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WFH Daily #118: How to find good books
·Work, Careers & Personal Mastery

WFH Daily #118: How to find good books

July 19: Peter M. Senge on how to look at failure; CS Seshadri, a mathematician who built an institution; how to integrate history into a functional design

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The soul in the machine: Thinking about thinking
·Economy, Policy & Society

The soul in the machine: Thinking about thinking

Modern science is incomplete and even an imprecise tool to understand the world and the complicated problems that need solving. Instead of scientific thinking, we need systems thinking

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Arun Maira

Arun Maira

Former Chairman, BCG India, Member, Planning Commission

Lessons from fighting a drought
·Economy, Policy & Society

Lessons from fighting a drought

Droughts can be managed to take the sting out of the phenomena. Here are seven learnings from Amit Chandra, managing director of Bain Capital in India, social entrepreneur Nimesh Sumati and Sundeep Waslekar, president of Strategic Foresight Group & Cauvery delta farmer Ravichandran Vanchinathan

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N S Ramnath

N S Ramnath

Senior Editor, Founding Fuel

Confessions of a practising journalist
·Economy, Policy & Society

Confessions of a practising journalist

The state of journalism today came about because my tribe misused the power vested in them.

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Charles Assisi

Charles Assisi

Co-founder and Director, Founding Fuel

The Fourth Estate versus Chanda Kochhar
·Economy, Policy & Society

The Fourth Estate versus Chanda Kochhar

The media’s job is not to prosecute, but step in when regulatory authorities fail. And ask questions of antiquated laws such as Angel Tax

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‘As machines become more intelligent, they also become unpredictable’
·Artificial Intelligence

‘As machines become more intelligent, they also become unpredictable’

In 2016, Go world champion Lee Sedol lost to AlphaGo, Google’s Go-playing AI program. How did the program do this? And why does this feat matter? Kartik Hosanagar answers that in this extract from his book, ‘A Human’s Guide to Machine Intelligence’

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Kartik Hosanagar

Kartik Hosanagar

John C. Hower Professor of Technology and Digital Business and Professor of Marketing, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania

When the Swiggy generation rediscovers the home kitchen
·Entrepreneurship, Startups & Innovation

When the Swiggy generation rediscovers the home kitchen

Home food was boring for millennials, but the pandemic and the sudden loss of options to eat out or order in is forcing them into the kitchen. They are discovering the joys of being creative and the assurance of being self-sufficient, but they still want convenience. Food entrepreneurs are taking note

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Rachita Kapoor

Rachita Kapoor

Digital and Legal Manager, Khana Khazana India Pvt Ltd

Power to the people
·Economy, Policy & Society

Power to the people

The vaccine crisis is yet another proof that principles of capitalism are at variance with the needs of humanity. Instead of top-down policies, focus on profits and economies of scale, local on-the-ground solutions and the economies of scope that they bring, can be the founding fuel for transformative change

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Arun Maira

Arun Maira

Former Chairman, BCG India, Member, Planning Commission

How the world has moved in the first quarter of 2021
·Economy, Policy & Society

How the world has moved in the first quarter of 2021

The first quarter of 2021 has been unusually busy, with many key developments playing out in the geopolitical sphere. We caught up with Sundeep Waslekar to decipher the implications

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Purpose-Driven Networks: Creating solutions to social problems, at scale
·Economy, Policy & Society

Purpose-Driven Networks: Creating solutions to social problems, at scale

Complex societal issues require diverse set of capabilities—which reside in a variety of business and civil society organisations. When they come together as a self-coordinating network, they can create collective impact

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Ravi Venkatesan

Ravi Venkatesan

Unicef's Special Representative for Young People, Founder, Global Alliance for Mass Entrepreneurship

A Brand Is Not Enough. Create a Cool Brand
·Business & Strategy

A Brand Is Not Enough. Create a Cool Brand

A brand merely satisfies customers by delivering on its promise. A cool brand helps us shape our identity, enhance our self-esteem and project ourselves to the rest of the world

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