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The Spotlight on Nature
Natural capital underpins the wellbeing of humans and deserves a central place in our economic framework, author Siddarth Shrikanth argues. The current system has improved living standards but gone far in the direction of environmental destruction. Having made this point, The Case for Nature attempts to show ways of shifting to a ‘nature-positive’ economy
July 01, 2023
Sustainability at the Heart of Industrial Transition
The transformation in the industry space in recent times has seen a paradigm shift in that it is led by technology guided by sustainability and environment, social and governance values. Author Pranjal Sharma in his latest book notes that ensuring that humans work in a mutually beneficial manner while minimising the impact on earth is a key feature of the fifth industrial revolution
June 01, 2023
The Evolution In The Indian Job Market
Work 3.0 represents the third wave of changes for India in its post-colonial history— the first came in 1947 after independence, the second in 1991 after the economic liberalisation and third in 2020 when the pandemic struck. In an attempt to provide insights into the future of work, workplace and workers, authors Avik Chanda and Siddhartha Bandyopadhyay explore the various underlying factors that have influenced these changes
May 01, 2023
Following Passion With Purpose
The passion economy is transforming our relationship with work, says author Utkarsh Anand, as he explores the ways in which the professional world is reshaping itself. He discusses the unbundling of work from employment and emergence of passion economy as the new normal, while drawing from experiences and well-researched case studies—his own and those of others—to make a case for redesigning one’s career and building something meaningful
April 01, 2023
Crash Of The Titans
Just like elder brother Mukesh Ambani, Anil Ambani started off on the solid ground prepared by their father Dhirubhai. However, hardly has any other family business seen such sharply contrasted trajectories as theirs. How did Anil Ambani lose the advantage? Nandini Vijayaraghavan traces the journeys of four well-known entrepreneurs whose businesses took off energetically but failed to retain the momentum and ended up struggling for survival
Nandini Vijayaraghavan - March 01, 2023
When Tower Of Xi Dwarfed Modi In The US
Years before India and the US became ‘friends’, there was a time when the oldest and the largest democracies of the world did not see eye to eye. Seema Sirohi draws from her 30 years of experience as a journalist reporting on India-US ties to chart the journey of the two nations from divergence to convergence. Narendra Modi wanted to draw upon these ties to build a name for himself and business for India, but the corporate America was enchanted by the Chinese premier
February 01, 2023
The Balancing Act
To what extent does gender become a liability or a hurdle in the path to success? In her book, Anita Bhogle draws from experiences of women who made different career-related choices, from aggressively marching on to compromising on the job profile or giving it all up for the sake of family duties, to prepare a narrative on the challenges they face
January 01, 2023
What’s Cooking At Apple?
In his latest book, After Steve: How Apple Became a Trillion-Dollar Company and Lost Its Soul, author Tripp Mickle, a New York Times reporter covering Apple, spoke with over 200 former and current Apple employees, its suppliers, competitors, government officials and more to find how the company has fared after Jobs’ death
July 01, 2022
India’s Digital Deluge
In his latest book Digital Leapfrogs: How technology is reshaping consumer markets in India, author Vijay Mahajan explores how the rapid expansion of affordable smartphones and data network access, led by Reliance Jio, has brought new orders of scale to the reach and influence of digital technologies in consumer markets.
May 01, 2022
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