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Busy Building the Future: Why AI Was Supposed to Give Us Our Time Back
AI promised to hand us our time back. Instead it filled every saved minute with more work — on monsoon, markets, and the book still waiting on the nightstand.
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The Audacity of Caring Too Much: When Work Gets Personal in Your 40s
Somewhere in my mid-30s, work stopped being about money — and started being inconveniently personal. On caring too much in a senior role.
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AI Anxiety and the Fantasy of Early Retirement: A Midlife Career Reckoning
I’m scared AI will take my job. I also fantasize about not having one. A very stable midlife career reckoning.
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I’ve Got Your Back: On Mentoring and Who Actually Shows Up
Every trip to India means everyone wants a piece of you. On guidance, generosity, and who gives back.
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The Actual End Game: Career Advice Nobody Puts on a Panel
After a panel full of clichéd five-year-plan questions, what people actually queued up to ask me.
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I Am a Girl and I Hate Stuffed Toys: On Corporate Women’s Events
They handed out stuffed dogs at a women in leadership panel. Nobody hands crocodiles to men in tech.
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And It’s a Wrap: Surviving a Reorg at Work
A division-wide reorganisation, a tired team, and what a year of relentless change does to a leader.
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You Carry the Burden: On Diversity Training and Hidden Bias
A workplace session on inclusion, and the comment from a colleague that showed how little we know ourselves.
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Drowning: When You Become Everyone’s Sounding Board
Year-end chaos, endless requests to chat, and the quiet cost of being the person everyone leans on.
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