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
This is going to be a short one. When I first started my corporate career, I’d take extreme pains to ensure that my emails were their best possible version before I hit send. I would add the courteous ‘I hope this email finds you well’, ‘hope you had a good weekend’ and ‘happy Monday’ at … Continue reading Tiny curt emails
We all have the image of the modern-day woman depicted as juggling a laptop, diapers, a spatula, washing machine, pets and more, staunchly entrenched in our minds. The evolving role of a people manager evokes a very similar image. At first it looks easy. They have an entire team rallying to complete a series of … Continue reading Lowering the tax on the modern-day people manager
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