Company: CyberEdge Technologies (fictitious), one of India’s fastest-growing cybersecurity firms. Background: CyberEdge Technologies has hit a wall it did not…
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Insurance is peculiar. Unlike technology companies that sell innovation or consumer goods firms that sell aspiration, insurance companies sell promises—commitments…
Succession planning success rates in India have nearly doubled in a single year—from 27 per cent to 51 per cent.…
Most companies approach AI adoption surgically: identify critical functions, train select teams, deploy tools where returns appear obvious. Finance teams…
What is the Dunning-Kruger Effect? The Dunning-Kruger Effect is a cognitive bias where individuals with limited competence overestimate their abilities,…
For decades, salaries have lived in the shadows—whispered about, hinted at, or decoded through office grapevines. But as workplaces shift…
Two thousand flights cancelled in five days. Everyone’s analysing operational failure, regulatory non-compliance, passenger chaos. What nobody’s discussing: ground staff…
If someone had told senior HR leaders 20 years ago that their sharpest management lessons would one day come from…
Company: EquiBank (fictitious), one of India’s top private banks with 45,000 employees. Background: EquiBank is under pressure—from regulators, investors, and…
Not just an HR professional Back when she was an undergraduate, Pallavi Bhadkamkar happened to converse with a few senior…
Only 3 per cent of neurodiverse individuals across the world believe revealing their condition to a potential employer would be…
Consumer companies have long mastered the art of understanding customers—their preferences, pain points, moments of delight and frustration. However, when…
Cement is an unglamorous business. Raw materials get crushed, heated to extreme temperatures, ground into powder, and sold by the…
What is diversity fatigue? Diversity fatigue refers to the exhaustion, frustration, or disengagement that occurs when employees or organisations feel…
The shadow job market has industrialised, and nobody’s paying attention. According to Kaspersky Digital Footprint Intelligence’s report, forums posted twice…
In today’s fast-shifting talent landscape, the traditional suspicion surrounding job hopping is being challenged like never before. What was once…
Every workplace has its own language—a peculiar dialect where words mean everything except what they actually say. It’s a place…
Company: Orbit Manufacturing (fictitious), a 40-year-old industrial firm employing 3,000 people across India, facing declining revenues post pandemic. Background: Orbit…
Reality versus academic framework In her very first HR role, Arunima Mohanty realised early on that the real world of…
Banking, financial services and insurance operate under constraints that most industries never encounter. Regulatory frameworks are non-negotiable, compensation structures are…
In 2020, just over a third of Indian men were considered employable. Women fared better at 47 per cent. By…
After decades of working under colonial-era labour laws, India’s workforce woke up on November 22, 2024, to a fundamentally different…
What are new-collar jobs? New-collar jobs are technology-driven roles that prioritise skills, adaptability, and digital fluency over traditional college degrees.…
Corporate purpose statements typically adorn office walls and disappear from actual practice. Companies declare commitment to values, then make decisions…
The rise of quiet quitting has reshaped how we understand employee engagement. No longer just about clocking in and out,…
India’s government has enacted what it calls “historic” labour reform—consolidating 29 laws into four codes covering wages, industrial relations, social…