Inspiration

Things That Inspire Us

The vastness of the universe sparks our sense of wonder. We channel that curiosity into mastering uncharted technology frontiers, building aware talent that has the agility to lead the way in innovation

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Talks we keep going back to

Wide-angle views on software, learning, and building the future. These are the talks we send to freshers, leads, and founders alike.

Future Of The Programming

The Future of Programming

Bret Victor

#Interfaces   #Creativity

Engineering Discipline

The Discipline of Software Engineering

Rich Hickey

#Simplicity   #Architecture

Fast learning

Rapid Skill Acquisition: The First 20 Hours

Josh Kaufman

#Learning   #Skill

Building the future

How to Build the Future

Sam Altman (YC)

#Founders   #Mindset

AI, Systems & the Future of Work

Frames we use while designing AI-first organizations, agentic systems, and capability-building programs for leaders and engineers.

Future of AI

Andrew Ng on the Future of AI

Bret Victor

#AI   #Adoption

AI documentary

The Age of A.I.

Robert Downey Jr.

#AIInPractice   #Impact

AI & work

How AI Will Transform Work

MIT Sloan

#FutureOfWork   #Skills

AI agents

What Are AI Agents?

Google DeepMind

#Agents   #Autonomy

AI & society

AI & The New World

Kai-Fu Lee

#AI   #Economy

Learning, Talent & Human Potential

How people learn, grow, and perform at their edge — from growth mindset and grit to active learning and classroom design.

Active learning

Active Learning

Why It Works (Harvard)

#LearningScience   #Pedagogy

Grit

Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance

Angela Duckworth

#Mindset   #Performance

Original thinking

The Surprising Habits of Original Thinkers

Adam Grant

#Creativity   #OrgBehaviour

Growth mindset

Carol Dweck on Growth Mindset

Talks at Google

#Mindset   #Culture

Software Craft & Engineering Judgment

Clean code, tests, architecture, DevOps — the practices we lean on when we talk about real-world engineering quality.

Clean code

Clean Code

Robert C. Martin (Uncle Bob)

#Craft   #CodeQuality

TDD

TDD, Where Did It All Go Wrong?

Ian Cooper

#Testing   #Refactoring

Microservices

Microservices

Martin Fowler

#Architecture   #Tradeoffs

System design

System Design in the Real World

The Pragmatic Engineer

#SystemDesign   #Scaling

DevOps & flow

The DevOps Handbook

Gene Kim (Talk at Google)

#DevOps   #Delivery

A Small Shelf We Keep Recommending

Books that keep showing up in our conversations with leaders, trainers, and engineers and a few quiet favourites that shape how we think about growth, work, and self.

From Our Own Work

Where all of this shows up in practice — in our fresher journeys, AI programs, and talent consulting work.

Freshers

Creating 10x Developers

How we design fresher journeys that go beyond syntax — into thinking, problem-solving, and shipping real work.

AIPrograms

AI Programs at Swabhav

AI for business leaders, agentic AI masterclasses, capability-building for engineers, and custom AI solutions.

Talent

Talent Practice & Mithril

How we find, assess, and grow high-agency talent — and how Mithril tracks progression over time.

CaseStudies

Stories from our partners

Hints from Hitech, Nexsales, AurionPro and others — where learning, AI, and talent strategy meet execution.

Turn Inspiration Into Capability.


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