Future of Work Archives | Lokesh Sharma

The Motivation Myth: Why ‘Follow Your Passion’ Is Terrible Career Advice, and What Actually Sustains Drive for Indian Professionals

by Lokesh | Jul 22, 2026

“Follow your passion” is the most repeated career advice on earth and one of the most quietly damaging, especially in India. We hang it on convocation stages and LinkedIn posts as if it were settled wisdom…

The Structured Hybrid Work Policy: Why Indian Companies Are Getting Specific About Flexibility

by Lokesh | Jul 9, 2026

For about three years after the pandemic pushed Indian companies into remote work overnight, hybrid policy meant exactly one thing: vagueness. “Work from wherever makes sense.” “Flexibility based on role and manager discretion.” “Hybrid...

The Human Skills Premium: Why Emotional Intelligence Is the Workplace’s Most Valuable Currency in 2026

by Lokesh | Jul 8, 2026

For most of the last two decades, the career math in India was simple: pick a technical skill (coding, data analysis, financial modelling, engineering), get good at it, and the market pays you more than the person next…

The Boomerang Effect: Why Companies Are Rehiring the Employees They Just Laid Off

by Lokesh | Jul 2, 2026

Picture this: a company announces AI-driven layoffs and frames it as a bold move. Nine months later, it quietly calls the same people back. Sometimes at better salaries. Sometimes with better titles. Almost always at greater cost than before. If you work in HR or have...

The Right to Disconnect: Why 2026 Is the Year After-Hours Work Boundaries Become Law

by Lokesh | Jun 29, 2026

It is 10:37 PM on a Tuesday. Your manager has just sent a voice note asking for an update on a report you thought you had already submitted. Three colleagues have pinged you on WhatsApp. Your work email shows fourteen unread messages that came in after dinner. For...

Four-Day Workweek and Beyond: Are Flexible Work Models Here to Stay?

by Lokesh | Jun 28, 2026

Questions about the four-day workweek have become hard to avoid. Something shifted in how we think about work after the pandemic. Not gradually, either. It happened fast. Employees who had spent years commuting to offices five days a week suddenly discovered they...

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