Nobody announced that work would change this way. There was no strategy document, pilot programme or change-management communication. An employee…
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When performance falls short, training is often the first prescription. Someone is not delivering. A team is struggling. A new…
Learning has always been easier to deliver than to measure. In this podcast highlight from The CHRO Playbook, John Cherian,…
When Shailesh Singh, Chief People Officer at Axis Max Life Insurance, talks about capability building, he does not begin with…
A senior television journalist, who now runs his own YouTube channel, was speaking to a student at Jantar Mantar during…
Winner | HRKatha Rising Star Leadership Award 2025 Every profession reaches a point when its role begins to change. For…
The debate about AI and employment has spent three years asking the wrong question. The question is not whether AI…
Something significant is happening to India’s technology workforce in 2026. Most people are describing the symptoms. Very few are examining…
I was speaking recently to the HR Head of a mid-sized IT company about hiring. We were discussing how recruitment…
Technology is no longer HR’s competitive advantage. In 2026, most organisations will have access to AI, predictive analytics and digital…
The cybersecurity industry has spent years framing its workforce challenge as a talent shortage. The numbers support that view. Nearly…
The language of work is changing. For decades, organisations focused on employability: whether candidates could do the job when they…
Someone I know works with one of the world’s largest technology and consulting firms. Based in India, mid-level, close to…
The average global time-to-hire sits at 44 days. For most organisations, that number has become an accepted inefficiency built into…
The logic behind retirement at 60 once made sense. India was younger. Jobs were scarce. Retirement created predictable generational turnover.…
The future of work is being shaped by a fundamental rethink of how organisations define sustainability, flexibility and human value.…
Hiring in 2026 reflects a deeper recalibration. Educational qualifications still signal learning depth. But as roles evolve rapidly, employability is…
The modern workplace has quietly entered an era of constant visibility. What began with attendance registers and periodic reviews has…
ESG has moved from the sidelines to the operating system of manufacturing. In 2026, organisations will no longer compete only…
There is a revealing contradiction at the heart of the corporate AI boom. Organisations are deploying artificial intelligence at remarkable…
The debate over office mandates has become one of the defining workplace conversations of the hybrid era. What began as…
For years, organisations treated purpose as branding exercise. By 2026, employees will expect evidence. Younger workers, in particular, are becoming…
There was a time when an MBA felt like a golden ticket. Crack a competitive exam, enter a top campus…
The workplace is reaching a turning point. For years, organisations optimised for productivity, measuring output, tracking efficiency and pushing performance…
Talent decisions have long been shaped by proxies. The institution on a CV. The marks on a transcript. The brand…
Krish Shankar, former Group Head of HR at Infosys and founding mentor at Crossmentors, recently shared a presentation titled There…