What does ‘contextual intelligence’ mean? Contextual intelligence is the ability to understand the environment around you, interpret its dynamics, and…
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On a weekday afternoon in a Metro Shoes outlet on a busy Mumbai high street, a sales associate kneels to…
On Tuesday morning, March 31st, 2026, approximately 30,000 employees of Oracle across the United States, India, Canada and Mexico woke…
In the race to build truly inclusive workplaces, global organisations often face a quiet but critical tension. The same company…
Every office has an org chart. Clean boxes, neat lines, official titles that explain who reports to whom and who…
The nature of work is not just changing. It is being redefined. As artificial intelligence moves from assisting tasks to…
From finance to HR “HR chose me,” says Divya Kiran, recalling how she found her way into the function whilst…
Company: Sterling Industries (fictitious), a Rs 1,200 crore manufacturing conglomerate with operations across automotive components and industrial machinery. Background Three…
Higher education presents its own particular version of the HR challenge. The workforce is highly credentialled and professionally mobile. The…
There is a number in NIIT’s 2026 India Skills Gap Report that should unsettle every vice-chancellor, HR director and policymaker…
What does it mean? Lily padding is a career strategy in which professionals – particularly younger workers – move deliberately…
AI is being deployed across organisations at speed. But its success will not be determined by technology alone. It will…
There was a time when learning had a rhythm. You studied, you worked, you grew—step by step. Today, that rhythm…
The conflict in West Asia has introduced real uncertainty into global markets. Oil supply routes face disruption. Energy prices fluctuate.…
There’s a peculiar theatre that plays out in offices every day. Someone says, “Let’s take this offline and circle back…
HR has spent the last few years participating in AI conversations. By 2026, it will be expected to lead them.…
Only 5 per cent of decisions in the future workplace may require a human. That is the number buried in…
For years, organisations have spoken about skills-based hiring. 2026 could be the year it is finally put to the test.…
Corporate diversity initiatives often announce ambitious targets and publish progress reports. Actual workplace change tends to lag behind. Women return…
There’s a moment most employees have experienced at least once—the hesitation outside a cabin door. You pause, replay what you…
Every company declares that retaining talent is a strategic priority. Annual reports emphasise culture and engagement. Leadership speaks of ‘people…
Somewhere between the first login of the day and the last email you send, work has a way of slipping…
The five-year strategic plan didn’t evolve. It failed. For decades, organisations relied on long-term planning to create certainty—mapping talent, capabilities…
The future of work may be shaped by technology, but it will be defined by trust. For years, psychological safety…
In IT services and enterprise technology, predictability has quietly disappeared. Client expectations shift rapidly, technologies evolve mid-project, and employees are…
The idea of leadership is being fundamentally rewritten. Organisations were long designed around authority, control and decision-making hierarchy. That model…