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Cognizant and Aspen Institute Future of Work Initiative release a new report, Building A Life...
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Preparing for the new normal, for a more permanent work from home scenario If you have continued to work through the successive lockdowns and unlocks that have been part of the pandemic experience worldwide, it means that you are lucky enough to be in a job that has transitioned to an online /digital mode. But […]
The COVID-19 pandemic is impacting many lives worldwide and India is no exception. While the Government of India and the various State Governments are doing their best enabling the people to adjust and learn to live with the Corona, this article attempts to discuss Leave facilities of the fortunate people who still are having their […]
Accelerating Digital Transformation The day has finally arrived, and change is inevitable. All those who have a callous attitude towards change and transformation need to wake up now. If we had heeded to the week signals and early warnings that we heard about and ignored to see, the future would not be that different or […]
A COVID-19 crisis by default but possibilities by design thinking in Human Resources Amidst jokes about the Coronavirus actually going viral and the unlocking gradually showing its face, we are learning to come to terms with the effects of the pandemic. While HR teams are exploring ways of aligning policies to the ‘New Normal’, there […]
“Never let a good crisis go to waste” – Winston Churchill The last few weeks have been surreal. It has been over 8 weeks since the lockdown and I witnessed something historic – almost the entire workforce working out of our best-in-class campuses have seamlessly moved to their own backyard and continued to be purposeful […]
Amidst industrial revolution 4.0, SMAC, an acronym for Social, Mobile, Analytics & Cloud alongside Artificial Intelligence (AI), Robotic Process Automation (RPA), Machine Learning (ML), Deep Learning, Augmented Reality (AR), and Chatbots were already disrupting the way we conduct our business and presented the industry with exciting possibilities of growth that is non-linear and also an […]
We have been speaking about VUCA for some time now. Professionals and people at large probably had not experienced it fully. COVID-19 pandemic has become a great leveler. Nations, corporates, economies, and societies have all experienced rapid changes at once. The impact of the pandemic may vary from business to business. “The ‘New Norm’ is […]
“Working from home? Oh! it’s a holiday for you”. Many of us have heard this at different times, from family or friends. I for one, experienced this widely held belief within my social circle, whenever working from home was mentioned. This was of course, the Pre-COVID-19 world (as we knew it). Fast forward to Mar […]
Why is it important? We are living in an unprecedented time in which the technology is changing at an exponential phase. World Economic Forum’s Future of Jobs report predicts that 75 million jobs are expected to be displaced due to automation by 2022. At the same time, 133 million new roles (Fig. 1) will get created […]
In weak economic times, firms typically focus on efficiency and put high scrutiny on hiring numbers. Hence, the young talent labor market specifically at entry levels is more likely to be at the receiving end of unemployment/temporary jobs. Essentially, there is clear evidence that shows the impact on young talent due to slowdown. Research on […]
We all have unconscious biases — assumptions that shape how we think, act, and feel. Some biases can hold us back. But when we make explicit those implicit stereotypes that limit us, we are more able to recognize and overcome them. I admit an unconscious bias in favor of HR as a value creator for employees, organizations, […]
How much time do you spend on an average commuting from work to home asked a friend of mine? Around 3 hours I replied, and you? I asked …4 hours sometime longer he said. He lives in Bangalore and me in Mumbai. Depending on the place you stay in the urban metro cities your time to commute […]
