ReCast with Saurabh Sardana

Organizations do not change. But people do. And when they do, the organization eventually changes. In this episode, Saurabh is joined by Dr Naomi Stanford, an organisation design practitioner and author. During her earlier UK career, she was a corporate employee of large multinational companies, including Price Waterhouse, British Airways, Marks & Spencer, and Xerox. She then moved to the US working as an organisation design consultant to a range of organizations in the government, non-profit and private sectors. She has now returned to the UK to work in the government sector.

[02:59] Can you describe organization design using an analogy?
[11:39] In your experience, is it easier to design a private sector organization vs a public sector organization?
[15:31] How has work from home/anywhere impacted the way an organization has to be designed? 

[27:25] Can you share about your upcoming book?
[31:44] From a design perspective, how would organizations operate in the future?

Listen to the podcast to discover untold stories and unfiltered content from marketers, researchers, technologists, and artists to share, inspire and reflect on their journeys and plan for the future. Follow Naomi Stanford on LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/in/naomi-stanford-54373b2/

Talk to Saurabh, Chief Operating Officer at Asia's leading insights business, on LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/in/saurabhsardana, on Twitter @saurabh_sardana, and on FB/Instagram @sardana.saurabh. Please send in your feedback at [email protected].

To stay fresh in the game, one has to reinvent every five years. In this episode, Saurabh is joined by Subhash Chandra, Founder, CrowdWisdom360 and Co-Founder, Sprint Studio.ai. Subhash is an ex-political strategist, researcher, author, TV Panellist and columnist based out of Mumbai, India. In the 23 years of helping brands and people with marketing strategies, Subhash is an Insights Specialist in Financial Services, Political Strategy, Telecom, Public Policy and numerous other verticals. With CrowdWisdom360, the company's focus is on delivering accurate insights to consumers at low costs and speed and with Sprint Studio the focus is on delivering high-value insights to companies at unbelievable speeds.

[21:57] What was the pivotal moment in your career that made you take the plunge into starting your own research/gaming platform?
[37:35] Can you describe how CrowdWisdom works?
[49:27] After CrowdWisdom you are about to launch your next venture Sprint Studio AI? Can you give us a brief overview of what we can expect from this new platform?
[53:31] If you had a crystal ball, what would be your prediction for the consumer research industry?
[56:11] Apart from consumer research, which skill have you picked up in the last few years?

Listen to the podcast to discover untold stories and unfiltered content from marketers, researchers, technologists, and artists to share, inspire and reflect on their journeys and plan for the future. Follow Subhash Chandra on LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/in/schandra100/

Talk to Saurabh, Chief Operating Officer at Asia's leading insights business, on LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/in/saurabhsardana, on Twitter @saurabh_sardana, and on FB/Instagram @sardana.saurabh. Please send in your feedback at [email protected].

You are a brand. Brew it to make it refreshing, stimulating to leave an indelible impression on others. In this episode, Saurabh is joined by Karthik Srinivasan, an author, communications strategy consultant and LinkedIn influencer. In the twenty years since joining the corporate communications team of an IT company in Delhi, Karthik has worked on both the client-side (Flipkart, Subex) and the agency side (Ogilvy, Edelman, Text 100). He has also steered the introduction of social media in corporate communications, advertising and PR industries in India, besides handling social media for brands like Lenovo India, General Motors India, LinkedIn India, BlackBerry and IBM, among others. He is the author of Be Social: Building Brand YOU Online which covers the entire gamut of the work you can do for yourself online—starting with your specific reasons to be active on social media, how to navigate the online space, how to articulate your objectives consistently and how to build pipelines of content to augment your brand over a period of time.

[02:19] When you started out, did you think that you are a natural fit for a communication role?
[14:22] After working on both sides of the aisle, which side do you prefer - Agency or Client?
[12:30] When you joined Flipkart, did it feel more like a tech or consumer company?
[18:49] How has the marketing landscape changed in the last few years?
[22:44] How would you explain the concept of personal branding in one sentence?

[25:31] What is unique about your approach in helping your clients build a strong personal brand?
[31:48] What will be your advice to people who are looking to build out their personal brand?

Listen to the podcast to discover untold stories and unfiltered content from marketers, researchers, technologists, and artists to share, inspire and reflect on their journeys and plan for the future. Follow Karthik Srinivasan on LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/in/karts/

Talk to Saurabh, Chief Operating Officer at Asia's leading insights business, on LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/in/saurabhsardana, on Twitter @saurabh_sardana, and on FB/Instagram @sardana.saurabh. Please send in your feedback at [email protected].