March 10, 2019
Creative sketch titled "Reimagine Education" explores new ecosystems, technology, and leadership in work, career, and HR with an author's insightful touch.

Reimagine education for the new ecosystem

We often ask children what they want to be when they grow up. 85 per cent of the jobs that will exist in 2030 haven't even been invented yet. There were no jobs called Data Scientist, YouTube star, Sports Psychologists, even a few years back. The educational institutions have to stop being credentialing machines. My take on the Adobe Education Leaders Seminar 2019 ...

February 4, 2019
Cozy table setup for an alumni gathering, highlighting leadership, career growth, and networking. Ideal for authors and HR experts to showcase talent connections.

How to stay connected to your alumni

The corporate alumni portals are usually all about transactions. How to get your dues settled faster. How to get the pension fund contributions transferred to the new employer etc. The news is usually all about the company - not the alumni. It is hard to have a conversation with someone who only wants to speak about himself or herself constantly. Universities understand this.

January 2, 2019
Notebook page with tips on effective communication and idea implementation, emphasizing leadership, career growth, and HR strategies from a respected author.

How to get others to support your ideas

How do you get people to support your idea? Getting approval from the senior management is often about the language of you have used in the document or presentation. That's what experts say. When I speak about this, a lot of people believe that if the idea is good enough, it does not need selling. Several bright people look at selling an idea as the socially acceptable term for telling a lie. That is so not true. An idea - no matter how brilliant - has to be sold.

December 3, 2018
Tips for giving better advice, focusing on understanding the advisee's needs. Perfect for enhancing work relationships and leadership skills.

How to be better at giving advice

Three tips to better at giving advice1. ASK WHY: Find out why the advise thought of reaching out to you in the first place.2. MODEL THE BEHAVIOR: When leaders give speeches to employees about Learning Agility it rings hollow if the employees have never seen the leader struggle to learn something new.There is third piece of advice that matters even more.

November 24, 2018
Illustrated comic characters reminding us of the creative talent and leadership in storytelling. A friendly nod to authors shaping careers in art and HR.

What do you call someone who collects comics?

I have the complete collection of Supremo Comics (which has Amitabh Bachan as super hero); Sunny the Super sleuth comics that has Sunil Gavaskar as super hero. The comics published by Tirupati Temple trust; Complete collection of Axa Comics (perhaps the only adult comics series published in India) and more ...

August 30, 2018
Two people in a cafe discuss soft skills, career growth, and leadership talent, emphasizing HR and author insights into overcoming learning barriers.

Soft Skills – Barriers to Learning

"68% employees want to learn at the workplace. They can learn at their own pace and they also want to learn what they can put to use in solving a workplace problem. In a world where skills take time to learn and yet keep becoming obsolete, the talent developers have to balance the needs for today and future. The organizations survival depends on that." Soft skill development is done better by face to face interactions - not on devices. Soft skills need other human beings to be learned. So don't expect changes by putting all employees through some e-learning course or stuff taught through a device.