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WFH Daily #166: Let’s talk about money
·Economy, Policy & Society

WFH Daily #166: Let’s talk about money

September 05, 2020: Personal finance; The future of platforms; What about the white-collar worker; Food and beverage bars

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WFH Daily #165: Indian men and their parents
·Work, Careers & Personal Mastery

WFH Daily #165: Indian men and their parents

September 04, 2020: FF Exclusive: Family as colleagues; How many people actually finish books; Indian men and their parents; Failed successfully

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WFH Daily #164: David Ogilvy on writing clearly
·Work, Careers & Personal Mastery

WFH Daily #164: David Ogilvy on writing clearly

September 03, 2020: AMA with Haresh Chawla on #DesiSuperApps; The power of solitude in a noisy and hasty world; Ideas that changed the world

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Finding my place in the family business
·Leadership & Organisation

Finding my place in the family business

Rhea Soman never thought that working at Lumiere, the research firm her mother Deepa founded, would be automatic. Rhea talks about how she began to see a place for herself, and is now playing a role in the firm's evolution. Deepa talks about what she and the firm are learning from the experience

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Deepa Soman

Rhea Soman & Deepa Soman

WFH Daily #163: Enter the jungle unarmed and with an open heart
·Work, Careers & Personal Mastery

WFH Daily #163: Enter the jungle unarmed and with an open heart

September 2, 2020: Tamara Levitt on how to approach a challenging situation; Parents, teachers and exploration of frontier science; Swanand Kelkar on the art of writing; Cutting-edge innovation

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WFH Daily #162: How stories bring society together
·Economy, Policy & Society

WFH Daily #162: How stories bring society together

September 1, 2020: Grand narratives vs. polarising ones; Pranab Mukherjee’s key role in the launch of Aadhaar; Ashish Dhawan on why the social sector and government can work together; What you see is who you are

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Building a career in frontier science
·Work, Careers & Personal Mastery

Building a career in frontier science

In Episode 6 of TAMG, tech entrepreneur Amrita Chowdhury and her son Shoumik, a student and researcher in quantum computing, talk about the opportunities around cutting-edge tech, and how to spark and consolidate interest in these areas among the young

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WFH Daily #161: For extreme productivity, take a nap
·Work, Careers & Personal Mastery

WFH Daily #161: For extreme productivity, take a nap

August 31, 2020: Robert C Pozen on naps; Haresh Chawla on the race to build a desi Super App; Nicholas Thompson on why runners have limits; Safe spaces

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The race to build a ‘desi’ Super App
·Technology & the Future

The race to build a ‘desi’ Super App

Last week, the Tatas announced their plans to launch a Super App. A whole bunch of global tech giants like Google, WhatsApp and Amazon and a behemoth like Reliance Jio are preparing to jump into the fray in India. And cement their dominance of a trillion dollar digital economy

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Haresh Chawla

Haresh Chawla

Investor | Entrepreneur

WFH Daily #159: The idea of beauty
·Economy, Policy & Society

WFH Daily #159: The idea of beauty

August 29, 2020: Artist Shakti Maira on beauty; Ground Realities: The new labour hubs; How indigenous tech can make cities smart; The sunny side

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So, who or what is mofussil?
·Economy, Policy & Society

So, who or what is mofussil?

India’s small towns move beyond the Bunty-Babli stereotype as they emerge as new labour hubs in the post-Covid world

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Piyul Mukherjee
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Ipsita Bandyopadhyay

Piyul Mukherjee & Ipsita Bandyopadhyay

WFH Daily #158: Skills to thrive in tomorrow’s organisations
·Leadership & Organisation

WFH Daily #158: Skills to thrive in tomorrow’s organisations

August 28, 2020: Martin Bjergegaard on an organisation’s culture; Karim Lakhani on why you need to understand new tech skills such as statistics, programming and machine learning; Asana’s Dustin Moskovitz on getting the culture right

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WFH Daily #157: The bias in media
·Work, Careers & Personal Mastery

WFH Daily #157: The bias in media

August 27, 2020: Seth Stephens-Davidowitz on how we consume news; Why we need a better understanding of coronavirus; Listen with your eyes; What floppy disks can say about your age

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WFH Daily #156: The ability to tap tacit knowledge
·Work, Careers & Personal Mastery

WFH Daily #156: The ability to tap tacit knowledge

August 26, 2020: Russell Ackoff on problem solving; TAMG Episode 5—Vijay & Shravan Bhat talk money; A leap into quantum computing; The burden of power

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