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Relearning the Craft of Teaching
·Continuous & Immersive Learning

Relearning the Craft of Teaching

An eight-week teaching programme unsettles long-held assumptions about rigour, expertise, and what it truly means to help students learn

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Uma Narain

Uma Narain

Former Founding Dean | School of Liberal Arts, NMIMS University

The Best Business Books of 2025
·High Performance Individuals and Teams

The Best Business Books of 2025

Ten essential reads on money, leadership, and navigating a changing world

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D Shivakumar

D Shivakumar

Operating Partner | Advent International

‘Everybody Has a Sacred Story’
·High Performance Individuals and Teams

‘Everybody Has a Sacred Story’

An extract from Barack Obama’s speechwriter Terry Szuplat’s new book, ‘Say It Well’

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The Art of Public Speaking
·High Performance Individuals and Teams

The Art of Public Speaking

Insights from the book ‘Say It Well’ by Terry Szuplat, Barack Obama’s speechwriter

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D Shivakumar

D Shivakumar

Operating Partner | Advent International

My 6 best business books of summer 2024
·High Performance Individuals and Teams

My 6 best business books of summer 2024

The best books of the year so far, on being better, power of rituals, bad leaders, thriving, and being super communicators

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D Shivakumar

D Shivakumar

Operating Partner | Advent International

FF Life: The mental accountant
·High Performance Individuals and Teams

FF Life: The mental accountant

We are hardwired to think of money in multiple categories based on its purpose or context. At the same time, we are naturally afraid of losses of any type. These biases greatly influence our purchasing and investment decisions

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Krishna Jha

Krishna Jha

Independent investor

A personal brand is a must
·Transition Journeys

A personal brand is a must

It is the intersection of what you say about yourself and what others say about you

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D Shivakumar

D Shivakumar

Operating Partner | Advent International

How (not) to build your personal brand
·High Performance Individuals and Teams

How (not) to build your personal brand

FF Life: The power of social media has lulled leaders into believing that a carefully curated digital identity is the sure-fire passport to success. They are entirely off-the-mark

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Indrajit Gupta

Indrajit Gupta

Co-founder and Director | Founding Fuel

FF Life: Mental wellbeing at work
·High Performance Individuals and Teams

FF Life: Mental wellbeing at work

Strategies and practices to enhance productivity and happiness at the workplace

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Wabi Sabi, life is long, and other reflections
·Transition Journeys

Wabi Sabi, life is long, and other reflections

On noticing, living meaningfully, fulfilment, antifragility, womanising in India, wellness, birding, and a lot more

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R Sriram

R Sriram

Co-Founder | Next Practice Retail

FF Insights 710: Why writing matters
·High Performance Individuals and Teams

FF Insights 710: Why writing matters

August 5, 2022: Why writing matters, The translation revolution, Accept friend requests from your boss?, Generations apart

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FF Insights #685: Break bad habits
·High Performance Individuals and Teams

FF Insights #685: Break bad habits

July 1, 2022: India’s first diplomat; Random trials; Wishful thinking

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The power of Option B
·Transition Journeys

The power of Option B

These three stories illustrate the power of keeping options open, cultivating a learner's mindset, and putting up your hand to go a little out of your comfort zone. Extracted from Radhika Gupta’s book, ‘Limitless: The Power of Unlocking Your True Potential’

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Reprogram your mindset
·High Performance Individuals and Teams

Reprogram your mindset

You can reset your assumptions and beliefs. And when you do, you change your reality. An excerpt from Ravi Venkatesan’s book ‘What the Heck Do I Do with My Life?’

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Ravi Venkatesan

Ravi Venkatesan

Unicef's Special Representative for Young People | Founder, Global Alliance for Mass Entrepreneurship

FF Insights #644: Solve for one
·Continuous & Immersive Learning

FF Insights #644: Solve for one

May 5, 2022: Timeless wisdom; Should we take a booster dose?; Happiness

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FF Insights #566: Thinker around
·High Performance Individuals and Teams

FF Insights #566: Thinker around

January 13, 2022: How to conduct better meetings; When do you stop working?; What do you need?

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FF Insights #560: Forest bathing
·Transition Journeys

FF Insights #560: Forest bathing

January 5, 2022: The Halo Effect; Remembering Christopher Hitchens; Boys will be boys

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FF Daily #543: Parasites of the mind
·Continuous & Immersive Learning

FF Daily #543: Parasites of the mind

December 8, 2021: Are you a victim of thinkism? Does Twitter have a business? Knowledge versus googling

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FF Daily #533: The hungry mind
·Continuous & Immersive Learning

FF Daily #533: The hungry mind

November 26, 2021: What the world in 2022 portends; The doors the new data analysis and visualisation tools are opening; Compromises

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The clues to living well
·Continuous & Immersive Learning

The clues to living well

November 13, 2021 | FF Daily #522: FF Recommends, keep learning; be curious; explore new ideas; listen to more people “not like yourself”

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Arun Maira

Arun Maira

Former Chairman, BCG India | Member, Planning Commission

FF Daily #513: Deliberate ignorance
·Continuous & Immersive Learning

FF Daily #513: Deliberate ignorance

November 2, 2021: Before pay hike, comes the homework; The immediate concerns of climate change; What’s in a name?

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Negotiate—because you’re worth it
·High Performance Individuals and Teams

Negotiate—because you’re worth it

Why women (and men) should negotiate to be paid what they think they deserve (the right way)

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Aparajita (Opu) Bhattacharyya

Aparajita (Opu) Bhattacharyya

Product Strategy & Monetization | Microsoft Azure, Seattle

Reinventing girlhood, one block at a time
·Transition Journeys

Reinventing girlhood, one block at a time

Three ways that parents can help daughters open their minds to STEM paths

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Aparajita (Opu) Bhattacharyya

Aparajita (Opu) Bhattacharyya

Product Strategy & Monetization | Microsoft Azure, Seattle

FF Daily #407: Pick a book that challenges you
·High Performance Individuals and Teams

FF Daily #407: Pick a book that challenges you

June 25, 2021: The cost of meetings; What they don’t teach you at Harvard Business School (as much as they should); On work

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FF Daily #405: Build good habits
·High Performance Individuals and Teams

FF Daily #405: Build good habits

June 23, 2021: James Clear on atomic habits; How to make governments smart; Is WEF dead; When AI is your accompanist

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My five summer books of 2021
·Transition Journeys

My five summer books of 2021

Nobel laureate Jennifer Doudna's work on gene editing; the courage to stand up for what's right; which habits will stay, which will change; adaptive leadership; and giving your career a different direction

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D Shivakumar

D Shivakumar

Operating Partner | Advent International

FF Daily #386: The power of curiosity
·Continuous & Immersive Learning

FF Daily #386: The power of curiosity

June 1, 2021: Ian Leslie on asking questions; A beauty upstart; Oslo and the art of negotiation; It’s Alright Ma

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