Once upon a time in the land of Popcultura, there lived a person named Polly Perfecto. Polly had been infected with the most potent strain of the pop culture view of love, believing that real romance was a blend of Hollywood melodrama and Instagram-worthy moments. …

Lessons from a tale told by Patrick Gaynor In a ghetto somewhere in the third world, there were two brothers; Blacka and Shaka. Blacka was nicknamed blacker because he was blacker than Shaka. They were very poor and lived in abject poverty. One well-off auntie bought Blacka a pair of…

In many companies, a phenomenon known as “organizational bloat” quietly creeps in like a slow-growing ivy. It’s the kind of thing that gives rise to characters like “Tom from Accounts.” …

Isn't it funny how clinical psychology terms have moved from the periphery to the core? From being used by a tiny enclave of clinical psychologists to being incorporated into the everyday language of the common person. Clinical psychology terms and phrases have become fashionable. People will think you are making…

Spectacular Hiring Within the hiring space, we have arrived at a point in time where the image matters more than reality. The image is the all-in-all. The image is everything. It's all there is. Reality is totally eclipsed. The image was supposed to be a summarized version of reality. The…

Otherwise, there is no Free Market for Labor A completely free market for labor cannot co-exist with a hidden job market. In other words, both of these conditions cannot be true at the same time. You have probably heard this by now, “70% of jobs are never advertised, they make…

Scarcity as a Corporate Construct You are probably familiar with the notion of a Social Construct. These are collective understandings that exist because we collectively agree that they should exist. Social constructs are created by society. Corporate constructs, for lack of a better term, are created by corporations and installed…

Could Dynamic Pricing be the issue? If you want to lose money fast, buy an airline. This is an adage from the HNWI societies. Sir Richard Branson of Virgin Airlines doesn’t want to see the words “air” and “line” in the same line (read ..sentence…pun intended) again. Airlines have largely…

There is that one “seemingly small” issue you just cannot get over. The more you ignore it, the more it grows, unattended. That time when your parent gave your brother a couple more bubble gums than what they gave you. It's small, right? But you did not understand why he…