Look beyond the popular narrative
This Week: Aadhaar and democratising data, Nandan Nilekani and Infosys, the startup ethos, and the importance of a questioning mindset
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‘At heart, all founders are hackers’
In her book ‘Who Me, Poor?’ Gayatri Jayaraman explores the aspirations and compulsions that fuel a culture of consumption and debt among India’s millennials. This extract examines the startup ethos in that context—an ethos that is about not paying attention to what went before
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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‘Playing boldly is a philosophy’: Life lessons from golf legend Arnold Palmer
Nicknamed The King, Arnold Palmer played a big role in making golf popular and not just a game for the elite. His rivalry with Gary Player and Jack Nicklaus is legendary. In his memoir ‘A Life Well Played’, he shares his experiences
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How Nokia rewrote its story
In his book ‘Against All Odds’, Nokia’s former CEO Jorma Ollila chronicles how a troubled conglomerate engaged in rubber, cable, forestry, electronics and power generation businesses became a global mobile phone behemoth, but lost out to the iPhone
Clayton Christensen on innovation: Finding the jobs to be done
According to the famed business professor, innovation is about finding the “jobs to be done” in our lives
The Sceptical Optimist: A philosopher’s take on technological progress
In this interview Nicholas Agar, author of ‘The Sceptical Optimist’, talks about why unquestioning enthusiasm and a blanket rejection of technological change are equally misguided
Dorie Clark on defining your personal brand
“If three people call you a horse, buy a saddle,” says personal branding expert Dorie Clark. The final article in a five-part series on how individuals and companies can stand out in a competitive marketplace, differentiate their products and build a high-value company
Looking for breakthrough ideas? Look outside your own context
A roundup of the stories we wrote and the books we’re following
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Ask these questions to make your coaching and leadership effective
Coaching is an essential leadership skill. And questions are a good way to open doors, says Michael Bungay Stanier in his book ‘The Coaching Habit’
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