There’s nothing romantic about the average daily commute of the Indian tech worker. We breathe the worst air in the world and endure the most time in traffic, to the detriment of our health.

Regardless of how bad things may be, or how awfully people are screwing up around us, our behaviour is in our control. We always have the choice to be kinder than necessary to those around us.

We often overestimate the value of grand documents over the unglamourous acts of daily documentation on projects. With the advent of AI-powered KM platforms, it’s time to revisit the fundamentals of team handbooks and documentation systems, if we are to generate relevant and timely knowledge insights for people.

While some sections of India Inc. ask for 70, 90 and 140-hour work weeks, the average worker has little or no leisure time. We’re all working close to 90-hour weeks already.

India Inc. has gone on a warpath to advocate for long work hours. I argue that such advocacy serves the interests of the elite minority and seeks to reverse hard-fought gains from a labour struggle of over 100 years.

(This is part one in a two-part series about the 90-hour workweek)