Abhijit Bhaduri
Talent management executive, author and keynote speaker; former general manager of global learning and development at Microsoft
Abhijit Bhaduri (Talent management executive, author and keynote speaker; former general manager of global learning and development at Microsoft) has appeared as a guest on 1 episode in TMT. Topics they speak about most include Layoffs and organizational trust, Artificial intelligence, Change management.
In their words
Positions and remarks grouped by topic, each with the exact quote and where it was said.
Layoffs and organizational trust
Bhaduri said experienced employees now feel valued only as costs rather than for their experience.
“every experienced employee today feels that i it's not about my experience i'm just a very expensive line on the budget balance sheet”
We Fixed It, You're Welcome: MIDDLE MANAGERS ARE BACK?! (Oct 20, 2026) · Listen from 26:45
Bhaduri argued that people cannot learn new skills until they feel secure.
“until people feel secure enough to learn something, you will not be able to address this problem”
We Fixed It, You're Welcome: MIDDLE MANAGERS ARE BACK?! (Oct 20, 2026) · Listen from 21:20
Bhaduri argued that trust is lost quickly but rebuilt slowly, making repeated restructures costly.
“So it takes you one act to lose trust, but many, many acts to build trust”
We Fixed It, You're Welcome: MIDDLE MANAGERS ARE BACK?! (Oct 20, 2026) · Listen from 7:02
Other remarks
- Prediction · due Nov 2026
Bhaduri said his new book on how AI is reshaping work identity would be available on Amazon in about two weeks.
“this is you know is going to be available in another two weeks on Amazon”
We Fixed It, You're Welcome: MIDDLE MANAGERS ARE BACK?! (Oct 20, 2026) · Listen from 57:44
Artificial intelligence
Bhaduri argued AI raises the incompetent to average but cannot make average work excellent, which is the space for humans.
“so the incompetent can become average but the average can never become excellent this is the human space that we need to acknowledge”
We Fixed It, You're Welcome: MIDDLE MANAGERS ARE BACK?! (Oct 20, 2026) · Listen from 47:58
Change management
Bhaduri distinguished external change, which causes change fatigue, from internal transformation.
“change is what happens outside of you you know and which is what results in change fatigue”
We Fixed It, You're Welcome: MIDDLE MANAGERS ARE BACK?! (Oct 20, 2026) · Listen from 47:06
Organizational culture
Bhaduri argued that work, workers and the workplace must be redesigned together.
“Because work, worker and workplace all move in tandem. You can't change the way you work without changing the employee base”
We Fixed It, You're Welcome: MIDDLE MANAGERS ARE BACK?! (Oct 20, 2026) · Listen from 20:46
Employee engagement
Bhaduri argued companies cannot embrace AI while neglecting employees.
“I mean, you can't be AI forward and employ backward”
We Fixed It, You're Welcome: MIDDLE MANAGERS ARE BACK?! (Oct 20, 2026) · Listen from 11:36
Efficiency versus effectiveness
Bhaduri argued that organizations restructuring for efficiency ignore the effects on their workforce.
“They are completely blind to the fact that organizations may do a lot of things in the name of efficiency”
We Fixed It, You're Welcome: MIDDLE MANAGERS ARE BACK?! (Oct 20, 2026) · Listen from 7:38
Predictions
1 pending
- Prediction · due Nov 2026
Bhaduri said his new book on how AI is reshaping work identity would be available on Amazon in about two weeks.
“this is you know is going to be available in another two weeks on Amazon”
We Fixed It, You're Welcome: MIDDLE MANAGERS ARE BACK?! (Oct 20, 2026) · Listen from 57:44
Appearances
MIDDLE MANAGERS ARE BACK?!We Fixed It, You're Welcome · Oct 20, 2026 · 57 min
Aaron Wolpoff and Melissa Eaton talk with talent expert Abhijit Bhaduri about companies rehiring middle managers after AI-driven flattening, and the damage to trust.
Often appears with
- Aaron Wolpoff · 1 shared episode
- Melissa Eaton · 1 shared episode