<![CDATA[Stories by Kalpi Prasad on Medium]]> https://medium.com/@kalpiprasad?source=rss-40d7e60803a6------2 https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/fit/c/150/150/1*UqMBrZypHtzEv8kgAvnzMA.png Stories by Kalpi Prasad on Medium https://medium.com/@kalpiprasad?source=rss-40d7e60803a6------2 Medium Sat, 14 Nov 2026 00:48:28 GMT <![CDATA[Your “Underperformer” Might Be a Management Failure in Disguise]]>

An opinion piece — because the quickest, most comfortable explanation for a struggling employee is that they’re just not good enough, and…

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]]> https://medium.com/@kalpiprasad/your-underperformer-might-be-a-management-failure-in-disguise-c1bc5da366c6?source=rss-40d7e60803a6------2 https://medium.com/p/c1bc5da366c6 Fri, 13 Nov 2026 11:26:01 GMT 2026-11-13T11:26:01.461Z <![CDATA[Private Credit Is the Asset Class Everyone’s Suddenly Talking About. Here’s What It Actually Is.]]>

It’s gone from a niche corner of finance to a headline in a few short years. Most people nodding along in conversation couldn’t actually…

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]]> https://medium.com/@kalpiprasad/private-credit-is-the-asset-class-everyones-suddenly-talking-about-here-s-what-it-actually-is-b0c8d13f2e26?source=rss-40d7e60803a6------2 https://medium.com/p/b0c8d13f2e26 Thu, 12 Nov 2026 11:26:01 GMT 2026-11-12T11:26:01.604Z <![CDATA[The “Feedback Sandwich” Is Rubbish, and Most Feedback Doesn’t Work]]>

An opinion piece — because we’ve turned giving feedback into an awkward ritual that’s so softened, delayed and vague that it changes…

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]]> https://blog.venturemagazine.net/the-feedback-sandwich-is-rubbish-and-most-feedback-doesnt-work-80cd5dd06a1d?source=rss-40d7e60803a6------2 https://medium.com/p/80cd5dd06a1d Thu, 12 Nov 2026 00:14:52 GMT 2026-11-12T00:14:52.398Z <![CDATA[Most Business Advice Is Useless, and That Includes Mine]]>

An opinion piece — written, with some irony, by someone who writes business advice. Because the most honest thing I can tell you about…

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]]> https://medium.com/@kalpiprasad/most-business-advice-is-useless-and-that-includes-mine-e9ba8616f600?source=rss-40d7e60803a6------2 https://medium.com/p/e9ba8616f600 Wed, 11 Nov 2026 11:21:01 GMT 2026-11-11T11:21:01.454Z <![CDATA[When a Company Says “We’re Like a Family Here,” Be Careful]]>

An opinion piece — from someone who runs a business and refuses to use that line, because “we’re like a family” is far more often a…

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]]> https://journal.messyfounder.com/when-a-company-says-were-like-a-family-here-be-careful-c1faf8e1f44c?source=rss-40d7e60803a6------2 https://medium.com/p/c1faf8e1f44c Wed, 11 Nov 2026 00:47:20 GMT 2026-11-11T00:47:20.857Z <![CDATA[Poker Is the Best Business School I Never Paid For]]>

An opinion piece — because a card game played in smoky rooms teaches you more about risk, discipline and reading people than most of…

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]]> https://medium.com/@kalpiprasad/poker-is-the-best-business-school-i-never-paid-for-1b5c47ef07e1?source=rss-40d7e60803a6------2 https://medium.com/p/1b5c47ef07e1 Tue, 10 Nov 2026 11:16:01 GMT 2026-11-10T11:16:01.505Z <![CDATA[The First 90 Days Decide Whether Your New Hire Stays. Most Businesses Waste Them.]]>

An opinion piece — because we all sit in meetings that didn’t need to exist, say nothing, achieve nothing, and then schedule the next one…

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An opinion piece — because “we’re all mates here, we don’t need to write it down” is one of the most expensive sentences in business, and…

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]]> https://medium.com/@kalpiprasad/i-did-a-business-deal-on-a-handshake-it-taught-me-an-expensive-lesson-547808210cb0?source=rss-40d7e60803a6------2 https://medium.com/p/547808210cb0 Sun, 08 Nov 2026 08:55:03 GMT 2026-11-08T08:55:03.438Z <![CDATA[The Job Interview Is a Terrible Way to Hire. I Stopped Trusting It Years Ago]]>

An opinion piece on the hiring ritual everyone complains about and nobody changes — and why the best person in the room is often the one…

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An opinion piece — because the lesson every Australian sports fan understands in their bones is the one businesses keep ignoring when they…

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