This Week in Disruptive Tech | August 12, 2020: A roundup of news and perspectives on how technology is shaping the future, here in India and across the world

• Read Time : 4 mins

• Tags
• Dara Khosrowshahi
• Bill Gates
• Lyft
• Uber
• COVID-19
• Li Jin
• AB5 law
• Ageing
• Gig Economy
• Stephanie Venn-Watson

August 12, 2020: Karl Pillemer on honesty as a core value; insights from the book ‘The New Long Life’; leading in a WFH + Onsite world

• Read Time : 3 mins

• Tags
• Ageing
• longevity
• books
• Karl Pillemer
• Leadership
• Teams
• Andrew Scott
• Lynda Gratton
• Work From Home

In their book ‘The New Long Life’, Andrew Scott and Lynda Gratton say, as individuals and as a society, we need to reimagine work, career, learning and relationships, among other things. And both the young and the old will need to share the burden and opportunities of longer lives

• Read Time : 8 mins

• Tags
• future of work
• longevity
• Books
• Technology
• Andrew Scott
• Lynda Gratton

August 11, 2020: Steven Johnson on decision making; why movies and shows will have to work harder; the Tim Cook Way; God, do you hear me?

• Read Time : 3 mins

• Tags
• Decision Making
• future of entertainment
• Leadership
• Charles Darwin
• Tim Cook
• Work From Home
• Steven Johnson

In Episode 3 of TAMG, father-son duo Damodar and Harsh Mall discuss the streaming habit, gaming, what theatres can do to get audiences back, and a lot more around the future of entertainment

• Play Time : 36 mins

• Tags
• The future of entertainment
• Online media
• movie theatres
• gaming

August 10, 2020: Ozan Varol on breakthroughs; Salman Rushdie on resilience; the evolution of the hustle economy; the importance of intergenerational dialogue

• Read Time : 3 mins

• Tags
• Ozan Varol
• Resilience
• hustle economy
• uncertainty
• Gig Economy
• Li Jin
• Salman Rushdie
• Work From Home

August 09, 2020: A poem for the times; FF Recommends: meditation apps; when friends meditate

• Read Time : 6 mins

• Tags
• Calm app
• Andy Puddicombe
• FF Recommends
• Sam Harris
• mediation apps
• Headspace app
• Waking Up app
• Work From Home
• Derek Mahon

The Growth Factor: MSMEs, climate change, and climate financing; how digital tech can break the informal economy trap; investments into fintech

• Read Time : 5 mins

• Tags
• informal economy
• MSME
• fintech
• climate financing
• Nandan Nilekani

August 08, 2020: The importance of kindness; Mohanbir Sawhney on credentials and pedigree; the ethical entrepreneur

• Read Time : 3 mins

• Tags
• ethics in entrepreneurship
• Mohanbir Sawhney
• George Saunders
• Work From Home
• Tom Byers

August 07, 2020: Why CEOs overpay for acquisitions; new world, new rules; WFH boundaries

• Read Time : 3 mins

• Tags
• Haresh Chawla
• The New Rules of Business
• Sumit Chowdhury
• Nancy Rothbard
• Work From Home
• Dan Heath and Chip Heath