A few years ago, leaders at the Gates Foundation reached out to see if I could help them improve their culture. They already had a strong culture of performance: They hired world-class scientists and maintained excellence of execution. Their goal was to improve their learning culture, in which people have the humility to know what they don’t know and the curiosity to rethink the way they’ve always done things. When I first arrived, people were whispering about the annual strategy reviews. It’s the time when program teams across the foundation meet with the cochairs — Bill and Melinda Gates —…

The Sensex on Wednesday closed above the 50,000 mark for the first time as the Budget-fuelled rally continued for the third straight session. The index rose 458 points, or about 1 per cent, to finish at 50,256, gaining close to 9 per cent in the last three trading sessions. Investor wealth has jumped by Rs 12.31 trillion since the Budget day, taking the market capitalisation of all BSE-listed companies to a record Rs 198.43 trillion. In the Union Budget for 2021-22, presented on Monday, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman unveiled a spending plan to revive…

Join author Jason Falls and Jennifer Dorsey, Editorial Director of Entrepreneur Press, as they discuss Jason’s new book, Winfluence: Reframing Influencer Marketing to Ignite Your Brand.Free Book Preview Ultimate Guide to Facebook Advertising Get a glimpse of how to use Facebook’s marketing resources to your business’s advantage. February 2, 2021 2 min readOpinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Join author Jason Falls and Jennifer Dorsey, Editorial Director of Entrepreneur Press, as they discuss Jason’s new book, Winfluence: Reframing Influencer Marketing to Ignite Your Brand. This virtual book launch will feature a reading by the author and…

Expectations from Union Budget 2021 were high. Given the hardships that people have endured over the past year, it was expected that there would be relief in some form or the other for the middle-class. At the same time, given the fact that the government has suffered loss of revenue due to the pandemic, it was also feared that the FM could ill-afford to loosen the purse strings. Read on to know how your money life has changed. No change in tax slabs: The Finance Minister had introduced a new tax regime in Union Budget 2020…

In order to encourage innovation and boost participation, markets regulator Sebi on Tuesday revised the objective and eligibility criteria of its innovation sandbox with graded entry norms. In addition, a steering committee comprising representatives from the enabling organisations has been formed to drive the innovation sandbox, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) said in a circular. The committee would supervise the operations of the innovation sandbox. Also, it would process the applications submitted by sandbox applicants and approve or reject applications and assign lead enabling organisations. Such…

February 1, 2021 7 min read I once hosted a podcast called Pessimists Archive. It gained a large and loyal listenership and got lots of media coverage. That success helped me ignore a problem I knew about but just wished would just go away: The show’s name was turning people off. I first heard about it from fans. They’d share the show with friends, who would refuse to listen. “It sounds like a bummer,” the friends would say. This was bad, because the show is not a bummer! It’s a fun, optimistic show about how naysayers throughout history are proven…

In the ‘pandemic Budget’, presented in a year that saw many losing jobs or facing a pay cut, there was widespread hope that the Finance Minister (FM) would offer some relief to the middle class by way of tax rebate. That did not happen. At the same time, the wealthy were fearful that the government might impose additional taxes on capital market gains, increase the surcharge on taxpayers in the higher-income brackets, or even reintroduce the wealth tax. Those fears proved to be unfounded as well. However, there are many changes in the Budget that will…

Ernst & Young analyses the movement of stocks and gives key reasons behind it. (Click here to read) (Click here to read) Dear Reader, Business Standard has always strived hard to provide up-to-date information and commentary on developments that are of interest to you and have wider political and economic implications for the country and the world. Your encouragement and constant feedback on how to improve our offering have only made our resolve and commitment to these ideals stronger. Even during these difficult times arising out of Covid-19, we continue to…