October 2026 · Volume 7, Issue 2Cover Story · p. 8
The Information That Shapes Us
By Alexander Garfin, actor, musician and youth advocateFrom child actor in The Peanuts Movie and Superman & Lois to travels through Egypt, Iraq and Yemen, Alexander Garfin argues that the information we consume controls what we think, and what we think controls what we do. The skill his generation most needs, he writes, is knowing what to trust, and why.In this issue
- 02Your Degree Gets You the Interview. Your Superpowers Build the Career
- 06The New Map of Global Trade
- 08The Information That Shapes Us
- 16The Missing Rung: AI Is Freezing Young Workers Out of the Job Market
- 18Balancing Books and Backhands: My Journey as a Student-Athlete
- 22Beyond the Awkward Icebreaker: Experiential Team Building in Today’s Corporate Landscape
- 26What You Can Learn from BYD’s Global Expansion
- 28Q&A with Pooja Gogia
- 36What Happens When Wealth Meets the Next Generation?
- 40The Great Trade-Up: Gen Z Is Choosing the Job Site Over the Office
- 43Building a Mahjong Community
- 46Who Gets to Choose What You Buy?
- 48Career Ahead Future Index: October 2026
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Cover Story · p. 8
The Information That Shapes Us
Alexander Garfin, Actor, musician and youth advocateThe skill his generation most needs, he writes, is knowing what to trust, and why.From child actor in The Peanuts Movie and Superman & Lois to travels through Egypt, Iraq and Yemen, Alexander Garfin argues that the information we consume controls what we think, and what we think controls what we do. The skill his generation most needs, he writes, is knowing what to trust, and why.Read in the issue →
In Conversation · p. 28
Q&A with Pooja Gogia
Pooja Gogia, Director, SHAKKR Luxury Sweets and GiftingThe director of SHAKKR on taking a family legacy in food and hospitality into contemporary mithai and luxury gifting, handling rejection and high-pressure events, building relationships that last, and how motherhood reshaped her idea of success.Read in the issue →Author Stories
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Your Degree Gets You the Interview. Your Superpowers Build the Career
Drawing on 26 years at Unilever, Vodafone, Meta, Pearson and Games24x7, Siddharth Banerjee makes the case that power skills, not credentials, decide how far a career goes in the age of AI.By Siddharth Banerjee, Consumer tech CEO and CEO coach
p. 18
Balancing Books and Backhands: My Journey as a Student-Athlete
3 a.m. alarms, exams taken at airports and study sessions between matches: a former Asia No. 1 junior on balancing school with competitive tennis, and learning that time is not found but created.By Riya Sachdeva, Tennis player, former Asia No. 1 (ATF U-16)
p. 22
Beyond the Awkward Icebreaker: Experiential Team Building in Today’s Corporate Landscape
Team building has a bad reputation. Benjamin Samin explains how experiential programs that simulate real workplace situations, followed by a candid debrief, help organizations see their people differently.By Benjamin Samin, CEO, Green Hat Teambuilding
p. 36
What Happens When Wealth Meets the Next Generation?
After nearly 20 years advising business families, Sasha Lund argues that money is the smallest part of what passes between generations; values, culture and governance decide whether a legacy endures.By Sasha Lund, Founder, Core Values Consulting
p. 43
Building a Mahjong Community
Three friends who set out to learn a game ended up building a business: how Gurgaon Mahjong grew from shared curiosity into a structured curriculum and a community of players.By Ruchika Gupta, Anjali Khanna and Ritushri Bangur, Founders, Gurgaon MahjongTips, Guides & More
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The New Map of Global Trade
The world isn’t unglobalizing, it’s rewiring. The five forces reshaping supply chains, from China + many to critical minerals and logistics as strategy.Read → - 16Page
The Missing Rung: AI Is Freezing Young Workers Out of the Job Market
67 million young people are unemployed while the entry-level job is being redefined upward. What the data says, and why AI literacy matters.Read → - 26Page
What You Can Learn from BYD’s Global Expansion
From China’s EV battlefield to the world: the five-layer playbook behind BYD’s push to export a system, not just a car.Read → - 40Page
The Great Trade-Up: Gen Z Is Choosing the Job Site Over the Office
Across 44 countries, young people are doing the math on degrees versus apprenticeships, and the skilled trades are winning more of the argument.Read → - 46Page
Who Gets to Choose What You Buy?
AI assistants are changing product discovery. Who controls the recommendations, why creators still matter, and whether shoppers can trust the results.Read → - 48Page
Career Ahead Future Index: October 2026
Where tomorrow’s biggest opportunities are moving: the sectors gaining and losing momentum in investment, hiring and adoption.Read →
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