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Rishad Tobaccowala
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Key learnings from those pioneering the future of work

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December 14, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Musings

On appreciation, joy, stories, vagabonding and enough...

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December 7, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Time to Chat GPT, Gemin, Claude and Grok ourselves

A Three Part Exercise that will leave you different...

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November 30, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Companies do not transform. People do.

A key is to build the six C's of Curiosity, Creativity, Cognition, Collaboration, Convincing and Communication.

A step by step guide on ensuring you and your company can thrive

Here is the link:

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November 23, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Despite the algorithmic armies, & agentic AI’s, everyone has agency.

Nothing is written. Nothing pre-determined. There is no “way” or some force to align with.

3 ways to become better:

1. Do the next best thing.

2. Leave things better.

3. Better our previous self.

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November 16, 2025 at 3:26 PM
How to upgrade our mental operating systems.

A link to a free download of one of the most popular chapters of my book.

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November 9, 2025 at 2:44 PM
4 conversations on the future of work

Humanity, Humans and Meaning in the Agentic Workplace.

How is AI reshaping who holds power in the knowledge economy?

On The Death of the Corporate Job.

On courage to choose yourself.

Access here

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November 2, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Five Learnings on success at work and life

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October 26, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Rishad Tobaccowala

Long Term Career Fitness

a) Keep skills up to tomorrow

b)Maximize Optionality.

3 critical exercises

1. Prepare for a marathon not a sprint.

2. Recognize that jobs and work are uncoupling.

3. Learn to operate as a Company of One.

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October 19, 2025 at 3:09 PM
The Future Does Not Fit in The Mindsets of the Past

On the Power of Education and how to self educate to build the skills of cognition, creativity, curiosity, choreography and communication that will stand us well in an AI Age.

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October 12, 2025 at 1:09 PM
How to rethink presentations, the world of work and your career

A post for anyone thinking about how to thrive in these tectonic times

Free of any subscriptions, ads or data harvesting.

Just how to rethink...

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October 5, 2025 at 1:31 PM
The 6 keys of excellent leadership and 7 traits of great cultures.

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September 28, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Frank Herbert wrote in Dune: "Fear is the mind-killer."

And when we are ruled by fear we are defeating ourselves.

We are practicing self-oppression.

Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote : “Fear defeats more people than any other one thing in the world."

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September 21, 2025 at 1:15 PM
We are in tectonic times

Your company and your own strategy may be out of date

Its time for a Strategic Reset

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September 14, 2025 at 12:05 PM
September 7, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Why Google , Microsoft and other AI companies are led by Indians.

It’s in our food…
September 6, 2025 at 5:43 PM
We are no longer in transformational times.

We are in Tectonic Times.

The Five Tectonic Shifts:

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August 31, 2025 at 1:22 PM
On Change

Change sucks. But irrelevance is even worse.

How to cure IDD ( Inner Dinosaur Disease)

Companies do not change people do.

Change is about leadership.

To change we need to think like immigrants since we are all immigrating to the future.

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August 24, 2025 at 1:14 PM
How to sell better.

Three exercises.

1. SAVE. Solution. Access. Value . Experience

2. Elements of Photography: Frame. Expose. Edit.

3. 9 Slide Presentations.

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August 17, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Chicago Pictures

Three Windows and Two Eyes

Michael Erimo
August 16, 2025 at 6:30 PM
If you have a hard time saying sorry
August 15, 2025 at 6:48 PM
The First World Humanoid Robot Games

Take a minute to watch this video

The future of AI when combined

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China's tournament for AI robots opens with dancing, soccer, boxing, track
YouTube video by Associated Press
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August 15, 2025 at 11:37 AM
How to be more effective.

The 3 keys to being effective are

1) leveraging the only asset one has which is time,

2) making sure that every interaction has the ability to be a tattoo moment, and

3) soaring through feedback.

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August 10, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Distilled learning on Managing Careers including

1) Operating with A company of One mindset

2) Practicing Resurrection

3) Keeping a sense of perspective

4) Focusing on the 6c's of Cognition, Creativity, Curiosity, Connection, Convincing and Communication.

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August 3, 2025 at 1:28 PM
The Future of work is Less
And more

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Future of Work =Less and More
The Future Does Not Fit in the Containers of the Past.Edition 259.
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July 27, 2025 at 7:09 PM