Will artificial intelligence replaces humans?

AI replaces human completely? 

There are various reports saying that Arifical intellegigence will replace human jobs over a period of time. With multiple research and development being conducted in the area of artificial intelligence and machine learning , people  think that human jobs will be replaced with machines and that will be a big crisis in the job industry.

While the utilization of artificial intelligence will surely make life even more convenient for humankind  Humans can’t be replaced completely 

The one main human quality that can’t be built on machine is emotions . 

Human assured machines will be more powerful than and it can make wonders 

Systematic savings for recurring expenses

We may have recurring expenses every year like insurance bills, electricity bills, school fees, which badly hits our monthly household expenses when comes for the payment. We don't plan for these expenses proactively and mostly get into the financial burden of taking loans to meet these expenses. But planning for these expenses in your monthly household expenses is the best way to meet these payments. Keeping money aside as a liquid cash in the savings account monthly will help you meet these expenses but you may tempt to use these money for any other purpose. Also, you may be reluctant to hold the monthly planned money in the saving account. So, the best way is to open a recurring deposit for every recurring expense, which matures exactly on the month you need the money. This will force you and bring a discipline in you to save the required money easily. You will be able to better plan your monthly budgets and avoid over spending.

My Work life at VMware

I started my work life career at VMware back in November, 2011 and it's a memorable journey so far with so much passion by employer and employees working for each other. With the company goal EPIC2 stands for Execute, Passion, Integrity, Customer and Community.


My journey so far is filled with mixed emotions of work and life balance. Have been in office for more than 12 hours at the same time have fun with the team with quick ice breakers, coffee/tea time, visit gym, play area, take a walk around the campus and then back to work. Utilize the work from home option to avoid to and from travel time to office and then give time to family and friends, medical emergencies as and when needed.


Cultural and Sports activity at company wide reminds us the school/college days of fun, joy, mischievous things done to gain crowd attention.


I have been able to utilize the company's community initiatives to help "Not for Profit" organization in may ways by actively participating in service learning hours and provide them with the financial, technical, non-technical support which reminds us importance of "Being human".

Necessity or Design Thinking is the mother of invention

Since childhood, I have been listening "necessity is the mother of invention". Now a day there is a new buzzword in the market called "Design Thinking".

I attended a few workshops to understand what it is and how it is different from other problem-solving methods. There was one difference between Design Thinking and other problem-solving methods. That difference is, it allows you to start without having a problem.

In other problem-solving methods, you always start with a problem and generate the number of ideas and proceed with the ideation process.

 In Design thinking, the good part is, you may need not to have a problem statement. Design thinking is all about designing the experiences. So you pick an area and try to understand what kind of experiences people are having are having. Based on this learning, you try to find areas which have low experiences and you start working how can I change the experience related to that particular area.

For example, you must have received goods from Amazon.  The packaging of the goods has been a low experience for people as sometimes it is so thin, it will break the goods inside and sometimes it is so must it takes ages to remove all the packaging.

Amazon worked on this experience and providing a standard packaging style for all goods which will ensure goods are safe and it doesn't require many efforts to remove.

This is the power of Design Thinking. So I can say, the necessity is not the mother of invention but finding the necessity of using Design Thinking is the mother of invention.

Why Design Thinking can Transform Learning Experiences

I design learning experiences for a living, and more often than not, I have created fun, engaging, and effective learning solutions. Then, a few years back, specifically, in 2015, I was discussing some creative learning solutions currently in the market with my colleague and I had a realization. Most of my learning in the past year has been from YouTube, Google, and LinkedIn posts from my peers.

My colleague and I realized that the way humans learn has drastically changed-adults and children alike. It's Just-In-Time and On-demand learning, essentially, the everyone was saying "I will learn how I want, where I want, and when I want".

I wondered if the current learning programs are taking into account this dynamic choice-driven learner, and again, through the loop of Google searches-I landed on Design Thinking. My readings were mostly about centered around on how design thinking has transformed products and services. In my head, Design Thinking had the ability to bridge the gap between the  needs of a dynamic learner and the business. Why did I feel Design Thinking had the answers? Simply because, the first step of design thinking is to SPEAK TO THE PEOPLE WHO MATTER-this includes the end user and the project sponsor, the amazing people who will fund the learning solution. The first step of approaching the end user and other stakeholders with an empathetic approach, with an intent to listen, understand their journey, and a non-judgmental perspective on the problem is what convinced me to learn more about design thinking.

While I am yet to apply complete design thinking approach to a problem-the first step of empathetic interviews with my stakeholders about a learning challenge has helped me discover perspectives that I wouldn't have had otherwise, including finding suitable learning solutions. More on that later-thanks for reading. :)

Design Thinking in Instructional Design

Instructional Design has for the longest time drawn from Psychology and behavioral sciences to provide a robust methodology to developing content. Over a period, Instructional Design has grown out of the shadow of its founding theories and has evolved to keep in line with technological advancements in the learning world. 

If one has been facing issues with acceptance of their learning solution, then the possibilities are that they are running short of ideas that work in the present world. So, how does one ensure that their learning designs are relevant on a continued basis? The foundational theories are not going to change. Perhaps, the solution lies in Design Thinking?

 

Life in Bangalore last two months

Moved to B'lore with lot of inputs from friends about the place - happening city, all cuisines available, cool weather, lot of opportunities, good places to go around, can find lot of friends, good learning places, etc. etc.

Actual experience: Yes, many of them were true - could taste good food, variety of shops - u name it and could find it, weather is pleasant, good gym/sports facilities, everything delivered at your doorstep ....

... but being in Whitefield area things that I was not aware of - airport is soooooo far :(  ,  yet to find friends, bought a cycle to exercise but cud'nt drive bcos of the road conditions and the dust & weather, to top it all lost all my shoes kept outside the apartment, though the travel time to a location is only 20-30 mins need to wait for ~45 mins to get a uber/ola ...

... have hopes that with a little more time would get a good grip of things around here and can plan my stay to have a better experience

Design Thinking Course @ IIMB Bngalore

Recently I had an opportunity to attend Design Thinking course @ IIMB Bangalore. The course DT has left me with wonderful experience. It was really an intense training with lots of learning. DT has five phases which are: Define, Empathy, Idea, and Prototype & Test. Each phase is really different and we had live examples to learn about.  Define: Here we learnt about how to Define the problem. Various scenarios were given to choose and our took one of the problem and defined it.  -"Work Life Balance"Empathy: In this phase, we went around to meet related people and did an interview with relevant question about works life balance.Ideas: We generated lots of ideas in this phase. It was really good to see different ideas flowing from everybody in the group.Prototype: This phase helped us to build a strong prototype of the solutions that we arrived on.Test: Here we requested for the feedback from relevant people and we recorded and amended in our prototype. The course in IIMB was really memorable. Here the campus was wonderful with great serenity. The building and garden looks really wonderful. It was nostalgic as I was able to relate the campus and classes with my college days.  If given an opportunity, I would surely come up to some more courses at IIMB. Thanks for the great learning opportunity.

Learning experience at IIMB

As a part of my Organisation Development program i was shortlisted for the Talent program, where i needed to attend two external training.Based on my google research and few colleagues from my office finally, shortlisted IIMB Design Thinking program which would fit my development profile as Embedded developer.

This is my first time to the IIMB Campus which is awesome with all greenery and pollution free zone. Coming to the course Design thinking which i had always thought that thinking should be out of box.But after this training i learned that first is to think inside the box with the available resource.

One more important thing which i was able to relate the first half of training was a clear case of the product which we are developing in my project.I learned how we can avoid such mistakes further and apply this.Also the user experience which i was able to relate to the customer experience feedback which we get as a part of product release.Learned a lot of more things in the training which i need implement in my day to day activities like appreciating with Bright spots, Mapping the problems.

Entering the creative realm

As a kid, I was always looking at creative ways to spend time - drawing, making toys, projects for classrooms. However, with age, I lost touch with the creative side of my mind. Until recently, a sequence of events, started bringing out the creative flow of work. I have now started working on writing stories, short snippets, poems, and craft work with different materials. Though it seemed impossible when I initially thought about it, my motivation was strong enough to continue working on these things. What I realized when all this happened was that the aspect of creativity as a child within me was never lost, it was simply masked in the hundreds and thousands of tasks and responsibilities I had taken upon myself.

Today, if I am confidently able to surprise a person around me with my creation, I owe all the appreciation to the set of events that transformed me from a boring, regular individual to one going behind creative pursuits. I now wish I could continue doing this for a long, long time to come and continue to think, act, and pursue creative avenues to surprise someone and bring a smile to their lips, amidst the busy nature of our lives. What I also realized that, with the more creative things I did, the more inner joy and happiness I experienced, both while creating and while someone looked at and expressed their feelings. Not only that, it also seems therapeutic to get out of the routine task of being employed and think differently of the world

Over crowded Engineers in India

Hello...

In the today scenario in the India opportunities are really a lesser then the day by day Engineers are pass out and the so many engineers are not getting job even in a small factory

i want to share my experience that one day i have send some materials to my vendor through the Tempo and he is almost reaches near the vendor but he forgot one Invoice copy now he is call and said me " Hello Sir i am Vishal and i forgot one invoice copy but materials was reach safely please speak to Vendor and give your confirmation" i asked him who are you he said i am tempo drive sir,
i shocked he is speak in fluent English even than me and  get detail why he is doing a job like a tempo driver but the reason is he is not greeting job as he is engineer.. so i think what will be the Engineers future in india.. 

Does professional certifications valued more than experience

Now a days there are many courses both online and classroom trainings where we get certifications.  But are these certifications are a way to say that you have gained the additional knowledge. Are these certifications mandatory? 

For someone who have worked on particular field for years together it seems unnecessary to have a certification, which is true. But for someone who is looking to hire  a specific skill and who does not know you personally,  certifications are a  way to say that you are skilled in the particular field. Also, when there is credibility issue in the profiles which are being circulated in the job market, certifications gives a confidence to your recruiter that you have atleast the basic knowledge in a particular field. Also, these certifications gives you the latest knowledge in the field you have worked on and help us to bridge the gap. 

Yes certifications alone cannot define a person's capability, but it can be a good start in conveying your capability to someone you don't know. 

No sleep.. what next??

Scenario:
12 a.m.
NO SLEEP...
Opens chat.


Friend:
Hey there!
How are you doing?
All fine?
Ready to read a blog?

You:
"But...reading is boring!"
"Why no pictures?"
"Why not a video?"

Friend:
Let's try with this blog.
How about making it interesting?
Further questions...

Friend:
What maybe your hobbies?

You:
"But..who really follows them?"

Friend:
What about your fav movie?

You:
Then you say...I watch a lot.

Friend:
Maybe I could be specific.
Let's try..
Ever watched 'evil dead'?

You:
Eww!
Sleep is better*****

How to make India without beggers on roads, railway stations, at tollgates etc...

Hi everyone,

Daily , I travel from ecity to hosur during course of my travel daily when i was crossing tollgate at attepele i am seeing many people begging with infants. i saw the same lady with 3 kids. dont know how can she have 3kids of same age. so it is obvious that she might kidnapped some infants.

But unfortunately that tollgate staff also not doing anything and allowoing them for begging. Many other small kids ( below 7 years ) also begging at that place.

I am thinking to consult that particular manager of that tollgate and ask his suggestions to eliminate it

 

My first Visit to IIM Bangalore

This is not my first time in Bangalore or Bengaluru as it is called nowadays... But this is the first time I got a chance to visit IIM-Bangalore. All the years I have lived here, I never got the chance to see what is inside these big walls which look like an Amazonian forest from outside.

Thanks to an EEP program on Design Thinking sponsored by the company I work for, I finally got my chance! And I am here blogging about the same experience from inside IIM-B. First thing that surprised me is the lush green campus! The number of trees all around and the overall greenery is really a big contrast compared to what you see outside. The temperature drops by at least 5 degrees when you are inside. On my first day here, I had a chance to walk around the campus after lunch for almost an hour from 2pm to 3pm. And I never felt that I am walking outdoors on an August afternoon. It was such a refreshing walk and I almost forgot the task in hand - Do some survey on people we see on a topic that we had selected as part of the training.

The classrooms and the whole architecture of the buildings are really amazing. They really match the trees and greenery outside. May be a real architect can tell the technical details and names of how it is done and named, but for someone like me, in layman terms, it looks like rock structures in the middle of a jungle. This gives a very natural environment to learn I think.

The sessions have been very interesting so far. A lot to learn and take back home/work. But the experience of just being here will be something that will be cherished forever!

My way of Life

God has finalized two alfabates. 'B & D' stand for Birth & Death..The middle letter 'C' is mean for Choice of life,its the totally depend on our approach & attitude to look at it.
I have chosen a my way of life to find out ultimate aim of happiness.there are some do & don't as listed below..

Particular		Action
The most selfish 1 Letter word	I	Avoid
The most Satisfying 2 Letter word	We	Use
The most Poisonous 3 Letter word	Ego	Transform
The most Used 4 Letter word	Love	Value
The most Pleasing 5 Letter word	Smile	Keep
The Fastest Spreading  6 Letter word	Gossip	Ignore
The most Hard Working  7 Letter word	Success	Achieve
The Burning 8 Letter word	Jealousy	Distance
The most Powerful 9 Letter word	Knowledge	Acquire
The most Divine 10 Letter word	Connection	Pursue

Particular		Action
The approached,i have adopted is very helpful in day to day life.Satisfaction of our soul is very very important .As you are happy,its become very easy to make others happy.

Education Sytem in INDIA

Govt School on par with Private School?

Education is very important for all the children, but we see that a large group of children, is not provided with the Basic Education ( Till call 10th) on par with private schools.

Few Positive facts.

• Teachers are Well Qualified
• Entrance test Conducted.
• The selection process is good.

Where are we missing the race between Govt Vs Private school ?

Citizen's solution to Bangalore Traffic Issues

Bangalore is a great place to live, except for the traffic jams. We spend our time, money and energy in commuting to our work and back. 10 km/hr is the norm in areas with many companies. What do we do to reduce the traffic jams?

Some ideas to reduce the number of vehicles on the road:

Car pooling
Apps like QuickRide help for car pooling. There has been concerns raised on the legality of such apps, which needs to be addressed by the transport authorities. 

Usage of public transport

Though the BMTC bus services is fairly good, the cleanliness and the comfort of the buses have to be improved to shift the car users to bus. Last mile connectivity is another pain in Bangalore, with autos fleecing passengers when there are no other options. We can have tempo travellers or taxis taking round trips with frequent trips. The metro feeder bus frequency can be increased to every 10 minutes.

Many a time, the road is jammed as people do not follow traffic rules. At times, the guidance is not clear enough for users to follow. To solve this issue, we can have crowdsolutioning. The markings on the road have to be clear that the vehicle rider has to take the exact path, say, left most lane to take the left turn. Right most lane to take the right turn. When it is a 2 lane road and there are 3 paths to take, which lane should one take to take to go to middle road?
Small groups of citizens can take a road, make the markings, where you can take turns, which lane to take for which direction, where stopping is possible, nearby parking locations for a road etc. The lane assignment can be based on the traffic survey done. If more people are taking right turn, more lanes have to be assigned for going the right turn. The timing for certain traffic rules can also be indicated, say one way from 7 AM to 7PM. This can be called Citizen Social Responsibility.