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Power of Assessments
How can organisations build a reliable leadership pipeline in an evolving business scape? Read on to find out. QC Intelligence blends...
Arjun Grover
Jan 131 min read


A Key Talent Management Challenge
Organisations want people who think long-term. But does the hiring phase that's focused on filling roles enable that? Where is...
Arjun Grover
Jan 131 min read


The Power of Small Wins: Applying Kahneman’s Peak-End Rule to Employee Experience
Kahneman’s Peak-End Rule teaches us that people judge experiences by their peak moments and their end, rather than the entirety. In...
Arjun Grover
Jan 131 min read


Kahneman’s Loss Aversion: Why Fear of Failure Holds Us Back
Kahneman’s idea of 'loss aversion'—the fear of losing being stronger than the desire to gain—has a powerful influence on workplace...
Arjun Grover
Jan 131 min read


Beware the Anchoring Trap: Kahneman’s Lessons in Bias and Leadership
Kahneman highlighted 'anchoring'—our tendency to rely on the first piece of information we receive—as a cognitive bias that often plays...
Arjun Grover
Jan 131 min read


Thinking, Fast and Slow: Kahneman’s Dual-System Theory at Work
Daniel Kahneman’s "Thinking, Fast and Slow", introduced us to two distinct modes of thinking: System 1 (fast, instinctive) and System...
Arjun Grover
Jan 131 min read


Decoding Motivation: When People Value Different Things
Workplace motivators could mean very different things to different people. One of the most common factors organisations look to...
Arjun Grover
Jan 131 min read


Introducing QC Intelligence – for using psychology at work.
What AI is to technology, QC Intelligence is to the people practice in organisations! It combines the deep human expertise of the...
Arjun Grover
Jan 131 min read


Small Steps, Big Impact: Building a Better Workplace in 2025
The new year brings a new set of resolutions for the workplace. Instead of big changes that seem impractical in the long term, why not...
Arjun Grover
Jan 131 min read


How Leaders Set the Emotional Tone for Success.
Have you ever noticed how a leader’s mood can “set the stage” for an entire team? The way a team operates in times of pressure, handles...
Arjun Grover
Jan 131 min read


How Freud's Defense Mechanisms Are Playing Out in Your Office.
Ever found yourself rationalizing a decision to skip that difficult meeting or avoiding a project because 'It’s not urgent right now'? ...
Arjun Grover
Jan 131 min read


Why Your Ego Isn’t the Enemy (According to Freud)
Freud’s concept of the 'ego' often gets a bad rap, but let’s rethink that. The ego is what mediates between our primal desires (the id)...
Arjun Grover
Jan 131 min read


Freud's Iceberg Theory: Still Relevant in Today’s Leadership
Freud famously compared the human mind to an iceberg, with our conscious mind just the tip above the surface and our subconscious driving...
Arjun Grover
Jan 131 min read


The Timeless Mind: Freud’s Legacy and What It Means for Us Today
Sigmund Freud, often seen as the father of psychoanalysis, ventured deep into the unconscious mind, unravelling the hidden forces driving...
Arjun Grover
Jan 131 min read


The Paper Pencil WhatsApp
What happens when two tweens show up at a restaurant , with no permission to carry phones, books or music ? Pat comes the first question...

Radhika Bhalla
May 1, 20242 min read


Hey Diddle Diddle, the joys of being the 'second fiddle'
“I can get plenty of first violinists, but to find someone who can play the second fiddle with enthusiasm”- Leonard Bernstein This...

Radhika Bhalla
Jan 1, 20242 min read


Boring can be Magical - Notes from 2023
The year end blog is always special for me, it helps bring perspective to the year gone by and sets the theme for the next one. A lot has...

Radhika Bhalla
Dec 31, 20232 min read


The Mayhem of being an X
Being the “X” comes with its own sense of entitlement. After all, it confirms the existence of a relationship. The X feels the sourness...

Radhika Bhalla
May 16, 20236 min read


2022- The year of "Finding Greatness"
"Find your greatness" This quote (from the NIKE campaign), introduced by a friend in the later part of 2022, seems to define most of the...

Radhika Bhalla
Dec 8, 20223 min read


I am competitive, and I wear it like a badge.
The recent narratives of glorifying non-competitiveness, making competitiveness seem like a sin, prompted this post. Being competitive...

Radhika Bhalla
May 25, 20222 min read
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