Posts by Ikhlaq Sidhu
5 Stages of Innovation
There are many famous frameworks ranging from McKinsey’s Three Horizons Model to the various types of innovation (e.g. disruptive, radical, incremental, etc.) and many more. Conceptually, they are all great.…
Read More11 Thoughts on the State of 5G Networks
This week in Innovation Engineering, students continued the process of combining concepts from mobile executives, technical leaders, and students. Mostafa Essa, a Vodafone engineer, was this week’s guest speaker. He…
Read MoreThe Impact of 5G on Existing Internet Systems
This week in Innovation Engineering, Lyle Bertz, who leads R&D at Sprint came to speak to the class about 5G and IoT. The session helped students understand the network and…
Read More12 Principles of Innovation Engineering
Innovation Engineering is a new framework developed by the Sutardja Center to apply technology and create transformation by aligning human talent in an efficient, effective, and positive manner. This framework…
Read MoreKick-off: Innovating 5G/AI Course in collaboration with GSMA
On January 24th, SCET kicked-off the first class of the Innovation Engineering 5G/AI course. In this advanced project course, students will be developing new data and AI related services that…
Read MoreInnovation Engineering – the Book (Beta Version)
It was never a goal of mine to write this book. However, a meeting at our Dean’s office convinced me that it needed to be done. We put this text…
Read MoreProject and Venture Execution with Innovation Engineering
By Ikhlaq Sidhu | May 31, 2019 Why Execution Matters So Much – And Why It Still Gets Ignored In our courses, boot-camps, and related Berkeley Method programs, we often explain that there…
Read MoreInnovation Engineering: Principles and Methodology
By Ikhlaq Sidhu | May 22, 2019 Let’s start with the problem. The fact is that most innovation projects fail. In fact, even when they go forward, they often result in ineffective, overly…
Read MoreAI and Tax Season – Why AI and Data Does Not Solve Every Problem & Why Systems and Good Architecture Matter More
By Ikhlaq Sidhu | April 22, 2019 A few weeks back, I had the opportunity to visit a tax department for one of the world’s leading global economies. My colleague Alexander Fred-Ojala…
Read MoreA Human and AI hybrid approach for complex AI-based Conversational Commerce
By Ikhlaq Sidhu | April 4, 2019 Recently, I had the opportunity to visit Manila to tour a new AI and Data firm called AI-Pros. As you may know, the Philippines has…
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