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People, Culture & Well-beingPeople, Culture & Well-being
The Break That Builds Better Work

The Break That Builds Better Work

Sabbaticals should be standard. Plan the off ramps. Return sharper, kinder, and worth more.

Kartik Raj Rewar
ProductivityProductivity
The Second Guess

The Second Guess

Stop outsourcing your nerve to the model

Kartik Raj Rewar
ProductivityProductivity
Stop paying the Prompt Tax

Stop paying the Prompt Tax

Talking to machines is work. Cut the hidden cost and get depth back

Kartik Raj Rewar
People, Culture & Well-beingPeople, Culture & Well-being
The Ping Reflex and Attention Span

The Ping Reflex and Attention Span

You hear a buzz that isn’t there. Why constant alerts wire stress and how to retrain it.

Kartik Raj Rewar
ProductivityProductivity
The Cost of Being Everywhere: Context Switching vs Process Isolation

The Cost of Being Everywhere: Context Switching vs Process Isolation

You may work from home, but you still travel all day between apps and tasks. The hidden cost of context switching and how to design fewer, deeper blocks.

Kartik Raj Rewar
Future of workFuture of work
Corporate Tuition: When Companies Pay You to Level Up

Corporate Tuition: When Companies Pay You to Level Up

Recruiting slows, learning budgets surge, and AI boot camps become the new signing bonus

Kartik Raj Rewar
AI and AutomationAI and Automation
The Algorithm Will See You Now

The Algorithm Will See You Now

Autonomous recruiters are reshaping hiring and the fight for opportunity

Kartik Raj Rewar
Future of workFuture of work
Capability Portfolios: Your Real Resume Is Everything You Can Do

Capability Portfolios: Your Real Resume Is Everything You Can Do

Why the best careers today look more like investment funds than ladders

Kartik Raj Rewar
ProductivityProductivity
How micro-lessons are working one pause at a time

How micro-lessons are working one pause at a time

Why the world’s shortest lessons are reshaping learning (and work)

Kartik Raj Rewar
AI and AutomationAI and Automation
When the Spreadsheet Learned to Talk

When the Spreadsheet Learned to Talk

The new pact between humans, AI, and border‐free teams is rewriting knowledge work

Kartik Raj Rewar
ProductivityProductivity
The half‐life of your skills is decreasing

The half‐life of your skills is decreasing

Every few seasons, half of what you know drifts toward irrelevance. Continuous learning is no longer optional. It is survival.

Kartik Raj Rewar
Economic & Environmental ShiftsEconomic & Environmental Shifts
Building Calm in Chaos

Building Calm in Chaos

Why acting on small signals keeps work and life on course in this volatile century

Kartik Raj Rewar