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Why AI Will Continue to Be Good at Bad Strategy
Good strategy requires a diagnosis and a choice. AI prefers a plausible list.
 • Shibaprasad Bhattacharya
GenAI & India's Incoherence
On the gap between building AI and actually using it.
 • Shibaprasad Bhattacharya
Decoding the Praja Poll exit poll
They predicted 178–208 seats for the BJP in West Bengal. I found the methodology behind the number far more interesting.
 • Shibaprasad Bhattacharya
West Bengal: Welfare Worked. Wealth Didn't Follow.
Literacy is above average. Relative per capita income keeps falling. The data explores what sits between them.
 • Shibaprasad Bhattacharya
West Bengal Solved Healthcare Access. It Hasn't Solved Health.
Institutional deliveries are near-universal. Maternal mortality hasn't improved. The data explores why.
 • Shibaprasad Bhattacharya
Kolkata: A Rank Worth Questioning
On GDP, Kolkata ranks third. On almost everything else, the story changes.
 • Shibaprasad Bhattacharya
West Bengal's Economy: Large by Size, Thin by Structure
An investment and industrialisation profile.
 • Shibaprasad Bhattacharya
GenAI in Product : Means & Ends
The productivity debate has a blind spot. Not all gains are the same.
 • Shibaprasad Bhattacharya
5 Seats or 7? Average or Peak?
On optimizing for the norm vs the exception
 • Shibaprasad Bhattacharya
Help Me Pick: Applied Stats + Product-Strategy Books
The inability to ask questions troubles me, especially in business contexts.
 • Shibaprasad Bhattacharya
Catenaccio, Calcutta Biryani, and the Illusion of Replicating the USP
Why mimicking success by only replicating the most visible part is a recipe for disaster.
 • Shibaprasad Bhattacharya
Football & Data Analytics: The Importance of How Before What
The path to winning is all about the right approach. Whether you're kicking a ball or doing data analysis
 • Shibaprasad Bhattacharya
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