AI, minus the hype
AI is an amplifier, not a solution. Point it at a broken process and you get a broken process running faster. Fix the data and the workflow first.
Churni Bhattacharya
Life is not a straight line
Chief product officer. Thirty years of building, breaking and fixing technology inside financial services. I write about what actually works — no buzzwords, no corporate theatre.
Three things I bang on about
Transformation that sticks
Core system replacements, platform migrations, data governance. Every transformation is, underneath, a data transformation. Most programs learn that late.
Leading as yourself
Super teams beat superstars. Your job is not to do the work; it is to build people who can. Nobody needs another borrowed leadership voice.
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AI Hype — The Tale of Corporate Dumbassery
Think about a supercar … how about a McLaren 765 LT Spider? It will cost you only $400,000. V6, twin turbo engine, 0-60 in 2.7 seconds, an absolute engineering beauty!
The AI-Disrupted World of IT
I can feel it. I can feel it in my bones. Change is coming. Disruptive, transformative, bigger than anything we have seen. And yes. This time, it will be due to Artificial Intelligence.
Winning at Any Cost — The Curse of Our Times
Baby Boomers have shaped so much of the entire world and we should be unconditionally grateful. They have changed the corporate cultures, the social norms and the definition of success.
“Confidence does not make you authentic. Courage does.”
From “Blow Up the Playbook,” Brave Women at WorkThirty years, one thread
My story →Physics in Calcutta. Derivatives code in Tokyo. A hedge fund launched in nine months. Data governance for the Fortune 100. Four hundred agent tools collapsed into one. A bank's deposits technology. The biggest platform migration in a wealth manager's history. Now: chief product officer, and still shipping.
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Keynotes, panels, board sessions, mentoring circles. AI adoption, transformation, and building teams people refuse to leave.