Mar 13On Networking as a ProfessionalWhat is Networking? Merriam Webster defines it as “the cultivation of productive relationships for employment or business”. To give a technical analogy, if everyone in the world is a node, and if person X knows person Y, then draw an arc from node X to node Y for every X and Y. This…Workplace5 min readWorkplace5 min read
Mar 6On Activities That Give Meaning and PurposeIn case you have not seen the Ikigai chart, it is reproduced above from this world economic forum website. Take a moment to view the chart carefully, and, if needed, read about Ikigai either in the aforementioned website or elsewhere, or you can also watch YouTube videos on Ikigai. The…Ikigai5 min readIkigai5 min read
Feb 12On Dealing with Overload of Useful InformationWhen we start a new job, move to a new role, or a new project comes in, we sometimes feel like we are drinking from a fire hose (if you are unfamiliar with the idiom, here it means overwhelmed with information). Some of us feel we are unable to process…Information Overload5 min readInformation Overload5 min read
Feb 6On Adapting to New Situations, Challenges, and ChangeWhether we like it or not, both at work and in our personal lives we will be faced with new situations, challenges, and change. Some of us move to a new job, a new role in the same company, a new state, a new country, a new family, a new…Change Management5 min readChange Management5 min read
Jan 23On Figuring Out an Organization’s LandscapeWhen we join a new organization or when there is a major organizational change, we may want to figure out the lay of the land. In other words, we may want to know what is the culture, what are the goals, and what is the structure of the organization at…Onboarding5 min readOnboarding5 min read
Jan 17Melting Pot, Salad Bowl, or Fruit Tray?This article is not about the fabulous Swiss dish Fondue where cheese or chocolate melts in a pot, into which a long skewer-like fork is used to dip bread or fruit respectively, and then eaten. This is more about the metaphorical melting pot commonly used to describe cultures that come…Cultural Diversity4 min readCultural Diversity4 min read
Jan 9On Managing Difficult CoworkersI enjoyed writing medium articles and I did that quite regularly for a year. Then, for the past 1.5 years, I have not written a single article. One of the challenges I faced is to figure out what to write about. Week after week, coming up with a topic was…Workplace Culture4 min readWorkplace Culture4 min read
Jul 4, 2021Do you find it harder to create an impact than to do quality work?We do find creative ways to solve difficult problems at work. Work-related difficult problems that I am thinking about could be scientific, research oriented, business/stakeholder driven, and customer-centric. We are all well trained to be able to perform high-quality work by adequately using our knowledge, skills, and expertise. However, are…Motivation4 min readMotivation4 min read
May 30, 2021What if we had more autonomy at work?Suppose you Google “autonomy at work”, it would likely pull up the following from www.rallybright.com: “Autonomy means allowing employees to shape their work environment so they can perform to the best of their ability. Autonomy is not working in isolation, doing what you want whenever you want, or lack of…4 min read4 min read
May 23, 2021Experiencing issues with email responses?This year (2021) marks 50 years since the first email was sent. Yeah it is that old! However, wide usage of email in the general workplace has perhaps been only in the last 25 or so years. There are many effective ways to communicate in the workplace such as face-to-face…Email4 min readEmail4 min read
