Hybrid Work Policies need to be Flexible

The concept of hybrid models of work has emerged from a need for flexibility. On the other hand, company policies are inherently not flexible. So, can employers really have policies that work for hybrid models of work? These are early…
Tackling Psychological Safety in Hybrid models of Work

I read in this article here about JP Morgan Chase asking all its 260,000 employees in the US to return to work in 60 days. The bank believes that working together in person is important for their culture, clients, businesses…
Has WeWork killed the Dress Code?

After working with an American and an Australian company in the nineties, I became an entrepreneur in 2003. Free at last, I thought. Amongst other things, I also felt free from the ‘tie and suit’ regime, something which I did…
Longitudinal cities limit lateral thinking and innovation : A hypothesis

Back in the nineties, I used to commute between my workplace at Churchgate in the southern tip of Mumbai and my home at Andheri West, far north of it, on a daily basis. Work started at 9 am. At 8.45…