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Blog by Dr. Arpita Sen

  • The Talent Review Is Where Careers Go to Be Misread
  • When HR and IT Become One Department: Who Sits in the Chair?
  • Your Bell Curve Died. Your Managers Just Haven’t Attended the Funeral.
  • Dharma of the Deployer: Why “The Vendor Built It” Will Never Be a Defense
Mind of HR

Mind of HR

Blog by Dr. Arpita Sen

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The Talent Review Is Where Careers Go to Be Misread

Dr. Arpita Sen1 month ago1 month ago07 mins

Why most 9-box conversations reward organisational memory instead of organisational evidence. The first time I sat through a talent calibration discussion, I walked into the room with a quiet confidence that now feels almost naive. I had spent days preparing what I believed was the right material for a serious conversation about people. There were…

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Your Bell Curve Died. Your Managers Just Haven’t Attended the Funeral.

Dr. Arpita Sen1 month ago1 month ago05 mins

Every appraisal season, somewhere in a conference room in Mumbai or Bengaluru or Gurgaon, a manager is fighting for a rating. Not for a person… for a rating. The employee’s actual work stopped mattering forty minutes ago. What matters now is the distribution sheet on the screen, the one that says only 10 percent of…

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  • The Talent Review Is Where Careers Go to Be Misread
  • When HR and IT Become One Department: Who Sits in the Chair?
  • Your Bell Curve Died. Your Managers Just Haven’t Attended the Funeral.
  • Dharma of the Deployer: Why “The Vendor Built It” Will Never Be a Defense
  • Agentic Karma: What Happens When the Algorithm Treats People Badly?