Beyond the Desk
News from the World of Work
Hybrid Work
Trends redefining hybrid work.
The Toyota RAV4 Plug-In Hybrid makes improvements across the board for the 2026 model year. Itâs now more powerful, more efficient, and offers updated advanc [...]
SALALAH: A Ministry of Labour paper has outlined a five-pillar pathway to redesign government careers around demonstrated skills, results and [...]
Charlotte's lunch crunch: Local business news and insights for North Carolina's Queen City this week. [...]
Workplace Designs
Workplace Design updates.
A 2026 workplace vision survey highlights digital eye strain, lighting, and workstation issues that lab managers can assess beyond traditional eye protection. [...]
Worklife Balance
Wellness at Work Insights.
Coming off the school year and into the summer is always a jarring transition from having a jam-packed schedule to zero commitments whatsoever. [...]
The Marriage and Parenthood Reset Workgroup will be rolling out interim measures which will be announced at the upcoming National Day Rally.These measures come ahead of the workgroup's full report [...]
An average of 70 private pre-schools in Singapore close annually due to rising costs, falling enrolment, and manpower challenges amid a changing early childhood landscape. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read [...]
Lt Gen Neeraj Shukla, General Officer Commanding (GOC) of Gajraj Corps, visited troops deployed in the forward areas of Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh and held an interaction with officers and [...]
Running a $38 billion company looks like 4:30 a.m. starts, working on Sundays and running laps around the house to blow off steam—and Twilio’s CEO says all his peers have [...]
AI at the Workplace
Would You Work for an AI Boss?
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Mental Health at Work
Coming off the school year and into the summer is always a jarring transition from having a jam-packed schedule to zero commitments whatsoever. [...]
The Marriage and Parenthood Reset Workgroup will be rolling out interim measures which will be announced at the upcoming National Day Rally.These measures come ahead of the workgroup's full report [...]
An average of 70 private pre-schools in Singapore close annually due to rising costs, falling enrolment, and manpower challenges amid a changing early childhood landscape. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read [...]
Lt Gen Neeraj Shukla, General Officer Commanding (GOC) of Gajraj Corps, visited troops deployed in the forward areas of Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh and held an interaction with officers and [...]
Running a $38 billion company looks like 4:30 a.m. starts, working on Sundays and running laps around the house to blow off steam—and Twilio’s CEO says all his peers have [...]
Future of Work
Elon Musk on Wealth and the Future of Consciousness
Building Resilience Through Knowledge Sharing in the Workplace
Resilience has become a critical attribute, in today’s fast-paced and ever-changing business landscape, for both individuals as well as organizations. Resilience enables one to adapt, recover, and thrive in the face of challenges and uncertainties. The most powerful tool that…
Design Thinking and its adoption for growth
Mark Watson is a lead partner with the DesignThinkersGroup, Australia. Not only does he teach Design Thinking to MBA students, he also conducts training for corporate organisations, besides consulting such organisations on specific assignments. In this video, he shares his…
Embracing Equality in Hybrid Work: Nurturing a Unified Organizational Experience
In today’s dynamic work landscape, organizations are adopting hybrid work models, offering employees the flexibility to work from the office or remotely. While this approach presents numerous benefits, it also poses challenges in maintaining a cohesive work culture and ensuring…
“Crowdfunding – Friend or Foe” – A report
Last Friday, the 26th of February, 2016 saw a motley audience step away from their work, to in attend a Talk and participate in a simulation on Crowdfunding by Prof. John Hoffmire of Oxford University. The event was organised by CRISP…
Activity Based Working and being Employee Centric
In this conversation between Architect Rahul Kadam of NGK Studio and workplace transformation expert Sibani Sarma from Idream, they discuss the importance of activity based working in being ‘employee-centric’. This is from a series of conversations titled ‘Reframe’, presented by…
“Dream. Design. Discover. Deliver”, the unique ethos of DCA Architects
Amit Aurora along with Rahul Bansal, both architecture graduates of 1993 from the esteemed School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi, founded DCA Architects in 1996. Envisioned as a 360 degree integrated architecture and interior design solutions firm with a…
EVENT DAY – Workshop on Building Blocks to Financial Freedom
Friday evenings for Gallopper are always power-packed and intellectually inclined. This time, we were at Access Work, Parel hosting another ‘Brown Bagger’, with Financial Consultant, Ketan Sonalkar. Architect turned Financial Consultant, Ketan is an alumnus of the prestigious Sir J.J…
Scaling down details to make children friendly spaces – Mrinal Bhatia
To have a conversation about Peppa pig, sea astronauts, gymnastics or play kitchen-kitchen with my toddler clients has been tougher than sketching the skyline of Chicago at -4 degrees with my fingers numb wrapped in woollen gloves for a sketching…
Architecture can change the world – Kingshuk Datta (KD)
Kingshuk Datta once re-mastered Laurie Baker’s famous quote as: ‘I learn my architecture by watching what nature does; in any case it is always the pragmatic and laterally evolving because nature does it. They don’t even employ builders, or for that matter architects,…
