Abhijit Bhaduri’s Blog
I write about careers, skills and the world of work. The cartoons and sketches are mine.
3 Factors Shaping Your Career
Creating low end jobs is not going to be sustainable. Machines will outperform us every time. It may be hard to build the capability at scale to build techies with deep expertise in Artificial Intelligence. As machines take over from humans, all that is left is creativity and the ability to manage human relationships. That is what India excels at. Instead, India needs to leverage the strengths that it has. It is a culture where relations matter. This is not to take away from the need to build deep tech skills, but to supplement it with something that we may have an advantage in. How do we handle the impact of the 3 factors? Read on...
Adam Grant at SHRM18 in Chicago
Don't do exit interviews. Do "entry interviews". Let the managers sit down with the new hire and ask, "What are your favorite projects?" "What goals do you wish to pursue."Don't forget to ask them, "What is broken in our interview process and how do we fix it?"Crowdsource your requests to ask for help with an unproven idea. Get a group of experts to weigh in. Build a bridge with what is familiar within the organization and people who are outside of your organization.
How to tell if someone can do a job they’ve never done
How do you predict someone's ability to do a job they have not done before. We have learned to do every job. Some by way of our education. Some jobs are best learned by observing an expert. And some comes from experience.
Sustaining the human connection
Our work is more than a source of livelihood. It shapes our identity. As the world of work and careers is changing, it needs leaders who can avoid “conversation fatigue”. In the last two decades, the profusion of social media platforms, flatter structures and constant change is creating a “collaborative overload”. Yet never before has the need for human connection been greater. The ability to make meaning and connect the dots will fast become a skill that will define successful leaders. We hope organizations will deepen their investments in building these skills.
Reimagine HR for a New Reality
Once upon a time, an organization was a closed ecosystem, insulated from the rest of the world, and as long as the employee played by the rules of the organization, the employer would guarantee life-time employment. One set of rules governed everyone. The pedigree of the degrees was a predictor of performance. Hierarchy mattered. Communication was top-down. The leaders always had access to information that the employees did not.Until one day the digital tsunami changed everything.
