·Economy, Policy & Society
Conversations in a post-truth world
With the internet and social media, data is available aplenty. Wisdom, unfortunately, is in short supply
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Trending
Discover what's capturing attention across the Founding Fuel network this week.
·Work, Careers & Personal Mastery
Being indistractable: Masterclass with Nir Eyal
Why do we get distracted and what can we do about it? A learning session on how to get your jobs done and lead a life that’s true to your values
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·Leadership & Organisation
Ten best business books of 2019
What Uber, Netflix and Walt Disney Company show us about thriving in a tech world; leadership skills for sustainable success; and how human behaviour shapes decisions
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D Shivakumar
Operating Partner, Advent International
·Work, Careers & Personal Mastery
How to read like Bill Gates
Gates reads 50 books a year. How does he process all this information?
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Founding Fuel
·Work, Careers & Personal Mastery
Eating our own dog food
What the team is learning from our masterclasses—it’s work in progress
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·Business & Strategy
Understanding platform power—disruption or destruction?
Platforms. data, analytics are not going to go away. The good news for incumbents: they do have strengths they can play to. The bad news: They will need a different mindset and rethink customer experience
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·Business & Strategy
Masters of the universe
The online-offline battle isn’t over. Traditional retailers have been upping the game through creative promotions, spreading the sale period over a longer time period and embracing online
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·Business & Strategy
How platforms really work: A reading list
A curated list of articles, videos and a podcast
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N S Ramnath
Senior Editor, Founding Fuel
·Business & Strategy
The difficulty of cross-selling
How far can businesses push the power of platforms to sell new types of products? The past week offered some interesting pointers
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N S Ramnath
Senior Editor, Founding Fuel
·Economy, Policy & Society
Making sense of the New Capitalists
Your smartphone is the gateway for platform businesses to drive their hooks deep into your psyche and pockets, edge out traditional businesses, and reset markets. In doing so, they are becoming monopolies, the likes of which we’ve never seen before. What is fair play in this new world?
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Haresh Chawla
Investor, Entrepreneur
·Work, Careers & Personal Mastery
Failure, feedback loops and learning
The do-learn-do mantra to learn continually
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·Business & Strategy
How platforms really work: A week-long interactive immersion
November 25-29: A special week of learning on the Future of Platforms for the Founding Fuel community
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·Leadership & Organisation
Play to your strengths
Change requires the right mindset and organisational practices
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·Technology & the Future
Bias in algorithms, patients' data and zombie capital
November 17, 2019: A roundup of news and perspective on disruptive technology. In this issue: Apple Card and bias, Google and health data, and do VCs matter
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N S Ramnath
Senior Editor, Founding Fuel
·Leadership & Organisation
The insider with an outside in view
Should I continue as a full-time consultant to the chief transformation officer in my firm? Or am I better off moving to a part-time consulting role, take on other clients, and acquire a more diverse experience?
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C S Swaminathan
Co-founder and Director, Founding Fuel