The topic of Entrepreneurship today draws visuals of Unicorns, Valuations and Market Capitalization. Entrepreneurship is none of this. It is about abstracting an idea for a Life Solution. For example, the Subject of Healthcare would branch into Well-being and Medicine as Themes in which there are multiple Topics for each theme to be addressed. Both the themes will break down to Physical, Mental, or Psychological Health at the highest level as Topics. Impact, Relevance and Connection are the Cornerstone of how an Entrepreneur Visualizes a Solution. The Plug n Play of Applications from these Solutions must be seen as a fusion of Data, Talent, Materials, Capital and Infrastructure that delivers the Applications in a Personalized Manner to Segments and Cohorts of Customers; not decided by Sales & Marketing but rather the Value in People’s Lives. Personalization in Industries today is the Visualization of how not to Exploit a Customer in their Vulnerable State but rather Empower them in their Life Journey. Entrepreneurship is all about making this switch that will be relevant in the future.

We have come to this stage on the Planet when a few Privileged and Rich imagined Products and Services and Industrialized them for Profits. This is hurting and threatening the very existence on the Planet. The advancement of Digital Technologies and the Connectivity of Internet however provides great hope for the Planet to reverse this trend by delivering to the aspirations of millions who have yet not been included and compromised in this Cannibalized System.

Greg Pass, Professor of Practice at Cornell Tech has an interesting title of Chief Entrepreneurial Officer for Developing Pioneering Leaders and Technologies for the digital age. He champions the 4C’s as essential for an Entrepreneur; Curiosity, Commitment, Creativity and Confidence. The first two are related to Design Thinking or Design Learning as we prefer to call it from hereon at Giggr Technologies. The latter two are related to Design where Creativity and Confidence is applied to delivering Maximum & Not Minimum Viable Product & Services.

We are at a Strategic Inflection Point (SIP) on the Planet. There is need for Clarity on the Path of Progress to Pursue. For the Creator Economy to succeed we must move the needle from Memory based Information Processing to Realtime Data Based Computing.

The past generations were burdened by the Memory of World Wars, Colonialism, Slavery, Economic Depravation and Social Inequities. Therefore their approach to life prioritized with Personal Security is justified to a large extent. But the Gen A (08 - 18) and Gen Z (18 - 25) who are the Future of Everything on this Planet have no such baggage of Memory to carry. They have the freedom to Create without the Constraints of Instructional Consumption. Artificial Intelligence should not be allowed conception from Synthetic Data and Universal Data. It must driven by Cognitive Intelligence that is Experientially Macro and Micro Learning; drawn personalized data driven by data autonomy.

The Entrepreneurial focus should be on the process of Conceptualizing and Engineering Solutions. The Cascading Personalization / Industrialization and Commercialization of Products & Services will be much more effective and efficient. At Giggr Technologies, we see this as a Mechanism in the Pursuit of Excellence for Individuals, Industries and Institutions.

In this episode, we feature 29-Year-Old Azaan Feroze Sait, who identifies himself as Founder, Creator and Community Builder at Hubverse. He graduated from  USC Marshall School of Business in 2015 and has since been involved in Curating his Entrepreneurial Spirit. Coming from a traditional old economy business family that has been into Real Estate and Retail, he has chartered his own course. He has been one of the first to set up a co-working space in Bengaluru visualized as a Community rather than just a workspace. The Theme of Community has helped him visualize and participate in Media, Communications Food Enterprises and other areas of Life with admirable felicity. He espouses causes in Animal Welfare, Children, Economic Empowerment, Education, Environment and Art & Culture and is clearly a role model inspiring and involving a workforce average age of 25 who work with him Experimenting with Empowerment to Create.

The MSME Sector is the backbone of India and also the global value chain. it is this sector that has the onus to change the context of Globalization to Glocalization.

India manages the fourth largest national railway system in the world by size, with a total route length of 68,103 km (42,317 mi) as of 31 March 2022. While the average train speeds of the Mail / Express trains have peaked at 50.6 KM / Hr, the Vande Bharat introduced recently is capable of running at 180 KM / Hr. Yet they only average around 76 KM / Hr because of the lack of tracks / infrastructure. Meanwhile, the Shanghai Maglev runs at 460 KM / Hr and the CR400 ‘Fuxing” at 350 KM / Hr in China, the ICE3 at 330 KM/hr in Germany, the TGV at 320 KM/hr in France and the JR East E5 at 320 KM / HR in Japan.

The Vande Bharath is undoubtedly a major upgrade or improvement t the current Mail Express Trains that operate in the country but only a marginal Improvisation barely addressing any of the five dimensions of transactional value including Quality, Cost, Delivery (Time), Service and Flexibility. While we celebrate its success, we must not forget that it falls neither in the Mind 2 Market nor Time 2 Market categories of Innovation.

Indian Railways is one of the biggest employers in the country with over 1.4 Million employees. 70% of its estimated expenditure revenue is towards wages and pensions. It is struggling with eliminating obsolete jobs while being found wanting in both the efficacy and efficiency of its operations. It works on outdated technology, is poor in Security and Operating Standards and yet transports the people of goods of the largest populous country in the world; which is a miracle in itself.

It is a microcosm view of the legacy of the British Raj that the country over 75 years of Independence is yet to overcome. It is not the brightest and the best of minds in the country who seek a job with the railways. Nor has the Railways found a way to build private partnerships due to the inherent corruption of contracts in the system.

Against this background, our featured guest Sudhanshu Mani is a refreshing profile to pick. He spearheaded the making of the Vande Bharat and succeeded against great odds in delivering it within the scales of economy and time. A Poet at heart and an Engineer by Education, he brought the rare quality of Leadership to his job and work that is refreshing and reassuring at the same time.

Sports is a major contributor to economic growth and therefore mainstream. It is a major feed into the Media and Entertainment Industry. Even in the good old days when newspapers were published and most people read it, they started from the back pages where sports was featured and made it to the front pages where politics and economics is featured. Today one has feature stories of sports on the front pages. The work here is not seasonal but an annuity-oriented one with very well-paying careers for not only the ones that play the sport but also for the ones that participate in its ecosystem.

Giggr Technologies is bringing into focus the four main dimensions of the sports industry:

Athletic Development: Data Science taking a major leap in shaping the Capabilities of an athlete from Grassroots to Professional / Elite and or Amateur Sports.

Sports Science Development: Sports uses analytical data at all levels to varying degrees of success but has still not managed to provide a higher level of assurance for all shareholders and stakeholders with Cognitive Intelligence

Sport Development: Many sports find advancement and encouragement at the professional level and many are neglected because of a lack of popular appeal. This brings great inequity among its practitioners and this needs attention as well.

Sports Operations and Fan Management: Even though nearly an estimated $75 Billion Dollars are spent in fan management, unless the above three aspects of Athletics, Sports Science and Sports Development is paid attention to, there is a great chance of losing the real demographic that helps this industry thrive. This means the above three discrete events have to be tied into the process of Sports Operations with Innovation.

In this episode, we are proud to feature Danish Manzoor, a Taekwondo athlete from Jammu & Kashmir. He has a great aspiration to serve the sport as an ambassador grooming more athletes and popularizing the sport. But first, he must find expression for the abilities he has honed from a very early age, focusing on a sport rather than the tragedies around him that have crippled the society of Jammu & Kashmir.

Innovation and Design have been the subject of great abuse throughout history; mostly viewed through the lens of Industrialization and Commercialization. It is a refreshing change that we hear a celebrated designer Mauro Porcini, Chief Design Officer, PepsiCo abhor the term Consumer and exhort people to Create out of love for other People. Indra Nooyi calls the work at PepsiCo that Mauro and his global team have produced a Language and the Chairman & CEO Ramon Laguarta announced that design created reservoirs of Value for the Universe of PepsiCo.

The Journey in Excellence which is otherwise Innovation when centered in Love creates Engagement and Experience that is remarkable and soulful. More people need to embrace this approach to being led by Curiosity that informs Creativity to create products and services.

We are on the Cusp of a New Era where life is going to be very different from anything we have known until this point in the history of the planet. This Strategic Inflection Point (SIP) offers each one of us the opportunity to be a Creator. This needs Preparation of course. Hopefully, this episode will serve as that call that also shines a light on the book authored by Mauro Porcini titled “The Human Side of Innovation: The Power of People in Love with People".

According to World Economic Forum’s (WEF) latest Chief Economists Outlook, economic discontent has been fuelling “febrile political dynamics”. Such sentiments are echoed by United Nations (UN) and International Monetary Federation (IMF). A recently published index found that more than 198 countries surveyed at increased risk of civic unrest tied to the cost of basic amenities. Aristotle described Poverty as “The Parent of Revolution and Crime”. This economic crisis has been brewing for the past 8 decades and has seen many boom and busts. But what is coming is unlike any of the previous ones with the Covid Pandemic pushing the buttons of intolerance beyond the limits. Reason demands that we find a new way to Create and Consume:

1. Where a New World Order Learns to Unlearn the Past and Creates Business Models of the Future.

2. Using Transversal Technologies that create a Human Ecosystem that brings access to more people to contribute to a greater Rate Of Innovation (ROI) in our Societies.

3. Addressing the Demographic Shifts and equipping the Future Generation of GenA and GenZ with the power to realise their Potential

4. Using Resources and Materials that enable the accomplishment of the UN Sustainability Development Goals (UNSDG).

5. Funnelling Financial Capital that is defined by the Sweet Spot of Value, Intellectual and Human Capital.

This is a complex subject and needs a tools such as Design Thinking to drive engagement in societies, institutions and enterprises covering all spheres of life. “If we are indeed in the early throes of a Seismic Shift - as the evidence appears to suggest - Leaders must both Prepare for the Possibility of a New Era and Position themselves to Shape it.” McKinsey OnPoint At the ground level, this must manifest in three connected points that includes:

1. Product Market Fit

2. Innovation

3. Go - To - Market (GTM)

This episode examines through the lens of Four Founders how they are addressing these three dots in their Business Models and also follows up with advise on the two different paths available; The Path of Regression: The need to get rid of the Conditioning of the Past. The Path of Progression: The need to embark on a Learning based Transformational Journey.

One would have thought the Covid was the most dangerous pandemic the world had ever encountered. It turns out that is not true. The Virus of Mediocrity has been far more potent with no Vaccine and no Process to Track, Trace, Test and Treat. In the case of the Corona Virus it was more severe on People with prior conditions of core-morbidity. In the case of the mediocrity virus, it impacts the educated and privileged.

Giggr Technologies is announcing a digital documentary “Design Thinking a New Era” for changing this narrative.

1. Create Practitioners who are Certified through the right process.

2. Advance the Creation of Solutions with the Intellectual Property (IP) rights vested with the Creators.

3. Create a new class of Entrepreneurs, Intrapreneurs and Solopreneurs who will bring about Social Justice, Increased Rate of Innovation and Sustainable Platform, Products, Processes and Projects to life in our Societies.

There can be no denying that we are on a Strategic Inflection Point (SIP) on our Planet. McKinsey Global Institute has produced a Discussion Paper asking the Question if the World is on the Cusp of a New Era?. The paper traces life post World War 2 that gathered momentum for the Industrialization and Globalization processes to the current day when we have arrived to the point of Commercialization or what they call the era of the markets.

The Four Pegs used to examine this shift from the current market driven era to a new era are:

The World Order

Technology Platforms

Demographic Forces

Outgrowing Debt

The Path to Progression needs a break from our past and a clear sense of excellence must drive the intent to cross the chasm to the future. This demands both an accurate understanding of the status quo and the desired state as well as the urgency to make it real.

Both Individuals and Industry must arrive at the future by design and not by accident; as life has at this point in time. The new era should be marked by a Conscious Process of Shifting from:

Exploitation to Empowerment

Building Access to Aspiration

Connecting Creation to Consumption with Value

This will establish the foundation of a New Era that is Sustainable and the Planet a better place for life to thrive and flourish.