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Riders on the storm
·Business & Strategy

Riders on the storm

Two of India’s iconic companies—Tata Steel and ITC—find themselves at the cusp of a huge upheaval. And it once again raises serious questions about the role of the board in supervising executive management

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Indrajit Gupta

Indrajit Gupta

Co-founder and Director | Founding Fuel

The hyperlocal WhatsApp strategy, policy windows and AI food tasters
·Technology & the Future

The hyperlocal WhatsApp strategy, policy windows and AI food tasters

May 10, 2019: A roundup of news and perspective on disruptive technology from around the world. Also in this issue: gene editing to prevent heart attack, and what North Korea's radio-tochkas show us about Big Tech's privacy violations

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N S Ramnath

N S Ramnath

Senior Editor | Founding Fuel

Robo-taxis, privacy committees and wearables to augment intelligence
·Technology & the Future

Robo-taxis, privacy committees and wearables to augment intelligence

May 04, 2019: A roundup of news and perspectives on disruptive technology from around the world. In this issue: Tesla’s robo-taxi networks, Facebook’s privacy positions, Microsoft’s Blockchain partnership, wearables, carbon sucking plants and more

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N S Ramnath

N S Ramnath

Senior Editor | Founding Fuel

No country for old people
·Economy, Policy & Society

No country for old people

They are educated, retired, and well to do. Yet digital technology has left them behind. What’s behind this digital divide?

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Charles Assisi

Charles Assisi

Co-founder and Director | Founding Fuel

How do you keep track of your changing customer needs?
·Business & Strategy

How do you keep track of your changing customer needs?

The digitisation wave and Andy Grove’s strategic inflection points, Clayton Christensen on understanding the customer’s jobs to be done, disruptive technologies, optimising board composition in the digital era, and understanding “phygital”

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The future of food, social media platforms and facial recognition
·Technology & the Future

The future of food, social media platforms and facial recognition

April 27, 2019: A roundup of news and perspectives on disruptive technology from around the world. In this issue: Sri Lanka’s social media ban, Beyond Meat IPO, facial recognition, employee activism, robot rights and more

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N S Ramnath

N S Ramnath

Senior Editor | Founding Fuel

Behind Naresh Goyal’s wilful blindness
·Entrepreneurship, Startups & Innovation

Behind Naresh Goyal’s wilful blindness

Naresh Goyal’s miscalculations, how technology amplifies human bias and what makes entrepreneurs entrepreneurial

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Bias, fixing brains, and the difficulty of regulating tech
·Technology & the Future

Bias, fixing brains, and the difficulty of regulating tech

April 20, 2019: A roundup of news and perspective on disruptive technology from around the world. In this issue: Regulatory sandboxes; brain implants and genetic engineering; and AI bias

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N S Ramnath

N S Ramnath

Senior Editor | Founding Fuel

How entrepreneurs learn
·Entrepreneurship, Startups & Innovation

How entrepreneurs learn

Large established firms have a tough task in embedding entrepreneurial thinking inside the firm. Because it means rewiring the way leaders think about the future

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Indrajit Gupta

Indrajit Gupta

Co-founder and Director | Founding Fuel

India doesn't have a jobs crisis, it has a wages crisis
·Economy, Policy & Society

India doesn't have a jobs crisis, it has a wages crisis

Is technology killing jobs? And can India use technology to create jobs? Teamlease’s Manish Sabharwal says, our problem is providing a living wage, not jobs. We need to worry about improving productivity through the application of land, labour, and capital—and not so much the impact of automation

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Exploring black holes, space, and mapping Earth
·Technology & the Future

Exploring black holes, space, and mapping Earth

April 14, 2019: A roundup of news and perspective on disruptive technology. In this issue: the science behind the black hole photo; how Facebook is mapping Earth; private rocket science; data and privacy; the future of jobs; and EVs path to profitability

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N S Ramnath

N S Ramnath

Senior Editor | Founding Fuel