February 24, 2024
Illustration on making friends at work, highlighting life-changing friendships, career benefits, and leadership through closeness, care, and commitment.

Unlocking Success: The Underrated Power of Workplace Friendships

Most people do not think that it is a good idea to get too friendly with a colleague. I grew up reading Spy vs Spy in MAD magazine. The white spy and the dark spy are continuously trying to outwit each other. Life has not changed. Yet this is a lost opportunity to create meaning at work. I read Gianpiero Petriglieri article on How to Make Better Friends at Work and thought I share the gems.

September 19, 2023
Friendly comic exploring the creative talents of AI vs. humans in cover design. Perfect for those interested in career growth, leadership, and HR insights.

I asked a human designer and AI to design my book cover. Which one would you choose?

AI vs Human Designer I wanted to see if AI can design a book cover - better than human designers. You will never guess who did better... Tell me if you guessed right :) #career, #creativity, #innovation, #personalbrand, #mondaymotivation #design #designer #ai #artificialintelligence #career3 Jeff Barrett Penguin Random House Achal Khanna Elliott Masie Greg Satell Todd McLees Aakriti Khurana Karthik Venkatesh Penguin Publishing Group Vala Afsha

August 14, 2022
Curious baby crawling on the floor, embodying the spirit of discovery and talent. A reminder to stay curious in work, career, and leadership journeys.

These hacks to generate innovative ideas are overlooked at work

Happy 75th Independence Day India - here's my wish for you

It is hard to wish a 75 year old country that is so very young. That is India for you. I wish this country would always stay curious. Curiosity is the foundation for innovation.

Thank you Shane Parrish for the lovely chat with Gary Klein. Read on about insights, mental models and much more.

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hashtag#innovation hashtag#india hashtag#thankyou hashtag#independenceday

January 20, 2022
Comic-style image highlighting remote team culture, mental health, and leadership. Emphasizes EQ over IQ in HR for work and career success.

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.

October 10, 2021
Colorful illustration highlighting extreme convenience in snack delivery, showcasing talent in leadership and innovation. Perfect for discussions on work and career in HR.

Hyper Convenience for Whom

The Nestle Report on Hyper Convenience talks about the customer who wishes to have every whim met on tap or app. On 9th Oct 2021, the Clubhouse chat room hosted by @Competia gather @kyraOcity @skap5 @AJParonWildes @AbhijitBhaduri @mcirkus @neilredding to discuss the implications of this trend. Nestle’s research has revealed that of the 53% of the people surveyed who buy coffee to go, a third buy it from supermarkets, 23% from forecourts and 19% from convenience stores. What’s more, over half of the respondents (60%) have eaten breakfast, brunch, lunch or dinner on the go. You may have been one of them. This is for you.