Elegant Math Behind Modern AI.”It offers a rich…
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