·Technology & the Future
The best of ’17
This week: Making sense of technology, innovating for India, and our best stories in 2017
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·Entrepreneurship, Startups & Innovation
How to innovate for India
Entrepreneurial leaders like Medtronic Labs’ Omar Ishrak and Khan Academy’s Salman Khan are showing how low-cost, disruptive, local solutions can open up new opportunities in emerging markets
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Indrajit Gupta
Co-founder and Director | Founding Fuel
·Technology & the Future
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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·Artificial Intelligence
What AI can show us about what it means to be human
Brian Christian, author of ‘The Most Human Human’ and ‘Algorithms to Live By’, discusses the gaps and overlaps between humans and machines
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·Entrepreneurship, Startups & Innovation
Know when to step off the accelerator
This Week: Why not to pursue every new idea, perfection vs getting stuff done, bringing business education closer to practice, and more
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·Leadership & Organisation
Why GyShiDo trumps perfection and leaders eat first
As popular notions go, the sky is not always blue, one must aim for perfection, there are many bad people and leaders eat last. Seriously?
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Charles Assisi
Co-founder and Director | Founding Fuel
·Business & Strategy
Bridging the gap between academia and practice
Academic research in management needs to be more useful and relevant. But any intent to influence practice won’t happen, unless researchers learn to step out of their comfort zone and engage with the real world
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Indrajit Gupta
Co-founder and Director | Founding Fuel
·Economy, Policy & Society
Models, tech platforms and the hope for a better future
This Week: How civic tech can help Swachh Bharat, Aadhaar and digital platforms for development, and the importance of celebrating failures
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·Economy, Policy & Society
When a tech idea goes into a government office
Aadhaar was designed as an enabler, a utility. That is its strength, and its weakness
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N S Ramnath
Senior Editor | Founding Fuel
·Economy, Policy & Society
A civic tech approach to Swachh Bharat
Monitoring performance and impact is key to the success of the Swachh Bharat Mission. And that’s where technology can make a big difference
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Amrita Chowdhury
Director | Gaia Smart Cities
·Economy, Policy & Society
Aadhaar and we the people of India
Much is being said about Aadhaar being a vicious project and one that tramples on Indian citizens. But is that the complete truth? It is a story about India that is being reported abysmally
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Charles Assisi
Co-founder and Director | Founding Fuel
·Entrepreneurship, Startups & Innovation
Celebrate authentic failures
In his new book ‘A Biography of Innovations’ R Gopalakrishnan, former Tata Sons executive director, talks about learning from mistakes and the importance of intellectual curiosity, collective ingenuity and storytelling
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·Entrepreneurship, Startups & Innovation
Being creative is hard work
This Week: How to create a great single brand for customers and employees, creativity vs imagination, and more
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·Leadership & Organisation
The power of eight employee experiences
And take a one question diagnostic on how you fare in delivering them
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Hari Abburi
Global HR Executive
·Work, Careers & Personal Mastery
Think being an ideas junkie makes you creative? Think again
There is no clinical evidence to prove this, but my brain fell in love with ideas and got close to that of a cocaine addict
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Charles Assisi
Co-founder and Director | Founding Fuel