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Detailed stories on technology startups, business and economic current affairs.
Editor's note: Today, I’d like to draw your attention to contrasting workspaces, and entirely in line with how some things must change. But before that, wow, it is only June. Because it already feels like 2020 has been around for over a decade, and packing as much as the entire of the 2010s in these six months. Where our definitions of personal space, privilege, job security and home life have undergone perhaps a change permanently. But what about the workspace? Do we just show up and exchange stories of how we’ve all baked sourdough bread? Do we acknowledge that the pandemic has taken a toll on us in multiple ways and talk through those issues? Do we just go about our affairs like we’re in the “This is fine” meme? Finally, is it incumbent on our employers to ensure that we’re in a safe, empathetic workspace? A week or so ago, I ran a (largely unscientific) poll to understand if companies in India had been proactively talking to their employees, during a period in which we’re desperately grasping for anything to hold …
Editor's note: Today, I’d like to draw your attention to contrasting workspaces, and entirely in line with how some things must change. But before that, wow, it is only June. Because it already feels like 2020 has been around for over a decade, and packing as much as the entire of the 2010s in these six months. Where our definitions of personal space, privilege, job security and home life have undergone perhaps a change permanently. But what about the workspace? Do we just show up and exchange stories of how we’ve all baked sourdough bread? Do we acknowledge that the pandemic has taken a toll on us in multiple ways and talk through those issues? Do we just go about our affairs like we’re in the “This is fine” meme? Finally, is it incumbent on our employers to ensure that we’re in a safe, empathetic workspace? A week or so ago, I ran a (largely unscientific) poll to understand if companies in India had been proactively talking to their employees, during a period in which we’re desperately grasping for anything to hold …
In a surprise move on Wednesday, the Tata Sons chairman announced he will exit Bombay House at the end of his tenure in February 2027. He leaves at what is one of the most crucial times for the group.
The corporate flatterer is not a spoon that feeds the boss’s ego. He is a mirror—and what he reflects is the leader, and the organization, telegraphed right back.
Placement season is intense. But what makes a difference are the skills underlying your resume, which help both in landing a job and growing beyond it.
In a surprise move on Wednesday, the Tata Sons chairman announced he will exit Bombay House at the end of his tenure in February 2027. He leaves at what is one of the most crucial times for the group.
The corporate flatterer is not a spoon that feeds the boss’s ego. He is a mirror—and what he reflects is the leader, and the organization, telegraphed right back.
Placement season is intense. But what makes a difference are the skills underlying your resume, which help both in landing a job and growing beyond it.
