·Corporate Strategy
A Merger Is Not an Idea
Why the Omnicom - Interpublic deal reveals a deeper failure of imagination in advertising
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·Family Business & Inter-generational transitions
Inside Chennai’s Enduring Enterprises
A field report on family ownership, continuity, and the craft of building for the long term
·Corporate Strategy
Why Emotions Are First Principles in Product Strategy
Products succeed when they answer what people feel, not just what they need
·Conscious Capitalism and Ethical Business
How Community, Not Competition, Can Renew Capitalism
The real job of management is managing the not always compatible expectations of stakeholders, says John Kay. The organizations that have been successful in the long run are the ones that managed these balances. Part 2 of a two-part conversation
·Corporate Strategy
Book Extract: From customer journeys to integrated experiences
A brand’s attempt at relevance and how AI worked for it. An extract from Sangeet Paul Choudary’s new book, “Reshuffle”
·Corporate Strategy
Power shifts and algorithms
Sangeet Paul Choudary in conversation with Shrinath V on how AI is changing business strategy. Part one of the two-part podcast: “The Next Game: Competing When AI Changes the Rules.”
·Corporate Strategy
Where to Play and How to Win in the AI Era
Sangeet Paul Choudary, author of ‘Reshuffle’, in conversation with Shrinath V. The final in a 2-part podcast: ‘The Next Game: Competing When AI Changes the Rules’
·Corporate Strategy
John Kay on Purpose, Profit—and the Perils of Thinking Like a Hare
In conversation with D Shivakumar, the acclaimed economist revisits the soul of business—from Boeing’s fall to Apple's hollow shell—and what real strategy should look like
·Corporate Strategy
My top ten business books of 2024
The best books of the year on how the past informs the future, tackling tough situations, and technology
·Corporate Strategy
Tech Titans and Billion Dollar Bets
SoftBank insider Alok Sama talks about the mind of the investment company’s iconic founder Masayoshi Son, how venture capital operates, the tech bros, India’s true potential, and more
·Corporate Strategy
Just Do It, Again
Iconic brands have a strong core. Any attempt to transform the core, driven by big consumer and lifestyle changes, can be particularly tricky, as global sportswear brand Nike discovered recently
·Corporate Strategy
Heatwave, Flood & Water Stress: India Inc’s Tryst with Extreme Weather Patterns
Why businesses need a holistic climate action plan. Now!
·Corporate Strategy
Hybrids in an EV era
Propelled by the Toyota and Suzuki partnership, the resurgence of hybrids is a signal that the electric mobility revolution in India may take a lot longer than was assumed
·Corporate Strategy
Paytm: Emperor’s new clothes
At the heart of the fintech major’s precarious slide lies the abject failure of its Super App strategy. But that’s just one part of the story.
·Boards, Governance and Ethical Leadership
Creative marketing in the digital age: How far is too far?
Marketing lessons from the Poonam Pandey episode
·Corporate Strategy
Eight best business books of 2023
An annual round up of the most memorable books of the year
·Corporate Strategy
Noel Tata’s brahmastra
His value lifestyle brand Zudio has caught the attention of the entire retail industry. It also signals a coming of age of retail in small town India
·Corporate Strategy
Fintech Special Report Part 1: Indian fintech at a crossroad
The outlook for fintech companies has shifted from unchecked optimism to uncertainty. The rose-tinted glasses are off and some of the well-funded companies are pivoting. Their future will depend on their ability to look beyond technology as the panacea. Part 1 of a 4-part series
·Corporate Strategy
Fintech Special Report Part 2: From competition to collaboration
The ground reality has changed. Fintechs are realising that partnerships and ecosystem thinking are key to winning the market, not competing with the incumbents. Part 2 of a 4-part series
·Corporate Strategy
12 Deadly Sins That Bedevil Incumbents
Here’s a pattern that I’ve observed throughout my career: incumbents mostly lose; they somehow survive but don’t thrive. An incumbent growing faster than the market over a decade is more an exception, rather than the rule.
·Business Model Innovation
How does a firm develop a business model with sustainability at its core?
Book Review: ‘Sustainable Business Model Design - 45 Patterns’ by Florian Ludeke-Freund, Henning Breuer, and Lorenzo Massa
·Corporate Strategy
FF Insights #698: A car that would open up mobility
July 20, 2022: Parle-G versus Udaan; Elon Musk’s madness; Summer explained
·Corporate Strategy
FF Insights #697: Betting against conventional wisdom
July 19, 2022: NSE’s old war horse; Age is just a number; Exponential thinking
·Corporate Strategy
FF Insights #691: Figuring out selling
July 11, 2022: The superapp fascination; Abe: The original democrat; Critics and artists
·Corporate Strategy
FF Insights #684: The enemy of creativity
June 30, 2022: Business and science; Managing Twitter; Cryptic clues
·Corporate Strategy
FF Insights #677: Go directly to the source
June 21, 2022: The Sridhar Vembu story; Musk on Twitter; Confusion compounded
·Corporate Strategy
The hare and the tortoise
The R K Swamy Hansa group remains the last man standing, even as almost all the large homegrown advertising-led groups have thrown in the towel. How did the Swamy brothers, Srinivasan and Shekar, pull it off?
·Corporate Strategy
Building Back Better: Lessons from Zoho's founder
Sridhar Vembu and Sharad Sharma talk about creating resilient, uniquely Indian companies; questioning buzzwords and received wisdom; investing in deep tech; and more
·Corporate Strategy
FF Insights #632: The happiness paradox
April 18, 2022: What’s new about Tata Neu?; What’s Elon Musk up against?; Mad at aggregators?
·Corporate Strategy
FF Insights #630: Design for the extremes
April 13, 2022: Teenage sadness; On Sevantibhai of Kolkata; No country for foodies
·Corporate Strategy
Making Sense of the 10-minute delivery phenomenon
Hari Menon, co-founder & CEO, BigBasket, deconstructs e-commerce’s latest obsession with superfast delivery
·Business Model Innovation
Tata Neu: Stripping the hype
Is it even a super app? Or a coalition loyalty programme? A loyalty business veteran dissects the challenges and complexities the Tatas—and customers—will have to grapple with
·Corporate Strategy
FF Insights #625: The pattern of truth
April 6, 2022: The evolution of Tata’s super app; The solo capitalist ecosystem; Two factor authentication
·Corporate Strategy
FF Insights #600: Learning organisations
March 1, 2022: A Third World Axis?; How 10-minute deliveries work; Theory of relativity
·Business Model Innovation
FF Insights #569: Unbundle the media business model
January 17, 2022: Decoding Omicron; The Turing trap; The problem with masses
·Corporate Strategy
FF Daily #547: Success can’t be taken for granted
December 13, 2021: Be customer-obsessed; How to communicate during the pandemic; Why map is not the territory
·Corporate Strategy
FF Daily #525: Great businesses have a point of view
November 17, 2021: How Indian innovation changed over the last two decades; Death by meetings; Delhi Confidential
·Business Model Innovation
Behind Infosys’ struggles to deliver the income tax project
Why did the IT major mess up the high-profile government project? No one quite knows the answer. The clues, however, lie in the inherent difficulties in executing tech projects for the government
·Corporate Strategy
FF Daily #412: Why some firms don’t make the leap despite advantages
July 1, 2021: A policy window to make healthcare efficient; How Moderna works; Be mindful
·Corporate Strategy
FF Daily #404: When your company is like a city or a nation
June 22, 2021: Reid Hoffman and Chris Yeh on blitzscaling; India’s vaccine barons; The poaching wave; The disciple
·Corporate Strategy
FF Daily #367: The illusion of understanding
May 7, 2021: The business of ‘sterile’ test swab sticks; Toyota revisits Just in Time; Music for the day: Ode to Joy
·Business Model Innovation
What the media won’t tell you about the media
EY’s recent report on media and entertainment calls it an industry under renovation. What is changing? How should those in the business look at reinventing the business model? Veterans from the industry discuss the lay of the land
·Business Model Innovation
FF Daily #349: A history of missed calls
April 16, 2021: The subconscious brain’s biases; How to solve problems by cutting down, rather than adding up; Mark Zuckerberg on WhatsApp
·Corporate Strategy
Why only three companies will dominate global markets
Jagdish Sheth, Rajendra Sisodia and Can Uslay talk about their latest book ‘The Global Rule of Three: Competing with a Conscious Strategy’
·Corporate Strategy
FF Daily #299: Survival of the friendliest
February 15, 2021: How Clubhouse keeps users engaged; Ray Dalio on Bitcoin; What kind of a human are you?
·Corporate Strategy
FF Daily #266: There’s reason to be optimistic
January 6, 2021: The coming consolidation in retail; How to conduct better meetings; Tea art of remembering
·Business Model Innovation
FF Daily #250: How to build a digital business
December 9, 2020: A slice of history; Building new businesses in the new scheme of things; Learnings from 2020; Who wants a vaccine?
·Conscious Capitalism and Ethical Business
FF Daily #217: The ladder of business responsibility
October 30, 2020: The Endowment Effect; How to make boring interesting; When pandemic demolishes your USP
·Corporate Strategy
Survive, revive, thrive: Pathway to business recovery
How can businesses claw their way back, past survival and into growth? They’ll need to conserve cash, clean up their governance so that banks will not hesitate to lend, and embrace digital transformation. Highlights from a panel discussion organised by Ficci Flo