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Dec 31, 2017·Technology & the Future

The best of ’17

This week: Making sense of technology, innovating for India, and our best stories in 2017

Founding Fuel

Dec 30, 2017·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

Indrajit Gupta

Co-founder and Director | Founding Fuel

Dec 24, 2017·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’

D Shivakumar

Operating Partner | Advent International

Dec 23, 2017·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

CKGSB Knowledge

Knowledge Partner

Dec 17, 2017·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

Founding Fuel

Dec 17, 2017·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?

Charles Assisi

Co-founder and Director | Founding Fuel

Dec 16, 2017·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

Indrajit Gupta

Co-founder and Director | Founding Fuel

Dec 11, 2017·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

Founding Fuel

Dec 11, 2017·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

N S Ramnath

Senior Editor | Founding Fuel

Dec 11, 2017·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

Amrita Chowdhury

Director | Gaia Smart Cities

Dec 10, 2017·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

Charles Assisi

Co-founder and Director | Founding Fuel

Dec 7, 2017·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

D Shivakumar

Operating Partner | Advent International