Entries by Durjoy Das

In the digital world, “you earn what you learn”

“The saying “you earn what you learn” emphasizes the connection between acquiring knowledge and skills and increasing one’s earning potential. It suggests that investing time and effort in learning, whether through formal education, on-the-job training, or personal development, can lead to greater opportunities and higher income.”

In the digital world, business value creation is defined by long-term power not short-term performance

In a time of unprecedented change, uncertainty, and disruption, there is a strong tendency for senior leadership teams to focus solely on short term challenges and issues rather than longer term business value creation opportunities. The big “aha” moment comes for senior leaders when they realize that short term performance consumes long term growth. This means that if the company continues to overweight investments in current businesses to deliver short-term performance, it will eventually liquidate the company’s long-term power to grow.

In the digital world, you have to balance the art of the possible with the demands of the practical

The unprecedented acceleration of disruption to legacy systems and processes from AI, GenAI, and Agentic AI has forced C-Suite leaders across all industries to make a series of trade-off decisions. What percentage of the company’s scarce resources and budgets should go to stabilizing and securing its systems of record vs. building and deploying its new systems of engagement and systems of intelligence?

In the digital world, decision making clarity and cadence are mission critical success factors

The speed and complexity of change from disruptive technologies puts an even greater pressure on the need to change the decision-making clarity and cadence of your company. The risks of taking too long to make a decision in many cases outweigh the risk of making the wrong decision, especially if you can learn from it and quickly make a new and better decision.