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AETOS’s Integrated Command Centre Empowers Operations with Intelligence

Meet Mei Ling, Command Centre Supervisor at AETOS. Her day begins inside Singapore’s largest integrated operations hub—a 260 m² control room where LED walls stream real-time alerts from across the city. Once, her job involved toggling between fragmented systems and coordinating across disconnected teams. Today, Mei Ling operates from a single,…

From Midnight Panic to AI-Powered Clarity in Oilfield Ops

Meet Mark, Operations Lead at an oilfield site of SHELL. He used to juggle disconnected dashboards—pressure logs, drill metrics, vibration sensors—and coordinate frantic diagnostics across teams. Hours were lost each time a rig faltered. Old vs. New: Devon Energy’s Shift Devon Energy, partnering with Databricks, replaced siloed analytics with a…

Lights-off factory : Novel concept for other industries

In the heart of China's bustling manufacturing landscape, a revolution is quietly unfolding. Imagine a factory where the lights are off, yet production never ceases. This is not a scene from a science fiction novel but a reality brought to life by "lights-off factory." Meet Ethan Lee, a production engineer…

Trucker who came up with the best shipping innovation ever

Spirit of Boundaryless thinking is allowing oneself the permission to innovate and not being knocked down by the fear of not being an ‘expert. A classic story in history is that of Malcolm McLean, who changed the world of shipping with his innovation on using containers for shipping.What one could see…

Nobel prize winning light trick can solve business challenges

We all have would have done it in schools- to look through the microscope. However, what if somebody takes it to next level to look through the invisible, beyond what an ordinary microscope can do. What if that idea wins a nobel prize and can give you ideas to solve…

F1 inspired Healthcare practices

A young child lay unconscious in a London hospital after complex heart surgery. As the operation ended, a highly trained team prepared to transfer the child from the operating room to intensive care. But in that critical handover — just minutes long — something went wrong. A small miscommunication. A…

Double Diamond Interchange(DDI): Valuable innovation lessons for other industries

Globally, road intersections are the points where the probability of accidents is generally found to be on the higher side. Intersections, typically have crossing, merging and diverging conflict points leading to confusion amongst drivers. The situation gets worse when you add the increasing number of vehicles, quality of roads and…

Swarm intelligence to solve business problems

Everyday businesses are flooded with the need to make all sorts of decisions - strategic, operational and tactical .Many of these decisions are taken by business managers or leaders who may or may not always follow a popular view for that particular decision. Have you ever looked into how nature…

Early bowerman waffle outsoles rectangle

Nike shoe sole inspired by waffle iron

Nike's co- founder,Bill Bowerman, who was a track and field coach at the time, had been searching for a way to make shoes lighter and faster. While he was working to find a solution to this problem, his chat with his wife over breakfast got him the inspiration to build…

Linux inspired gold mining challenge

Open source software has come a long way since the Linux revolution. Back in 90s, it was such a unorthodox and powerful concept to make software free challenging the big proprietary software firms. Today, RedHat a company specialising in open source IT products today is a classic example of how…

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