Work From Forest: 7 Amazing Reasons to Try It
Forget WFH. What If Your Next Office Is In The Forest? For years, Work From Home was considered the future of work. For years, Work From Home was considered the future of work. Then came hybrid work. Then co-working spaces. Then workations and now Kerala appears to be taking the idea one step further: Work […]
Ganesh Chaturthi: 10 Powerful, Smart Career Lessons
WHAT GANPATI BAPPA CAN TEACH US ABOUT BUILDING A BETTER CAREER Every year, when Ganpati Bappa arrives, we tend to associate the festival with celebration, devotion, music, food, family and community but for me, there is another way of looking at Ganpati during Ganesh Chaturthi. There are several lessons in what Lord Ganesha represents that […]
Children’s Smartphone Use: 7 Surprising Risks & Trends
WE KEEP TALKING ABOUT LEADERSHIP. BUT ARE WE LOSING THE PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY MANAGE?There is a number in this infographic that immediately caught my attention: 73% of Indian children aged 10–14 were smartphone users in 2023, compared with just 19% in 2020. That is a remarkable jump. And it is not happening only among teenagers. […]
Student Entrepreneurship: 7 Exciting New Opportunities
Campus Placements Have a New Choice: Build, Not Just Join For decades, the conventional engineering-college career journey has been fairly predictable. Study engineering.Get placed.Join a technology company.Build a career. For many students, the campus placement season represented the moment when education finally converted into employment. But I think that equation is beginning to change. A […]
Managing Up: 7 Essential Winning Strategies
MANAGE UP, NOT JUST DOWN: THE CAREER SKILL NOBODY TEACHES US Managing up is a crucial career lesson I have increasingly come to appreciate: doing good work is only half the job. We spend years learning how to manage teams, meet deadlines, create presentations, hit targets and deal with clients. But very few of us […]
AI Data Center Jobs: 7 Exciting High-Demand Roles
7 Powerful Data Center Jobs Fueling AI’s Boom Behind every large AI model, cloud platform and generative AI application is a massive physical infrastructure of servers, power systems, cooling equipment, networking hardware and buildings. And building that infrastructure requires people. That is why data center jobs are becoming an increasingly important part of the AI […]
Maybe Job-Hopping Isn’t a Red Flag Anymore
For years, I have heard the same advice given to professionals: “Don’t change jobs too often. It will look bad on your CV.” Recruiters often looked at someone who had changed companies every year or two and immediately started asking questions. Is this person unreliable? Will they leave us too? Are they incapable of committing? […]
The Job That Doesn’t Exist: Welcome to the World of Ghost Jobs
The Job That Doesn’t Exist: Welcome to the World of Ghost Jobs Theme: Recruitment, Ghost Jobs & the Changing Candidate Experience There is a particular kind of rejection that job seekers have become very familiar with. It is the rejection that never arrives. You find a job posting. The salary looks good. The role sounds […]
AI Jobs in India: 7 Uncomfortable Truths
For the last couple of years, I have repeatedly heard the same question: “Will AI take away our jobs?” It is a legitimate question. Chatbots are writing content. AI is generating designs. Software is being written with AI assistance. Customer-service teams are being automated, and even routine financial and administrative work is increasingly being handled […]
The CEO Perks That Reveal More Than a Salary Slip (2026 Guide)
The CEO Perks That Reveal More Than a Salary Slip Every year, companies debate executive compensation. Most of the conversation revolves around salaries, bonuses and stock options. But this chart made me pause because it focuses on something we rarely discuss—executive perks. Among S&P 1500 companies, the largest executive benefits aren’t luxury vacations or expensive […]