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Digital Transformation is treated as a movement that now every leader wants to follow. But implementing digital transformation is a humongous task. So, organizations sometimes prefer outsourcing digital transformation.Outsourcing is a concept is divides people into two groups, one in favor of it and the other against it. Organizations can decide on outsourcing or insourcing but what's more important is the right sourcing.For this podcast, I went live with Dhiren, a Savla Group CIO of VFS Global Services Group, the world's largest visa outsourcing and technology services specialist. He believes in ‘Inclusive leadership philosophy - He is not a boss, not a master but an Effective moderator.In this podcast, we discussed, what is the concept of right sourcing? What are the success principles of Strategic Outsourcing? What are the principles of building an effective team? What to look for before taking a new role?

Work-life balance is a very important aspect of working professionals. It helps you in your career growth by maintaining your stress level and prevents burnout. Stress is the major reason for the low productivity of the employees.Especially for working women and moms, maintaining a work-life balance is very important as they serve two full times roles in their 24 hours. If your work-life balance is not proper, then you can face different diseases at a very young age.For this podcast, I went live with Shaveta Wadhera, a Chief Digital Officer at Hero Cycles, the largest Bicycle Manufacturer. Her philosophy is Being hands-on and breaking the stereotypes to do things if needed.’In this podcast, we discussed How do professional women maintain Work-life balances? What is the philosophy of saying no to business, and how to do that? And how to build a personal brand of no-nonsense outcomes?

There are many factors involved in the success of any business. But the most crucial factor is their customers. In today’s times, their huge importance is given to customer experience with a personalized touch to it.Building a customer-centric organization is very crucial. And if you could personalize the customer experience, then it gives you an edge over your competitor. For this podcast, I went live with Anjani Kumar, a Chief Information Officer at Strides, an Indian Pharma major, which is one of the world's largest manufacturers of soft gelatin capsules. His philosophy is to Embrace the unknown - where you go is more important than where you come from. In this podcast, we discussed, Why the solving business problem is important? What can you learn from your failures? How does effective communication help in your career? And Lot of small stories of success and failures.

Building your tech ecosystem accelerates innovation and new growth scenarios in the organization. At the time of changing business scenarios, Leaders need to develop a deeper connection with other leaders to face all types of challenges and difficulties.The traditional organization that has taken IT very seriously and leveraged it properly is ahead in the race to become digital. Building IT Infrastructure is very important. And building deeper relationships with IT and other leaders is even more critical.For this podcast, I went live with Rajesh Uppal, a Member Executive Board (HR, IT & Safety) at Maruti Suzuki. His philosophy is to Dirty your hands & ‘Have Humility. He learns by admitting - “I don’t know anything .”Then he learns from everyone around him.In this podcast, we discussed what is lean thinking and the importance of removing waste from the IT ecosystem? How can IT help you establish a new business line? How to build a business-centric IT organization and How to make the team move towards digital?

In any digital Transformation, the entrepreneur mindset plays a huge role. In big organizations, people are involved in specific work related to their domain. But in a startup, leaders encourageyou to get out of your comfort zone and get involved in different types of work in various domains.

So having an entrepreneurial mindset is very important as it encourages you to be experimental and take more risks. You get exposure to different work from development to selling to the maintenance of the product.For this podcast, I went live with Swami TV, a Global Chief Digital Officer at Tata Consumer Products.

His philosophy is ‘Solve business problems with customer empathy & technology.’In this podcast, we discussed, How the entrepreneur mindset plays an important role? What is the product mindset? What are the challenges of working globally? What does it takes to sell software, and what works and what does not?

Every organization is willing to make the transition to the digital world. But there are a few things that every leader needs to think about before implementing digital transformation.First is looking at the bigger picture behind the transformation. The second is finding the right mix of creativity and practical aspects. The third and most important is keeping people and customers at the center before implementing it.For this podcast, I went live with Kersi Tavadia, Chief Information Officer of Bombay Stock Exchange. His philosophy is that ‘there are no guest professors.’He is completely hands-on. He believes in rolling up his sleeves and getting into it directly. He believes in Build, Operate, Transfer - learn it, build it; do it with your own hands and transition it to a team member.In this podcast, we discussed why change management is harder for people than technology? What is the art of getting a CEO to invest in technology? And what is the importance of Hands-on experience in digital transformation?

Ask me anything is one of the best ways to share knowledge with the audience. The best thing about these types of sessions is that there are no boundaries to the discussion of professional life. These session gives major learning and can cover a variety of topics.For this podcast, I went solo and had a session on “ask me anything.”I answered the live audience and some backlog questions from the previous session. This podcast discussed Case studies of value-adding from ClarITea Chat by the audience as a guest. In this podcast, we discussed (no flow given in teams)

We all know there are different aspects of transformation which we have discussed in the previous session. There is one more essential aspect of transformation which is mergers and Acquisitions.

This can help organizations improve business processes and become more efficient & powerful. Nowadays, mergers and acquisitions have become very common, But still, many organizations face difficulty in implementing changes and smooth functioning.

I went live with Vinod Sivarama Krishnan, Chief Information Officer from Indus Towers Limited, for this podcast. His philosophy is ‘bring it on. He confronts challenges directly, and his hands go up whenever the most complex and tricky challenge is raised in the room.

In this podcast, we discussed the role of a technology manager? What can one do to make a merger successful? How to manage asymmetry of talent?  

Transformation is the word thrown to us daily, but there are different aspects and meanings of transformation. We always hear that transformation is the need for an hour because it is a way to unlock new opportunities and the catalyst of growth.   

Change management is an essential aspect of transformation. But change is not only related to technology. Change management also contributes by bringing transparency to the system, breaking silos between functions, driving common goals for the organization, changing approaches to managing people, etc.

For this podcast, I went live with Sumit Puri, a Co-Founder of Synergy Digital Solutions and Executive Director, Aura Data Tech, Ex-Chief Growth Officer at KEF Holdings, Ex CIO, and CTO. His philosophy is that technology is not for technology’s sake. It is for businesses to improve business functions.

In this podcast, we discussed How can we make a difference with technology? How can one work in a global scenario and manage teams? What are the challenges while team building, and how to overcome them? And what all steps can be taken for the adoption of change management?  

In today's world, Every organization wants to leverage digital transformation as it has become the need of an hour, especially for those organizations that have been in play for quite a long time and still haven't embraced digital reality.   

When we think of digital transformation, we think of the technology, automated processes, and faster communication using digital technology. But what we miss out on is the importance of the organization's people adapting to both new technology and a digital-first mindset.

I talked with Prabir Jha for this podcast, who has his advisory- Prabir Jha people advisory. He started as a civil servant and then worked in different roles at Thermax, Tech Mahindra, Dr. Reddy's, Tata Motors & then Reliance Industries.

This podcast discussed the people aspect of digital transformation and its impact on an organization's talent, culture, leadership, and team building. How can IT and HR collaborate for the transformation? What are Expectations from the CIOs role? What is the part of leaders in transformation?