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Masterclass: Shaping startup culture
‘We are customer-driven’, ‘we are data-driven’. Those are typical refrains from companies. But are they really? It all boils down to culture
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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?
Ground Realities
Despatches from Indore: The quest for a secure job in the formal sector
This month, we participate in the lives of a few Indore residents, and get a glimpse of unspoken realities and desires, as jobs in the formal sector define their self-worth
This Week in Disruptive Tech
Product, pricing and philosophy
February 17, 2020: A roundup of news and perspectives on disruptive technology. In this issue: Swiggy’s partnerships, Tesla’s pricing and Silicon Valley’s fascination with Yuval Harari
Why we should re-examine the clichés in our heads
They stop us from digging deeper. We fail to see the downsides. We miss interesting opportunities. The antidote is to consciously seek the opposite
Making space for loonshots
How to make both loonshots and franchises successful inside an organisation
The cooker affair: A cautionary tale of using science for political ends
In this extract from the book 'Midnight's Machines', Arun Mohan Sukumar asks the question, was it ambition or naïveté, or both, that nudged scientists towards unviable projects like the solar cooker?
Why Indian technology projects haven’t made global impact
Indian technology has evolved in the context of the country’s politics. A review of ‘Midnight’s Machines: A Political History of Technology in India’
The problem with ‘let’s move fast’
To maintain speed, you need to take stock of your environment every now and then
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Masterclass: India Inc’s New Data Privacy Imperative
A personal data protection law is imminent. How should businesses prepare for the changing landscape? What problems are we likely to face along the road?
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