Abhijit Bhaduri’s Blog
I write about careers, skills and the world of work. The cartoons and sketches are mine.
I Was Sleeping for Four Hours A Day - Here is What I Learnt
I spent many years feeling that sleeping less was a sign of my superpower. It was not. I was damaging my health. Over the last few years I have learned how to get at least seven hours of sleep. I feel more energized and creative.
The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt
The Anxious Generation shows how smartphones, social media, and helicopter parenting have led to a decline in young people’s mental health and offers actionable solutions to help both our kids and ourselves become mature, emotionally stable adults.
Culture Building For Remote Teams
Culture Building for hashtag#remoteteams
I was invited by LinkedIn News India to join Pallavi Pareek (She/They) and Ankit Vengurlekar (he/him) to discuss this topic. This is a special edition of my hashtag#newsletter
Three Ms That Matter (The other two are explained in the newsletter)
Mental Health: This matters HUGELY in case of a remote work culture. Build the skills of the managers to recognise emotions like grief, stress, burnout etc.
Not another factor of production
When an employee quits, the manager offers more money. That reinforces exactly what the employees suspected. The relationship is purely transactional. They believe that they are just another factor of production
Can you be in a team and still feel alone
Being lonely is one of the biggest curses that the pandemic has unleashed. Team members often feel lonely. Here is what you can do.