In this conversation, Mani Ratnam, Senior Vice President at Strategic Education Inc shares his thoughts and experiences, with Sivaguru from PM Power Consulting, related to:
- The transition from being a techie to someone visualizing and creating a larger impact
- How wanting to take ownership of the impact helped in this transition over time
- Getting guidance from many experienced mentors and learning by doing / failing
- Using a data driven experimentation approach, based on some formal models such as lean thinking, six sigma etc
- Understanding the user personas and their challenges when designing the key value propositions for the company
- Why data alone is not sufficient to make decisions
- His views on delivering knowledge not just in time, but also just enough as needed at that moment
- The significance of a culture of innovation
- Encouraging teams to take risks
- How to help new team members think team results above individual contributions
- His thoughts on work life balance
- Getting teams aligned to a larger goal
- His perspective on the future of IT as a career option, and his own learning in this career
Mani Ratnam is a Senior executive with deep business and technology experience leading Strategic Business Transformation initiatives and Operations. His Specialties include: Strategic Planning, Information Technology, Product Development, Big Data, Analytics, Customer Experience, Operations, CRM (SalesForce).
He can be reached at: Mani Ratnam on LinkedIn
