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Stay learning. Stay in charge
Companies struggle to manage the present and also remain relevant in the future. There’s a way to fix that. And it starts with a new approach to learning
Category : strategy-and-innovation
A tryst with insanity, encephalitis and apathy
Much is being reported about an epidemic. Some say it is par for course in a country as large as India. But how would they cope if it drove them into madness? A first-person account
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Gorakhpur tragedy: Why we haven’t been able to win the war against mosquitos
The public debate around the recent tragedy has been far too simplistic. The fact is that India hasn’t been able to root out vector-borne diseases for centuries. And simply blaming the government of the day won’t cut ice
The culture that led to Isro’s world class capabilities
Isro’s achievements in earth observation are one outcome of this culture of working without silos
Two questions that led to an innovative device to prevent blindness
Who is my product for? What is my real goal? A relentless focus on these two questions allowed Forus Health to develop a low-cost, sturdy device to detect preventable blindness. This extract from Soum Paul’s book ‘Flight of the Unicorns’ tells the founders’ story
Life is unfair. Deal with it
History repeats itself and biology insists humans reproduce (or innovate). Else, death is inevitable. It is in an entrepreneur’s interest to study both themes closely
Battles in The Age of Engagement
The tech giants are rewriting the rules of how business empires are built. How deeply they can engage the millions on their network is the key to the kingdom. No business, including their own, is invulnerable. The concluding part in a two-part series
Behind the global tech investing tsunami
The gold rush in technology investing changed the way firms are valued and built. Those predicting its premature demise are likely to be proven wrong. If anything, the pace at which these firms will change the landscape around us is set to accelerate
The march of China’s ‘glocalised’ brands
Doreen Wang, global head of BrandZ Millward Brown, on whether China can move beyond its cheap reputation
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Why we fail at execution
Lack of alignment can trip up even the most well-intentioned change process. Here’s what you can do to fix it.
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