Ground Realities

A literal and figurative screen has come up between learning and growth on one side and teaching on the other. Two senior school students and a teacher offer a view into a system that is falling short
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Ground Realities
A literal and figurative screen has come up between learning and growth on one side and teaching on the other. Two senior school students and a teacher offer a view into a system that is falling short
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June 7, 2021: Bertrand Russell on love of power; Covid lessons India failed to learn; Tracing the virus; [Music] Performing Conversations
A conversation with Chinmay Tumbe, author of ‘The Age of Pandemics’, where he talks about lessons from cholera, Spanish influenza and plague; why policy response lags the science; and what this could mean for India’s urbanisation and political leadership
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June 5, 2021 | FF Daily #390: Advice for students and parents on how to think about the next steps
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June 4, 2021: Jennifer Doudna on life’s dilemmas; 5 best books; Life, attitude, relationships; Hussain and Chaurasia
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June 3, 2021: Pete Davis on committing our time; The costs of Covid; Why people choke under pressure; Live with intention
Nobel laureate Jennifer Doudna's work on gene editing; the courage to stand up for what's right; which habits will stay, which will change; adaptive leadership; and giving your career a different direction
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June 2, 2021: Elizabeth Kolbert on climate change; Anand Deshpande’s dilemmas; Bootstrapping versus funding; Elegy for the Arctic
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June 1, 2021: Ian Leslie on asking questions; A beauty upstart; Oslo and the art of negotiation; It’s Alright Ma
After scaling up, do you get a professional to lead as CEO or continue at the helm? Where do you draw the lines between ownership and management? Is it better to exit totally or wait until the kids have grown up? If they want to, how do you induct them? When a crisis happens, do you step in or let professionals handle it? These are questions that Anand Deshpande, founder and chairman of Persistent Systems, has wrestled with and opens up on in this candid conversation
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