Working from home was never an option before. Then came internet and the option was available for some. During my sales days I used to work for years from a home office. I never liked it. During pandemic working from home became a norm. Many companies boasted that they will never do a working from office. And now companies also struggle as they try to … Continue reading Return to Office
There are two things that can happen most weeks. One is achievement and other is Learning. Achievements are personal, there can be a time and place for discussing them. Every place is not for it. And there might not be one of them every week. Sometimes getting through a week in itself can seem like an achievement 🙏 But Learnings are worth documenting and sharing. … Continue reading What happens most weeks
A while back Infosys founder Narayana Murthy mentioned that he was disappointed when companies moved to a 5 day work week. He had also said youth should work for 70 hours instead of 40 a week. The simple question is “why..?” Our body & organs have to work 24 hours a day. It stops life stops. If we need our body to work properly we … Continue reading 2025 Thought: How many hours should we work?
Sometimes a whole week of work with all its turbulence, confusions, learnings and self reflections finally boils down to a few minutes talk on a Friday and you say “that was a worthwhile week… Not perfect but productive”. And yes you say a Thank You! a big Thank You ! This ‘Thank You’ can be to someone specific or it could be in general to anyone … Continue reading A Work week coming to an end
I have come to realize that much of what I do is not that important in the large scheme of things. But I need to do them as I am alive and truth be said there is nothing much for me to do other than that. On top of that I enjoy doing them…. Well some of them… But that in itself is worth it… … Continue reading Much of what I do
I don’t think motivation was what drove me into my current career, it was priorities, realization and interest. As a 16–17 year old when I was in my 11th and 12th, I had absolutely no idea what I wanted from life. If you don’t know what you want to learn and you were good at studies you went for Engineering. That was the rule in … Continue reading What motivated you to choose your current career?
You have heard the word bombarded on the walls of conference rooms, in the corporate corridors and loud and clear through a mouth piece or headset. ‘Transparency’ has become both a request and an ask. Yet teams, organizations and individuals struggle with it. Whenever I say Transparency, I also know how many people take it. But you cannot except people to be transparent when they … Continue reading 349/365 Transparency For Transformation
I am not sure, but I have a theory. But more than my theory this is a question that companies have to really dig into. Why do some Good people leave a company? I know before we talk about it, we need to probably define what ‘Good’ means. I am sure there are companies out there that think ‘Good’ means having to pay way less … Continue reading 348/365 Why do some Good People Leave a company?
We all have our style of working. Some of the things in our style have been working for us. Or we think so. We also improve our styles and even make drastic changes if we think our style is working against us. Especially when we join a new place. When we join a new place it can be in different flavors. I have seen people … Continue reading 328/365 What Works in How we work?
Is this a true statement? I am sure there are people who would have received job enquiries for positions they have not applied for. And even got some of them. The job of a recruiter is ensuring open reqs reach the maximum number of people. That is a marketing effort by the company. But unless one responds you won’t get it. Applying for a job does not … Continue reading 326/365 You will not get a job that you did not apply for !
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