December 1, 2020: Rolf Dobelli on the dangers of doing favours; When placebo is not just a placebo; How to have deeper conversations; Life is a game

November 24, 2020: Trump goes golfing during a key Covid-19 meeting; Haresh Chawla on how to spot trends; Tracking communication capabilities

November 18, 2020: Perception matters; How to become a better listener; How not to secure your data

November 10, 2020: Simon Sinek on motivation; Ajay Banga on finding the balance between short term and long term; Joe Biden’s India connection; What your customer probably wants you to know

November 05, 2020: Two versions of passion; Rahul Matthan on OCEN and interoperability; The truth about unicorns

September 04, 2020: FF Exclusive: Family as colleagues; How many people actually finish books; Indian men and their parents; Failed successfully

Where do you go for leadership insights? What makes a good biography? Why does everyone seem to be talking about meaning and purpose? A discussion on books and some recommendations

Why customers behave the way they do and what you can do to influence their behaviour

February 17, 2021: Philip Delves Broughton on Francis Crick and how to decide what to do with your life; Delhi school reform’s upstream problem; McKinsey and the moral responsibility of enterprise; Number Theory

October 22, 2020: Vijay Kelkar & Ajay Shah on why policy makers need field experience; Arun Maira on the importance of talking to real people; What the antitrust case against Google is all about

The obvious list of things to try includes prototyping, manual collation and more convenient prioritization

Why the crucial Communist Party congress starting October 16 could mark a major inflexion point in the country's political and economic journey

People-related issues are complex and unpredictable. Elicit stories about them to understand patterns and design the right interventions

Observe, articulate the pain point and ask an audacious question that seeks to convert the problem into a solution

A roundup of news and perspective on disruptive technology from around the world. In this issue: Chatbots, cybersecurity and blockchains

Tapping into unstructured data yields insights that may not be available otherwise

Alibaba's group-buying website Juhuasuan lets urban users contract farmers to grow selected vegetables on spare plots of land and ship them back to them

Leaders need to learn how to engage everyone, especially young minds, in co-creating the future. The failure to do so can lead to widespread disillusionment and widen the generational gap

In the lockdown, business is literally closed. And much ground is already lost to Bangladesh and Vietnam. It will take a mindset shift at many levels for the sector to reclaim lost ground

What the CEO of the grocery business of one of India’s largest retailers learnt about managing anxious employees and customers, and meeting their evolving needs, over three months of lockdown