Appendix: Useful AI Prompts for Remote Managers
Get adaptable prompts for status updates, meeting summaries, SOPs, feedback, team digests and remote job descriptions using ChatGPT, Claude or Grok.
Honest advice on fertility, startups and your child's education
I'm Dr Aniruddha Malpani. For thirty years I have worked as an IVF doctor and an angel investor, and written about what I have learnt. Pick the path closest to what you are facing. Each one gathers my most useful posts in the order I would read them. If you have a question of your own, ask me in the chat, day or night.
IVF and fertility
If you are going through IVF
What to understand before you start, how to choose a protocol, why cycles fail, and how to tell when a clinic is not putting you first.
Read the IVF path →
Startups
If you are building a startup
How to think like a founder, build something people want, raise money, hire well and earn a reputation without a marketing budget.
Read the founder path →
Education
If you are paying for edtech
The Byju's Files: how India's most valuable startup sold fear to parents, who it hurt, and what to check before you sign up your child.
Read the investigation →
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Chapter 11: Practical Playbook and Next Steps
Learn how to test remote or hybrid work in India with a 90-day pilot, clear outcomes, better documentation, responsible AI, and focused collaboration.
Chapter 10: Case Studies from Indian Companies and Teams
Learn how Postman, Zoho and other Indian teams use documentation, trust, clear outcomes and tools to make remote and flexible work successful.
Chapter 9: Handling Indian Realities – Power, Internet, Family, Festivals
Learn how Indian remote teams can manage power cuts, weak internet, shared homes and festivals with flexible processes, stipends and clear expectations.
Chapter 8: Measuring Success by Results, Not Hours
Learn to set measurable outcomes, prevent remote-work overwork, protect deep work, and run fair performance reviews without activity monitoring.
Chapter 7: Building Culture and Connection Remotely
Learn how to build remote culture with clear rituals, written guidance, thoughtful onboarding, manager support, and human connection across distributed teams.
Chapter 6: Tools, Processes, and the Power of AI
Learn how remote Indian teams use tools, clear processes, and AI to document decisions, reduce meetings, support onboarding, and keep humans accountable.
Chapter 5: Hiring the Best Talent Anywhere in India
Learn how Indian companies can hire remote technical, design, and content talent using paid trials, work samples, references, and clear pay policies.
Chapter 4: Communication That Works Across Time Zones and Cultures
Learn to reduce meetings and improve remote teamwork with written updates, clear agendas, inclusive norms and human-reviewed AI communication tools.
Chapter 3: Trust Is the Foundation
Learn how to build trust in remote teams through clear outcomes, transparent work, self-directed hiring, accountability, and fair responses to missed expectations.