Columns and Books
These are publications that have carried my columns.
Columns
Paperback – 16 November 2020
Dreamers and Unicorns
Packed with ideas and innovations, this powerhouse of a book by best-selling author and talent management specialist Abhijit Bhaduri explains why leadership, talent and culture are the new drivers of growth whether you are a Dreamer of growth whether you are a Dreamer, a Unicorn, a Market Shaper.
Non-fiction books
The Digital Tsunami
Whenever a tsunami arrives, it changes things irrevocably. Getting caught in a tsunami is similar to being inside a giant washing machine. To avoid being caught in its waves one has to take drastic measures—and fast.
Don’t Hire The Best
The job descriptions of jobs like CEO, President, Programmer etc are the same across companies. Then why is it that two people with the same qualifications are not just as successful. Hiring the right person is the difference between success and failure of a company or even a country. An interview is not a measure of the candidate’s fit, it is a measure of the interviewer’s skill. Most interviewers are terrible at predicting performance of a candidate. If only they used the approach suggested by this book…
Fiction books
Mediocre But Arrogant
Mediocre But Arrogant is the story of being young in India. It is about the roller coaster that is hostel life, bad grades, chai at the dhaba and, not least, being in love. If you have been to college in India and if you have stayed in a hostel, then this could well be your story. Mediocre But Arrogant and the second book in the series Married But Available are universally referred to as the ‘MBA’ books. Meet unforgettable characters like Haathi, Rascal Rusty, Pappu, Ayesha, Keya, Professor Chatto and Daadu.
Disclaimer: Any resemblance to any B-School in Jamshedpur is entirely a coincidence and not intended. No really.
Married But Available
The first ten years are the most eventful, they say, in anybody’s working life. They certainly are in the case of Abbey, who walks into a job at Balwanpur Industries, fresh from his B-school in Jamshedpur. Working in HR is fun, he soon discovers. What isn’t is the fact that there’s hardly anybody in the company who doesn’t have a view of who Abbey is and what Abbey does—or should do. Unless you read this book, you will never know why it was called Married But Available. Hint: It is not what you think.