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.

Success and Leadership

The Power of Storytelling: Enhancing Leadership Communication

Success and LeadershipShantha Mohan Ph.D.

“Let us be lovers, we’ll marry our fortunes together. I’ve got some real estate here in my bag. So we bought a pack of cigarettes and Mrs. Wagner’s pies and walked off to look for America.” – Paul Simon Those are the first few lines of a memorable song, America, which tells a great story....

Executive Insider

Difficult Conversations: We can work it out!

Executive InsiderShantha Mohan Ph.D.

“Try to see it my way Only time will tell if I am right or I am wrong.” - Lennon & McCartney Wikipedia says when Paul McCartney wrote the lyrics for We Can Work It Out, he was probably thinking about his relationship with Jane Asher, his girlfriend at the time. John, who...

Success and Leadership

Stressed? Listen to The Beatles, and Let It Be.

Success and LeadershipShantha Mohan Ph.D.

“And in my hour of darkness she is standing right in front of me Speaking words of wisdom, let it be.” When Paul McCartney sang Let It Be, he gave us all a mantra to cope with stress. Paul explained that he wrote this song during the period when The...

CEO Opinions

Trust: The Magic That Transforms Vision into Reality

CEO OpinionsShantha Mohan Ph.D.

“The capacity to generate and sustain trust is the central ingredient in leadership.” So wrote Warren Bennis and Burt Nanus in the foreword of the book, “Leaders: The Strategies for Taking Charge.” Trust is essential in any relationship and vitally critical in business leadership. A trustworthy leader fosters a positive and...

CEO Insights

Riding The Wave of Generative AI: Tips for Enterprise Leaders

CEO InsightsShantha Mohan Ph.D.

"Generative AI represents the future of innovation, where machines not only automate tasks, but also generate new ideas and solutions." - ChatGPT Yes, ChatGPT gave me the above when I asked for a quote on Generative AI, and I believe it to be true. ChatGPT, a natural language processing tool created...

CEO Opinions

Optimism: What Every Leader Needs Today

CEO OpinionsShantha Mohan Ph.D.

“It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.” - Confucius A January 17, 2023, CNBC article, “CEOs are the most pessimistic they’ve been in more than a decade as world faces a slowdown,” said, “Some 73% of CEOs think global growth will decline in...

Success and Leadership

Flex Your Curiosity to Learn, Unlearn, and Relearn

Success and LeadershipShantha Mohan Ph.D.

“The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read or write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn and relearn.” – Alvin Toffler. In his 1970 book, Future Shock, written with Adelaide Farrell, the prescient futurist foresaw the complexities of the 21st century. He anticipated the sharing economy,...

Special Reports

The Power of Independent Thinking in Leading

Special ReportsShantha Mohan Ph.D.

In his short philosophical essay, “On Thinking for Oneself,” Schopenhauer reinforced the message of individual thought. He compared the vast knowledge one may have to an enormous library: “Just as the largest library, badly arranged, is not so useful as a very moderate one that is well arranged, so the...

Tech and Innovation

Leading Knowledge Workers: Do You Want To Know A Secret?

Tech and InnovationShantha Mohan Ph.D.

The Beatles sang, “Listen Do you want to know a secret? Do you promise not to tell? Whoa, oh, oh” I will tell you a secret, and I hope you will spread it. The Cambridge English Dictionary defines a knowledge worker as “an employee whose job involves developing and using...

Tech and Innovation

Balancing Leadership Tensions: The Duality

Tech and InnovationShantha Mohan Ph.D.

In their song, “Hello, Goodbye,” Lennon and McCartney wrote, “You say, ‘Yes’, I say, ‘No’ You say, ‘Stop’ and I say, ‘Go, go, go’ Oh no” McCartney was the primary writer, and he wrote the song when meeting with an assistant of The Beatles’ manager, asking for opposites to the...

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