July 31, 2025
BVook Review The Irresistible Manager

Book Review: The Irresistible Manager

In a world where middle management is disappearing, Bhushan Kulkarni’s *The Irresistible Manager* offers a warm, practical guide for navigating the complexities of modern leadership. With insights on building trust, fostering team growth, and embracing AI disruption, this book challenges managers to reflect on who they need to become in uncertain times.
July 15, 2025
Upgrad wishlist 2025

UpGrad: What Professionals Want

Half of India’s workforce didn’t participate in formal skilling last year—not due to lack of interest, but due to poor access (66%) and irrelevant content (34%). upGrad Enterprise’s latest report, ‘Skilling Smarter: A strategic guide to training across generations,’ unpacks what’s broken in current workplace training strategies, drawing insights from […]
July 11, 2025
Fluke and chance

Book Review: Why Fluke by Brian Klaas Will Change How You See Success, Luck, and Control

When the flight took off on 12 June 2025, there were 242 passengers and crew on the Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner. There were 169 Indian nationals, 53 Britons, seven Portuguese nationals and one Canadian on the Air India flight bound for London from Ahmedabad. Everyone died EXCEPT the passenger in seat […]
July 10, 2025
Human Brain

Why You Need Neuroscience to Fix Your Talent-Management Crisis 

Businesses are grappling with a talent paradox. Despite massive investments in learning and development, employee engagement remains stubbornly low. Training programs fail to stick, feedback sessions backfire, and high-potential employees quietly disengage. The problem isn’t what we’re doing—it’s that we’re fighting against how the human brain actually works. Here’s how […]
July 2, 2025
Ratatouille

Ratatouille: Unlikely Lessons in Career Identity

Ratatouille is a movie about career identity, hidden potential, mentorship, gatekeeping, and creative risk. The film that took seven years to make I watch Pixar movies especially on long flights. I was traveling back from Peru. This time I watched Ratatouille. Ratatouille is a traditional French vegetable stew—simple, rustic, and […]
June 28, 2025
Football players lined up on the field, capturing Silicon Valley's approach to talent spotting from F1 recruiters and master chefs' strategies.

Silicon Valley is Learning from the Master Chefs & F1 Recruiters

Meta’s clandestine $100 million AI talent hunt grabbed headlines. Sam Altman cried foul and claimed that Meta’s was running a vaccum through the limited AI talent available. Then there were posts from those hired. They denied million dollar sign on bonuses. I don’t know the truth about the pay checks […]
June 17, 2025
A sketchnote showing the growing preference for a girl child

The Gender Revolution That’s Quietly Reshaping Your Workplace

Something extraordinary is going to happen in boardrooms across America, and most executives don’t even realize it. While headlines focus on AI and remote work, a silent demographic revolution is fundamentally altering who shows up to work, how they think about careers, and what they need from employers. There is […]
June 16, 2025
Designing Dashboards

HR for Irrational Humans Ep 4: Dashboards Focus on Metrics – Not Behavior Change

The Fitbit Fiasco The company launched a wellness program. Everyone got a shiny Fitbit to help them track their 10,000 steps. The goal: Employees who walk together. The dashboard shows leaderboards. Prizes await the winners. Week one looks promising. Step counts soar. The C-suite celebrates. By week three, the real […]
June 9, 2025
Neuroscience in Talent Management

HR for Irrational Humans Ep 3: Unlocking Talent Potential Through Neuroscience

This is a new series called HR for Irrational Humans. read Episode 1 and Episode 2 here Businesses are grappling with a talent paradox. Despite massive investments in learning and development, employee engagement remains stubbornly low. Training programs fail to stick, feedback sessions backfire, and high-potential employees quietly disengage. The […]