Prateek Sharma — Director and Head of Engineering at Everest Group. Insights on enterprise GenAI strategy, agentic systems, platform engineering, and engineering leadership at scale.https://www.prateek-sharma.com/en-us© 2026 Prateek Sharmahttps://www.prateek-sharma.com/blog/governance-safety-and-data-rights-reshape-gtm/https://www.prateek-sharma.com/blog/governance-safety-and-data-rights-reshape-gtm/In AI-first markets, trust is the product. Go-to-market now hinges on how credibly you handle safety, data rights, and governance—long before a proof of value.Tue, 21 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMTGTMGovernanceAI SafetyData RightsSecurityComplianceRevOpshello@prateek-sharma.comhttps://www.prateek-sharma.com/blog/buy-build-or-borrow-choosing-your-agent-stack/https://www.prateek-sharma.com/blog/buy-build-or-borrow-choosing-your-agent-stack/Decision framework across SaaS copilots, open agent frameworks, and internal platforms—covering TCO, risk, and lock-in.Wed, 15 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMTAI AgentsStrategyProcurementPlatform EngineeringRiskTCOhello@prateek-sharma.comhttps://www.prateek-sharma.com/blog/workflow-automation-and-ai-agent-platforms-n8n-openai-agentkit/https://www.prateek-sharma.com/blog/workflow-automation-and-ai-agent-platforms-n8n-openai-agentkit/Short answer: yes. The automation stack is converging—deterministic workflows are merging with goal-seeking AI agents, and the platforms are hardening fast.Thu, 09 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMTAI AgentsWorkflow Automationn8nAgentKitLangGraphStrategyhello@prateek-sharma.comhttps://www.prateek-sharma.com/blog/upskilling-the-middle-managers-as-ai-orchestrators/https://www.prateek-sharma.com/blog/upskilling-the-middle-managers-as-ai-orchestrators/Turn frontline managers into capability composers—prompt templates, playbooks, governance, and training.Sat, 04 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMTLeadershipAI LiteracyOperationsEnablementChange ManagementGovernanceL&Dhello@prateek-sharma.comhttps://www.prateek-sharma.com/blog/outcome-over-output-rethinking-metrics-in-the-ai-boosted-org/https://www.prateek-sharma.com/blog/outcome-over-output-rethinking-metrics-in-the-ai-boosted-org/AI copilots and automation make it easy to produce more stuff. The point isn't more stuff. The point is faster cycles, steadier reliability, and measurable business impact.Sat, 27 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMTMetricsOutcomesAI ProductivityDORASLOsFinOpsLeadershiphello@prateek-sharma.comhttps://www.prateek-sharma.com/blog/hire-for-systems-thinking-not-syntax/https://www.prateek-sharma.com/blog/hire-for-systems-thinking-not-syntax/Redesign roles and interviews to test decomposition, interfaces, and trade-offs over raw coding speed.Sun, 21 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMTHiringEngineering ManagementArchitectureDesign ReviewOrg DesignDevExhello@prateek-sharma.comhttps://www.prateek-sharma.com/blog/let-candidates-use-ai-rethinking-interviews/https://www.prateek-sharma.com/blog/let-candidates-use-ai-rethinking-interviews/We say we want AI experience, then forbid candidates from using it in interviews. That’s not just inconsistent—it selects for the wrong skills. In most modern roles, the advantage isn’t typing everything from scratch; it’s knowing how to coMon, 15 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMTHiringInterviewsAI LiteracyEngineering ManagementPeople OpsFuture of Workhello@prateek-sharma.comhttps://www.prateek-sharma.com/blog/full-stack-is-the-new-baseline-ai-and-automation-for-every-role/https://www.prateek-sharma.com/blog/full-stack-is-the-new-baseline-ai-and-automation-for-every-role/With the current AI tools and platforms, the one major skillset in the job market will be “full-stack.” No matter what you do or which industry you're in, you should know how to use AI, a bit of automation, and more. Be it Research, BPO, SaFri, 12 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMTFull-StackAI LiteracyAutomationCareerFuture of WorkLeadershiphello@prateek-sharma.comhttps://www.prateek-sharma.com/blog/navigating-the-perfect-storm-leadership-amid-turbulence/https://www.prateek-sharma.com/blog/navigating-the-perfect-storm-leadership-amid-turbulence/A new McKinsey–WEF report underscores that 84% of executives feel unprepared for converging threats—geopolitical, environmental, tech-driven—and shows why crisis-tested “boomerang CEOs” are being called upon.Thu, 04 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMTLeadershipResilienceRiskStrategyOrg DesignCrisis Managementhello@prateek-sharma.comhttps://www.prateek-sharma.com/blog/building-startup-ecosystems-with-strategic-expansion-and-mentorship/https://www.prateek-sharma.com/blog/building-startup-ecosystems-with-strategic-expansion-and-mentorship/Highlights from TiE's global community show how structured mentorship, deliberate chapter expansion, and even sports-based networking are fortifying entrepreneurial ecosystems.Sat, 30 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMTEcosystemsMentorshipCommunityOrg DesignLeadershipStartupshello@prateek-sharma.comhttps://www.prateek-sharma.com/blog/compute-power-as-the-true-currency-of-ai-dominance/https://www.prateek-sharma.com/blog/compute-power-as-the-true-currency-of-ai-dominance/Insight from Groq CEO Jonathan Ross: raw computational throughput—not just bright ideas—is the defining edge in AI’s future, with India uniquely positioned to become a global tech powerhouse.Mon, 25 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMTAI StrategyComputeLeadershipIndiaSemiconductorsInferencehello@prateek-sharma.comhttps://www.prateek-sharma.com/blog/quantum-computing-as-the-next-disruptor-after-ai/https://www.prateek-sharma.com/blog/quantum-computing-as-the-next-disruptor-after-ai/With AI adoption still maturing, quantum computing is emerging as a transformative next wave—promising breakthroughs in optimization, encryption, and scientific simulation.Thu, 21 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMTQuantum ComputingLeadershipOptimizationSecurityScientific SimulationStrategyhello@prateek-sharma.comhttps://www.prateek-sharma.com/blog/the-evolution-of-agentic-leadership/https://www.prateek-sharma.com/blog/the-evolution-of-agentic-leadership/A new leadership model that positions AI not as a tool, but as a co-leader—enhancing empathy, learning, truthfulness, and autonomy in organizational decision-making.Sun, 17 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMTLeadershipAI AgentsOrg DesignDecision IntelligenceEthicsGovernanceChange Managementhello@prateek-sharma.comhttps://www.prateek-sharma.com/blog/code-without-keyboards-preparing-for-voice-first-and-visual-programming-environments/https://www.prateek-sharma.com/blog/code-without-keyboards-preparing-for-voice-first-and-visual-programming-environments/For decades, software development has been text-first: editors, terminals, and long diffs. That center of gravity is shifting. As speech, vision, and agentic tooling improve, the primary interface to code increasingly looks like conversatioFri, 15 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMTAIDeveloper ExperienceVoice InterfacesVisual ProgrammingNo-Code/Low-CodeProduct Strategyhello@prateek-sharma.comhttps://www.prateek-sharma.com/blog/the-biggest-threat-to-a-great-idea-technical-debt-and-foundations/https://www.prateek-sharma.com/blog/the-biggest-threat-to-a-great-idea-technical-debt-and-foundations/What's the biggest threat to a great idea? It isn't a competitor or a lack of ambition. It's a weak foundation. I've seen promising products slowly unravel because the base couldn't support the vision. The most important work is often the wTue, 12 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMTTechnical DebtLeadershipArchitectureStrategyScalabilityGrowth Mindsethello@prateek-sharma.comhttps://www.prateek-sharma.com/blog/where-ai-is-heading-now-aug-2025-assistants-platforms-reliability-rules/https://www.prateek-sharma.com/blog/where-ai-is-heading-now-aug-2025-assistants-platforms-reliability-rules/After a year of splashy demos, the story of AI in mid-2025 is less about one-off "wow" moments and more about systems settling into everyday life. The center of gravity is shifting from showpiece chats toward platform-like assistants, long-Sun, 10 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMTAIGenerative AIProduct StrategyRegulationOpenAIGoogleAnthropicMetaApplehello@prateek-sharma.comhttps://www.prateek-sharma.com/blog/from-code-review-to-design-review-elevating-technical-discussions/https://www.prateek-sharma.com/blog/from-code-review-to-design-review-elevating-technical-discussions/Shifting the focus from catching bugs to aligning on architecture and long-term maintainability.Tue, 05 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMTDesign ReviewCode ReviewArchitectureMaintainabilityEngineering CultureDevExhello@prateek-sharma.comhttps://www.prateek-sharma.com/blog/leading-through-a-platform-rewrite/https://www.prateek-sharma.com/blog/leading-through-a-platform-rewrite/The art and science of re-architecting core systems without killing momentum or morale.Sat, 02 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMTLeadershipPlatform EngineeringArchitectureChange ManagementDevOpsSREProduct Strategyhello@prateek-sharma.comhttps://www.prateek-sharma.com/blog/platform-thinking-the-quiet-power-of-internal-developer-platforms/https://www.prateek-sharma.com/blog/platform-thinking-the-quiet-power-of-internal-developer-platforms/How internal tooling can boost velocity, security, and morale without becoming an accidental product.Sun, 27 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMTPlatform EngineeringInternal Developer PlatformDevExSecurityVelocitySREGovernancehello@prateek-sharma.comhttps://www.prateek-sharma.com/blog/from-founder-led-to-function-led-scaling-engineering-leadership/https://www.prateek-sharma.com/blog/from-founder-led-to-function-led-scaling-engineering-leadership/When and how to evolve leadership structures to match a maturing tech organization.Mon, 21 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMTLeadershipOrg DesignScalingEngineering ManagementProduct StrategyOperating Modelhello@prateek-sharma.comhttps://www.prateek-sharma.com/blog/remote-first-resilience-leading-distributed-engineering-at-scale/https://www.prateek-sharma.com/blog/remote-first-resilience-leading-distributed-engineering-at-scale/Practical frameworks for trust, delivery, and accountability in globally distributed teams.Fri, 18 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMTLeadershipRemote WorkDistributed TeamsDeliveryAccountabilityCultureAsynchello@prateek-sharma.comhttps://www.prateek-sharma.com/blog/engineering-for-uncertainty-patterns-for-resilient-systems/https://www.prateek-sharma.com/blog/engineering-for-uncertainty-patterns-for-resilient-systems/Design principles for weathering outages, traffic spikes, and unpredictable market shifts.Tue, 15 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMTReliabilitySREArchitectureScalabilityChaos EngineeringResilienceCloudhello@prateek-sharma.comhttps://www.prateek-sharma.com/blog/succession-planning-for-tech-leaders/https://www.prateek-sharma.com/blog/succession-planning-for-tech-leaders/Ensuring continuity and innovation when key engineering or product leaders move on.Sat, 12 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMTLeadershipSuccession PlanningOrg DesignEngineering ManagementProduct ManagementTalenthello@prateek-sharma.comhttps://www.prateek-sharma.com/blog/ai-innovation-surge-salesforce-microsoft-and-nvidia-accelerate-enterprise-adoption/https://www.prateek-sharma.com/blog/ai-innovation-surge-salesforce-microsoft-and-nvidia-accelerate-enterprise-adoption/In the past week, major enterprise technology leaders Salesforce, Microsoft, and NVIDIA unveiled strategic initiatives that underscore a significant acceleration in the adoption and deployment of artificial intelligence and generative AI soWed, 09 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMTAIGenerative AISalesforceMicrosoftNVIDIAEnterprise TechnologyCloud Computinghello@prateek-sharma.comhttps://www.prateek-sharma.com/blog/the-ctos-guide-to-mergers-and-acquisitions/https://www.prateek-sharma.com/blog/the-ctos-guide-to-mergers-and-acquisitions/Integrating technology stacks, teams, and cultures after acquisition—while keeping the lights on.Sat, 05 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMTM&ALeadershipOrg DesignPlatform EngineeringSecurityComplianceCloudCulturehello@prateek-sharma.comhttps://www.prateek-sharma.com/blog/building-a-culture-of-observability/https://www.prateek-sharma.com/blog/building-a-culture-of-observability/Turning logs, metrics, and traces into business intelligence, not just firefighting tools.Wed, 02 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMTObservabilitySREMetricsLoggingTracingBusiness IntelligenceReliabilityDevExhello@prateek-sharma.comhttps://www.prateek-sharma.com/blog/from-services-to-saas-a-leaders-playbook/https://www.prateek-sharma.com/blog/from-services-to-saas-a-leaders-playbook/Transitioning a company from a services-oriented model into a Software as a Service (SaaS) powerhouse is one of the most complex yet transformative moves a technology executive can lead. This shift isn't merely about creating a new product;Sun, 15 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMTLeadershipSaaSTransformationhello@prateek-sharma.comhttps://www.prateek-sharma.com/blog/the-modern-tech-stack-is-an-ecosystem-not-a-monolith/https://www.prateek-sharma.com/blog/the-modern-tech-stack-is-an-ecosystem-not-a-monolith/In 2025, enterprise architecture has decisively shifted from monolithic systems to dynamic ecosystems composed of modular services. This transformation is driven by the need for agility, scalability, and resilience in an increasingly compleWed, 28 May 2025 00:00:00 GMTArchitectureDevOpsCloudhello@prateek-sharma.com