Category : strategy-and-innovation

Education needs a new direction to meet the emerging needs of the future
Education needs a new direction to meet the emerging needs of the future

As technology becomes ubiquitous in day-to-day living, and its role in the economy grows, the importance of knowledge will increase manifold. This knowledge economy will require far deeper specialization, as disciplines get more complex. And also people with a broad understanding of multiple disciplines. An excerpt from Kiran Karnik’s new book, ‘Decisive Decade’

The Covid lessons India failed to learn from its own history
The Covid lessons India failed to learn from its own history

A conversation with Chinmay Tumbe, author of ‘The Age of Pandemics’, where he talks about lessons from cholera, Spanish influenza and plague; why policy response lags the science; and what this could mean for India’s urbanisation and political leadership

Untold stories about how India built its higher ed institutions
Untold stories about how India built its higher ed institutions

Stories of visionary leadership: How Homi Bhabha, Satish Dhawan, Ravi Matthai, PK Kelkar, and Verghese Kurien among others, built world class institutions

Reframing VUCA: What will it take for leaders to thrive in the next decade?
Reframing VUCA: What will it take for leaders to thrive in the next decade?

Futurist Bob Johansen talks about key principles from his new book ‘Full Spectrum Thinking’—which is the ability to make sense out of the future, across gradients of possibility, and take actions now to be a part of those possibilities