·Work from Anywhere and Future of Work
Redesigning Work—or Retreating to Control
Why the real risk in the return-to-office debate isn’t resistance, but the quiet erosion of judgement and capability
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·Continuous & Immersive Learning
Relearning the Craft of Teaching
An eight-week teaching programme unsettles long-held assumptions about rigour, expertise, and what it truly means to help students learn
·High Performance Individuals and Teams
The Best Business Books of 2025
Ten essential reads on money, leadership, and navigating a changing world
·Transition Journeys
Alive in the In-Between
Inspired by Brisbane’s “Vibrantly Vacant” windows—on how renewal begins in life’s pauses
·Transition Journeys
Why Contradictions Define India’s Zoomers
India’s youngest workers live at the intersection of abundance and anxiety, ambition and restraint. To engage with them, leaders must learn to work with paradox, not against it
·High Performance Individuals and Teams
‘Everybody Has a Sacred Story’
An extract from Barack Obama’s speechwriter Terry Szuplat’s new book, ‘Say It Well’
·High Performance Individuals and Teams
The Art of Public Speaking
Insights from the book ‘Say It Well’ by Terry Szuplat, Barack Obama’s speechwriter
·High Performance Individuals and Teams
The principles of excellence
Insights from sportswriter Sally Jenkins’ book ‘The Right Call: What Sports Teach Us About Work and Life’
·High Performance Individuals and Teams
23 Takeaways from Founding Fuel Live: The Best Business Books of Summer 2024
A conversation with Dr D Subbarao, Dr Dana Sinclair and Harit Nagpal, and D Shivakumar
·High Performance Individuals and Teams
Why being process-driven trumps being results-oriented
Insights on high-performance, distilled from Dr Dana Sinclair’s latest book
·High Performance Individuals and Teams
My 6 best business books of summer 2024
The best books of the year so far, on being better, power of rituals, bad leaders, thriving, and being super communicators
·High Performance Individuals and Teams
FF Life: The mental accountant
We are hardwired to think of money in multiple categories based on its purpose or context. At the same time, we are naturally afraid of losses of any type. These biases greatly influence our purchasing and investment decisions
·High Performance Individuals and Teams
How (not) to build your personal brand
FF Life: The power of social media has lulled leaders into believing that a carefully curated digital identity is the sure-fire passport to success. They are entirely off-the-mark
·High Performance Individuals and Teams
FF Life: Mental wellbeing at work
Strategies and practices to enhance productivity and happiness at the workplace
·Transition Journeys
FF Insights 720: The neurology of empathy
August 23, 2022: To moonlight or not, The IRCTC data brouhaha, Do not dance Basanti
·High Performance Individuals and Teams
FF Insights 719: Self-handicapping
August 22, 2022: Nitish Kumar & Tejashwi Yadav vs. BJP, Killing Dehradun, The Zuckerberg Effect
·Transition Journeys
FF Insights 718: Instant gratification
August 18, 2022: Who reads fake news?, The developer-influencer economy, Perspective matters
·Transition Journeys
FF Insights 714: Serena Williams unplugged
August 11, 2022: The case for diversity, The problems with Bitcoin, Change explained
·Transition Journeys
FF Insights 711: How polymaths think
August 8, 2022: The man who couldn’t save himself, Facial recognition in the UK, A brief history of time
·High Performance Individuals and Teams
FF Insights 710: Why writing matters
August 5, 2022: Why writing matters, The translation revolution, Accept friend requests from your boss?, Generations apart
·High Performance Individuals and Teams
Who is responsible for emotional and mental well-being in the workplace?
FF Life: Mental health at work is a team sport. Here’s how to create a positive environment that prevents stress and anxiety from accumulating to a breaking point
·Transition Journeys
Work Therapy: Being comfortable with a mental health condition
“Telling your boss that you’re bipolar is not the easiest conversation,” says Aparna Piramal Raje. But “It is wonderful to be so comfortable in your skin that you reach the stage when it doesn’t matter.” An extract from her latest book, ‘Chemical Khichdi: How I Hacked My Mental Health’
·High Performance Individuals and Teams
FF Insights #693: Happiness and altruism
July 13, 2022: On umpiring; Yuval Harari a scam?; Just do it, now!
·High Performance Individuals and Teams
FF Insights #690: How we interpret information
July 8, 2022: The Art of Humility; Short-term vs long-term status; Staying motivated
·High Performance Individuals and Teams
FF Insights #689: Excited versus calm
July 7, 2022: The Oreo fascination; Talking clearly; Be natural
·Transition Journeys
FF Insights #686: The threads of customer service
July 4, 2022: Video night in Kathmandu; ‘The Terminal’: European edition; Escape routes
·High Performance Individuals and Teams
FF Insights #685: Break bad habits
July 1, 2022: India’s first diplomat; Random trials; Wishful thinking
·High Performance Individuals and Teams
FF Insights #671: Embrace boredom
June 13, 2022: Killer humidity; Einstein’s character; Monday motivation
·Transition Journeys
FF Insights #658: The paradox of potential
May 25, 2022: Be kinder to yourself; Harvard in India?; Parental review
·High Performance Individuals and Teams
FF Insights #657: Make your brain better
May 24, 2022: Are wind farms just wind?; Sustainable nonprofits; Hope keeps us alive
·High Performance Individuals and Teams
FF Insights #654: How to be a better listener
May 19, 2022: Heatwaves and monsoons; Operating system for the world; Language lessons
·High Performance Individuals and Teams
Reprogram your mindset
You can reset your assumptions and beliefs. And when you do, you change your reality. An excerpt from Ravi Venkatesan’s book ‘What the Heck Do I Do with My Life?’
·Transition Journeys
FF Insights #649: Story prompts
May 12, 2022: The importance of Rahul Gandhi; Moral injuries and soul care; Don’t drink and work
·High Performance Individuals and Teams
FF Insights #642: Craftsmanship
May 2, 2022: One nation, one language; The face of success; Environmental theology
·Transition Journeys
FF Insights #641: Boundaries
April 29, 2022: Mission Gati Shakti: A status report; Are teams outdated?; Indian relatives
·Transition Journeys
FF Insights #637: Choosing happiness
April 25, 2022: Preventing the next pandemic; A start-up is a romance; Hakuna Matata!
·Transition Journeys
FF Insights #624: Love and the inner life
April 5, 2022: TikTok and dopamine; Imagine the future; The Tower of Pisa
·Continuous & Immersive Learning
FF Insights #621: Stagnation & the desire to avoid failure
March 31, 2022: The 10-minute delivery economy; Coffee gathers steam; Proving the point
·Work from Anywhere and Future of Work
FF Insights #607: How to attract top talent for remote work
March 10, 2022: The Ukraine crisis as seen from India; Cybersecurity is not just a technical problem; Expensive crude
·Continuous & Immersive Learning
FF Insights #593: Plateauing out matters much
February 18, 2022: The importance of Priya Ramani’s victory; How to build a startup; Small problems
·High Performance Individuals and Teams
FF Insights #589: The productivity trap
February 14, 2022: Fighting ableism; The limits of life; Facing truth
·Transition Journeys
FF Insights #575: Don’t give up yet
January 24, 2022: The art of timing; How the best managers work; Talent is overrated
·High Performance Individuals and Teams
FF Insights #573: Three minutes. That’s it!
January 21, 2022: What happened to attention?; The 5G Snafu; Life goes on
·High Performance Individuals and Teams
FF Insights #572: Limit experiences. Pay attention
January 20, 2022: India’s water crisis; The ideal practice hours; Negotiations
·High Performance Individuals and Teams
FF Insights #566: Thinker around
January 13, 2022: How to conduct better meetings; When do you stop working?; What do you need?
·Transition Journeys
FF Insights #560: Forest bathing
January 5, 2022: The Halo Effect; Remembering Christopher Hitchens; Boys will be boys
·Transition Journeys
FF Insights #559: You have to make choices
January 4, 2022: Convenience culture; The best business books of 2021; How Shein beat Amazon; Incredible India
·Transition Journeys
FF Insights #558: It takes time to build happiness
January 3, 2021: Opportunity in a crisis; Why Tim Urban changed his mind on religion; Making sense of 2022
·High Performance Individuals and Teams
Vishy Anand on what makes champions tick
Viswanathan Anand offers a view from the commentary box at the World Chess Championship 2021
·Transition Journeys
FF Daily #549: The adolescent brain
December 15, 2021: What makes Elon Musk Elon Musk; Charlie Munger on human behaviour; Conflicting issues