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07/10/2026

The Pump That Was Not the Problem

Two pumps sounded the same alarm.

Surely the pumps were failing?

Arun had learned from an earlier experience to ask something else:

“Where does the flow first go wrong?”

That question took the team away from the pumps—and towards the real problem.

Sometimes experience doesn't give us the answer.

It teaches us a better question.

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06/10/2026

The Recruiter Who Asked What Success Had Cost

Everyone congratulated Sofia for an exceptional leadership hire.

The numbers supported them.

Then she discovered what those numbers didn't show.

Eleven people had resigned.

More troublingly, people had stopped reporting problems because telling the truth no longer felt safe.

The leader had improved the numbers.

But what had those achievements cost the people around him?

Perhaps that is a question worth asking before—not after—we hire a leader.

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Explore more stories from Evolution of the In-Credible Recruiter and Evolution of Hiring Maturity in the YouTube playlist: https://lnkd.in/gdd2nCQg

05/10/2026

The Bell Maker Who Could No Longer Hear His Bells

For thirty-seven years, Matteo made bells.

Then he lost his hearing.

But perhaps losing the ability to work in the same way doesn't always mean losing the ability to continue.

Matteo began learning to read through his eyes and hands what he could no longer hear.

Sometimes mastery is finding a new way to use what we have already learned.

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04/10/2026

The Salary That Stayed Still | Career Reflections #013

For three years, Kavita's salary stayed exactly the same.

But when a storm disrupted deliveries at the food bank, something became visible.

Her salary hadn't grown.
Her capability had.

That didn't make the unchanged salary unimportant.

It meant there were two things worth recognising.

The value she had developed.

And the need for that value eventually to be reflected in her career.

Growth deserves to be recognised—even when an organisation cannot immediately reward it.

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02/10/2026

The Net Beneath Your Feet | The Culture We Tolerate

A customer asked Interface's founder what his carpet company was doing for the environment.

He had no answer.

But the question stayed with him.

Eventually, discarded fishing nets collected by coastal communities became part of a system supplying recycled nylon for carpet tiles.

One question had travelled all the way into how the company bought materials and whom it worked with.

Perhaps purpose becomes real when it changes how everyday work gets done.

01/10/2026

Yesterday marked an important beginning for Careeris: A Rewarding Career in Talent Acquisition.

I had the privilege of launching Careeris in conversation with Prabir Jha and what made the evening particularly meaningful was that the conversation went well beyond the launch itself.

We explored a fundamental question:

Can the capability to hire well be systematically developed?

Our discussion touched upon professional judgement, learning from experience, self-awareness, and what someone considering a career in Recruitment or Talent Acquisition should understand before entering the profession.

My sincere thanks to Prabir for launching Careeris and, more importantly, for bringing his experience and perspective to this conversation.

And thank you to everyone who joined us live and contributed through your questions.

For those who could not attend, I am sharing the complete conversation on YouTube.

Watch the conversation: https://lnkd.in/gQfRTJ8Z

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The launch is complete.

The larger conversation about developing better recruitment professionals has only begun.

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01/10/2026

Yesterday marked an important beginning for Careeris: A Rewarding Career in Talent Acquisition.

I had the privilege of launching Careeris in conversation with Prabir Jha, and what made the evening particularly meaningful was that the conversation went well beyond the launch itself.

We explored a fundamental question:

Can the capability to hire well be systematically developed?

Our discussion touched upon professional judgement, learning from experience, self-awareness, and what someone considering a career in Recruitment or Talent Acquisition should understand before entering the profession.

My sincere thanks to Prabir for launching Careeris and, more importantly, for bringing his experience and perspective to this conversation.

And thank you to everyone who joined us live and contributed through your questions.

For those who could not attend, I am sharing the complete conversation on YouTube.

Watch the conversation: https://youtu.be/iBll-gbom6M?si=HcLMa_-uqSu3qjit

Explore Careeris: https://failsafehiring.com/

The launch is complete.

The larger conversation about developing better recruitment professionals has only begun.

Yesterday(30 September 2026) marked an important beginning for Care...

29/09/2026

The Candidate Who Asked Who Could Stop the Launch | Evolution of Hiring Maturity

An AI company wanted a leader courageous enough to challenge powerful people.

So they tested Leona repeatedly.

Then she asked them one question:

“If I believe a product could seriously harm people, who has the authority to stop its launch?”

Nobody could answer.

Sometimes the problem isn't whether someone is willing to carry responsibility.

It's whether the organisation has given anyone the authority to exercise it.

Does authority in your organisation match responsibility?

Explore more stories from Evolution of the In-Credible Recruiter and Evolution of Hiring Maturity in the YouTube playlist: https://lnkd.in/gdd2nCQg

28/09/2026

The Conservator Who Could Not Save Everything | Rediscovering the Joy of Working

Thousands of historical records were underwater.

Mara had forty-eight hours, six volunteers and one freezer.

She couldn't save everything.

So how do you decide what must not disappear?

One damaged school register gave her an answer.

Sometimes the joy of working doesn't come from achieving the impossible.

It comes from protecting what we can.

What does your work protect that might otherwise disappear unnoticed?

Explore more stories from Rediscovering The Joy of Working in the YouTube playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbGS9vIb-hU8

27/09/2026

The Business That Began Before He Resigned | Career Reflections #012

For two years, Aditya thought starting a business meant first finding the courage to resign.

Then he discovered another possibility.

What if he could test the future before committing to it?

He checked his employment obligations, obtained approval and began small.

The experiment didn't guarantee success.

It gave him something more useful:

Evidence.

Sometimes a career decision doesn't need one enormous leap.

It needs several small, responsible and testable steps.

Explore more stories from Career Reflections in the YouTube playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLeaPwVn3HL5A