Building the Blueprint for Trustworthy AI Agents in Business
Are we ready to trust AI agents in decision-making in high-stakes situations? In a world where artificial intelligence is being used to automate critical decisions, this is one of the big questions. In the case of Portia AI, a growing UK start-up launched in 2024, the answer, however, is yes,
Leadership Lessons: Whitney Wolfe Herd – Founder & CEO, Bumble
Whitney Wolfe Herd is a trailblazer who created more than an app; she sparked a movement in the tech startup world where innovation often overlooked inclusivity and ethics. As CEO of Bumble, she transformed how technology empowers and elevates female voices in male-dominated fields. In 2021, she became the youngest
Reimagining Organisational Culture as Living Consciousness
The idea that a company has a “soul” might seem poetic, but in today’s complex world, many argue it’s essential. A growing body of research in neuroscience, philosophy and management suggests that viewing organisational culture as a living consciousness, rooted in shared purpose, neurobiological harmony and strategic alignment, can transform
Startup Stories: Real Founders, Real Wins & Failures
Did you know 9 out of 10 startups fail? That’s a scary number. But you know what is more interesting? That people still quit their jobs, use their savings and take the risk of starting a business. You must be wondering why they do that? It’s because behind the failed
Why Meta Chose Fintech Disruptor Kunal Shah
Kunal Shah preferred honing his entrepreneurial skills by doing. He has now accepted a bigger, more far-reaching challenge: making people use WhatsApp beyond texting. The appointment of Kunal Shah, the founder and CEO of fintech platform CRED, as the Global Head of WhatsApp has broken the usual mould. The typical
July 7, 1930: Infrastructure As a Leadership Act
Bold investments during crises are crucial for shaping future economic realities. On July 7, 1930, construction officially began on the Hoover Dam, a project so ambitious that many questioned whether it could be completed at all. The United States was entering the darkest years of the Great Depression. Businesses were
Silicon Box: Reshaping the AI Chip Industry
With chip computing capacity increasing faster than ever, the industry is looking to pack more chips together. Silicon Box might have that answer better than others. Singapore-based Silicon Box has an ambitious mission statement: it wants to disrupt the semiconductor industry by easing the supply chain bottleneck that has plagued
Yogesh Chandra Deveshwar: Leadership Lessons
When Yogesh Chandra Deveshwar passed away in 2019, he was India’s longest-serving CEO of any organisation in India. Apart from a three-year hiatus between 1991 and 1994, when he was the chairman and MD of Air India, Yogesh spent his entire professional career at ITC. He signed up as a
Supply Chain Ghosting: The Smartest Insurance Policy
Why the rise of ‘Ghost Supply Chains’ proves modern business survival requires more than just cost efficiency. The most important supply-chain lesson of the past five years has not been diversification. It has been preparedness! Business leaders have spent years responding to disruptions that arrived with little warning. Pandemic shutdowns,
Cognitive Tax: The Thinking Problem Nobody Is Solving
The debate about AI and cognitive decline is protecting the wrong people. The organisations spending money on AI-free leadership retreats are solving the wrong problem. The cognitive risk from generative AI lies with the analysts and associates who entered the workforce without ever building independent analytical capability and have no
