·Business & Strategy
Hindustan Unilever’s storm in a teacup
Why the Red Label Kumbh Mela ad backfired and the do’s and don’ts for brand custodians when designing their communication
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Piyul Mukherjee
Co-Founder | Quipper Research Private Limited
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·Leadership & Organisation
Is feedback always useful?
In this issue: The Aadhaar ordinance, why excellence is not the opposite of failure, and why leaders need to be ‘AI bilingual’
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N S Ramnath
Senior Editor | Founding Fuel
·Economy, Policy & Society
Who should move Facebook’s cheese?
March 5, 2019: A roundup of news and perspective on disruptive technology. In this issue: Facebook, 5G, and Raghuram Rajan’s ‘The Third Pillar’
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N S Ramnath
Senior Editor | Founding Fuel
·Leadership & Organisation
Courage, change, and new skills
This Week: Managing change at scale, the power of digital disorder, thinking methods that foster innovation, better meetings, turning ideas into reality, and autonomous vehicles and car insurance
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·Leadership & Organisation
Forging strong, compassionate leaders
In their book, ‘Character Carved in Stone’, Pat Williams and Jim Denney talk about the values the United States Military Academy at West Point cultivates to make strong leaders
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D Shivakumar
Operating Partner | Advent International
·Technology & the Future
Technology’s unintended consequences
Feb 26, 2019: A roundup of news and perspective on disruptive technology. In this issue: Microsoft employees question how their work is used, why lab-grown meat may not be a panacea, and China's CRISPR twins may end up with unintended modifications
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N S Ramnath
Senior Editor | Founding Fuel
·Work, Careers & Personal Mastery
What’s your reason to get to work every day?
Finding fulfilment at work, alternatives to GDP, McKinsey’s conflict of interest, choosing the right team mix for Mars, and disruptive technologies
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·Leadership & Organisation
The McKinsey case and consulting’s ethical dilemma
The case is symptomatic of a wider issue: in the race to generate wealth for their partners, are management consulting firms in danger of losing sight of their original purpose—to be trusted advisors to CEOs?
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Arun Maira
Former Chairman, BCG India | Member, Planning Commission
·Economy, Policy & Society
The digital identity trend, Aadhaar leaks, and privacy by tech limitations
In this issue: Aadhaar news roundup, tenchnology and state power in China, humanity and machine learning, the unintended consequences when designing incentives
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·Artificial Intelligence
AI as a global public good, a digitised world, and why philosophy matters
Feb 19, 2019: A roundup of news and perspective on disruptive technology from around the world. In this issue: artificial intelligence, augmented reality, ethics in tech
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N S Ramnath
Senior Editor | Founding Fuel
·Entrepreneurship, Startups & Innovation
The cost of winning at all costs
This Week: Scaling fast vs. having a viable economic model, Tim O’Reilly on Silicon Valley’s favourite growth strategy, and Twitter's travails
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·Technology & the Future
Will the real Twitter please stand up?
Twitter is not one, but three. It is a protocol, an app, and a media company. And being all the three is doing it no good
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N S Ramnath
Senior Editor | Founding Fuel
·Leadership & Organisation
What Yes Bank can learn from Cognizant and Francisco D’Souza
Leadership transitions at Yes Bank and Cognizant, is the Three Horizon model still relevant, interview with Raghuram Rajan, and an ethical dilemma for Silicon Valley’s next generation
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·Leadership & Organisation
Stepping into Rana’s den
On March 1, Ravneet Singh Gill will assume charge at YES Bank. Will the entry of the quintessential MNC banker from Deutsche Bank be able to calm the troubled waters swirling around YES Bank?
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Indrajit Gupta
Co-founder and Director | Founding Fuel
·Economy, Policy & Society
The Fourth Estate versus Chanda Kochhar
The media’s job is not to prosecute, but step in when regulatory authorities fail. And ask questions of antiquated laws such as Angel Tax
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