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‘The power of coaching is to offer a different perspective’
·Leadership & Organisation

‘The power of coaching is to offer a different perspective’

Google’s Eric Schmidt, Jonathan Rosenberg and Alan Eagle share what they learnt from their mentor, legendary coach Bill Campbell, in their book ‘Trillion Dollar Coach’

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D Shivakumar

D Shivakumar

Operating Partner | Advent International

Not AI alone but AI + ethics
·Artificial Intelligence

Not AI alone but AI + ethics

AI systems may be making important decisions that will fundamentally affect the lives of Indians. For AI to be truly transformative though, its ethical biases need to be rooted out

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N Dayasindhu

N Dayasindhu

Co-founder and CEO | itihaasa Research and Digital

Algorithmic War is upon us
·Artificial Intelligence

Algorithmic War is upon us

China and the US are already locked in a race to become the AI superpower. China seems to have a lead. It is creating an ecosystem for AI through state sponsorship and the innovations by entrepreneurial ventures

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Founding Fuel

Founding Fuel

The unintended consequences of technology and why it matters
·Artificial Intelligence

The unintended consequences of technology and why it matters

In this podcast, Wharton professor Kartik Hosanagar talks about how automated decisions affect billions and what consumers can do to take back control, can a VC firm be a Pixar of VC firms, and the organisational changes Google made to become AI-first

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‘As machines become more intelligent, they also become unpredictable’
·Artificial Intelligence

‘As machines become more intelligent, they also become unpredictable’

In 2016, Go world champion Lee Sedol lost to AlphaGo, Google’s Go-playing AI program. How did the program do this? And why does this feat matter? Kartik Hosanagar answers that in this extract from his book, ‘A Human’s Guide to Machine Intelligence’

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Kartik Hosanagar

Kartik Hosanagar

John C. Hower Professor of Technology and Digital Business and Professor of Marketing | The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania

Bharat is watching this. Is your brand watching too?
·Business & Strategy

Bharat is watching this. Is your brand watching too?

Business As Usual marketers are blissfully insulated from what’s happening on TikTok, an app that has at least 200 million of their own core customers hooked

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Piyul Mukherjee

Piyul Mukherjee

Co-Founder | Quipper Research Private Limited

Please look now: We are changing
·Economy, Policy & Society

Please look now: We are changing

To make sense of the uncertainties and disruptions around us, we must try and understand the underlying human attitudes and behaviour. There’s much for brands and marketers to learn from the TikTok phenomenon

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Piyul Mukherjee

Piyul Mukherjee

Co-Founder | Quipper Research Private Limited

An ethical toolkit for systems transformers
·Economy, Policy & Society

An ethical toolkit for systems transformers

Sustainable progress of humanity requires a new toolkit with three disciplines: systems thinking, ethical reasoning, and collaborative enterprise design

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Arun Maira

Arun Maira

Former Chairman, BCG India | Member, Planning Commission

Understanding the TikTok phenomenon
·Business & Strategy

Understanding the TikTok phenomenon

A Facebook Live conversation with Piyul Mukherjee from Quipper Research; Damodar Mall from Reliance Retail; and Ashwin Suresh from Pocket Aces

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Founding Fuel

Founding Fuel

TikTok: More than 15-seconds of fame?
·Business & Strategy

TikTok: More than 15-seconds of fame?

Is it a passing fad? Is it here to stay? A multimedia story on what’s driving the phenomenon

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Anmol Shrivastava

Anmol Shrivastava

Entrepreneur, strategist, and technology consultant

Do I need a “Killer Instinct”?
·Leadership & Organisation

Do I need a “Killer Instinct”?

People lose out by conforming to gender stereotypes. You need to develop a wider repertoire of styles crucial to leadership

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Kalpana Tatavarti

Kalpana Tatavarti

Founder Director | Parity Consulting & Training Pvt Ltd

Learning to stay relevant
·Leadership & Organisation

Learning to stay relevant

Bridging the knowledge gap in a changing world, how leaders stay relevant, and the method behind Roger Federer’s magic

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Founding Fuel

Founding Fuel

A nudge against sleep and productivity
·Work, Careers & Personal Mastery

A nudge against sleep and productivity

Trying to stay more informed, entertained, educated, mindful, and fit? More apps, subscriptions, and content is counter-productive

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Charles Assisi

Charles Assisi

Co-founder and Director | Founding Fuel

Three must-read books on strategy for the digital era
·Business & Strategy

Three must-read books on strategy for the digital era

We need new frameworks and approaches to re-think strategy and how it should be formulated and taught in this new age. That’s what I learnt from my recent personal learning journey.

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Rishikesha T Krishnan

Rishikesha T Krishnan

Former Director, IIMB | Professor of Strategy