Discover what's capturing attention across the Founding Fuel network this week.
Public discourse has descended into the shallows. Where is the space left for citizens to engage in deeper deliberations about their future?
Arun Maira
Former Chairman, BCG India, Member, Planning Commission
November 09, 2019: A roundup of news and perspective on disruptive technology. In this issue: Drones, quantum computing, and gene editing
N S Ramnath
Senior Editor, Founding Fuel
In the relatively short time since it became independent in 1965, Singapore has made giant strides. The country illustrates well the power of local systems solutions, purpose-driven networks, and inducing all parts of the government and all stakeholders to work together
Arun Maira
Former Chairman, BCG India, Member, Planning Commission
Culture cannot be an afterthought for tech transformation. It has to be an essential part of it
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Global Capability Centres have played a big role in the development of Indian engineering and innovation capabilities. Protectionist trends like the US-China trade disputes now raise important questions for India
Rishikesha T Krishnan
Former Director, IIMB, Professor of Strategy
What should we make of the humungous numbers being reported by ecommerce companies around festive sales?
Founding Fuel
Nir Eyal wrote the definitive book on how to design tech products that will get people hooked. His latest book ‘Indistractable’ has advice on how to avoid digital distractions and hold our own in this war for our attention. Some insights from the book
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Great ideas are built on a base of hard work and many small insights from a range of observations
Founding Fuel
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
Founding Fuel
The syndrome shows its worst form when we are given a platform to operate on and we choose to occupy only a small part of it. But there’s a simple way to beat back the self-doubt that holds even accomplished people back. An excerpt from the book, ‘Lady, You’re the Boss’, by Apurva Purohit
Apurva Purohit
President, Jagran Group
Complex societal issues require diverse set of capabilities—which reside in a variety of business and civil society organisations. When they come together as a self-coordinating network, they can create collective impact
Ravi Venkatesan
Unicef's Special Representative for Young People, Founder, Global Alliance for Mass Entrepreneurship
How Facebook’s top leadership is dealing with the deeper issues of declining trust, why liberal studies matter, and building purpose-driven networks
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Entrepreneurs need to be able to understand humans, individually and as a collective. For them, a liberal arts education is necessary. Because the scientific method teaches you inquiry. But the humanities teach you to apply that inquiry to yourself
Tanuj Bhojwani
Fellow, iSPIRT foundation
Social and political movements of change need to embed “moderators” who can connect and guide the flow of the movement—people who promote a dialogue and help create a consensus on action
Kiran Karnik
Former President, NASSCOM
Ethics can be learnt, though it may be considered difficult to teach. What matters is the kind of experiences young managers are exposed to. B-schools and firms play a crucial role in shaping their thinking through such exposures
R Gopalakrishnan
Author and Corporate Advisor, CEO, The Mindworks | Executive-in-Residence, SPJIMR
