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A new lens on leadership
·Leadership & Organisation

A new lens on leadership

Your leadership calls, and how you interpret opportunities and threats, are influenced by your lenses, which are unique and personal to you

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K Ramkumar

K Ramkumar

Founder and CEO | Leadership Centre

A new manifesto for Indian entrepreneurship
·Entrepreneurship, Startups & Innovation

A new manifesto for Indian entrepreneurship

A special Independence Day conversation with Arun Maira, Sundeep Waslekar and Nachiket Mor on what it might take to build a world that works for everyone—and how entrepreneurship can play its part in that transformation

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Who are our heroes and role models?
·Economy, Policy & Society

Who are our heroes and role models?

Having the right role models is critical to nudging us in the right direction. India needs to look beyond film stars, cricketers and politicians

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Rishikesha T Krishnan

Rishikesha T Krishnan

Former Director, IIMB | Professor of Strategy

How TVF took the digital jungle by storm
·Entrepreneurship, Startups & Innovation

How TVF took the digital jungle by storm

In this video, Arunabh Kumar, founder of The Viral Fever, talks about what helps them stand out. In a word, content

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The Uber-Didi deal is more about China than about Uber and Didi
·Economy, Policy & Society

The Uber-Didi deal is more about China than about Uber and Didi

The Chinese have done it again. With the Uber-Didi deal, they have shown the world how to carve out a near monopoly in urban transportation that’s also highly regulated and hugely competitive

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Haresh Chawla

Haresh Chawla

Investor | Entrepreneur

How to be insanely more productive
·Work, Careers & Personal Mastery

How to be insanely more productive

People like me think ourselves meticulously organised. But sometimes the best laid plans go to waste. How does it happen?

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Charles Assisi

Charles Assisi

Co-founder and Director | Founding Fuel

Aadhaar 2.0
·Economy, Policy & Society

Aadhaar 2.0

In this podcast Nandan Nilekani and the key people behind Aadhaar talk about what it took to create such a massive programme, what comes next, and the insights it can offer on executing a large, complex project

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What the world of tomorrow might look like
·Technology & the Future

What the world of tomorrow might look like

Curated tweets from the WorldFuture 2016 conference held in Washington DC from July 22 to 24, 2016

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Kavi Arasu

Kavi Arasu

Leadership and Talent Development Professional

Why e-commerce consolidation is no panacea
·Business & Strategy

Why e-commerce consolidation is no panacea

The euphoria around Flipkart’s recent acquisition of Jabong may be a tad misplaced. After all, there are far bigger competitive issues at stake that could define the next phase of growth of Indian e-commerce

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Haresh Chawla

Haresh Chawla

Investor | Entrepreneur

Listening to them—and shaping our future together
·Economy, Policy & Society

Listening to them—and shaping our future together

For India to progress faster to fulfil the needs of its citizens, Indians must overcome internal differences. They must discover the highest common factors in their multiple perspectives and aspirations; and listen to each other deeply to understand who ‘we’ are, and to shape ‘our’ future together

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Arun Maira

Arun Maira

Former Chairman, BCG India | Member, Planning Commission

The science of improving your work life
·Work, Careers & Personal Mastery

The science of improving your work life

Caroline Webb, author of ‘How to Have a Good Day’ and chief executive of Sevenshift, on what you can do to have a more fulfilling work life

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CKGSB  Knowledge

CKGSB Knowledge

Knowledge Partner

The business elite’s moment of reckoning
·Economy, Policy & Society

The business elite’s moment of reckoning

Our business elite need to actively engage in a wider conversation about a new India. Instead of merely obsessing about GDP growth, business leaders need to speak out openly about our lopsided economic model

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Indrajit Gupta

Indrajit Gupta

Co-founder and Director | Founding Fuel

In conversation with Vinay Sitapati
·Leadership & Organisation

In conversation with Vinay Sitapati

The author of ‘Half Lion’ highlights some little known facets of former Prime Minister PV Narasimha Rao’s life, and leadership lessons from how a man without much of a mandate brought in profound transformations

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