Discover what's capturing attention across the Founding Fuel network this week.
Merely copying an idea will not solve a problem. Like product innovators, policy innovators too have to keep the users and their environment in mind
Founding Fuel
Two factors are causing a rethink on value systems: environmental degradation and shifts in political power that reflect the voice of the disenfranchised. This new thinking will have to come from new coalitions of social thinkers, practitioners, academics, politicians and corporates
Ajit Rangnekar
Director General of Research and Innovation Circle of Hyderabad, Telangana Government
Today, the country’s focus is on exploiting the benefits of economic modernisation to redefine the goals of society in three critical areas: environmental regulation, technological innovation, and corporate social responsibility. Insights from a week-long immersion
G Venkat Raman
Professor, Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Management, Indore
For ground-breaking innovation, keep the user at the centre, and get a good cultural understanding of the actual place where your product will be used
Founding Fuel
Healthcare in India urgently needs locally appropriate but systemically consistent solutions. There’s much to learn from how other countries and sectors have gone about it
Nachiket Mor
Economist
Challenges such as garbage collection are universal, yet deeply local to each city. And they are the result of many aspects of the city system being broken. A systems approach, adapted to the local context, can help find unique solutions
Swati Ramanathan
Co-founder, Jana Group
In another two decades, India will have a sizeable population of older consumers. Yet, tech innovation ignores them
Founding Fuel
September 15, 2019: A roundup of news and perspectives on disruptive technology from around the world. In this issue: MIT & Epstein; genetically modified mosquitoes; cure for AIDS; man-machine interface, and Big Tech in elections
N S Ramnath
Senior Editor, Founding Fuel
As the noise gets louder, curators double down on their efforts to focus on the essentials
Founding Fuel
September 8, 2019: A roundup of news and perspectives on disruptive technology from around the world. In this issue: Chandrayaan 2, Jio’s business plan, deepfakes, artificial intelligence, and the problem with Big Data
N S Ramnath
Senior Editor, Founding Fuel
Insights from Jim Clifton and Jim Harter’s book ‘It’s the Manager’. The book is based on the largest global study by Gallup on the future of work
Author
Elena L. Botelho, bestselling author of ‘The CEO Next Door’ and partner at leadership advisory firm ghSMART, explains why most people misunderstand what it takes to get the corner office
CKGSB Knowledge
Knowledge Partner
It requires sustained effort to move innovation from a poster on the wall to conversation and action in the hall
Founding Fuel
Ecosystems have consumers with problems, authorities seeking to facilitate resolutions, and entrepreneurs who see growth in attempting to resolve it. An interview with Anand Deshpande and Amit Ranjan
Charles Assisi
Co-founder and Director, Founding Fuel
August 30, 2019: A roundup of news and perspectives on disruptive technology from around the world. In this issue: Aadhaar-based eKYC, facial recognition, intuition and rationality, US-China tech war, and platform responsibility
N S Ramnath
Senior Editor, Founding Fuel
