Too often, we say an instinctive “Yes” to every new idea and every new request for our time. To be productive, I argue that our default response must instead be a strategic “No”.

We’re living in an AI gold rush, where product teams are pushing at the fringes of tech for fear of missing out. But in the process, are we ignoring the core of our products and the majority of users?

Fresh off a snow leopard expedition, I reflect on the accelerating power—and persistent limits—of artificial intelligence.

Are internal comms likely to communicate better than you can? Even if you’re the expert on your topic? This is a nuanced topic - part myth, part possibility!

Narrative based writing is often a superior way to convey ideas at work, compared to slideuments. But despite the overwhelming evidence against slideuments, death by PowerPoint is an enduring workplace phenomenon.

Despite living in the creator economy, we often underestimate the power of recorded video in business settings. In this post, I bust the myth that live presentations are superior to recorded video.

As AI becomes a significant part of our work lives, which competencies differentiate the average business user from another? I argue there are three powerful but game-changing skills that you haven’t thought of in this light.

There’s nothing romantic about the average daily commute of the Indian tech worker. We breathe the worst air in the world and endure the most time in traffic, to the detriment of our health.

Regardless of how bad things may be, or how awfully people are screwing up around us, our behaviour is in our control. We always have the choice to be kinder than necessary to those around us.

We often overestimate the value of grand documents over the unglamourous acts of daily documentation on projects. With the advent of AI-powered KM platforms, it’s time to revisit the fundamentals of team handbooks and documentation systems, if we are to generate relevant and timely knowledge insights for people.

While some sections of India Inc. ask for 70, 90 and 140-hour work weeks, the average worker has little or no leisure time. We’re all working close to 90-hour weeks already.

India Inc. has gone on a warpath to advocate for long work hours. I argue that such advocacy serves the interests of the elite minority and seeks to reverse hard-fought gains from a labour struggle of over 100 years.

(This is part one in a two-part series about the 90-hour workweek)

Why not use the full complement of resources on this website, to level up your distributed leadership skills in 2025?

While attractive in marketing brochures, long tenure and close relationships in leadership teams can sometimes harm a company.

AI transformation isn’t only about building or buying new systems. New technology often faces systemic inanities in legacy organisations.

Do you dislike using project management tools? Give me a chance to address your objections.

Knowledge workers are often mistrusting of processes for the corporate red-tape they create. But effective processes have their benefits.

Big companies are herding people back to office. Is this the end of the remote working era?

It’s entirely possible to have conflicting emotions about your job and your employer. The work vibe matrix helps individuals (and their managers) assess the relationship between their jobs and their employers so they can reconcile such conflicting emotions.

If you set them up right, internal open-source projects can help your company gain extra development capacity and a sense of community. In this post, I discuss four key practices that help you run a successful, internal open-source project.