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Exploring black holes, space, and mapping Earth
·Technology & the Future

Exploring black holes, space, and mapping Earth

April 14, 2019: A roundup of news and perspective on disruptive technology. In this issue: the science behind the black hole photo; how Facebook is mapping Earth; private rocket science; data and privacy; the future of jobs; and EVs path to profitability

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Conversations in a noisy place
·Economy, Policy & Society

Conversations in a noisy place

Public discourse has descended into the shallows. Where is the space left for citizens to engage in deeper deliberations about their future?

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Arun Maira

Arun Maira

Former Chairman, BCG India, Member, Planning Commission

The man and the machine
·Technology & the Future

The man and the machine

August 19, 2019: A roundup of news and perspectives on disruptive technology from around the world. In this issue: AI-assisted app development, solar roads, biofuels, micro ATMs and brain-AI integration

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N S Ramnath

N S Ramnath

Senior Editor, Founding Fuel

Diwali cleaning for the mind
·Work, Careers & Personal Mastery

Diwali cleaning for the mind

There is much good work, experiences and knowledge that exist in the world, ready to be tapped into and adapted to the firm’s context and prepare the firm for the future

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The ground beneath our feet
·Entrepreneurship, Startups & Innovation

The ground beneath our feet

This Week: UPI and fintech—a historical perspective, business storytelling, monetizing innovation, essentialism and more

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Eating our own dog food
·Work, Careers & Personal Mastery

Eating our own dog food

What the team is learning from our masterclasses—it’s work in progress

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WFH Daily #199: Roger Penrose’s India connect
·Economy, Policy & Society

WFH Daily #199: Roger Penrose’s India connect

October 8, 2020: Black holes, the Raychaudhuri equation, and a Nobel Prize; Nitish Kumar and the art of war; Mouli: A marketer par excellence; A new kind of earnings

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Where do ideas come from?
·Entrepreneurship, Startups & Innovation

Where do ideas come from?

Great ideas are built on a base of hard work and many small insights from a range of observations

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The hard questions of our times
·Economy, Policy & Society

The hard questions of our times

The world over, there is a “tribalisation of opinion”. Where are the spaces to listen to people not like us?

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What’s your reason to get to work every day?
·Work, Careers & Personal Mastery

What’s your reason to get to work every day?

Finding fulfilment at work, alternatives to GDP, McKinsey’s conflict of interest, choosing the right team mix for Mars, and disruptive technologies

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How do you keep track of your changing customer needs?
·Business & Strategy

How do you keep track of your changing customer needs?

The digitisation wave and Andy Grove’s strategic inflection points, Clayton Christensen on understanding the customer’s jobs to be done, disruptive technologies, optimising board composition in the digital era, and understanding “phygital”

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Reprogram your mindset
·Work, Careers & Personal Mastery

Reprogram your mindset

You can reset your assumptions and beliefs. And when you do, you change your reality. An excerpt from Ravi Venkatesan’s book ‘What the Heck Do I Do with My Life?’

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Ravi Venkatesan

Ravi Venkatesan

Unicef's Special Representative for Young People, Founder, Global Alliance for Mass Entrepreneurship