Future of Work: HR News, Trends & Workplace Insights

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Updated on: Sep 2020

Culture & Behaviour

Embracing lessons learnt and looking ahead in next normal

Sep 24, 2020

Thriving in the Gig Economy The Next Normal

Thriving in the Gig Economy The Next Normal On March , , the World Health Organization...

Culture & Behaviour

Sep 10, 2020

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Preparing for the New Normal amidst the immediate crisis

Preparing for the new normal, for a more permanent work from home scenario If you have continued to ...

Culture & Behaviour

Sep 3, 2020

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LEAVE LEAVE IT to me amidst the COVID- pandemic

The COVID- pandemic is impacting many lives worldwide and India is no exception. While the Governm...

Culture & Behaviour

Aug 17, 2020

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Future of Work

The Big Reset in HR- World of Work in ‘New Now’

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 […]

Jul 28, 2020

Design Thinking

A crisis by default but possibilities by design thinking in HR

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 […]

Jul 14, 2020

Culture & Behaviour

Reinvent the way we work to shine amidst the Crisis

“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 […]

Jun 10, 2020

Future of Work

Managing Workplace Disruptions Post COVID-19

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 […]

Jun 8, 2020

Culture & Behaviour

New Norm of Work-life Space in Times of Crisis

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 […]

Jun 1, 2020

Culture & Behaviour

Remote Working Challenges and suggested solutions

“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 […]

May 22, 2020

Future of Work

How to Prepare the Workforce for the Future Jobs

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 […]

May 18, 2020

Economic Slowdown

India Inc Needs Skilling, Reskilling, Upskilling in Recession

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 […]

Apr 15, 2020

Future of Work

Recognizing and Overcoming Unconscious Biases in HR

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, […]

Jan 17, 2020

Future of Work

Work From Home: The Best Practices

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 […]

Jan 17, 2020

Future of Work

Automation in HR – Impact, Adoption and Future workforce

In dealing with a workforce that is fast comprising of more millennials globally, it is imperative for an organization to understand ‘What Is It’ that the millennials want. Research from around the world suggests that this workforce is different. In that, they want to connect more, belong more, own more and in general, know much […]

Jan 13, 2020

Future of Work

Mindfulness And Workplace Spirituality In Digital Age

In a meeting room at 12 noon on Monday… Harry is sitting in a meeting room to attend an important project discussion, but he is failing to concentrate to listen to the conversation as he is still thinking about the issue he had to go over yesterday with his Boss on his performance on the […]

Dec 11, 2019