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January 21, 2026
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January 21, 2026
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Workhuman Live 2026: Identity Before Skills

I am speaking on “Using Behavioral Science to Redesign Talent Management for the AI Economy”. The industrial economy valued interchangeability of talent as a way to run assembly lines. Using that mindset to operate in the AI Economy is the reason why workplaces are struggling. Your AI strategy is accidentally […]
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January 7, 2026
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January 7, 2026
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Work hard or smart – avoid this error

Workplaces reward visible effort over actual results because our brains use the “effort heuristic”—assuming that suffering and long hours signal commitment and value—creating a trap where efficient workers feel pressured to perform busyness rather than focus on outcomes. Instead of working longer hours to signal dedication, demonstrate your worth by […]
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September 30, 2025
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September 30, 2025
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Your L&D Program is an Assembled Table — Employees Want the Assembly Instructions

Imagine going for dinner to a chef’s home and he serves you Maggi Instant Noodles. What if he invited you to help him arrange the table, chop the vegetables and pour the soup. Wouldn’t that be memorable? Learning needs to be like that. Ikea does not assemble the furniture. You […]
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September 2, 2025
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September 2, 2025
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Book Review: When More Is Not Better

In California’s Central Valley, almond trees dominate the landscape, producing over 80% of the world’s almonds. While this seems like a farming triumph, there’s a hidden cost: these vast monocultures rely on honeybees for pollination, leading to their decline.
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September 2, 2025
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September 2, 2025
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Why Your Company Needs a Chief Learning Officer (And How to Know If You’re Ready)

Companies die—quietly, in their sleep. Because skills age like milk, not wine. When medieval European mapmakers encountered blank spaces on their maps – areas they knew existed but had little concrete knowledge about – they would often populate these unknown regions with drawings of fantastical beasts, sea monsters to show […]
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August 11, 2025
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August 11, 2025
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Indian IT Outsourcing Industry Will Do It Once Again

Indian IT outsourcing is under threat as the sector contends with shrinking market share, automation of lower-skill jobs, increased global competition, and a critical need to reinvent both talent pipelines and business models. The evidence from 2025 shows momentum shifting toward specialized skills, AI-driven operational models, and a requirement for […]
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