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How Leaders Can Embrace the Gig Mindset

Masterclass | A Bold New Breed: How Leaders Can Embrace a Gig Mindset Culture
Masterclass | A Bold New Breed: How Leaders Can Embrace a Gig Mindset Culture

Gig-mindsetters are any entity’s secret weapon in these volatile times. Who exactly are they, and how can leaders nurture them? Jane McConnell, Ravi Venkatesan, and Santosh Desai offer different lenses to understand and encourage this new breed

How the world has moved in the second quarter of 2021
How the world has moved in the second quarter of 2021

The April-June quarter saw Biden making significant diplomatic moves vis-a-vis Europe, Russia and China; the Middle East saw two significant elections in Israel and Iran; China showed ascendancy in space; and there are developments in India’s neighbourhood, especially in Afghanistan. Sundeep Waslekar deciphers the implications

The Covid lessons India failed to learn from its own history
The Covid lessons India failed to learn from its own history

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

Anand Deshpande’s founder’s dilemma at Persistent
Anand Deshpande’s founder’s dilemma at Persistent

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