Shantha Mohan Ph.D.

Shantha Mohan Ph.D. is an Executive In Residence at the Integrated Innovation Institute, Carnegie Mellon University. Before that, she was a global software engineering leader and entrepreneur, co-founding Retail Solutions Inc., a retail analytics company. Shantha also has over 20 years of experience focused on mission-critical systems to support semiconductor and other high-value-added manufacturing. She is the author of Roots and Wings - Inspiring stories of Indian Women in Engineering and is a co-author of Demystifying AI for The Enterprise - A Playbook for Business Value and Digital Transformation. Her book, Leadership Lessons with The Beatles, was published by Taylor & Francis in May 2022.

Shantha Mohan Ph.D. is an opinion columnist for the CEOWORLD magazine. Connect with her through LinkedIn. For more information, visit the author’s website.

CEO Briefing

Leadership Excellence: Practical Approaches to Managing Perfectionism

CEO BriefingShantha Mohan Ph.D.

"Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection, we can catch excellence." —Vince Lombardi Merriam-Webster defines perfection as "the quality or state of being perfect, such as freedom from fault or defect," or "an unsurpassable degree of accuracy or excellence." Google's English dictionary, provided by Oxford Languages, defines it as...

Team dynamics can make or break an organization

Success and Leadership

Mastering Team Dynamics: Five Essential Tenets

Success and LeadershipShantha Mohan Ph.D.

"If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself." — Henry Ford Team dynamics can make or break an organization. Take the case of Pixar Animation Studios, producer of highly successful films such as Toy Story, Nemo, and others. Many articles have been written about why Pixar...

CEO Advisory

Elevate Your Leadership: Five Essential Quotes to Inspire Innovation

CEO AdvisoryShantha Mohan Ph.D.

In Ron Howard's 2016 documentary, "The Beatles: Eight Days a Week," Ringo Starr recalls the pep talks John Lennon used to give them when they were feeling miserable in their dismal lodgings in Hamburg in the early Sixties: "He'd say, 'Where are we goin', fellas?' And we'd go, 'To the...

CEO Advisory

Thumbs and Thoughts: Embracing the Opposable Mind in the World of Generative AI

CEO AdvisoryShantha Mohan Ph.D.

“The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function.” —F. Scott Fitzgerald The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines opposable as: Capable of being opposed or resisted Capable of being placed against one or more of...

Success and Leadership

Persuasion: Logos, Ethos, and Pathos in the Data-Driven Digital Age

Success and LeadershipShantha Mohan Ph.D.

"Don't raise your voice, improve your argument." - Desmond Tutu Martin Luther King delivered one of the most cited persuasive speeches on August 28, 1963. Now called the "I Have a Dream" speech, King threw away the second part of his prepared speech and launched into an impromptu delivery that won...

CEO Briefing

Mastering Governance: The Three Cornerstones of Effective Board Membership

CEO BriefingShantha Mohan Ph.D.

The 2023 OpenAI incident that captivated everyone interested in artificial intelligence will go down in history for many things, including the failure of corporate governance. In its aftermath, there is much talk about how the future board of OpenAI should be diverse moving forward. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) is...

CEO Insider

Contemplative Leadership: Finding Time to Think

CEO InsiderShantha Mohan Ph.D.

“The greatest enemy of good thinking is busyness.” ― John C. Maxwell In the Harvard Business Review article How CEOs Manage Time, the authors report CEOs spend a quarter of their work on people and relationships, another quarter on functional and business unit reviews, 16% on organization and culture, and 21%...

CEO Agenda

GenAI Unleashed: A Leader’s Guide for Maximizing Global Impact in Talent Management, Content Creation, and Customer Support

CEO AgendaShantha Mohan Ph.D.

“Even if you are on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.” - Will Rogers The global marketplace is constantly evolving, and business leaders who want to get ahead of these evolutions can use all the help they can get. The complexities of leading a global...

CEO Insider

People First Excellence: Guiding Actions and Evaluating Outcomes

CEO InsiderShantha Mohan Ph.D.

“It’s easy - All you need is love” -- Lennon & McCartney. At the height of the Vietnam War, the Beatles sang their iconic song on June 25, 1967, in a television special, a live and international satellite production called “One World.” Their simple message was intended to end the war....

CEO Insights

Applying the Goldilocks Principle to Leadership: Striking the Perfect Balance

CEO InsightsShantha Mohan Ph.D.

In the children’s fairy tale classic, “Goldilocks and the Three Bears,” the three bears in the wood prepare porridge and leave their cottage for a walk to let the hot porridge cool. The young girl, Goldilocks, enters the hut, sees the three bowls of porridge, tries each bowl, and discovers...

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