My engineering background at MIT taught me to engineer change systematically. Whether I’m delivering a keynote, advising a startup, or working with a team, I bring passion and rigor to consistently turn bold visions into reality.
Some consultants show up like seagulls — swoop, poop, and peace out. I show up elbow-deep, ego-free, and all in. The energy is contagious and the results speak for themselves. Clients call it 'The Radhika Effect.'
Working with Radhika was nothing short of transformative. Her clarity and customer focus helped us leap from tactical tweaks to market-moving strategy—and the results speak for themselves.
We vote with our labor for the world we want to create. That belief is what drives me.
"Radical change requires pessimism of the intellect and optimism of the will."
— Antonio Gramsci
I'm clear-eyed about what's broken, yet I hold a joyous optimism about people. Helping teams set and solve puzzles that matter — even better than they thought possible — is how I cast my vote.
Silicon Valley has given us "move fast and break things," "founder mode," and "blitzscaling." Speed and chaos get mistaken for innovation. Instead, I bring a systematic and rigorous approach that's grounded in what actually works.
I've never been one to follow the herd, whether in my footwear or in my thinking. Those who start movements often go barefoot. I'm just keeping good company.
My books pair contrarian ideas with practical tools to change how organizations around the world think, work, and achieve results.
Iteration-led innovation is failing us. Radical Product Thinking flips conventional wisdom to offer a systematic approach for building world-changing products.
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Goals and OKRs kill curiosity, reward performance theater, and drain the life out of real progress. The antidote? OHLA (Observe, Hypothesize, Learn, Adapt)—a better way to lead, align, and build what matters.
In the past 25 years, every job or engagement I’ve taken has been in a different industry. I’ve worked in various sizes of companies, from scrappy startups to global giants, and have built transformative products in industries as varied as TV news broadcasting, telecom, advertising, government, finance, consumer apps, warehouse robotics, and even wine.
MIT degrees, five acquisitions, consultant, public speaker, educator, and author. Here's the backstory: After earning my bachelor’s and master’s in electrical engineering from MIT, I co-founded Lobby7, which developed an early version of what you’d now call Siri, back in 2000. Later I joined Avid Technology, where I worked on an Emmy-winning digital media suite that reshaped how broadcasters delivered the news. Since then, I’ve led strategy at the telecom startup Starent Networks (acquired by Cisco), founded Likelii (a “Netflix for wine”), and led product development at Allant and Symbotic. Five of the startups I’ve been involved with have been successfully acquired.
In 2021, Berrett-Koehler published my first book, Radical Product Thinking: The New Mindset for Innovating Smarter, which has been translated into Chinese and Japanese. Drawing on my experience and consulting work, I introduced a new methodology for product development that’s now used by startups, multinationals, and governments around the world.
I live with my family in Boston, but I consider myself a global citizen. I’ve lived or worked in six countries, speak nine languages, and hold multiple passports. All I’m missing is a wad of unmarked bills and a dossier labeled “Top Secret”, and I’m ready for my spy movie debut.
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