Ruchika T. Malhotra is the best-selling author of Inclusion on Purpose: An Intersectional Approach to Creating a Culture of Belonging at Work (The MIT Press).

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Ruchika is also the founder of Candour, an inclusion strategy practice. A former international business journalist, Ruchika is a regular contributor to The New York Times and Harvard Business Review. 

 

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

 

​Pre-order her next book: Uncompete: Rejecting Competition To Unlock Success. (November 4, 2025, Viking Books.)

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Learn more about Candour here.

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Literary Agent: Maile Beal, ARC Literary Management

Speaker Representation: Stern Strategy: Melissa Ingalsbe