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As work becomes less visible, the systems used to measure it are starting to fail—and expose what they were really rewarding
Kavi Arasu
Leadership and Talent Development Professional
As the UAE exits OPEC, long-simmering economic and strategic divergences with Saudi Arabia begin to reshape Gulf politics and energy markets
Vivek Y. Kelkar
Researcher, Analyst & Columnist on Geo-economics, Geopolitics and Sustainability
India is investing billions in battery manufacturing. But without the capital to fund indigenous technology, the intelligence inside those factories may continue to be imported.
Bharti Krishnan & Mridu Jhangiani
What looks like motivation—war footage, heroic narratives, calls to crush the competition—is often something else entirely: a system of thinking that rewires how organisations see markets, customers, and themselves
Kavi Arasu
Leadership and Talent Development Professional
As human and machine learning begin to intersect, work is no longer shaped by a single reinforcement loop, but by the interaction of fundamentally different ones. Part 2 of an ongoing series on the Future of Work and Agentic AI.
Arjo Basu & Debleena Majumdar
The media industry is confronting a stark new reality: survival in the AI era means abandoning the cybersecurity arms race and pricing content for machines instead of humans
Founding Fuel
Six capabilities leaders need as AI enters everyday work
Shrinath V
Founder, The Salient Advisory | Product & AI Strategy Advisor
From the Gulf to global markets, events appear to move toward rupture and then stop short. The reason lies not in restraint, but in the invisible architecture of the system itself.
Debajit Ghosh
Author
G Venkat Raman
Professor, Humanities and Social Sciences | Indian Institute of Management, Indore
On how India built its education system faster than it built the economy to absorb it
Haresh Chawla
Investor | Entrepreneur
As AI-assisted coding accelerates software development, enterprises face a new challenge: ensuring governance, accountability, and safety keep pace with machine-speed innovation
Chirantan Ghosh
Seasoned technologist | Growth architect and business leader
Why India’s systems keep interrupting its own momentum
Ajay Chacko
Director | Keya Foods International
One month in, the limits of conventional military power are being laid bare. As a “dual chokehold” on global energy flows emerges, the old security umbrella of the Gulf states is being dismantled. It is forcing a permanent re-pricing of both regional and global risk.
Vivek Y. Kelkar
Researcher, Analyst & Columnist on Geo-economics, Geopolitics and Sustainability
Why the Gulf crisis may be India’s moment for the next phase of reform
Haresh Chawla
Investor | Entrepreneur
As AI agents embed intelligence into systems, the real shift is not automation—but how knowledge is owned, shared, and scaled across organisations
Arjo Basu & Debleena Majumdar
