
For years, the dominant question about artificial intelligence and employment has been: Which jobs will AI replace? For a student deciding what to learn, a young professional planning a career, or an experienced employee trying to remain relevant, there is a more useful question: Which skills are becoming more valuable because AI exists? The distinction…

As businesses expand, the systems that supported their early success may need to evolve. Evidence from India and global companies shows what leaders can strengthen before pursuing the next stage of scale. India has no shortage of enterprises. MSMEs contribute 31.1% of GDP, 35.4% of manufacturing output and 48.58% of exports, with more than 7.47…

From Teaching to Learning: How Must Education Evolve in the Age of AI and NEP? 1. Indian education has evolved through several distinct phases. How do you see this evolution, and what have been the most significant changes in the purpose and structure of education? Indian education has undergone a significant transformation over the centuries,…

Singapore has little land, no large domestic market and few natural resources. Yet in 2025, merchandise worth nearly S$1.4 trillion moved through its economy. How did a country with such obvious constraints make itself indispensable to global trade? For an exporter, a border is not simply a geographical line. It is a collection of costs:…

Earning a salary does not automatically create financial independence. This article examines how working women can move from income and savings to investing, wealth creation, financial security and greater control over financial decisions. You Have a Salary. Is That Financial Independence? Imagine a professionally successful woman. She receives a salary every month. She pays household…

Climate change is no longer a distant environmental issue. Rising temperatures, extreme weather events, water stress, waste accumulation and energy insecurity are increasingly affecting households, businesses and governments. For a growing generation of young entrepreneurs, this reality is creating not only a sense of urgency but also an opportunity to build businesses around solving environmental…

India’s economy is booming, yet a farmer in Iowa outproduces an Indian farmer by ten times, and a German factory worker generates in one hour what an Indian worker takes a full day to make. Why does rapid growth keep failing to close this gap and what can leaders actually do about it? Here’s what…

Artificial intelligence can help employees draft, analyse, code, search and solve problems faster. Yet simply giving workers access to an AI tool does not automatically improve labour productivity. Productivity rises only when companies redesign workflows, train employees for specific use cases, provide trusted organisational knowledge, remove redundant work and redirect the time saved towards higher-value…

Why prevention is becoming one of the highest-return public investments for countries facing rising healthcare costs, ageing populations and lifestyle diseases. Healthcare systems become expensive when they intervene too late. Around the world, non-communicable diseases such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, cancer and chronic respiratory illness now account for 75% of non-pandemic-related deaths. Many of these…

Everyday financial life revolves around one invisible number: the interest rate. When people: take a home loan, earn returns on fixed deposits, invest in bonds, buy stocks, calculate EMIs, or compare savings returns, they are indirectly responding to interest rates. Yet despite affecting almost every financial decision in modern life, interest rates remain one of…