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No country for old people
·Economy, Policy & Society

No country for old people

They are educated, retired, and well to do. Yet digital technology has left them behind. What’s behind this digital divide?

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Charles Assisi

Charles Assisi

Co-founder and Director, Founding Fuel

The absence of fragility
·Entrepreneurship, Startups & Innovation

The absence of fragility

Notes on being anti-fragile from the middle of nowhere, a former Catholic priest and a private equity investor

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Charles Assisi

Charles Assisi

Co-founder and Director, Founding Fuel

Building tech as if people mattered
·Leadership & Organisation

Building tech as if people mattered

Book review: In his new book ‘Hit Refresh’, Satya Nadella talks about operating with empathy and technology as a force for social good

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N S Ramnath

N S Ramnath

Senior Editor, Founding Fuel

The new ‘mad men’ in town
·Business & Strategy

The new ‘mad men’ in town

The global merger of JWT and Wunderman is a signal of how a new combination of techies and fuzzies might dominate the world of innovation and marketing

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Indrajit Gupta

Indrajit Gupta

Co-founder and Director, Founding Fuel

Death of the white shirt?
·Business & Strategy

Death of the white shirt?

The millennials’ love for selfies is driving a change in what sells in apparel stores—and the rise of Jawed Habib

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Charles Assisi

Charles Assisi

Co-founder and Director, Founding Fuel

Are you asking the right question?
·Business & Strategy

Are you asking the right question?

Observe, articulate the pain point and ask an audacious question that seeks to convert the problem into a solution

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Build your career and build your personal brand
·Work, Careers & Personal Mastery

Build your career and build your personal brand

In today’s busy workplaces, it is hard to get noticed. How do you build your career to develop your capabilities and make sure that decision-makers appreciate your talents? The fourth article in a five-part series on how companies and individuals can stand out in a competitive marketplace

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CKGSB  Knowledge

CKGSB Knowledge

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Your Unfair Edge
·Entrepreneurship, Startups & Innovation

Your Unfair Edge

Life and business are built upon unjustly distributed advantages, and there's no reason to disdain only a few of them

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Want to trigger action? Use a story
·Leadership & Organisation

Want to trigger action? Use a story

Stories put facts and data in context. They also engage the listener's emotions, inspiring them to act

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Indranil Chakraborty

Indranil Chakraborty

Founder, Storyworks

The TAS experiment
·Leadership & Organisation

The TAS experiment

The Tata Administrative Service was created by JRD Tata to find officers who would provide leadership for Tata companies. In this extract from their new book, ‘Tata’s Leadership Experiment’, Bharat Wakhlu, Mukund Rajan and Sonu Bhasin talk about the mixed success of that experiment

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Founding Fuel

Founding Fuel

Adapt or Die
·Leadership & Organisation

Adapt or Die

Can large organisations be nimble, disruptive and inspiring places to work? Yes, if they dismantle hierarchical, bureaucratic ways of working, says management guru Gary Hamel.

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CKGSB Knowledge

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The challenges before N Chandra
·Leadership & Organisation

The challenges before N Chandra

The leadership transition at the Tata group is being keenly watched by all. But much would depend on how the Tata Sons board decides to set the rules of the game

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Indrajit Gupta

Indrajit Gupta

Co-founder and Director, Founding Fuel

When is a consultant’s job done?
·Leadership & Organisation

When is a consultant’s job done?

The fees they earn is not a measure of how well a consultant has served the client. These three stories of change—of BP’s turnaround, Mexico City’s municipal workers, and of young consultants who want to make a real difference—show what a consultant's job really is. Extracted from Arun Maira’s latest book, ‘The Solutions Factory: A Consultant’s Handbook for Problem-solving’

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Arun Maira

Arun Maira

Former Chairman, BCG India, Member, Planning Commission

Innovating for a 6 billion-strong market
·Business & Strategy

Innovating for a 6 billion-strong market

A clutch of global tech companies are demonstrating how designing products specifically for India can help crack the India market—and make innovative products for the world

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N Dayasindhu

N Dayasindhu

Co-founder and CEO, itihaasa Research and Digital