Simplicity @ the other side of Complexity

“I am an old man. I don’t have time for these kinds of HR interventions now”, said the senior consultant. We had requested this gentleman ...

“She is very bright”, said the first HR Manager. “She is the definition of a tube light - bright on the outside and hollow inside”, said the...

“Performance ratings will be shared with the employees next week. We expect employee attrition to go up significantly in the next few months...

“I am leaving this organization because my manager and I have very different ideas on what ‘good’ looks like in my domain, and we have agre...

“This is a political issue and we should resolve it politically”, said the senior consultant. I heard this interesting piece of ‘wisdom’ at ...

"We need more commitment in this organization. Employees should just trust their managers and the organization and do what they are ask...

“There is too much passive resistance in this organization! When I suggest something, everyone agrees. But they go back and do whatever they...

This post is an attempt to explore the intersection of two of the key themes of this blog - the nature of the HR function (see 'Philosop...

"Do you know why am I staying on in this organization? It is because if I hang around here for another ten years, I will be in a global...

After making a living in the Organization Development (OD) field for more than a decade, I have realized that my primary role so far has bee...