Prem Kamble's Blog on IT, Management, Psychology, Spirituality, Subconscious Mind, IT-Driven Change Management and more"

Thus Spake Prem Kamble: Quotable Quotes from My Blog

Some quotable quotes from various articles of Prem Kamble on IT, Management, Psychology, Spirituality, etc. presented as a slide show. Extracts from various articles in Prem's blog. More »

Unlocking Success in the Digital Age: The Power of Behavioral IT®

Do you as CEOs/Top managers believe that complex IT skills are essential for professional growth in a fast-paced digital world? Relax! You don't need IT expertise to succeed. Enter Behavioral IT, a unique IT soft skill by Prem Kamble!

Behavioral IT® - Prem Kamble's Definition & Summary of Papers

How AI Grok summarised 'Behavioral IT^®', a term coined by Prem Kamble, based on the web-search of his professional articles and academic papers published by him.

Prem Kamble's Research Papers (inclg Academic Journals where Published)

This page lists the academic/ research papers by Prem Kamble which have been published in various journals. Against each paper/ article is given a list of journals in which it has been published. More »

Prem Spirituality Model: An Introduction

Prem Spirituality Model is a "Scientific" model developed by Prem Kamble to ensure a more scientific study of Spirituality free from faith based religion.

Prem Spirituality Model: Spirituality for All through Spiritual Revolution

Prem Spirituality Model provides a "scientific" model to help speed up the onset of Spiritual Revolution. The model is discussed in details in my book "God in Two Minutes"

Art of Delegating: My Best Practices

My personal experience of how to make delegation effective so that both the manager and delegates are at ease, yet the customer gets best service. More »

Need of Behavioral IT^® in Software Product Management

Implementation phase, which is the last mile in Product Life Cycle is the most critical and weakest link in the chain, is often ignored by the Product Managers. Behavioral IT ensures success of this critical phase

Behavioral IT^®: Is the IT Scenario Really So Rosy?

There is so much euphoria about IT. On the other hand, the world is complaining about the disruptions created by IT. Why this dichotomy? Is the IT Scenario really so rosy?

Behavioral IT^® - Addressing the IT Woes of Businesses & Top Professionals

Behavioral IT^® is a multi-desciplinary approach to address the IT-Woes of both Businesses (Over 70% failures) and Top Executives (Fear of IT) in a world disrupted by IT-Driven Change

The Best and Worst CEO for Computerization

This is my real story of an incident with the best CEO, Mr. SC Jolly. During my over 25 years of experience as CIO, I have seen that there are some CEOs who have the right attitude and outlook for IT Driven change and there are others who are really struggling to manage IT... More »

Behavioral IT^®: Coping with IT Disruptions

The vehicle of businesses runs on two uneven wheels - one wheel (technology) runs at jet speed and the other (people) at bullock cart speed. It is extremely important to address this "inertia of the human mind" to sustain businesses.

Postmortem of the RTO system: Processware Lapses

An analysis of the computerised system at the govt office of RTO. Major flaws in processware are found which could have been easily avoided to give a much better customer experience and save time and money for the applicants

Improving Employability Skills of Engineering Students

I was asked to conduct Employability Training to Engg. College students with some ready content from a US university. As an industry person, I found the content too theoretical. I created my own effective & fun way of improving employability, with a slogan "Just Do IT"

Fixing People & Process Issues in a Failed ERP System

Real life story of PeopleSoft HR ERP implementation which required tightening of people and process discipline to ensure that it was brought back from the brink of failure

Time Swing Analysis™

Time Swing Analysis™ is a method evolved by Prem Kamble which helps to learn from the past and apply the learning to current situations in order to make them easier and simpler to deal with

Behavioral IT^® - The People Aspects of IT-Driven Change

Behavioral IT^® is a New Term coined by me. It is a study of behavioural aspects of IT Implementations that can make a difference between success and failure of IT projects

Key Success Factors - Delivering IT Projects on Time

Article by me on Key Success Factors that led to the delivery of all software projects on time. This was a record by me in a SEI Level 5 software company. This article was published in company magazine.

The Management is Shocked to Know that...

This was the shocking first line of mail I received from my client on delivering a project. The full mail was, "The Management is Shocked to Know that the Project went live on the day it was supposed to.." Read the key success factors for timely delivery.

God in Two Minutes - My Book

My e-book downloadable at Amazon.com. A scientific and objective look at God and Religion. A new look at Religion and God as never before.

God in Two Minutes - A Summary

A Summary of my book published in Bestthinking.com. A scientific and objective look at God and Religion. A comparison of the physical world with the mental/ spiritual world and possible outcome of a spiritual revolution.

Turning Around a Failed ERP Implementation

A real life story of how a PeopleSoft ERP Implementation which had not delivered the results and was in doldrums was brought back on track. Books for three years were not closed worldwide, and all reporting was in excel.

How to Leapfrog into the Information Era

The Psychology of change from Industrial Era to Information Revolution. This is a summary of the article Turmoil of the Information Revolution described below.

What Top Executives Need to Know about Computers

The psychology of Change from Machine age mindset to Information age. Like the turmoil of the Industrial Revolution, we are now going through the turmoil of the Information Revolution. No wonder there is chaos due to computerization in organizations!

Managers' Guide to Evolve to Information Age

Let's admit it. We are still not at ease with this animal called computer. You want to be IT-savvy, but do not know where to start. There is good news! What you need to know about IT is not technology, but something you can easily grasp. My Article in Bestthinking.com..

From Bench to Centre of Excellence

Real story of getting extra-ordinary performance from ordinary people. How an inexperienced team sitting on the bench (unassigned developers who are idle and are waiting for new projects/ orders to arrive) gave birth to a Centre of Excellence of an emerging technology.

Tapping the Skills of a Hobbyist Developer

Real story of getting extra-ordinary performance from ordinary people. How a good hobbyist developer who had no formal technical training developed into a very creative solution provider with little care, trust and freedom to experiment.

From Fresh Graduate Trainee to Expert

How a fresh graduate trainee was transformed into an expert in a supposedly very difficult technology - Computer Telephony Interface. Real story of getting extra-ordinary performance from ordinary people.

Empowering the Project Managers

Good IT Managers often become masters of business processes. They can give wonderful suggestions for improvement, but were afraid to open their mouths for fear of undue customer pressure to deliver immediately. This case is about how I empowered them to contribute without fear.

Employee Skill Development & Team Development

Collection of True Stories on Employee Skill Development & Team Development: how a very raw team of bench programmers became centre of excellence, how a fresh trainee engineer became expert in a CTI, how a hobbyst programmer developed into an expert, etc.

Peopleware Deployment in IT Projects - A Study of Passport Office

Deployment planning is normally limited to planning of Hardware and software deployment. There is a need of a third planning - Peopleware Deployment, i.e., how people will interact with the application.

Indian Computing: Issues at Stake

My article published in 'Computers Today' magazine which lists the people issues in computing - issues involved with Top Management, User departments and IT departments while implementing software

Bringing Computers In: IT for Business

My article published in 'Times of India' which describes how a software application can be designed with to contribute to Business rather than for mundane work reduction. This is based on my real life success story.

Computing - A Field Job

Article on My Successful Implementation Strategy published in 'Computers Today' How immaculate planning and active involvement of users and management contributed to the success.

CEO as a Leader of IT Driven Change

Organization's agility depends on people and their attitude to change. Since change today is mainly IT Driven, CEOs need to make special efforts to change people's attitude towards IT and IT-Driven Change.

HR! Discover Your New Role of the IT Era

HR needs to discover their New Age Role of a Change Catalyst in an IT Driven World. There is a need to equip them with the right skills to execute this new age role in an Agile company.

In the Wonderland of Information Technology

The CIO manages one of the dumbest, most adamant animals in this great circus called business - the computer. So whereas the customers think that he has a magic wand which can give instant results, the poor CIO is actually harbouring one of the most difficult animals.

Need for IT Consumer Forum

There should be a IT Consumer Forum to protect the rights of IT Users.

CEOs Need to Drive an IT Consumer Forum

CEOs need to look at the interests of IT Users. All is not well for the IT User and there is a need to have an Consumer Forum for IT Users.

Article on ERP

Article by me on advantages of ERP published in 'ERP Journal' of Indian Express Group.

My Blog on IT in Wordpress.com

IT Snippets: Real-life situations and learnings in my professional life - in the areas of system study, design, development, people management, user management, top management involvement, end-user involvement, application maintenance, implementation and change management.

Change Today is mainly IT-Driven

Change Management today has new connotations as change is mostly IT Driven. Managing IT Driven Change needs special skills and awareness of computers.. More »

We are all Experiencing the Turmoil of Information Revolution

The world has gone through the turmoil of Industrial revolution and learnt its lessons as afterthoughts. We are now going through the turmoil of Information revolution and should learn from the history to come out winners.. More »

Need for IT Awareness amongst CEOs and Senior Professionals

CEOs need to be more IT Aware rather than IT Literate. What is IT Awareness as against IT Literacy..? More »

The Legacy of the Machine Age

We are still living in the Machine age mindset though we are now into information age. This mindset is the legacy of the industrial age and we need to come out of it.. More »

Challenges of being an in-house IT Head

IT Head's job is tight rope walking. The article discusses the challenges of an IT Professional of being Head of IT in an in-house IT set-up as against being in a software company.. More »

Creating a Strong Team by Using Individual Strengths

It is the manager's skill to get the best out of his team. A good manager uses the strengths of individuals in the team and plays down on their weaknesses.. More »

Drawing a Balance: Customer Pressures and Employee Pressures

CIO's job is tight rope walkinig - he has to balance the pressures of his customers and his employees. The IT professionals are premium and scarce skills so need to be handled with care.. More »

How and why IT fails - My interview in CyberMedia Magazine

What makes IT a success and causes of failure. It is usually people who make it a success or failure.. More »

Finding the Best IT Professionals

How do you decide who is best suited for an IT job? I personally give more emphasis to attitude than skills and intelligence. IT field is so vast that no one can be a master. But a person with attitude to learn is more likely to succeed... More »

My IT Strategy

Lists the key focus areas while managing IT for Businesses. A Strategy of customer orientation, business orientation and people orientation first, and then technology orientation.

Camble's Rambles (Software Support Strategy)

Golden rules for software support. This article relates a best practice in a support function - a job of supporting your customer of an application software in a changing environment. Prem Kamble narrates a real life situation...

Ensuring Master Data Accuracy and Currency in Live Systems

Strategies to ensure master data accuracy, accuracy and currency in live data.

Rules of Effective Meetings or Group Discussions

How to conduct effective meetings, group discussions or Brain storming sessions at work to attain meeting objectives. Article also discusses how to impress in group discussions, say in MBA adminssions interviews

Goal Orientation for Personal Effectiveness

How defining the goals and reminding oneself of the goals tie and again helps in being effective.

Indians! Wake up to Demand Quality!

Why have Indians developed a pathetic attitude towards quality and how can we change it? What does it have to do with the Great Indian Apathy - a belief that "Nothing will ever change in India!"? How are Corruption and Poor Quality intertwined?

Subconscious Mind: Breaking Free from Self-Made Barriers

Our actions are controlled by our Subconscious Mind, on which we have no control. Knowing your Mind helps us break free from our hidden self-made barriers, get insights into ourselves and people's behavior

We Humans Have no Control on our Actions

We may be far from truth when we say, "I have full control over my actions". Not all actions are results of our conscious decisions. Most of our actions are results of what I call "Mental Reflex Actions" on which we have little control. This insight can help us both in personal and professional life

Paradigms and the Subconscious Mind

What are paradigms and what do they have to do with Subconscious mind?

Subconscious Mind - The Software Programming within Humans

Subconscious Mind is like the software in a computer. It is this which differentiates one human from the other.

Is God a Myth?

Some very staunch beliefs in the past have crumbled and appear ridiculously funny today. Should we be ready to accept that some of today's strongest beliefs may also meet the same fate? Will they turn out to be myths?

God and Religion - A New Look

My article at Sulekha.com. A scientific and objective look at God and Religion. A comparison of the physical world with the mental/ spiritual world and possible outcome of a spiritual revolution.... More »

Media Coverage - My Author Interview for "God in Two Minutes"

My author interview for my book "God in Two Minutes" appeared in Indian Express, India's leading daily.... More »

Will the World Survive - My Reply to Dr Stephen Hawking

This is my reply to Dr. Steve Hawking, renowned Physicist, to his question, "Will the World Survive another 100 Years?" I believe the world will be much better and will survive far more longer. My optimism is because I believe that the next revolution will be the spiritual revolution.... More »

Prem Kamble's interview as "Author of the Month"

Prem Kamble talks about his book "God in Two Minutes" in his interview as Author of the Month published at IIT Bombay website.... More »

Full List of my Blogs in Wordpress

Full list of my Blogs in Wordpress. More »

Blog in Bestthinking

My Page in Bestthinking.com Site with list of my Articles Published

Indians! Wake Up to fight Corruption and Goonda Raj

Goondaism and Injustice are direct result of Corruption. Indians have to rise not only to fight corruption but throw away the Goonda Raj like we did the British Raj... More »

We Indians Need to "Think Outside Our Conditioning"

We Indians have been conditioned to believe certain things - that government services can never improve, that you need to live with Goonda Raj, etc. "Thinking Outside our Conditioning" is what we all humans need to learn... More »

I Support Anti-Corruption Movement

Corruption free politics is the goal, and as of today, AAP is the most competent party to help achieve that goal for India. The article explains how and why. There can be several means to the goal. AAP is one of them. The goal is important, not the means... More »

My Author page at Greypodium.com and List of Articles

My 4 articles in greypodium.com website... More »

My Sketches and Paintings

A few of my sketches and paintings. The sketches are done using pencil or ball point pen. One sketch is done on PC using mouse. More »

My songs on Youtube, Vimeo and Soundcloud.com

I don't call myself a skilled singer, but music really turns me on. Some of my Karaoke songs available on Youtube, Vimeo and Soundcloud.com. More »

How to Synchronize Lyrics with Karafun for Karaoke Sing Along

If you have a mp3 or audio of a karaoke song, you can synchronize its lyrics so that as you play the song in Karafun, you can view synchronized lyrics to sing along. More »

How to Synchronize Lyrics to view in mp3 player for Karaoke Sing Along

If you have a mp3 or audio of a karaoke song, you can synchronize its lyrics so that as you play the song in mp3 player, you can view synchronized lyrics to sing along. More »

How to Synchronize Lyrics to view in Windows Media Player for Karaoke Sing Along

If you have a mp3 or audio of a karaoke song, you can synchronize its lyrics so that as you play the song in Windows Media Player, you can view synchronized lyrics to sing along. More »

Prem Kamble's Blog

Real Success Stories & Other Articles by Prem Kamble