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Making sense of the New Capitalists
·Economy, Policy & Society

Making sense of the New Capitalists

Your smartphone is the gateway for platform businesses to drive their hooks deep into your psyche and pockets, edge out traditional businesses, and reset markets. In doing so, they are becoming monopolies, the likes of which we’ve never seen before. What is fair play in this new world?

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Haresh Chawla

Haresh Chawla

Investor | Entrepreneur

Play to your strengths
·Leadership & Organisation

Play to your strengths

Change requires the right mindset and organisational practices

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Bias in algorithms, patients' data and zombie capital
·Technology & the Future

Bias in algorithms, patients' data and zombie capital

November 17, 2019: A roundup of news and perspective on disruptive technology. In this issue: Apple Card and bias, Google and health data, and do VCs matter

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N S Ramnath

N S Ramnath

Senior Editor | Founding Fuel

The insider with an outside in view
·Leadership & Organisation

The insider with an outside in view

Should I continue as a full-time consultant to the chief transformation officer in my firm? Or am I better off moving to a part-time consulting role, take on other clients, and acquire a more diverse experience?

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C S Swaminathan

C S Swaminathan

Co-founder and Director | Founding Fuel

Conversations in a noisy place
·Economy, Policy & Society

Conversations in a noisy place

Public discourse has descended into the shallows. Where is the space left for citizens to engage in deeper deliberations about their future?

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Arun Maira

Arun Maira

Former Chairman, BCG India | Member, Planning Commission

The promise and perils of breakthroughs
·Technology & the Future

The promise and perils of breakthroughs

November 09, 2019: A roundup of news and perspective on disruptive technology. In this issue: Drones, quantum computing, and gene editing

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N S Ramnath

N S Ramnath

Senior Editor | Founding Fuel

Economies of scope: Singapore’s alternative approach to progress
·Economy, Policy & Society

Economies of scope: Singapore’s alternative approach to progress

In the relatively short time since it became independent in 1965, Singapore has made giant strides. The country illustrates well the power of local systems solutions, purpose-driven networks, and inducing all parts of the government and all stakeholders to work together

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Arun Maira

Arun Maira

Former Chairman, BCG India | Member, Planning Commission

India is an R&D hub for MNCs. Will global protectionism play spoilsport?
·Economy, Policy & Society

India is an R&D hub for MNCs. Will global protectionism play spoilsport?

Global Capability Centres have played a big role in the development of Indian engineering and innovation capabilities. Protectionist trends like the US-China trade disputes now raise important questions for India

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Rishikesha T Krishnan

Rishikesha T Krishnan

Former Director, IIMB | Professor of Strategy

Smartphones, kapda, makaan
·Economy, Policy & Society

Smartphones, kapda, makaan

What should we make of the humungous numbers being reported by ecommerce companies around festive sales?

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Becoming indistractable
·Work, Careers & Personal Mastery

Becoming indistractable

Nir Eyal wrote the definitive book on how to design tech products that will get people hooked. His latest book ‘Indistractable’ has advice on how to avoid digital distractions and hold our own in this war for our attention. Some insights from the book

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D Shivakumar

D Shivakumar

Operating Partner | Advent International

Where do ideas come from?
·Entrepreneurship, Startups & Innovation

Where do ideas come from?

Great ideas are built on a base of hard work and many small insights from a range of observations

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‘The value of technology is in solving meaningful human problems’
·Entrepreneurship, Startups & Innovation

‘The value of technology is in solving meaningful human problems’

In this podcast Scott Hartley, bestselling author of ‘The Fuzzy and the Techie’, talks about why tech knowledge is necessary, but not sufficient for entrepreneurs. They also need a broader curiosity about the world around them

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