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FF Daily #277: Multipliers vs Diminishers
·Leadership & Organisation

FF Daily #277: Multipliers vs Diminishers

January 19, 2021: Liz Wiseman on leadership; Jack Ma vs the Chinese state; How Moderna’s vaccine was 33 years in the making; Who runs the government?

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An engineering college boom built on a foundation of dysfunction
·Economy, Policy & Society

An engineering college boom built on a foundation of dysfunction

By the middle of 2015, things became dire for Odisha’s private engineering colleges. Of the state’s 46,000 engineering seats, as many as 30,000 were vacant. In this excerpt from his book ‘Despite the State’, M Rajshekhar tells the story of the boom and bust—in which the students and staff were the only losers

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M. Rajshekhar

M. Rajshekhar

Energy reporter and author

The hidden fault lines behind Jack Ma’s fall
·Economy, Policy & Society

The hidden fault lines behind Jack Ma’s fall

The regulatory pushback was long in the making. And it has as much to do with Alibaba's dominance, a wariness of big businesses, and deeper socio-cultural issues

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G Venkat Raman

G Venkat Raman

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

FF Daily #274: How India must think about data
·Economy, Policy & Society

FF Daily #274: How India must think about data

January 15, 2021: Vijay Kelkar and Ajay Shah on India's data policy; Kishore Mahbubani on RCEP—India’s catastrophic geopolitical decision; Home truths on the India Vs Australia test draw; How privacy used to be

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FF Daily #273: The value of doubt
·Leadership & Organisation

FF Daily #273: The value of doubt

January 14, 2021: Richard Feynman on leaving room for doubt; How Mumbai Traffic Police became a brand; How to thrive in a vuca world; Privacy vs People

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N S Ramnath

N S Ramnath

Senior Editor | Founding Fuel

FF Daily #271: How Big Tech wields power
·Economy, Policy & Society

FF Daily #271: How Big Tech wields power

January 12, 2020: Ved Mehta, 1934-2021: The art of seeing; Jeff Bezos and the importance of doing nothing; Revealed! What’s choking the internet

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All Things Digital: Trendspotting 2021 with Nandan Nilekani & Haresh Chawla
·Economy, Policy & Society

All Things Digital: Trendspotting 2021 with Nandan Nilekani & Haresh Chawla

This is a decisive moment in India’s digitisation. The digital rails were put in place over the past decade and 2020 saw a dramatic acceleration of trends that were already happening. Nandan Nilekani and Haresh Chawla discuss the many ways India could ride this train

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FF Daily #270: What should you do with your WhatsApp?
·Economy, Policy & Society

FF Daily #270: What should you do with your WhatsApp?

January 11, 2021: What’sApp’s new terms of use; All Things Digital: A conversation between Nandan Nilekani and Haresh Chawla; The downside of transparency

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FF Daily #268: The road ahead
·Economy, Policy & Society

FF Daily #268: The road ahead

January 8, 2021: Trendspotting with Nandan Nilekani and Haresh Chawla; Jacqueline Novogratz on understanding communities; Seven types of rest; Time and distance: Special Theory of Relativity

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FF Daily #267: Be like a teenager
·Leadership & Organisation

FF Daily #267: Be like a teenager

January 7, 2021: John Chambers on spotting market transitions; David Davidar on how to book success; China’s economic web; Time to know the truth

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