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Visual stories and presentations. Explore our curated books on business, leadership, and innovation in an engaging format.

Lee Kuan Yew: A leadership style that got results
·Leadership Practice and Development

Lee Kuan Yew: A leadership style that got results

Lee turned Singapore into a prosperous, developed nation in one generation. On his first death anniversary, a glimpse into his thoughts on leadership and governance

Managing the matrix: How to cope with ambiguity and change
·Leadership Practice and Development

Managing the matrix: How to cope with ambiguity and change

A matrix organization is more flexible and better able to respond to dynamic situations. But working in a matrix requires a different set of skills than in hierarchical structures. Insights from Kevan Hall’s book ‘Making the Matrix Work’

How to make meetings purposeful
·Leadership Practice and Development

How to make meetings purposeful

Insights from Al Pittampalli’s book ‘Read This Before Our Next Meeting’ on how to get more done

Does your team have runners or passive riders?
·Leadership Practice and Development

Does your team have runners or passive riders?

In his book ‘Move Your Bus’, Ron Clark talks about the different kinds of people companies typically have—high performers, the dependables, average workers and deadweights—and what leaders can do to get the best out of their teams

How to be an objective leader
·Leadership Practice and Development

How to be an objective leader

Seeing things as they are, without letting our biases distort things, is key to taking the right actions, says Elizabeth Thornton in her book, 'The Objective Leader'

How To Be Your Best
·High Performance Individuals and Teams

How To Be Your Best

In his book 'Are You Fully Charged?' Tom Rath says, pursue meaningfulness, not money to find joy in work and life

Get your people to unleash their own potential
·Leadership Practice and Development

Get your people to unleash their own potential

The onus of motivation is on the individual, says Susan Fowler in her book 'Why Motivating People Doesn't Work'. It also tells leaders what they can do, but not control, to motivate people

Ideas from outside can jumpstart your innovation effort
·Product & Innovation

Ideas from outside can jumpstart your innovation effort

Every industry thinks it is unique and has little to learn from someone else. Ramon Vullings and Marc Heleven’s book, 'Not Invented Here: Cross-Industry Innovation', shows how you can learn from other industries

Does India mean business?
·Venture Ecosystem

Does India mean business?

Founding Fuel invited How India Lives, a Delhi-based data start up to analyse public data and present the state of entrepreneurship in India.

Shaping an Organization's Culture
·Organisational Culture, Transformation and Change

Shaping an Organization's Culture

The success of any change is linked to human dynamics—the culture. Yet cultures have a way of maintaining the status quo. Senn Delaney's Larry Senn and Jim Hart tackle that dilemma in their book 'Winning Teams, Winning Cultures'

So You Think You've Got a Strategy
·Corporate Strategy

So You Think You've Got a Strategy

The best approach depends on the problem at hand, says the book—Your Strategy Needs a Strategy by Martin Reeves, Knut Haanaes and Janmejaya Sinha

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