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Caught in existential dilemmas, how is Europe’s political thinking shaping up?
·Economy, Policy & Society

Caught in existential dilemmas, how is Europe’s political thinking shaping up?

Europe is caught between the left and right, antisemitism and Islamophobia, accepting asylum seekers and pushing back boats. The time for a delicate balancing act may be over. This is the second column in our Year End Special series on making sense of the biggest economic and geopolitical shifts and what they signal

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Sir Graham Watson

Sir Graham Watson

Distinguished Visiting Fellow | University of Toronto - Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy

Is the world increasingly becoming a dangerous place to live?
·Economy, Policy & Society

Is the world increasingly becoming a dangerous place to live?

The existential threat to human civilization is not from wars, but from nuclear disaster and climate change. This is the first in our Year End Special series on making sense of the biggest economic and geopolitical shifts and what they signal

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Sundeep Waslekar

Sundeep Waslekar

President | Strategic Foresight Group

Indian cricket’s moment of truth
·Leadership & Organisation

Indian cricket’s moment of truth

BCCI faces a set of crucial decisions ahead that could set the pace for the future

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Indrajit Gupta

Indrajit Gupta

Co-founder and Director | Founding Fuel

Why building corporate democracies still matter
·Leadership & Organisation

Why building corporate democracies still matter

In this age of AI, creating an employee-first culture may seem counter-intuitive. But not if you believe in the primacy of building human relationships at the workplace

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Indrajit Gupta

Indrajit Gupta

Co-founder and Director | Founding Fuel

Thompson ad mortem. Who cares?
·Business & Strategy

Thompson ad mortem. Who cares?

Why did WPP decide to snuff out the identities of three of its most storied agencies—Thompson, Y&R and Wunderman—to create a new entity VML, the world’s largest creative company? The clues lie in the stock markets—and the immense pressures acting on its CEO Mark Read

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Shekar Swamy

Shekar Swamy

MD & Group CEO | R K SWAMY Ltd

Behind ITC’s hotels demerger
·Business & Strategy

Behind ITC’s hotels demerger

Chairman and MD Sanjiv Puri is trying to kill three birds with one stone

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Indrajit Gupta

Indrajit Gupta

Co-founder and Director | Founding Fuel

China's economic shift: Politics trumps growth
·Economy, Policy & Society

China's economic shift: Politics trumps growth

Despite the slowdown in its economy, Xi Jinping has not intervened with a stimulus package. The reason is a big shift in his policy, which is focused on building self-reliance. And this China Dream calls for patience and collective sacrifice by the Chinese nation

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G Venkat Raman

G Venkat Raman

Professor, Humanities and Social Sciences | Indian Institute of Management, Indore

The risk taker
·Entrepreneurship, Startups & Innovation

The risk taker

What makes Elon Musk tick? Insights from the biography by Walter Isaacson

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D Shivakumar

D Shivakumar

Operating Partner | Advent International

Noel Tata’s brahmastra
·Business & Strategy

Noel Tata’s brahmastra

His value lifestyle brand Zudio has caught the attention of the entire retail industry. It also signals a coming of age of retail in small town India

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Indrajit Gupta

Indrajit Gupta

Co-founder and Director | Founding Fuel

FF Life: The mental accountant
·Work, Careers & Personal Mastery

FF Life: The mental accountant

We are hardwired to think of money in multiple categories based on its purpose or context. At the same time, we are naturally afraid of losses of any type. These biases greatly influence our purchasing and investment decisions

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Krishna Jha

Krishna Jha

Independent investor

A river in spate, landslides and nature’s fury
·Economy, Policy & Society

A river in spate, landslides and nature’s fury

Climate change and growing urbanisation is slowly but surely changing a way of life in Himachal Pradesh. A tale of two ordinary villages and one town that are not on the tourist map

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Sveta Basraon

Sveta Basraon

Editor and Head of Operations | Founding Fuel

Fintech Special Report Part 1: Indian fintech at a crossroad
·Business & Strategy

Fintech Special Report Part 1: Indian fintech at a crossroad

The outlook for fintech companies has shifted from unchecked optimism to uncertainty. The rose-tinted glasses are off and some of the well-funded companies are pivoting. Their future will depend on their ability to look beyond technology as the panacea. Part 1 of a 4-part series

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N S Ramnath

N S Ramnath

Senior Editor | Founding Fuel

Fintech Special Report Part 2: From competition to collaboration
·Business & Strategy

Fintech Special Report Part 2: From competition to collaboration

The ground reality has changed. Fintechs are realising that partnerships and ecosystem thinking are key to winning the market, not competing with the incumbents. Part 2 of a 4-part series

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N S Ramnath

N S Ramnath

Senior Editor | Founding Fuel

Fintech Special Report Part 3: The limits of algos
·Technology & the Future

Fintech Special Report Part 3: The limits of algos

Fintechs bet on data and algos to know the credit-worthiness of the underserved. However, there's a gap in what the data can reveal because of consumer behaviour. Part 3 of a 4-part series

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N S Ramnath

N S Ramnath

Senior Editor | Founding Fuel