Dec 13, 2023 | Tech, Info, Data & Analysis, Rodin
John von Neumann, an extraordinary mind, an effortless polymath, observed: ‘It is not a particular purpose, destructive race, one specific invention that creates danger. The danger is intrinsic. For progress, there is no cure’. (Ascribed to him as a Quote in The MANIAC, a book by Benjamin Labatut)
Read MoreOct 27, 2023 | Management & Innovation, Rodin
Sajjan Jindal’s decision to enter the EV market is the immediate context to emphasise the irrelevance of intellectual cobwebs such as the idea of core competence. In a world abundant with multiple opportunities, within the same or different lines of businesses, a different set of questions need to be asked.
Read MoreSep 13, 2023 | Economics & Economy, Rodin
It is time to acknowledge that it is not some visionary businesses but the opening made by years of protests from ordinary people all over the world which have created the space for a set of whole new environment-related businesses. Ironically, this ‘success’ has created a hierarchy which is going to shape the future of the battle for the environment
Read MoreAug 25, 2023 | Economics & Economy, Rodin
It is time to see roads as central to any supply chain. Else, the grand call for ‘resilient supply chain’ will falter at every level – national highways, state highways and intracity roads. While road accidents occur on all three types of roads, the last acquires a certain additional significance since they represent last mile connectivity and involve multiple agencies making a unified oversight a nightmare. Unless big businesses intervene, the situation is unlikely to change.
Read MoreSep 7, 2022 | Management & Innovation, Rodin
Fools rush in where angels fear to tread. So they say. Yet, I have decided to be a fool and revisit the contentious debate over net neutrality, which was disguised as a battle for democracy and equality when it was in fact a battle between different businesses. There is a context to this revisiting – the dawn of 5G and the investments made by telecom companies in acquiring spectrum. In the interest of full disclosure, I have no business interest in this matter!
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