Abhijit Bhaduri’s Blog
I write about careers, skills and the world of work. The cartoons and sketches are mine.
The Art of Public Speaking
We all need to communicate with a variety of people (think friends, family, strangers, vendors…) across a variety of platforms. How does one get better at public speaking. Here are notes from a podcast by a16z Live on the same topic.
5 Timeless Skills for a Changing Job Market
The human edge lies in ‘soft-skills’, which do not depend on degrees or qualifications. They take longer to build, remain relevant throughout your career and are irreplaceable no matter the changes in the workplace market.
Inspiration - not incentives, drive transformation
Transformation never gets completed. Transformation has no end-date. Things will always be in Perpetual Beta.
Memories, Daak Naams and Unwritten Rules
One way to think about your business is to ask: What in your reputation would prompt others to join your uniquely designed training program?
Should Machines Alter Memories
Do you recall your childhood memories? Of course you do. But then how do you know that those memories are accurate? Do you have a photograph to prove it? Then your mind may be playing tricks.
DeepFake tech is improving. That worries me
You can use DeepFake technology to animate photos of your relatives - dead or alive.
Five skills that you need for the future
Machines are faster, higher and stronger than humans. Machines are becoming more accurate than radiologists at discovering cancer. But they cannot build hope nor can they empathise with the patient or the family members who are struggling emotionally.
Wobbling is your SUPERPOWER
Evidence shows that when teams have psychological safety, they’re more willing to acknowledge their own mistakes and figure out how to prevent them moving forward. They’re also more comfortable raising problems and exploring innovative solutions.
Newsletters are having a moment
Writers can upload and publish an e-book directly on Kindle and get bulk of the revenue for themselves every time someone downloads the book
Trends and weak signals
Listening to your existing customers may stop you from learning why the rest of the population is not buying your product/service
Trends and Weak Signals
What did you learn this week? That was Estelle Metayer who goes by the twitter handle @Competia. She was hosting a Clubhouse room that had music composer Philip Sheppard - on twitter as @PhilipSheppard (see his website to learn more) and me as the moderators. That question sparked off a storm of ideas in the room.
Does your coach need to be an expert?
If the coach is an expert in the same area you wish to get stronger in, you start walking on the same path as the coach did. Organizations make this mistake ever so often when they get someone who has “been there, done that” as the coach.
Sticky learning
Practicing the new skill regularly helps. Doing 5 math problems every day for four days is better than doing 20 of them on one day.
Learning in 2021
Focus on the big three areas for 2021: 1. Context shapes content strategy; 2. Video, visuals, voice and vernacular; 3. Market the learning experience.
2021 is the year organizations must wake up to the reality that the learner is very different from what they assume about the learner.
Skills or confidence
Learning needs are subjects I studied in school but have never directly used to earn a living. Earning needs refer to every credential that you post on LinkedIn. These are what an employer values in you. Yearning needs are those that we wish to build that fall somewhere in between learning and earning
Proximity jobs
Proximity is an important way in which humans decide to trust someone. It forms the basis of many critical roles in every sector where trust forms the first step of the equation and sometimes the final step. When some of these experiences disappear or get modified, it impacts the most fundamental value of what makes us human.
