March 6, 2025
Cartoon of a chaotic moving day with a tilting house and a sunny sky. Features a "Mehta Movers" truck, humorously capturing the moving adventure.

Moving, Mehta (not Meta) and Most Admired

When cinema first transitioned from silent films to talkies, directors struggled. They filmed movies as if they were just capturing a play—static cameras, actors enunciating as if the audience was in the last row of a theater. It took creative rule-breakers to realize that the camera could move, zoom, and […]
March 6, 2025
Cartoon character representing corporate L&D, frustrated by boring content, forced courses, and losing out on upskilling to competitors with bigger budgets.

If upskilling is such a strategic priority, why is the L&D team losing out to this competitor?

I have spent time in L&D teams in different organizations as an employee and as a consultant. If you have a Corporate L&D team, you know how they will hound you to complete the “mandatory training”. If upskilling is such a priority, then why has this competitor been winning for […]
March 6, 2025
Stone ruins beside a bold slogan advocating for anthropology over an MBA in HR, highlighting the value of cultural insight and adaptability in the workplace.

HR Needs Less MBA, More Anthropology—Here’s Why That’s a Good Thing

Ever wondered why employees trust Glassdoor , Blind , and Reddit, Inc. more than their own HR department? Or why leadership development programs always have to prove ROI, while compliance training gets an automatic green light? Or why HR still struggles to build employer brands, even though Marketing has been […]
March 2, 2025
Artistic sketch of a man with a thoughtful expression, capturing the essence of "Art Imitates Career in The Brutalist.” Warm and intriguing style.

Adrian Brody – Art Imitates Career in The Brutalist

Adrian Brody: Art Imitates Career in The Brutalist Adrian Brody has a knack for playing characters who suffer beautifully. In The Pianist, he endured war and starvation with haunting resilience. In The Grand Budapest Hotel, he was a delightfully sinister antagonist with a sharp mustache. And now, in The Brutalist, […]
February 24, 2025
Colorful illustration of a brain highlighting organizational learning, from "The Great Reset" by Nigel Paine. Insights on team connection and innovation.

Book Review: The Great Reset by Nigel Paine

How do organizations learn? What is the sign that they have learned? What makes organizational learning happen? Nigel Paine’s latest book The Great Reset makes us wonder if have been solving it wrong all along. Ask yourself what kind of a problem are you trying to solve We’ve been getting […]
February 23, 2025
Smiling group of children against a vibrant background, symbolizing the future. Text highlights "Bharat AI" and "time to LEAPFROG," promoting the Bharat AI Stack.

Its the Time to Leapfrog – Bharat AI Stack

Indians had their first internet experience through a smartphone, never having owned a desktop computer or landline phone. Leapfrogging is what India did. Time to do it again AI is a seismic shift. India can’t afford to play catch-up.It’s time to move from being a nation of coders to a nation of AI […]