Two things happened when ChatGPT rose to its current popularity: users wanted to use it for almost everything and organizations rushed to create data security policies that would stop employees from doing just that. Employers were petrified that sensitive data would find its way into the public sphere and banned the use of OpenAI on … Continue reading Microsoft’s Copilot is the Future of Work
I have no less than six posts dedicated to meetings on this blog and at least two episodes on the pod where meetings form one of the top three stories of the month. I am not obsessed with meetings but I spend a LOT of time thinking about them and even more time attending them. … Continue reading Shopify’s Meeting Cost Calculator
The first six months of 2023 have been a whirlwind. After writing off 2020, 2021 and 2022 as marginal years, 2023 was supposed to be the year where I outshone myself at work. Armed with great hopes, back in December of last year, I signed up for five projects. Fast forward six months and I … Continue reading Picking Priorities
Last week, I had the opportunity to be in the same room as one of the people I admire the most. You may know by now that I call myself a behavioral economics enthusiast and am a big fan of Dan Ariely. When I heard that he was going to be in the same town … Continue reading What stops us from acting in our best interest?
Is it absurd that in the age of artificial intelligence, metaverse and crypto, the news that brings me childlike giddy excitement is the launch of a revamped people analytics platform? Despite all our talk about HR ushering in the future of work and redefining careers, that lack of people analytics platforms that match data interfaces … Continue reading Building the ultimate people analytics platform
Lately I’ve noticed an uptick in conversations on second careers and side gigs. Many elements have led to the fueling of this fire. It began with the pandemic encouraging people to seek meaning in life; be it through the soul-searching activities of baking banana bread, whipping Dalgona coffees and origami or by quitting their day … Continue reading Bring on the side gig
I spent a while debating if I should sign up for a challenge this month. At first, I dismissed it. On second thoughts, the obvious yet mundane challenge that came to mind was: doing less(er) or learning to be comfortable with doing less. However, the longer I thought about it, the stronger I felt about … Continue reading Just ten
In Part 1, we debated the case for pulling people back into the office. The 4C’s: Culture, Collaboration, Creativity and Connection make for a compelling case for why working from an office with colleagues might be a good idea. However, in that post, I also promised to balance the debate and return with my pitch … Continue reading Why are we really going back to the office? – Part 2
We’re living in the midst of a perfect storm. With the bank bailouts, focus on optimization and tech layoffs, job security has gone out the window. Organizations are pulling employees back into the office, hard won work life balance is being put to test and all of this while we’re still re-evaluating our relationship with … Continue reading Part 1: Why are we really going back to the office?
My prevailing emotion at this moment is exhaustion. Work’s been busy, this blog has finally come alive (after a long hiatus), HR Bandit continues to be my favorite child, I’ve kick-started work on a second podcast and am working on two other ideas that are still too nascent to share. All of this on top … Continue reading Slow down
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