The Gig Economy
From the ingenious and the enterprising to the borderline weird, people are clambering on to platforms like Fiverr to live a life of their choosing
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6 life lessons I learnt from the racing track
On track or in organizations, competition is the essential friction that brings forth progress and performance
The Gist
What leaders can do to become effective coaches for their teams
Business leaders are also expected to be effective coaches. Here's what they can learn from executive and life coach Keith Nelson's book, Your Total Coach
Dispatches from China
Baidu Waimai is finding its way into customers' hearts through their stomachs
Food delivery services like Baidu Waimai have found an opportunity in helping people try out new restaurants and restaurants expand their customer base
New Rules of Business
Disrupt or destroy your own business to make it stronger
With this strategy, Amazon came up with Kindle and Netflix moved to streaming films and TV shows online
Why you need to have a chief innovation officer
How Tata group's R. Gopalakrishnan, Cognizant's Sukumar Rajagopal, Titan's LR Natarajan and BMC Software's Suhas Kelkar built an ecosystem for innovation
Strategic Intent
Why Reliance is struggling to launch its 4G service
Reliance's famed project management skills are being severely tested as its strains every sinew to roll out its mammoth broadband wireless network. At its core, questions are being raised about its centralised organisational model for managing its new ventures
What you can learn about high-tech innovation from Polaroid
The ability to frame a problem, a relentless striving for a better solution, and careful patenting are some of the lessons
New Rules of Business
How giving your business a new twist can unlock growth
Wikipedia and YouTube are two examples of businesses that tweaked their initial strategy and found exponential growth
Letter from the Silicon Valley
What start-ups ought to do now
The most successful companies in recent times are those that have incorporated Design Thinking into their DNA
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