May 28, 2025
Sovereign AI

Sovereign AI: Why Control Over Culture Matters to Every Nation

Countries once competed to control oil, now they’re racing to build and control their own AI. It is their only chance to control their culture. Because AI isn’t just about tech or gadgets. It’s about culture, values, and control over what people see and believe. Imagine if your entire country […]
May 22, 2025
GenZ trends predict an economic slowdown

What Low-Rise Jeans and Shorter Vacations Can Teach Us About the Economy

This is part 1 of a 2 part series. Part 1 shows that there’s uncertainty in the market. Part 2 will speak of how to negotiate “final and no further discussions warranted” offers. Recession indicators show up in trends Sometimes, they show up in shopping carts, travel plans, and what’s […]
May 20, 2025
SHRM Influencer Report 2025

Honored to Be Named Among SHRM India’s Top HR Influencers in 2025

Honored to Be Named Among SHRM India’s Top HR Voices 2025 Honoured to be Named in SHRM’s Top 20 HR Voices on International HR Day On the occasion of International HR Day, it is both an honour and a privilege to be named among SHRM’s Top 20 HR Voices—a recognition […]
May 20, 2025
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The Disappearing First Job: Why Entry-Level Roles Are Vanishing — And How Gen Z Can Stay Ahead

AI has occupied the first floor of the building Across industries and continents, the first floor of careers is quietly disappearing. For decades, entry-level jobs were the first step on the ladder to success. They offered on-the-job learning, mentoring, and space to make beginner mistakes. But today, that bottom rung […]
May 18, 2025
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The Hidden Cost of Gen AI at Work: Losing Motivation

Gen AI Can Boost Your Game—But Don’t Let It Steal the Joy of Playing Read the research published in Harvard Business Review – dt May 15-2025 Think of a tennis player with a world-class coach whispering strategies through an earpiece. The player performs better, anticipates the opponent’s next move, and […]
May 18, 2025
Multigenerational Workforce

The One Habit that Will Keep You Relevant — No Matter Your Age

Where do you see yourself five years from now? It’s a confronting question. Especially in a world where AI writes emails, robots manage warehouses, and quantum computing is just around the corner. But there’s good news too. As I said in the recent Times of India feature on the jobs […]
April 13, 2025
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India will be the AI Use Case Capital of the World — Here’s Why

AI Inferences in $0.01 or Rs1 In a world racing to harness artificial intelligence, India is quietly positioning itself not just as a participant but as the global capital for AI use cases. With its unique combination of massive digital infrastructure, a billion-strong user base, and entrepreneurial energy, India offers […]
April 9, 2025
State of AI

State of AI as of April 2025

The Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI) has an interdisciplinary group of experts from across academia and industry who put together this report. It identifies the biggest technical advances, new achievements in benchmarking, investment flowing into generative AI, education trends, legislation around this technology and even misuse of AI. Here’s a […]
March 21, 2025
Corporate L&D is obsessed about the wrong things

Corporate L&D: Your competition isn’t another L&D team… It is YouTube

Create a pull for your content Employees aren’t waiting for L&D to assign them a course. They’re learning on their own terms. They’re watching YouTube tutorials on data visualization, Googling how to write a better prompt for ChatGPT, and joining community-driven courses to level up. Corporate Learning & Development must […]