August 10, 2021: The battle for techies; How Nicobar islanders escaped the deadly second wave; What Indian parents want

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• Nicobar
• generalists
• David Epstein
• Exxon Valdez oil spill
• tech hiring in India
• Covid-19
• techies and fuzzies

August 9, 2021: Indian women’s hockey team at Tokyo Olympics; Ed Catmull on Steve Jobs; Oliver Burkeman on getting creative work done; Workplace diversity

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• creative work
• Pixar
• Ed Catmull
• Oliver Burkeman
• Indian women’s hockey team
• Steve Jobs
• Sharda Ugra
• deep work
• Tokyo Olympics

These two working moms wanted holistic development for their kids. Now they are struggling to create an at-home learning experience. Meanwhile, two nine-year-olds talk about what they miss about “real school”

• Read Time : 8 mins

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• online education
• Ethnography
• Post Pandemic World

August 7, 2021 | FF Daily #444: Sports puts human beings in tough situations, and millions watch how they respond. There is much to learn

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• Michael Phelps
• Unmukt Chand
• Virat Kohli
• Steve Waugh
• learning from sports
• MS Dhoni
• FF Recommends
• Simon Taufel
• Leadership
• Roger Federer
• coaching

August 6, 2021: What’s changing in Indian sports; How to prepare for disasters: Lessons from Japan; Support vs. applause

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• Satoru Nishikawa
• Fritjof Capra
• Indian sports
• Atanu Das
• disaster management
• flying machine
• Viren Rasquinha
• Abhinav Bindra
• Leonardo da Vinci

August 5, 2021: How to build a global company out of India; The glass ceiling cracks; A sliding door problem

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• Gene Kranz
• Tracxn Technologies
• glass ceiling
• Deep listening
• Listening
• Michael Useem
• Diksha Madhok
• Apollo 13
• Neha Singh

August 4, 2021: Dealing with hybrid work; How to fix kids’ addiction to smartphones; The Senility Prayer

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• Jonathan Haidt
• Acumen
• hybrid workplace
• addiction to smartphones
• Jean M. Twenge
• Jacqueline Novogratz

Neha Singh, co-founder of Tracxn Technologies, talks about why she chose to be a generalist despite her techie credentials; how the startup ecosystem is evolving in India; and what founders ought to know about venture capitalists

• Play Time : 44 mins

• Tags
• Venture Capital
• Founders
• Entrepreneurship
• Data Analytics
• women in tech
• Startups
• investing
• Women Leaders

August 3, 2021: When bureaucracy hits pandemic response; Keith Rabois on effectiveness; The burden on women

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• Covax
• Fail fast
• Peter A. Schein
• Edgar H. Schein
• effectiveness
• Humble Inquiry
• Keith Rabois

August 2, 2021: Michael Johnson’s golden shoes; Managing the hybrid workplace; Incentives vs. Imitation; How to make excuses

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• Tags
• Andy Staples
• Trevor Moawad
• Albert Bandura
• Michael Johnson's golden shoes
• hybrid workplace
• Reimagining work
• Bobo doll experiments