·Leadership & Organisation
Change: From idea to action
Kishore Biyani’s Retail 3.0 strategy, the art of selling, and why pain can be good and necessary
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·Work, Careers & Personal Mastery
The 1% rule
How do you eat an elephant? One piece at a time. Sounds like plain common sense. If forgotten, failure is inevitable
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Charles Assisi
Co-founder and Director | Founding Fuel
·Business & Strategy
Decoding the new rules of blended commerce
A new era of shopping is taking shape in India, as retailers—like Kishore Biyani with his Retail 3.0 strategy—look to blur the lines between their physical stores and online shopping. A glimpse into how this will change the way modern retailers operate
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Indrajit Gupta
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·Work, Careers & Personal Mastery
A salesperson’s talismans: Resilience, persistence and pride in the product
Through these two anecdotes from his book ‘Sell: The Art, the Science, the Witchcraft’ Subroto Bagchi illustrates how the best in the business overcome mistrust and find new doors if one is closed
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·Work, Careers & Personal Mastery
How to be a super salesman
The art of selling, driving systemic change through open-source knowledge, bitcoins and the limits of AI
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·Economy, Policy & Society
Tulip mania versus bitcoin ideology
Apparently, bitcoins are worth investing in. But is it an ideology or a bubble? What lens do we look at it from? And would you bet your money on either?
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Charles Assisi
Co-founder and Director | Founding Fuel
·Economy, Policy & Society
Bill Gates, Nandan Nilekani and the idea of societal platforms
EkStep Foundation is the technical partner of a new global philanthropic initiative Co-Impact. What exactly is it bringing to the table?
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·Artificial Intelligence
Man versus machine: The humanity of intelligence
While artificial intelligence is a force for good, there are times it ought to be deliberately dissed. Else, we run the risk of losing our humanity
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Charles Assisi
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·Leadership & Organisation
Ships of wood and men of steel
From the Antarctic to the Moon, and Leonardo da Vinci and Sir Ernest Shackleton to Muhammad Yunus, there is much to catch up on
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·Entrepreneurship, Startups & Innovation
The absence of fragility
Notes on being anti-fragile from the middle of nowhere, a former Catholic priest and a private equity investor
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Charles Assisi
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·Economy, Policy & Society
Muhammad Yunus and the two visions of Adam Smith
In his new book, Nobel Peace Prize winner Yunus argues that social businesses can help solve poverty, unemployment and pollution. However, we need to work hard to make it happen
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N S Ramnath
Senior Editor | Founding Fuel
·Entrepreneurship, Startups & Innovation
China’s sharing economy is booming. It may be time for a reality check
The sharing economy exploded in China this year, with companies for bikes, umbrellas, toys and more all taking part in the hype. But with the concept reaching fever pitch, sharing could be in for a reality check
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·Economy, Policy & Society
Rhetoric versus meaning
This Week: Jairam Ramesh, Arun Maira and Sanjay Jain on Aadhaar; field notes from Bangalore Literature Festival; and more
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·Economy, Policy & Society
Aadhaar and the Buddha's Middle Path
A panel discussion with Arun Maira, former Planning Commission member, Jairam Ramesh, former union minister and Sanjay Jain, former technology executive at UIDAI
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·Economy, Policy & Society
Aadhaar and the Arnab Monologues
Pointers to contemporary politics, different kinds of critics, media narratives and why writing is a bad idea from a literature festival
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Charles Assisi
Co-founder and Director | Founding Fuel