Transparently Yours: Communicating in the Connected Age

By Nilesh Bhagat, CHRP Though the new connected world we live in has many benefits, it is not without its challenges.  Despite the fact that...

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The Transactive Culture of High Performing Teams

By Nilesh Bhagat, CHRP We are fundamentally wired to connect. Daniel Goleman, in his book Social Intelligence, describes how the amygdala (an almond-shaped structure deep...

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The Chemistry of Communications: Trust Before Triumph

By Nilesh Bhagat, CHRP A cohesive team is a high-performing team (generally speaking). With hockey season around the corner, look no further than across this...

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Adapting Dawkins: The Not-So-Selfish Gene

By Nilesh Bhagat, CHRP Richard Dawkins argues that the purpose of our existence is fueled by our drive to survive. Specifically, he says that we...

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Rise of the HR Enterprise: The Path to Quality

By Nilesh Bhagat, CHRP In his book, The Mind of the Market, Michael Shermer argues that shifts in economic prosperity are a result of two...

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The HR Brain Tree: Branching Out

By Nilesh Bhagat, CHRP It was not SO long ago, there stood a general consensus that each of our behaviors was somehow localized in our brains....

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Education Systems Need Reboot to Realize Potential

By Nilesh Bhagat, CHRP If our education systems are outdated, does that mean that our organizational learning and development systems are too? Two great pieces address...

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The Facebook Paradox

By Nilesh Bhagat, CHRP There’s a theory I came across in one of my social psychology classes that says we define ourselves according to the...

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