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Is there a structural limit to growth?
·Economy, Policy & Society

Is there a structural limit to growth?

This Week: A systems approach to problem solving; tech businesses and funding for potential; customer data and privacy

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Founding Fuel

Founding Fuel

We’re getting de-FANGed and Uber-ed
·Technology & the Future

We’re getting de-FANGed and Uber-ed

That artificial intelligence is here to stay and is intrusive is one thing. Question is, should Homo Sapiens regulate it to survive the onslaught?

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Charles Assisi

Charles Assisi

Co-founder and Director | Founding Fuel

Behind the global tech investing tsunami
·Business & Strategy

Behind the global tech investing tsunami

The gold rush in technology investing changed the way firms are valued and built. Those predicting its premature demise are likely to be proven wrong. If anything, the pace at which these firms will change the landscape around us is set to accelerate

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Haresh Chawla

Haresh Chawla

Investor | Entrepreneur

Tune inwards, define your ‘why’
·Leadership & Organisation

Tune inwards, define your ‘why’

This Week: Higher purpose and transformative leadership, Chinese brands’ global strategy, Amazon’s Whole Foods deal and creating a fair workplace

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Founding Fuel

Founding Fuel

How do we know that our life’s work is really done?
·Leadership & Organisation

How do we know that our life’s work is really done?

If the only reason to do the work is to enjoy its fruits, there would be no motivation for leaders to undertake missions that cannot be completed in their own lifetimes

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Arun Maira

Arun Maira

Former Chairman, BCG India | Member, Planning Commission

A rebirth of imagination and grand possibilities
·Leadership & Organisation

A rebirth of imagination and grand possibilities

This Week: Busyness is killing imagination and vision, India Vs Pakistan is not just cricket, debating without conflict, and humble inquiry

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Founding Fuel

Founding Fuel

India versus Pakistan is not cricket, but war
·Economy, Policy & Society

India versus Pakistan is not cricket, but war

Pointers to why reside in political theory, evolutionary biology, the emergence of artificial intelligence and our failure to see it all

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Charles Assisi

Charles Assisi

Co-founder and Director | Founding Fuel

The Aadhaar debate: Is common ground possible?
·Economy, Policy & Society

The Aadhaar debate: Is common ground possible?

Discussions on Aadhaar often descend into shouting matches. One way to make progress is to break it down into smaller bits to understand the nuances

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N S Ramnath

N S Ramnath

Senior Editor | Founding Fuel

Get Smart: Making effective decisions
·Work, Careers & Personal Mastery

Get Smart: Making effective decisions

Think long term, plan for success based on real facts, and have clear goals, says Brian Tracy in his book ‘Get Smart!: How to Think and Act Like the Most Successful and Highest-Paid People in Every Field’

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In pursuit of purpose
·Entrepreneurship, Startups & Innovation

In pursuit of purpose

This Week: Finding purpose, reclaiming the social aspect of work for office-less workers, the rise of Asian tech firms, and Internet trends 2017

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Founding Fuel

Founding Fuel

The office of the future: Palace or co-working hive?
·Work, Careers & Personal Mastery

The office of the future: Palace or co-working hive?

For a variety of reasons—technological, economic, and social—the office as we knew it for most of the 20th century is going away. A look at what the new office says about where society may be heading

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CKGSB Knowledge

Knowledge Partner

Why we do what we do, and where does money come into it
·Work, Careers & Personal Mastery

Why we do what we do, and where does money come into it

Why do I go to work? Why should I go to work? Just for the money? It matters, sure. But if it were to be my ‘WHY’, I will die unhappy

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Charles Assisi

Charles Assisi

Co-founder and Director | Founding Fuel

Bold ideas that challenge the status quo
·Leadership & Organisation

Bold ideas that challenge the status quo

This Week: Notes from the Milken Conference, bridging the digital divide, the myth of the Indian liberal and leadership lessons from #KohliVsKumble

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Founding Fuel

Founding Fuel

Is Anil Kumble as good? Is Virat Kohli that bad?
·Leadership & Organisation

Is Anil Kumble as good? Is Virat Kohli that bad?

The truth lies somewhere in between. There is merit in listening to a story from every perspective. Some lessons on leadership may just emerge

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Indrajit Gupta

Indrajit Gupta

Co-founder and Director | Founding Fuel