Rajeev Nanda | AI Strategist, Author & Technology Leader

6 Published books | 30+ years in Technology Leadership | 100+ articles & essays on AI Strategy, Leadership, and Transformation

Areas of Focus

Artificial Intelligence

AI strategy, transformation, adoption, governance, agents and the future of work

Digital Transformation

Frameworks and insights for leading technology-enabled business transformation

Leadership & Innovation

Practical perspectives on leadership, innovation, and navigating disruption


Featured AI Insights

  • Is SaaS dead?

    Back in the mid-1990s, I was part of a small team at Intel that worked on the project called WIINGS that managed indirect inventory and was critical to their factory stores. We were told that the ERP rollout will replace our software within a year. Decades later, its core logic still runs, largely untouched, while… Continue

  • What beyond co-pilot?

    In one of our internal annual leadership conferences at Intel, Diane Bryant, our then CIO, conducted a break-out session on out-of-the-box / lateral thinking. We were ~20 people in her session when she asked us all to write down the maximum number of use cases for a metal-wire hanger, you know the flimsy ones that… Continue

  • Are you vibing yet?

    In case you have not yet caught on to the latest hype around AI, let me introduce you to the concept of vibe coding. It is popularized by Andrej Karpathy, an AI researcher, whose credentials are impressive and therefore his tweet hit more than 4 million views. I show the snapshot of the actual tweet… Continue

  • Do not rush to judge…

    I often say, “Do not rush to judge, for life has not tested you yet”. During a recent discussion, a friend criticized someone’s character and I silently to repeated this to myself as a reminder. It took me back to the height of the #MeToo movement, when someone we knew was fired for having an… Continue

  • AI Agents

    The new shiny toy are AI agents. Reminds me of the LLM hype from about two years ago. Many ‘experts’ are now touting AI agents to be the endgame in AI, just like they were touting LLMs to be the rise of sentient machines. I was amused to read such an article claiming the rise… Continue

  • AI Disruption

    The narrative is being repeated and recycled and is taking a life of its own, just like all narratives do. You will be replaced by AI or You will be replaced by someone who knows how to use AI. In essence, you’re screwed unless you jump onto the AI bandwagon! The fear mongering will result… Continue


Featured Books

Explore my books on varying topics – from technology, soft-skills, to fiction writing.


Media and Resources

🎥 Videos
Educational videos on AI and other topics.

🎙 Podcast
Reflections on philosophy, life, and ideas from theLie Llama.

📚 Resources – Articles | Blogs | Books
Browse articles, books, and curated resources.


Other writings

Reflections and musings on life and other non-AI topics

  • Do not rush to judge…

    I often say, “Do not rush to judge, for life has not tested you yet”. During a recent discussion, a friend criticized someone’s character and I silently to repeated this to myself as a reminder. It took me back to the height of the #MeToo movement, when someone we knew was fired for having an… Continue

  • Dumbification of humanity

    Back in Feb 2023 when ChatGPT hype was at its peak, I was asked about what I thought about this thing called artificial intelligence. My immediate response was that this is the beginning of dumbification of humanity. As AI continues to make inroads into our lives, my opinion on this has gotten stronger over the… Continue

  • theLie Llama

    “The journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step,” said Lao Tzu. It took me almost a decade from the time I had the idea of ‘theLie Llama’ and it took my co-host, Gunjan, and I about six months of deliberations to take the first step. Then it took us about four months… Continue


Meet Rajeev

I’m an AI strategist, author, and technology leader passionate about helping individuals and organizations navigate the opportunities and challenges of artificial intelligence. Open for consulting, advisory, and fractional opportunities.