January 21, 2022: We take stock and reflect over all that transpired through the previous year

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• Parul Gupta
• Vir Sanghvi
• FF Recommends
• Higher Education System
• wildlife documentaries
• Infosys
• books
• Arun Maira
• Vladimir Putin
• sci-fi
• Haresh Chawla
• geopolitics
• Russia
• FF Life
• State vs Big Tech
• best of 2021
• electric scooters
• IPO boom
• Nandan Nilekani

October 23, 2021 | FF Daily #505: A changing work-life; gig-mindset; Infosys’ income tax project; politics and the India Story; China Vs Big Tech

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• Vir Sanghvi
• FF Recommends
• China
• Tsedal Neeley
• hybrid working
• gig mindset
• Infosys
• Jane McConnell
• State Vs Big Tech
• Ravi Venkatesan
• Bhargav Dasgupta
• best stories
• Santosh Desai

September 17, 2021: What’s with Infy and the I-T portal; A consultant’s job; Pressure

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• Arun Maira
• Income Tax portal
• crucial conversations
• Infosys
• Deep listening
• The pool of shared meaning

Why did the IT major mess up the high-profile government project? No one quite knows the answer. The clues, however, lie in the inherent difficulties in executing tech projects for the government

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• TCS
• Infosys
• Income Tax portal
• government tech projects

Uber got away because it was funded by private equity. But what about Tata Steel and ITC? What cloak do they wear to get away from scrutiny?

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• ITC
• YC Deveshwar
• Yes Bank
• Books
• Ryan Holiday
• Tata Steel Europe
• Conspiracy
• Uber IPO
• Infosys
• Corporate governance
• NR Narayana Murthy

This Week: Aadhaar and democratising data, Nandan Nilekani and Infosys, the startup ethos, and the importance of a questioning mindset

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• Nandan Nilekani
• Startup culture
• #AadhaarEffect
• Infosys
• Millennials
• Data democracy
• books

Much is being reported and celebrated on the return of one of the original co-founders of Infosys to its helm as chairman. But is that what he may have wanted? Is it desirable? What kind of lessons emerge?

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• Vishal Sikka
• Infosys
• Leadership
• Nandan Nilekani
• NR Narayana Murthy

This Week: Leadership, corporate governance and the Infosys saga; Gorakhpur—a long road to recovery; and living in a tech-dominated world

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• Encephalitis
• Amazon
• Tata group
• Public Healthcare
• Jobless Future
• Robots
• Infosys
• Gorakhpur
• Leadership
• Corporate governance
• poverty

The Infosys founder has always claimed the high moral ground on good governance. But by taking on the current board in a high-pitched boardroom battle, he may have violated his own tenets and weakened the institution

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• Vishal Sikka
• Infosys
• Corporate governance
• NR Narayana Murthy

We rarely get a live case study to engage with and test a proposition. The unfolding Infosys saga offers us a ready-made case to test my last week’s essay, ‘The leadership paradox’

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• Infosys
• Leadership
• NR Narayana Murthy