851: Priya Krishnan: Childcare Culture Shifter and Culture Shaper

Priya Krishnan, Chief Digital, and Transformation Officer at Bright Horizons, is an entrepreneur who founded India’s leading child care and schooling service provider with more than 150 company-owned, company-operated centers across the country. At Bright Horizons, she leads client relationships for the US, International M&A, and innovation projects. Priya joined Bright Horizons after founding and running KLAY, a high-quality childcare organization, which has grown to become India’s largest child care. She initially started the business to enable women to return to work after childbirth. She won numerous entrepreneurship recognition awards, as her startup venture expanded to 180 company-owned, company-operated centers across the country, staffed with empowered employees taking care of more than 16,000 children. Priya’s company went on to provide high-quality child care services onsite, and worked with varying workplace models to help companies create employee solutions.

Priya also founded a not-for-profit school for marginalized children which has been recognized worldwide for its pedagogy and approach to blended learning. Priya has had a global career in IT consulting across Singapore, New York, and London, working with companies including Accenture, PwC, EDS, and HP. She holds a bachelor’s degree in computer engineering and has an MBA from London Business School.

Listen in to hear Priya share:

Her life mantra: Failing fast, failing cheap, and learning fast

What inspired her work to build a childcare system in India - leading her to become a sought-after visionary and national leader in childcare

Her contribution to set a national standard of 6 months maternity leave in India and a national mandate for companies to provide childcare

How alignment in values has impacted her career trajectory and called her to build a career around intergenerational family systems 

Why childcare is a critical component of cultural infrastructure - and how childcare is a triple bottom line impact in terms of how it positively or negatively impacts the entire society

Her invitation to design work around life vs life around work

Links mentioned:

Listen to Priya’s Podcast: The Work-Life Equation

Connect with Bright Horizons: https://www.brighthorizons.com/

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