·Business & Strategy
The fight to stay relevant
This Week: Rajat Gupta interview, disruption, Tesla Model 3, humans vs robots
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·Leadership & Organisation
Behind Rajat Gupta’s dogged attempt to save his reputation
The former McKinsey chief’s tell-all book is an attempt to offer his side of a story that sent shockwaves around the world. But the book is unlikely to sway his detractors. In an interview, Gupta shares some of the lessons he learnt from the crisis—and a lot more
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Indrajit Gupta
Co-founder and Director | Founding Fuel
·Technology & the Future
Managing yourself, and the world
March 26, 2019: A roundup of news and perspective on disruptive technology. In this issue: Enhancing human performance, designing for the future, consent brokers
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N S Ramnath
Senior Editor | Founding Fuel
·Economy, Policy & Society
The dilemmas of climate change, rise of the right, and technology
This Week: The Mindtree-L&T takeover battle, understanding ultra-nationalism, electric vehicles, Ather Energy, climate change, and more
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·Business & Strategy
How will the Mindtree-L&T takeover battle pan out? Nine questions answered
The Mindtree founders want to retain their firm’s unique culture. And have chosen to strongly rebuff L&T’s takeover attempt. But as things stand, the odds seem stacked against the founders as they try to block the $18 billion megacorp from taking control. A prognosis of what could happen next
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Indrajit Gupta
Co-founder and Director | Founding Fuel
·Economy, Policy & Society
Technology, nostalgia and the rise of radical nationalism
In this podcast, Sundeep Waslekar, president of think tank Strategic Foresight, talks about a growing global phenomenon: the resurgence of the right. What it means and how it might shape our world
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·Technology & the Future
When we ask machines to do our work
March 19, 2019: A roundup of news and perspective on disruptive technology. In this issue: AI’s impact on surgical skills, air crashes, electric vehicles and data for public good
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N S Ramnath
Senior Editor | Founding Fuel
·Entrepreneurship, Startups & Innovation
Founding Fuel at four
This Week: The metrics of success, higher purpose, five greatest TED Talks, the art of negotiating, and more
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·Work, Careers & Personal Mastery
How will you manage your life?
All of us are taught how to manage our careers and finances. But how do we manage our relationships and measure our life?
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Charles Assisi
Co-founder and Director | Founding Fuel
·Technology & the Future
The bad thing about good things and the good thing about bad
March 13, 2019: A roundup of news and perspective on disruptive technology. In this issue: Facebook’s new vision; Elizabeth Warren’s new proposal and Reliance Jio; and the limits of the sharing economy
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N S Ramnath
Senior Editor | Founding Fuel
·Economy, Policy & Society
Advertising & social media, art of conversation, & navigating the unknown
Outrage is a leitmotif of our social media conversations. And it is starting to reach a tipping point
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·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
·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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