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Sunday, July 20, 2025
TopicWork culture

Topic: Work culture

Workers today don’t want to be managed. They want to be partners in co-creation

Often, when management gurus talk about co-operation, what they really mean is managing subordinates into passivity.

How McKinsey & Co. created ‘The War for Talent’ in 1998 to propagate a ‘myth of brilliance’

In 'Work: A History of How We Spend Our Time', anthropologist James Suzman traces a new history of humankind through the prism of work.

Is quitting your job contagious? Depends on who leaves and who’s in charge

When strong performers quit, employees are more likely to re-evaluate their relationship with the company.

Who do we blame for today’s intense corporate workplace culture? A Soviet miner

Alexei Stakhanov even made the cover of Time magazine in 1935 as the figurehead of a new workers’ movement dedicated to increasing production.

What would HR really look like if we invented it today? Lessons for a post-digital economy

Companies across the world need to stop looking at talent purely through the lens of acquisition; people should be seen as more than just human resources.

People are increasingly interrupted at work, but it’s not all bad

Frequent interruptions can lead to stressful feelings of overload, irritation and a sense of 'time famine' – having too much to do and not enough time.

Why the modern workplace needs punch clocks

Tracking employees' work hours will not only help them achieve a healthy work-life balance, but also help employers improve efficiency.

Thinking of working at Amnesty International? Think again

Amnesty International has apologised for the work culture after it was pointed out in a review following two employees' suicide.

Time to switch to a four-day work week, it increases productivity, say two Davos experts

Figures show that countries with a culture of long working hours often score poorly for productivity and GDP per hour worked.

On Camera

Can Syria’s tiny Druze minority survive West Asia’s new storms? There’s little hope

Indians see West Asia as one uninterrupted wash of Islam, but the reality is more complex. For the Druze, support from Israel—where they are a recognised minority—is now critical.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

Not just AK-203, India & Russia to jointly manufacture AK-19 and PPK-20 for domestic use and export 

India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.