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Are you persuadable?
·Leadership & Organisation

Are you persuadable?

An ability to change decisions is not about inconsistency, it is about flexibility. Insights from Al Pittampalli’s book ‘Persuadable: How Great Leaders Change Their Mind to Change the World’

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Being creative is hard work
·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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Founding Fuel

Nuance, diversity and dialogue
·Leadership & Organisation

Nuance, diversity and dialogue

This Week: Robert Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, reflection and dialogue, challenging stereotypes, and more

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Founding Fuel

Are you a jackal or a giraffe?
·Economy, Policy & Society

Are you a jackal or a giraffe?

This Week: Marshall Rosenberg on nonviolent communication, Barack Obama on the lessons from his presidency, deep listening, Andreessen Horowitz, why private business corporations need reform, and more

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Founding Fuel

Is it in the genes?
·Entrepreneurship, Startups & Innovation

Is it in the genes?

A conversation with Anu Acharya, CEO of Mapmygenome and former CEO of Ocimum Biosolutions, about why early influences matter, what it takes to scale two genomics companies in India, and everything else from Nutella cravings to an equal partnership at home and work

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The search for higher purpose
·Leadership & Organisation

The search for higher purpose

The search for higher purpose

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Indrajit Gupta

Indrajit Gupta

Co-founder and Director, Founding Fuel

Modern Times redux
·Economy, Policy & Society

Modern Times redux

Is the government’s Make in India programme creating a system where a large section of workers in manufacturing could find themselves trapped in low wage jobs with no future?

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Indrajit Gupta

Indrajit Gupta

Co-founder and Director, Founding Fuel

Yet another #metoo story and why it stinks
·Leadership & Organisation

Yet another #metoo story and why it stinks

Anjuli Pandit’s life turned upside down after she levelled sexual harassment allegations against her boss Rakesh Sarna, then CEO of Indian Hotels. Why did the system fail to provide justice? Clearly, the Tata group has an opportunity to learn from this case

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Design radical breakthroughs through grand challenges
·Entrepreneurship, Startups & Innovation

Design radical breakthroughs through grand challenges

Prize-based public competitions are emerging as a smart way to encourage social innovation and technological development in a way that benefits mankind. An exclusive extract from the book 'Crooked Minds: Creating An Innovative Society' shows us how

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Kiran Karnik

Kiran Karnik

Former President, NASSCOM

The secret of power: Not ruthlessness, but empathy
·Leadership & Organisation

The secret of power: Not ruthlessness, but empathy

American psychologist Dacher Keltner says, those who gain power are the ones who work for the good of others. But paradoxically, power can lead to selfishness—and loss of power

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Shanghai Disney’s Chinese track and fighting obesity with taxes
·Business & Strategy

Shanghai Disney’s Chinese track and fighting obesity with taxes

Business strategist Rajesh Srivastava analyses some of the recent news: Shanghai Disney’s glocal strategy and its clash with local rival Wanda City, and whether a tax on junk food is enough to fight obesity

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Rajesh Srivastava

Rajesh Srivastava

Corporate Veteran, Thought Leader, Educator & Bestselling Author