·Leadership & Organisation
They Don't Make Them Like Tino Anymore
McKinsey’s first Indian hire. Mentor to generations. Architect of an enduring legacy
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Indrajit Gupta
Co-founder and Director | Founding Fuel
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·Artificial Intelligence
The Ubuntu of AI: South Africa's Moral Imagination
What does artificial intelligence look like when viewed through the lens of justice, solidarity, and Ubuntu?
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Sundeep Waslekar
President | Strategic Foresight Group
·Technology & the Future
Maps, History, and Finding the Throughline
AI-driven, multi-layered maps could change how we understand power, culture, and the choices future generations will inherit
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Shrinath V
Founder, The Salient Advisory | Product & AI Strategy Advisor
·Business & Strategy
WPP’s Existential Dilemma: Falling Prey to the AI Narrative
In chasing tech transformation, WPP’s board may have overlooked the nuances of its own business. And that could put the company in play
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Shekar Swamy
MD & Group CEO | R K SWAMY Ltd
·Technology & the Future
Not the Pilot’s Fault: Inside the First 61 Seconds of AI171
A small turbine and a flicker of light tell a different story.
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Indrajit Gupta
Co-founder and Director | Founding Fuel
·Leadership & Organisation
Zoho’s New CEO, Same Grounded Playbook
As Sridhar Vembu steps back to focus on AI, Shailesh Davey takes the lead, steering Zoho into the future, on its own terms
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N S Ramnath
Senior Editor | Founding Fuel
·Technology & the Future
AI171: Human Error, Design Flaw, or Something Else?
The mystery lives on. But now we have facts
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Indrajit Gupta
Co-founder and Director | Founding Fuel
·Artificial Intelligence
India’s AI Gambit
What will it take for India to lead, not just react, in the age of AI? An exclusive Founding Fuel - NatStrat Live session
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Founding Fuel
·Business & Strategy
The Power of Like
Insights from Martin Reeves and Bob Goodson’s new book, ‘Like’
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D Shivakumar
Operating Partner | Advent International
·Technology & the Future
Part 3: Unraveling AI 171: The Search for What Really Went Wrong
The mystery is not just about what happened—but why? And how can it be prevented in the future? The third and concluding part of a three part series
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Anmol Shrivastava
Entrepreneur, strategist, and technology consultant
·Economy, Policy & Society
Part 2: How Experts Are Reconstructing the AI 171 Tragedy
Why the media frenzy around the air crash is starting to look like six blind men and the elephant. The second in a three part series
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Anmol Shrivastava
Entrepreneur, strategist, and technology consultant
·Economy, Policy & Society
AI 171: The Investigation That Could Redefine Aviation Safety: Part 1
A modern Boeing Dreamliner fell from the sky seconds after takeoff—now, the race is on to uncover whether this was a tragic outlier or a signal that something deeper is broken. The first in a three part series
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Anmol Shrivastava
Entrepreneur, strategist, and technology consultant
·Artificial Intelligence
When AI Cheats Its Creators
Deception is no longer a human trait. AI has learned it too
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Sundeep Waslekar
President | Strategic Foresight Group
·Technology & the Future
Nuance is the new differentiator
When every team has access to the same AI tools, your advantage will be in knowing what wasn’t said
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Shrinath V
Founder, The Salient Advisory | Product & AI Strategy Advisor
·Leadership & Organisation
Character is about who we choose to be
Insights from General Stanley McChrystal’s new book ‘On Character: Choices That Define a Life’. The book is in Shivakumar’s list of best books of summer 2025
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D Shivakumar
Operating Partner | Advent International