·High Performance Individuals and Teams
The Art of Public Speaking
Insights from the book ‘Say It Well’ by Terry Szuplat, Barack Obama’s speechwriter
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D Shivakumar
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·Corporate Strategy
The Power of Like
Insights from Martin Reeves and Bob Goodson’s new book, ‘Like’
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D Shivakumar
Operating Partner | Advent International
·Leadership Practice and Development
Character is about who we choose to be
Insights from General Stanley McChrystal’s new book ‘On Character: Choices That Define a Life’. The book is in Shivakumar’s list of best books of summer 2025
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D Shivakumar
Operating Partner | Advent International
·Strategic Affairs & Geopolitics
The global trends to watch in 2025
Insights from The Economist’s report ‘The World Ahead 2025’
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D Shivakumar
Operating Partner | Advent International
·Development & State Capacity
The new business theme: Love the product, hate the producer
Insights from economist John Kay’s new book ‘The Corporation in the 21st Century’
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D Shivakumar
Operating Partner | Advent International
·Digital transformation
The Age of Information
Insights from Yuval Noah Harari’s book ‘Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI’
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D Shivakumar
Operating Partner | Advent International
·Transition Journeys
How to reinvent your career
Insights from Herminia Ibarra’s book, ‘working Identity’
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D Shivakumar
Operating Partner | Advent International
·High Performance Individuals and Teams
The principles of excellence
Insights from sportswriter Sally Jenkins’ book ‘The Right Call: What Sports Teach Us About Work and Life’
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D Shivakumar
Operating Partner | Advent International
·High Performance Individuals and Teams
Why being process-driven trumps being results-oriented
Insights on high-performance, distilled from Dr Dana Sinclair’s latest book
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D Shivakumar
Operating Partner | Advent International
·Founder Journeys
The risk taker
What makes Elon Musk tick? Insights from the biography by Walter Isaacson
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D Shivakumar
Operating Partner | Advent International
·Leadership Practice and Development
‘A leader’s role is to shape the decades ahead, not just react to the present’
Insights from Indra Nooyi’s memoir ‘My Life in Full’, on leadership in a world “where authority and brilliance, to many people, still look like an older gentleman”
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D Shivakumar
Operating Partner | Advent International
·Development & State Capacity
A little joy, a tinge of hope
People are reclaiming little bits of their daily life. And life is stirring back to normal
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Sarthak Banerjee
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·Behavioural Science, Mental Models and Decision Making
‘Trust is not a matter of morality, but of predictability’
Predicting behaviour isn’t rocket science, say Robin Dreeke and Cameron Stauth in their book, ‘Sizing People Up’. It is a social science, and requires you to apply the right equation of logic, strategy, scepticism, observational skills, and the ability to accept unwelcome truths
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D Shivakumar
Operating Partner | Advent International
·Transition Journeys
How to live better into old age
In their book ‘The New Long Life’, Andrew Scott and Lynda Gratton say, as individuals and as a society, we need to reimagine work, career, learning and relationships, among other things. And both the young and the old will need to share the burden and opportunities of longer lives
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D Shivakumar
Operating Partner | Advent International
·Corporate Strategy
Anticipating inflection points
Insights from Columbia Business School professor Rita McGrath’s book ‘Seeing Around Corners: How to Spot Inflection Points in Business Before They Happen’
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D Shivakumar
Operating Partner | Advent International
·Strategic Affairs & Geopolitics
The global trends to watch in 2020
Insights from The Economist’s report ‘The World in 2020’
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D Shivakumar
Operating Partner | Advent International
·High Performance Individuals and Teams
Becoming indistractable
Nir Eyal wrote the definitive book on how to design tech products that will get people hooked. His latest book ‘Indistractable’ has advice on how to avoid digital distractions and hold our own in this war for our attention. Some insights from the book
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D Shivakumar
Operating Partner | Advent International
·Leadership Coaching and Mentoring
Bosses need to be coaches in the new workplace
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
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D Shivakumar
Operating Partner | Advent International
·Leadership Coaching and Mentoring
‘The power of coaching is to offer a different perspective’
Google’s Eric Schmidt, Jonathan Rosenberg and Alan Eagle share what they learnt from their mentor, legendary coach Bill Campbell, in their book ‘Trillion Dollar Coach’
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D Shivakumar
Operating Partner | Advent International
·Platforms & Data Economy
Robo-taxis, privacy committees and wearables to augment intelligence
May 04, 2019: A roundup of news and perspectives on disruptive technology from around the world. In this issue: Tesla’s robo-taxi networks, Facebook’s privacy positions, Microsoft’s Blockchain partnership, wearables, carbon sucking plants and more
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N S Ramnath
Senior Editor | Founding Fuel
·Platforms & Data Economy
The future of food, social media platforms and facial recognition
April 27, 2019: A roundup of news and perspectives on disruptive technology from around the world. In this issue: Sri Lanka’s social media ban, Beyond Meat IPO, facial recognition, employee activism, robot rights and more
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N S Ramnath
Senior Editor | Founding Fuel
·Deep Tech & Frontier Science
Bias, fixing brains, and the difficulty of regulating tech
April 20, 2019: A roundup of news and perspective on disruptive technology from around the world. In this issue: Regulatory sandboxes; brain implants and genetic engineering; and AI bias
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N S Ramnath
Senior Editor | Founding Fuel
·Deep Tech & Frontier Science
Exploring black holes, space, and mapping Earth
April 14, 2019: A roundup of news and perspective on disruptive technology. In this issue: the science behind the black hole photo; how Facebook is mapping Earth; private rocket science; data and privacy; the future of jobs; and EVs path to profitability
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N S Ramnath
Senior Editor | Founding Fuel
·Deep Tech & Frontier Science
The bias in technology
April 06, 2019: A roundup of news and perspective on disruptive technology. In this issue: Tech’s complicated relationship with government; robots, drones and anti-drones; and environmentally cool food
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N S Ramnath
Senior Editor | Founding Fuel
·Leadership Practice and Development
Forging strong, compassionate leaders
In their book, ‘Character Carved in Stone’, Pat Williams and Jim Denney talk about the values the United States Military Academy at West Point cultivates to make strong leaders
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D Shivakumar
Operating Partner | Advent International
·Regulation & Institutions
The curious case of Section 57
Is there any scope for businesses to use Aadhaar authentication for ease of business and to provide innovative services? The Supreme Court ruling on the Aadhaar Act has left more questions than answers
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N S Ramnath
Senior Editor | Founding Fuel
·People and Organisation
Talent drives strategy in the digital era. Is HR ready?
Today business strategy means sensing new opportunities, and people are the key to creating value. So how do you approach human capital in this new era? Corporate guru Ram Charan, McKinsey’s Dominic Barton and Korn Ferry’s Dennis Carey explore in their book ‘Talent Wins’
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D Shivakumar
Operating Partner | Advent International
·Venture Ecosystem
Agile start-ups, large firms and a jugalbandi for innovation
When the agility of start-ups is combined with the scale of a corporation, great things can happen. Snapshots from the SJPIMR Business – Academia Conclave 2018, hosted by SPJIMR in partnership with Founding Fuel
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·Strategic Affairs & Geopolitics
The trends to watch in 2018
Insights into the forces that will shape the world, from The Economist report, ‘The World in 2018’
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D Shivakumar
Operating Partner | Advent International
·Deep Tech & Frontier Science
Disruptive tech: There’s hope for the future. But fear too
We are facing an avalanche of disruptive technologies. But adapting to change will not be easy. Sometimes it will even seem traumatic. Some insights from Vivek Wadhwa with Alex Salkever's book ‘The Driver in the Driverless Car’
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D Shivakumar
Operating Partner | Advent International