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Wabi Sabi, life is long, and other reflections
·Work, Careers & Personal Mastery

Wabi Sabi, life is long, and other reflections

On noticing, living meaningfully, fulfilment, antifragility, womanising in India, wellness, birding, and a lot more

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R Sriram

R Sriram

Co-Founder, Next Practice Retail

FF Recommends: Getting things done
·Work, Careers & Personal Mastery

FF Recommends: Getting things done

FF Daily #310 | February 27, 2021: As a working professional, how do you get things done now that the pandemic has upended so much? Three leaders tell us how they’ve adapted and their new rituals for productivity

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Founding Fuel

Founding Fuel

To learn fast, go to the real place, look at real things, talk to real people
·Entrepreneurship, Startups & Innovation

To learn fast, go to the real place, look at real things, talk to real people

In this excerpt from his new book ‘The Learning Factory: How the Leaders of Tata Became Nation Builders’ Arun Maira talks about what he learned about learning from TELCO’s Sumant Moolgaokar

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Arun Maira

Arun Maira

Former Chairman, BCG India, Member, Planning Commission

The altar of bigger
·Business & Strategy

The altar of bigger

Delightful insights from mathematics and biology are at the heart of something we seem bewilderingly ignorant about: Everything has an appropriate size

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Should the world be worried about Chinese tech?
·Technology & the Future

Should the world be worried about Chinese tech?

China's growing tech prowess, access to Big Data, and its expanding digital footprint gives it a strategic advantage—in espionage and surveillance, in global finance, and global trade. All of which will play a decisive role in determining China’s role in international politics and business. Read part 2 of this two-part article

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G Venkat Raman

G Venkat Raman

Professor, Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Management, Indore

May the fastest sperm win
·Leadership & Organisation

May the fastest sperm win

16 kms/hour. That is the minimum speed entrepreneurs and CEOs ought to be able to run at to stay on top

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Dr. Rajat Chauhan

Dr. Rajat Chauhan

Founder, Back2Fitness

Big Data in the Age of Biology
·Entrepreneurship, Startups & Innovation

Big Data in the Age of Biology

Facebook, Google, Amazon and Apple sound old. Investors have their eyes on startups invested into healthcare and personal medicine

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Charles Assisi

Charles Assisi

Co-founder and Director, Founding Fuel

Local Systems Solutions: A framework for solving urban challenges
·Economy, Policy & Society

Local Systems Solutions: A framework for solving urban challenges

Challenges such as garbage collection are universal, yet deeply local to each city. And they are the result of many aspects of the city system being broken. A systems approach, adapted to the local context, can help find unique solutions

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Swati Ramanathan

Swati Ramanathan

Co-founder, Jana Group

Doctoral dissertations from a tea stall
·Work, Careers & Personal Mastery

Doctoral dissertations from a tea stall

Cheap labour and algorithms make everything you want done possible. But it's not going to take you any place significant. Unless you’ve got chutzpah like KV Kamath or Arun Maira

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Charles Assisi

Charles Assisi

Co-founder and Director, Founding Fuel

Yum China: Can it become ‘finger lickin’ good’ again?
·Business & Strategy

Yum China: Can it become ‘finger lickin’ good’ again?

The owner of KFC and Pizza Hut, once the darling of China's fast food sector, has lost substantial ground due to repeated scandals and plain brand fatigue. Post its split from the parent Yum Brands, can Yum China get its mojo back?

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CKGSB  Knowledge

CKGSB Knowledge

Knowledge Partner

For women within the modern home, a glimpse into a more equitable future
·Work, Careers & Personal Mastery

For women within the modern home, a glimpse into a more equitable future

As home and office merge, the stress of the double-duty has become widespread. Many corporations are aware of women’s challenges and are attempting a fix. And like millennial men who expect to share the load of maintaining a home, the older generation too is getting used to the idea. A daughter-in-law and mom-in-law duo examine this post-Covid road to equality

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Sakshi Katiyar

Sakshi Katiyar

Senior Consultant

Traditional marketing is dead
·Business & Strategy

Traditional marketing is dead

Growth hacking is the new way, where companies craft the product in way that encourage users to evangelize the product

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