The Hidden Ethics of Multiple Employment: The Soham Parekh Paradox

The Hidden Ethics of Multiple Employment: The Soham Parekh Paradox

Is this “Hustle-Culture”? Soham Parekh is a Mumbai-based software engineer who simultaneously worked for multiple Silicon Valley startups over the last 2 years. His case has presented the tech world a very fascinating ethical dilemma that personally, I think transcends the simple questions of workplace 

Nurturing Innovation From Within

Nurturing Innovation From Within

Innovation has become something of a paradox in many large orgs today. On the surface, companies claim to value creativity and new ideas, yet in practice, they often stifle internal innovation in favour of acquiring startups. This approach, while tempting, is a short-term fix that 

The Human Algorithm: Where Brains Meet Bytes

The Human Algorithm: Where Brains Meet Bytes

If you were born in the 20th century then like me you’d probably remember a time when memorising phone numbers was a thing. In the 21st century that feat has passed for a ‘lost art’. Today we outsource our memory to Silicon Valley companies and 

The Great Surrender: Everything-as-a-Service

The Great Surrender: Everything-as-a-Service

I’ll start with a disclaimer: This isn’t about Netflix replacing Blockbuster – and that’s a beautiful story, but for another day – or Spotify replacing the weekly trip to the Record store.  This is about something more fundamental and perhaps, even sinister. It’s about a 

Leading Together

Leading Together

Imagine a workplace where one voice dominates, decisions flow top-down without room for challenge, and teams operate in silos. This authoritarian leadership style might seem like a relic of a past era and yet there some pockets in our world today where this style of