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Measuring and managing performance
·Leadership & Organisation

Measuring and managing performance

K Ramkumar, Executive Director of ICICI Bank, talks about how ability combined with motivation brings forth performance. But you cannot manage ability; you have to manage motivation and commitment

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K Ramkumar

K Ramkumar

Founder and CEO | Leadership Centre

Unplanned online education is short-changing our children
·Economy, Policy & Society

Unplanned online education is short-changing our children

A literal and figurative screen has come up between learning and growth on one side and teaching on the other. Two senior school students and a teacher offer a view into a system that is falling short

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Piyul Mukherjee

Piyul Mukherjee

Co-Founder | Quipper Research Private Limited

Why not to be an entrepreneur
·Entrepreneurship, Startups & Innovation

Why not to be an entrepreneur

Starting your own business is not something that is right for everyone. Or for our world

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Gourav Jaswal

Gourav Jaswal

Entrepreneur

Will technology destroy democracy?
·Economy, Policy & Society

Will technology destroy democracy?

Job destruction, fake news, polarisation. Rapid advances in technology are blamed for these. Is that claim justified? Are other factors at play? Who will regulate technology?

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Arun Maira

Arun Maira

Former Chairman, BCG India | Member, Planning Commission

FF Recommends | Giving: The causes that need your support now
·Economy, Policy & Society

FF Recommends | Giving: The causes that need your support now

Donor fatigue has started to set in, even as the pandemic continues to wreck havoc with people’s lives, especially the most vulnerable and disadvantaged sections. Here are the biggest causes that need immediate and urgent attention—and here’s how you can contribute

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Founding Fuel

Founding Fuel

What makes a winner
·Leadership & Organisation

What makes a winner

Insights from Larry Weidel’s book ‘Serial Winner: 5 Actions to Create Your Cycle of Success’

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D Shivakumar

D Shivakumar

Operating Partner | Advent International

Lessons on pitching from 'Shark Tank'
·Entrepreneurship, Startups & Innovation

Lessons on pitching from 'Shark Tank'

How to make your pitch credible, viable and persuasive enough for someone to believe in you and want to put their money on your idea

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Indranil Chakraborty

Indranil Chakraborty

Founder | Storyworks

A new manifesto for Indian entrepreneurship
·Entrepreneurship, Startups & Innovation

A new manifesto for Indian entrepreneurship

A special Independence Day conversation with Arun Maira, Sundeep Waslekar and Nachiket Mor on what it might take to build a world that works for everyone—and how entrepreneurship can play its part in that transformation

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Founding Fuel

Founding Fuel

Am I too old for my company?
·Leadership & Organisation

Am I too old for my company?

The average age in companies is getting younger and these employees are wired differently. How do you deal with the organizational consequences of that altered reality?

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Subroto Bagchi

Subroto Bagchi

Author, entrepreneur and philanthropist

Gorakhpur tragedy: Why we haven’t been able to win the war against mosquitos
·Economy, Policy & Society

Gorakhpur tragedy: Why we haven’t been able to win the war against mosquitos

The public debate around the recent tragedy has been far too simplistic. The fact is that India hasn’t been able to root out vector-borne diseases for centuries. And simply blaming the government of the day won’t cut ice

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Indrajit Gupta

Indrajit Gupta

Co-founder and Director | Founding Fuel

Will the real Twitter please stand up?
·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

N S Ramnath

Senior Editor | Founding Fuel

What successful companies do to win customer loyalty
·Business & Strategy

What successful companies do to win customer loyalty

Companies like Amazon, IKEA and Ritz-Carlton are proactive in anticipating customer's needs and nipping problems in the bud

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Rajesh Srivastava

Rajesh Srivastava

Corporate Veteran, Thought Leader | Educator & Bestselling Author

What you can learn about high-tech innovation from Polaroid
·Entrepreneurship, Startups & Innovation

What you can learn about high-tech innovation from Polaroid

The ability to frame a problem, a relentless striving for a better solution, and careful patenting are some of the lessons

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Rishikesha T Krishnan

Rishikesha T Krishnan

Former Director, IIMB | Professor of Strategy