·Leadership & Organisation
It’s time to ask some tough questions
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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·Leadership & Organisation
Why Narayana Murthy needs to relearn the rules of the Murthy Doctrine
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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Rama Bijapurkar
Author, Co-Founder | NextPracticeRetail.com
·Leadership & Organisation
The unfolding Infosys leadership paradox
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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K Ramkumar
Founder and CEO | Leadership Centre
·Economy, Policy & Society
A tryst with insanity, encephalitis and apathy
Much is being reported about an epidemic. Some say it is par for course in a country as large as India. But how would they cope if it drove them into madness? A first-person account
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Charles Assisi
Co-founder and Director | Founding Fuel
·Economy, Policy & Society
Gorakhpur tragedy: Why we haven’t been able to win the war against mosquitos
The public debate around the recent tragedy has been far too simplistic. The fact is that India hasn’t been able to root out vector-borne diseases for centuries. And simply blaming the government of the day won’t cut ice
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Indrajit Gupta
Co-founder and Director | Founding Fuel
·Entrepreneurship, Startups & Innovation
Chinese companies in India: Fighting for the next big market
For decades, China has been considered the biggest and most important emerging market in Asia. But now India is stepping into the spotlight, as opportunities for foreign companies grow
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·Business & Strategy
Flipkart, Snapdeal and the next phase of evolution for Indian e-commerce
This Week: Softbank’s $2.5 bn investment in Flipkart, Isro’s innovation-oriented culture, Aadhaar and a new model for data protection, and the leadership paradox
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·Leadership & Organisation
The leadership paradox
It is impossible to achieve one’s leadership ambition or leverage diverse resources without pooling power. And power pooling cannot be achieved without negotiation—or power trading and trade-offs
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K Ramkumar
Founder and CEO | Leadership Centre
·Economy, Policy & Society
Consent isn't enough to protect data. We need accountability: Rahul Matthan
The Bengaluru-based lawyer who specialises in technology, says Big Data and machine learning have broken the decades old consent model, and there is a need for a new paradigm
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N S Ramnath
Senior Editor | Founding Fuel
·Leadership & Organisation
The culture that led to Isro’s world class capabilities
Isro’s achievements in earth observation are one outcome of this culture of working without silos
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N Dayasindhu
Co-founder and CEO | itihaasa Research and Digital
·Entrepreneurship, Startups & Innovation
The trade-off between purpose and profit? It’s a false one
Why some mid-career entrepreneurs succeed, Missionary vs Mercenary leaders, the magic of Usain Bolt—and the power of an honest apology
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·Leadership & Organisation
Between a mercenary and a missionary
Two kinds of leaders exist: mercenaries and missionaries. Both can win battles. But when it comes to fighting a war, whom would you go with?
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Charles Assisi
Co-founder and Director | Founding Fuel
·Entrepreneurship, Startups & Innovation
Two questions that led to an innovative device to prevent blindness
Who is my product for? What is my real goal? A relentless focus on these two questions allowed Forus Health to develop a low-cost, sturdy device to detect preventable blindness. This extract from Soum Paul’s book ‘Flight of the Unicorns’ tells the founders’ story
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Soum Paul
Entrepreneur | Film-maker and writer
·Economy, Policy & Society
The Aadhaar Effect
Multiple futures are possible. But we live now. Pointers to what may emerge lie in history and with people
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·Economy, Policy & Society
Yes, we need privacy protection. No, it’s not just about Aadhaar
The pro-privacy debate has become an anti-Aadhaar stance. Are we missing the forest for the trees?
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N S Ramnath
Senior Editor | Founding Fuel