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FF Insights #677: Go directly to the source
June 21, 2022: The Sridhar Vembu story; Musk on Twitter; Confusion compounded
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A battle of unequals
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?
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Gautam Adani’s midnight raid at NDTV—a developing story
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)
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·Work, Careers & Personal Mastery
Moonlighting or an old-fashioned mindset?
Employment contracts are often unfair—and they thwart the creativity of individuals and firms. Like Swiggy, which is allowing employees to take up side gigs, others need to take a fresh look at what is right
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·Economy, Policy & Society
India@75: A nation of fireflies
A grandfather shares what he's learnt from his grandson on the realities of India—and his insights on how the youth can and are leading the change
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·Leadership & Organisation
FF Insights #676: Hero worship matters
June 20, 2022: Lessons from Zoho’s Sridhar Vembu; Amazon hits RESET; Rare pictures
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FF Insights #675: Mimetic desire
June 17, 2022: What cricket lost; The upside of negativity; #AllSleepMatters
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·Entrepreneurship, Startups & Innovation
FF Insights #674: Why some startups fail
June 16, 2022: Crypto matters; The toll of psychiatric drugs; Defining age
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FF Insights #673: Risk and fragility
June 15, 2022: Exodus of the rich; The Ten Commandments; How’s life?
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·Economy, Policy & Society
FF Insights #672: Justice bulldozed?
June 14, 2022: Sentient AI; Energy battles; An electrician
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·Work, Careers & Personal Mastery
FF Insights #671: Embrace boredom
June 13, 2022: Killer humidity; Einstein’s character; Monday motivation
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The hare and the tortoise
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?
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Indrajit Gupta
Co-founder and Director, Founding Fuel
·Work, Careers & Personal Mastery
FF Insights #670: Hocus pocus
June 10, 2022: Older is better; Mall walking; New jobs
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FF Insights #669: A leader’s job
June 9, 2022: Birla versus Adani; Sheryl Sandberg’s legacy; Never judge a post
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FF Insights #668: Scientists versus doctors
June 8, 2022: A national learning problem; Cancer sniffing ants; Be realistic
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