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Saurabh Gupta
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๐Ÿš€VP, Client Success | Growth. Leadership. Execution
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๐ŸšฉThe IT industry is evolving faster than ever.
โณWhat worked yesterday wonโ€™t work tomorrow.
Having spent 25 years in IT, Iโ€™ve learned about
โœ… Driving Growth
โœ… Improving Operational Efficiency
โœ… Building Productive Teams

๐Ÿ“ฉ For insights, subscribe lagradient.com
April 4, 2025 at 1:31 PM
๐๐จ๐ž๐ข๐ง๐ โ€™๐ฌ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐›๐š๐œ๐ค ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฐ๐š๐ฒ:
โœ… Safety focus
โœ… Supply chain cleanup
โœ… Culture rebuild

๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ฌ ๐œ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ซ:
๐Ÿ“Œ Donโ€™t let finance outrun innovation
๐Ÿ“Œ Stay close to your people
๐Ÿ“Œ Protect your culture
April 2, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Culture collapse โ†’ McDonnell Douglas culture took over
Safety shortcuts โ†’ 737 MAX crashes, $18B in losses
Buybacks > R&D โ†’ $68B on stock, Airbus pulled ahead
Feedback silenced โ†’ Audits failed, voices punished
Leaders drifted โ†’ HQ moved, product suffered
April 2, 2025 at 7:54 PM
๐Ÿšจ ๐๐จ๐ž๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฐ๐š๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐€๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐šโ€™๐ฌ ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐œ๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฃ๐ž๐ฐ๐ž๐ฅ.
Today, itโ€™s a cautionary tale.

What happened?
๐Ÿ‘‰ Culture eroded
๐Ÿ‘‰ Innovation stalled
๐Ÿ‘‰ Leadership drifted
Here are 5 painful (and avoidable) lessons every business leader should know ๐Ÿงต
April 2, 2025 at 7:54 PM
๐Ÿ’. ๐“๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ค ๐ข๐ง ๐ฉ๐ก๐š๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ
Treat GenAI as a capabilityโ€”scale from quick wins to enterprise impact.

๐Ÿ“. ๐‘๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง
Solve talent gaps, define metrics, and embed compliance.
GenAIโ€™s potential is realโ€”realizing it takes focus, not hype.
March 31, 2025 at 7:54 PM
๐Ÿ. ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐š ๐›๐ž๐š๐œ๐ก๐ก๐ž๐š๐
Choose one high-impact, high-readiness use case. Donโ€™t spread thin.

๐Ÿ. ๐๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐ž ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง
Integrate AI into workflows. Train teams. Ensure governance.

๐Ÿ‘. ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž ๐‘๐Ž๐ˆ
Show value in dollars, not just potential. ๐Ÿ‘‡
March 31, 2025 at 7:54 PM
๐Ÿœ๏ธ ๐†๐ž๐จ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ž๐ฒ ๐Œ๐จ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐๐ข๐œ๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ—๐Ÿ—๐Ÿ.
In 2024, GenAI hit the chasmโ€”the gap between early experimentation and real enterprise adoption.

Pilots worked. But scale hasnโ€™t followed.

๐‘ฏ๐’†๐’“๐’† ๐’‚๐’“๐’† 5 ๐’”๐’•๐’“๐’‚๐’•๐’†๐’ˆ๐’Š๐’†๐’” ๐’•๐’ ๐’‰๐’†๐’๐’‘ ๐’๐’†๐’‚๐’…๐’†๐’“๐’” ๐’„๐’“๐’๐’”๐’” ๐’Š๐’•. ๐Ÿ‘‡
March 31, 2025 at 7:54 PM
March 28, 2025 at 1:31 PM
๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ญ๐š๐ค๐ž๐š๐ฐ๐š๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐›๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ:
โœ… Open up. Innovation thrives when shared.
โœ… Think beyond your industry.
โœ… Partner where you canโ€™t build.
โœ… Design for experience, not just function.
March 26, 2025 at 1:31 PM
๐–๐ก๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐œ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š๐› ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ:
๐Ÿ”“ Open-source innovation (Newton + GR00T N1)
๐ŸŽญ Emotionally intelligent robots in Disney parks
๐Ÿค Cross-industry power: AI + chips + storytelling

This is the blueprint for the next wave of robotics.
March 26, 2025 at 1:31 PM
๐Ÿค–โœจ ๐ƒ๐ข๐ฌ๐ง๐ž๐ฒ ๐ฑ ๐๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ข๐š ๐ฑ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ž๐ฉ๐Œ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐š๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ ๐š ๐ซ๐จ๐›๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฃ๐ž๐œ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ .
Using Newton โ€” an open-source physics engine, will power real, expressive Star Wars droids.
This isnโ€™t sci-fi.
March 26, 2025 at 1:31 PM
๐…๐ข๐ฑ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐Ÿ‘-๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ฉ ๐‘๐Ž๐ˆ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐š๐ฆ๐ž๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค:
1๏ธโƒฃ Align AI to revenue, efficiency, or innovation
2๏ธโƒฃ Define metrics (NPS, churn, cycle time)
3๏ธโƒฃ Track ROI by AI maturity

๐Ÿ“Œ GenAI is a $1T promise. Only those who measure will cross the chasm.
March 24, 2025 at 1:31 PM
๐Œ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง ๐‘๐Ž๐ˆ ๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ:
โ†’ Poor data (58% model failure)
โ†’ Vague goals, no metrics
โ†’ Lack of AI-literate talent (86% gap)
โ†’ Compliance stalls 1 in 3 projects

Without a framework, GenAI = $$$ burn.
March 24, 2025 at 1:31 PM
๐Ÿšจ ๐Ÿ”๐Ÿ‘% ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐†๐ž๐ง๐€๐ˆ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฃ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฎ๐œ๐ค ๐ข๐ง ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ๐จ๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐š๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ.
42% of budgets? Wasted.
Why? No oneโ€™s measuring ROI.

Hereโ€™s how top companies turn AI into a profit engine (not just a prototype). ๐Ÿ‘‡
March 24, 2025 at 1:31 PM
March 21, 2025 at 7:54 PM
๐–๐š๐ซ๐ซ๐ž๐ง ๐๐ฎ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ญ๐ญโ€™๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’ ๐ฌ๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ž๐ซ ๐ฅ๐ž๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ = ๐š ๐ฆ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐œ๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ. ๐Ÿ“ˆ

From capital allocation to ethical business, here are ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ-๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐š๐ค๐ž๐š๐ฐ๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ž๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ฅ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐Ž๐ฆ๐š๐ก๐š. ๐Ÿ‘‡
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March 19, 2025 at 7:54 PM
๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’: ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐š๐งโ€™๐ฌ ๐„๐• ๐…๐š๐ข๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž
Nissan led the EV revolution with the Leaf.
But today? Itโ€™s nowhere near Tesla or BYD.

โ†’ Only 2 new EVs in 4 years vs. Hyundai-Kiaโ€™s 11.
โ†’ Poor battery innovation & slow software adoption.

Find out more: buff.ly/xLcgKeO
March 17, 2025 at 5:30 PM
๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ–: ๐†๐ก๐จ๐ฌ๐ง ๐’๐œ๐š๐ง๐๐š๐ฅ ๐’๐ก๐š๐ค๐ž๐ฌ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐š๐ง
Nissanโ€™s legendary CEO, Carlos Ghosn, was arrested for financial misconduct.

๐Ÿ”ป Investor trust collapsed
๐Ÿ”ป Leadership vacuum followed
๐Ÿ”ป Internal morale dropped 40%

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March 17, 2025 at 5:30 PM
๐“๐ก๐ž ๐…๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐š๐งโ€”๐‚๐š๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐“๐š๐ฅ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐‹๐ž๐š๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ
๐ŸšจNissan was once an innovation leader.
Now? Falling behind rivals like Tesla & BYD.

โŒ Leadership scandals
โŒ EV market missteps
โŒ Financial instability
What went wrong.๐Ÿ‘‡
March 17, 2025 at 5:30 PM
March 14, 2025 at 1:31 PM
๐’๐ฎ๐œ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฌ๐งโ€™๐ญ ๐š๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ฅโ€”๐ข๐ญโ€™๐ฌ ๐š๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฆ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ.
The ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ ๐‹๐š๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐’๐ญ๐จ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ teach modern professionals to lead with discipline, resilience & integrity.

๐‘ช๐’๐’๐’•๐’“๐’๐’ ๐’˜๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐’š๐’๐’– ๐’„๐’‚๐’. ๐‘จ๐’„๐’„๐’†๐’‘๐’• ๐’˜๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐’š๐’๐’– ๐’„๐’‚๐’โ€™๐’•.๐Ÿง˜โ€โ™‚๏ธ
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March 12, 2025 at 7:54 PM
๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐€๐ˆ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฃ๐ž๐œ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ๐จ๐ญ ๐ฆ๐จ๐๐ž ๐ฎ๐ง๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ฑ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ.

โœ” Start with small, high-impact wins.
โœ” Invest in MLOps for scale.
โœ” Make AI adoption easyโ€”or no one will use it.

Scale or fail.
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March 11, 2025 at 7:54 PM
๐€๐ˆ ๐ข๐ฌ๐งโ€™๐ญ ๐š ๐ฌ๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐ž๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญโ€”๐ข๐ญโ€™๐ฌ ๐š ๐›๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ญ.

Most companies build AI without an ROI plan.
Winners tie AI to revenue growth, cost savings & efficiency.

Tech alone wonโ€™t save you.
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March 11, 2025 at 7:54 PM
๐“๐ก๐ž ๐๐ซ๐ฎ๐ญ๐š๐ฅ ๐“๐ซ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก ๐€๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐€๐ˆ ๐’๐œ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ 
1/ ๐Ÿšจ 85% of AI projects fail to scale.
๐Ÿ’ธ Millions wasted.
๐Ÿ“‰ No ROI.

AI isnโ€™t failing because of techโ€”itโ€™s failing because of poor execution.

๐‡๐ž๐ซ๐žโ€™๐ฌ ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ฑ ๐ข๐ญ. ๐Ÿ‘‡
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March 11, 2025 at 7:54 PM
๐Ÿ“ˆ Stock up 11%
๐Ÿ“ฆ Wholesale orders +12% in N.A.
๐Ÿ‘Ÿ Running shoe sales rebounded +7%

But Nike still faces:
โš ๏ธ China market decline
โš ๏ธ Balancing DTC vs. Wholesale
โš ๏ธ Poaching of top designers

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March 10, 2025 at 1:31 PM