·Work, Careers & Personal Mastery
WFH Daily #164: David Ogilvy on writing clearly
September 03, 2020: AMA with Haresh Chawla on #DesiSuperApps; The power of solitude in a noisy and hasty world; Ideas that changed the world
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Finding my place in the family business
Rhea Soman never thought that working at Lumiere, the research firm her mother Deepa founded, would be automatic. Rhea talks about how she began to see a place for herself, and is now playing a role in the firm's evolution. Deepa talks about what she and the firm are learning from the experience
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Rhea Soman
Design Lead, Lumiere Design Labs | Lumiere Business Solutions
·Work, Careers & Personal Mastery
WFH Daily #163: Enter the jungle unarmed and with an open heart
September 2, 2020: Tamara Levitt on how to approach a challenging situation; Parents, teachers and exploration of frontier science; Swanand Kelkar on the art of writing; Cutting-edge innovation
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·Economy, Policy & Society
WFH Daily #162: How stories bring society together
September 1, 2020: Grand narratives vs. polarising ones; Pranab Mukherjee’s key role in the launch of Aadhaar; Ashish Dhawan on why the social sector and government can work together; What you see is who you are
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·Work, Careers & Personal Mastery
Building a career in frontier science
In Episode 6 of TAMG, tech entrepreneur Amrita Chowdhury and her son Shoumik, a student and researcher in quantum computing, talk about the opportunities around cutting-edge tech, and how to spark and consolidate interest in these areas among the young
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WFH Daily #161: For extreme productivity, take a nap
August 31, 2020: Robert C Pozen on naps; Haresh Chawla on the race to build a desi Super App; Nicholas Thompson on why runners have limits; Safe spaces
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·Technology & the Future
The race to build a ‘desi’ Super App
Last week, the Tatas announced their plans to launch a Super App. A whole bunch of global tech giants like Google, WhatsApp and Amazon and a behemoth like Reliance Jio are preparing to jump into the fray in India. And cement their dominance of a trillion dollar digital economy
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Haresh Chawla
Investor | Entrepreneur
·Work, Careers & Personal Mastery
WFH Daily #160: Sturgeon’s Law & FF Recommends How to Travel
August 30, 2020: FF Recommends: How to Travel; Sunday Twitter Conversation: Travel Tips; Daniel Dennett on Where to Invest Time; How Kids View Parents
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·Economy, Policy & Society
WFH Daily #159: The idea of beauty
August 29, 2020: Artist Shakti Maira on beauty; Ground Realities: The new labour hubs; How indigenous tech can make cities smart; The sunny side
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·Economy, Policy & Society
So, who or what is mofussil?
India’s small towns move beyond the Bunty-Babli stereotype as they emerge as new labour hubs in the post-Covid world
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Piyul Mukherjee
Co-Founder | Quipper Research Private Limited
·Leadership & Organisation
WFH Daily #158: Skills to thrive in tomorrow’s organisations
August 28, 2020: Martin Bjergegaard on an organisation’s culture; Karim Lakhani on why you need to understand new tech skills such as statistics, programming and machine learning; Asana’s Dustin Moskovitz on getting the culture right
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WFH Daily #157: The bias in media
August 27, 2020: Seth Stephens-Davidowitz on how we consume news; Why we need a better understanding of coronavirus; Listen with your eyes; What floppy disks can say about your age
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WFH Daily #156: The ability to tap tacit knowledge
August 26, 2020: Russell Ackoff on problem solving; TAMG Episode 5—Vijay & Shravan Bhat talk money; A leap into quantum computing; The burden of power
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·Technology & the Future
Luminar IPO & Spacs, Tatas super app, and GM mosquitoes
This Week in Disruptive Tech | August 26, 2020: A roundup of news and perspectives on how technology is shaping the future, here in India and across the world
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N S Ramnath
Senior Editor | Founding Fuel
·Work, Careers & Personal Mastery
My leap into quantum computing
Shoumik is building a career in deep tech. He shares what prompted him to jump into quantum computing, a hot space in frontier science. And whether the big bets by the tech giants and cutting-edge startups in the Valley will pay off. Resilience is often an underrated, yet critical aspect of any career in tech, says his mom and deep tech entrepreneur, Amrita Chowdhury, drawing on her Valley experience in the 90s
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Shoumik Chowdhury
Final-year undergraduate | Yale University