Strategic Intent
63 articles
Propelled by the Toyota and Suzuki partnership, the resurgence of hybrids is a signal that the electric mobility revolution in India may take a lot longer than was assumed
Indrajit Gupta
Co-founder and Director, Founding Fuel
It is tempting to dismiss corporate universities as a relic of a bygone era. The reality may well be a bit more nuanced
Indrajit Gupta
Co-founder and Director, Founding Fuel
Many competent leaders from different domains aspire to join public life. But the transition is never an easy one
Indrajit Gupta
Co-founder and Director, Founding Fuel
At the heart of the fintech major’s precarious slide lies the abject failure of its Super App strategy. But that’s just one part of the story.
Indrajit Gupta
Co-founder and Director, Founding Fuel
BCCI faces a set of crucial decisions ahead that could set the pace for the future
Indrajit Gupta
Co-founder and Director, Founding Fuel
In this age of AI, creating an employee-first culture may seem counter-intuitive. But not if you believe in the primacy of building human relationships at the workplace
Indrajit Gupta
Co-founder and Director, Founding Fuel
Chairman and MD Sanjiv Puri is trying to kill three birds with one stone
Indrajit Gupta
Co-founder and Director, Founding Fuel
His value lifestyle brand Zudio has caught the attention of the entire retail industry. It also signals a coming of age of retail in small town India
Indrajit Gupta
Co-founder and Director, Founding Fuel
Is the government’s Make in India programme creating a system where a large section of workers in manufacturing could find themselves trapped in low wage jobs with no future?
Indrajit Gupta
Co-founder and Director, Founding Fuel
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
Indrajit Gupta
Co-founder and Director, Founding Fuel
What do we need more of: leaders who dominate global institutions or local leaders with a make-in-India mindset?
Indrajit Gupta
Co-founder and Director, Founding Fuel
The three-month-long takeover saga is reaching its climax. What happens next? (Updated on December 6, and December 24, 2022)
Indrajit Gupta
Co-founder and Director, Founding Fuel
There’s simmering tension over moonlighting, hybrid work and a breakdown of old workplace norms. Will this erupt into a full-fledged crisis? Or will better sense eventually prevail?
Indrajit Gupta
Co-founder and Director, Founding Fuel
As the Adani group pushes through the doors at NDTV, owners Prannoy and Radhika Roy find themselves with their backs to the wall. What are their options?
Indrajit Gupta
Co-founder and Director, Founding Fuel
The aggressive billionaire’s dramatic attempt to take over one of the country’s best known media firms has set the cat among the pigeons. Will Prannoy and Radhika Roy stand their ground? Here are the possible scenarios. (This is a developing story and we are updating it as things unfold. The latest update was on 31 August, 2022)
Indrajit Gupta
Co-founder and Director, Founding Fuel
The R K Swamy Hansa group remains the last man standing, even as almost all the large homegrown advertising-led groups have thrown in the towel. How did the Swamy brothers, Srinivasan and Shekar, pull it off?
Indrajit Gupta
Co-founder and Director, Founding Fuel
The raging controversy around the Agnipath scheme has placed the spotlight on an issue that has been pushed under the carpet for too long.
Indrajit Gupta
Co-founder and Director, Founding Fuel
Why the Hindi film industry is struggling to emerge out of its pandemic-induced coma
Indrajit Gupta
Co-founder and Director, Founding Fuel
The Gati Shakti Mission has been billed as a major transformational project. But is it merely a delayed attempt at better housekeeping?
Indrajit Gupta
Co-founder and Director, Founding Fuel
There are signs of growing impatience among CEOs to abandon the hybrid work experiment and return to office permanently. What’s driving this sentiment? And could it scupper change?
Indrajit Gupta
Co-founder and Director, Founding Fuel
