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Designing a sharply positioned platform
All digital platforms have similar products or similar content. How is the consumer to distinguish between this glut of providers?
The Chinese innovation machine
China has evolved into a leading geography for innovation. How has it done that? George Yip and Bruce McKern explore that question in their book ‘China’s Next Strategic Advantage’
Something’s cooking in Apple’s India business
Apple CEO Tim Cook’s recent learning mission to India may open up new possibilities for the world’s most valuable company. But here’s the nub: it may not quite follow the script drawn up by the Indian government
Maze runner: Negotiating and thriving in the matrix organization
Yes it’s ambiguous, diffracted and confusing, but the matrix structure also provides great opportunities for adaptable and agile leaders
Lessons from fighting a drought
Droughts can be managed to take the sting out of the phenomena. Here are seven learnings from Amit Chandra, managing director of Bain Capital in India, social entrepreneur Nimesh Sumati and Sundeep Waslekar, president of Strategic Foresight Group & Cauvery delta farmer Ravichandran Vanchinathan
What we need to do to make design thinking strategic
For design thinking to be truly effective, it must be guided by strategic vision
With patient capital to fix basic problems, India too can think big
Having bijli-sadak-pani allows entrepreneurs to think big by dreaming up models that are built on platforms and marketplaces. To fix that, the quantum of capital and the timescale of investment are equally important.
A day in the life of India
For all the hyperbole that exists around the idea of India, step into the real India, and all notions implode. Ours is a nation of young people with no idea of what to do with them
Fixing India’s jobs machine
Employment patterns are changing due to technology, emergence of new forms of enterprises, demand for social security, need for new skills, and the way enterprises are regulated
