Ruchika T. Malhotra

Creating cultures built on collaboration, solidarity and generosity.

NOVEMBER 4, 2025

un•com•pete™
noun

the belief that success for all comes from choosing abundance and collaboration, while intentionally rejecting competition.

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"Enlightening… eye-opening… this will help readers rethink the idea that life is a zero-sum game.”
— Publishers Weekly

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November 3
Brooklyn, NY

Uncompete NY Launch
with Sahaj Kaur Kohli and Dr. Uché Blackstock

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November 6
Seattle, WA

Uncompete Seattle Launch with Ijeoma Oluo, Ekin Yasin, and La’Kita Williams

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November 12
Virtual

Live Book Launch Event
with Amy Gallo

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Ruchika T. Malhotra is the author of the upcoming book, Uncompete: Rejecting Competition To Unlock Success.
(November 4, 2025, Viking Books.)

Learn more about the Uncompete book tour.

Ruchika is also the founder of Candour, an inclusion strategy practice.

A former international business journalist, her writing has recently appeared in publications including The New York Times and Harvard Business Review.

She is a keynote speaker on leadership, workplace culture and the Uncompete™ framework.

Her last book, Inclusion on Purpose, was The MIT Press' top selling book of 2022 and called "transformative" by Dr. Brené Brown.

"...Malhotra helps us reconnect to our communities and ourselves.”
— Ijeoma Oluo
Author of So You Want to Talk About Race

"Malhotra has given the world an extraordinary gift. This isn't just a book; it's the beginning of a movement..."
—Amy Gallo
Author of Getting Along

“Uncompete is a powerful and deeply resonant manifesto for those of us who are exhausted by hustle culture..."
— Uché Blackstock, MD
Author of Legacy

"Uncompete names what so many of us feel but rarely say aloud: that constant competition isn’t making us better, it’s actually making us sick."
— Pooja Lakshmin, MD
Author of Real Self-Care

Ruchika T. Malhotra

Creating cultures built on collaboration, solidarity and generosity.

NOVEMBER 4, 2025

un•com•pete™ noun

the belief that success for all comes from choosing abundance and collaboration, while intentionally rejecting competition.

PRE-ORDER TODAY

DIGITAL AUDIO

"Enlightening… eye-opening… this will help readers rethink the idea that life is a zero-sum game.” — Publishers Weekly

Events

"...Malhotra helps us reconnect to our communities and ourselves.” — Ijeoma Oluo Author of So You Want to Talk About Race

"Malhotra has given the world an extraordinary gift. This isn't just a book; it's the beginning of a movement..." —Amy Gallo Author of Getting Along

“Uncompete is a powerful and deeply resonant manifesto for those of us who are exhausted by hustle culture..." — Uché Blackstock, MD Author of Legacy