The HR community has always struggled to keep up with the times. While our peers in marketing, finance and legal departments elegantly navigate the changing tides and seamlessly adopt the latest developments, the same HR trends stick around for a relatively long time and we still keep falling behind. Technology, people analytics and diversity have been hot … Continue reading HR and the Future: Wearables in the Workplace
Oh, yes! There is a dark side. But you know that already, don’t you? While most optimistic Gig Economy enthusiasts would like the world to be dominated by “Gigglers” by 2020, I think we are a long way from getting there. Don’t get me wrong, I do love the concept of multiple gigs and multiple … Continue reading The dark side of the Gig Economy
Much has been said and written about the Google fiasco; so much so that despite me initially deciding to not jump onto the bandwagon, I’ve now changed my mind. I’ve changed my mind because the internet has run amok with views on every aspect of what happened - David Brooks called for the resignation of … Continue reading The Google Fiasco: What we really need to be asking
For a change, this post isn’t going to be about HR. It could be; but you can extrapolate it to almost everything in the world. It is a well-known yet neglected universal truth and I’m going to attempt to bring it back to life. Richard Feynman says, “You can know the name of that bird … Continue reading The art of simplicity
It is inevitable. Like most things or rather everything, organizations aren’t immortal. While it may sound like a loaded statement and you would rather live in denial, we are surrounded by examples. It isn’t always an immediate death; decay can be painfully slow and unnoticeably so. It may take a decade, a century or multiple … Continue reading Every organization will decay
The biggest complaint I have against the HR community is that we don’t experiment as often as we should. There aren’t enough questions asked and there just isn’t enough doubt. If you’ve been here long, you know how often I rant about the need to move away from the ‘there’s nothing new under the sun’ … Continue reading All about ‘Experiments’
When Laszlo Bock left Google, there was one question on everyone’s mind - What is he going to do next? That question was answered with yet another one – What is Humu? The website gives very little away apart from the image of a reef triggerfish and the words ‘Making work better through science, machine … Continue reading Top Secret: Humu
Ever since my last post on the best way to get a new job, I’ve been getting a lot of feedback. Everyone who has read it has come back to express frustration on the lack of responses to their LinkedIn messages. I admit, I get a lot of messages myself and I do not reply … Continue reading How to: Get a response via LinkedIn
I struggle with making choices especially when an opportunity comes along disguised as risk. I’ve learnt from experience that discussing these with friends helps me take better decisions. I’ve also learnt that these discussions can throw up interesting content for my blog (like this one). As of last month, I had never come across the … Continue reading How big a risk must you take?
Job hunts can be hard, depressing and soul-ripping. Believe me, I know. When I first began job hunting, I was insanely optimistic. I created a wish list of the 20 organizations I wanted to work for and did everything I could to reach out to them. I uploaded my resume on their database, hunted down … Continue reading The best way to get a new job
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