Automation has been the order of the last couple of decades. It has significantly altered the way work is carried out and life is lived. We have been examining how automation alters the job markets and how it impacts various functions in an enterprise. Today, we look at Sales and Marketing. It has changed a […]

The last 10 years have paved the way for many discoveries in the tech world that every other sector has been trying its best to leverage on these new tools to find higher impact, up the productivity, transform the work processes. Some of these attempts have led to confusion and disruption while some of these […]

Artificial intelligence, machine learning and big data have been making waves. Another important development is the speed of such new technologies is much higher than what it used to be five decades ago. Industrial revolution made a huge shift in the way people lived their lives. Then came the age of computers that disrupted many […]

The heavy workload has become commonplace in today’s world – work as well as home. Since it is inevitable, we have to find ways of dealing with them: Make peace with it! Many times, we feel overwhelmed because we resist and hence, feel the stress. When you are launching a product, it is natural that […]

Interviews are important business interactions where a win-win would mean the candidate wanting to work for the prospective employer as much as the prospective employer wanting the candidate to work for them. Such perfect scenario is a rare occurrence, mainly due to a few gaffes from otherwise good candidates. Let’s look at five such blunders […]

Pressure Levels are all time high in work places today. Adverse market conditions, intense competition, demanding clients, disruption, ever changing technology etc are testing the emotional intelligence of corporate mortals every minute. It’s then natural that the fuse burns out and some unfortunate soul bears the brunt of pent up anger. I used to have […]

That Candidate who had cleared multiple rounds negotiated hard for offer corrections and accepted to join didn’t turn up on the D-Day, citing a flimsy unfathomable reason- dubbed personal exigency. Congratulations, we have just travelled back in time by 3 Months. Drop-outs post offer acceptance is arguably the most hated Dejavu in Talent Acquisition today. I […]

The Managers, Leaders and Events depicted in this blog is fictional. Any resemblance or similarity to actual events, entities or leaders, whether living or dead, is entirely coincidental No Managers were harmed while writing this blog One of my bosses explained to me his thoughts around the Monkey Management Style v/s Cat Management style- new […]

Former President, Dr. A P J Kalam said, “Don’t take rest after your first victory because if you fail in the second, more lips are waiting to say that your 1st victory was just luck.” It’s inspiration to keep at it. Great men and women did not want to retire because they were fighters. And […]

Organizations are flattening and role boundaries are getting blurry. Silos are melting away; overlap in responsibilities is a common phenomenon these days. There are many matrices at play when we think of organization structures. With tools like SMART goals, Project management software and so on, it is very common to see project teams, shared resources […]

Driver-less Cars or Autonomous Cars are going to be a reality in the next decade. What will be its impact on the employment market? 50 million jobs will be lost! The millions of people who earn their livelihood by driving a truck or a taxi or working as delivery person will lose their jobs over […]

Tonnes of research have been done and it has been proved beyond doubt that an organization has its own life, identity and personality. It values a few things dear and they define its identity. Who sets these? Do the owner(s) define the values or a group of people along with the owner(s)  define these? What is […]