The Adrian Tan Show

Benjamin Croc joins Adrian Tan to discuss automating HR administration so teams can spend more time on people.

A former McKinsey consultant and head of strategy at Lazada, Benjamin co-founded BrioHR with a fellow INSEAD alumnus. Its modular HR software covers the employee lifecycle, including recruitment, onboarding, payroll, leave, employee records, expenses and performance management.

We cover:

• Why Benjamin left Lazada to start BrioHR

• Recurring people management problems across his previous roles

• What differentiates BrioHR

• An all-in-one HR platform versus multiple specialist tools

Episode 55 of The Adrian Tan Show. Originally published on 22 June 2021. Guest roles and product details refer to the original recording.

Original episode sponsor: Wanted, featuring its RoundUp interview collaboration tool.

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Is learning the same as building skills? Kuljit Chadha joins Adrian Tan to discuss workplace skilling, employee development and the role of AI-powered learning platforms.

We cover:

• The difference between learning and skilling

• Learning needs for blue-collar and white-collar workers

• Whether fear of employee departures should stop companies investing in training

• The emphasis on paper qualifications

• SkillsFuture credit adoption as discussed in 2021

Kuljit was co-founder and COO of Disprz at the time of the recording. His entrepreneurial background spans media, formal education and enterprise learning, and he holds an MBA from the Indian School of Business.

Episode 54 of The Adrian Tan Show. Originally published on 15 June 2021. Guest roles, product details and programme discussion refer to the original recording.

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Disprz: https://www.disprz.com/

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What happens when payroll software meets fintech? Chan Chiou Hao joins Adrian Tan to discuss JustLogin’s partnership with MatchMove and what it could mean for employers and gig workers.

We cover:

• Bringing e-wallet capabilities into HR and payroll software

• Faster access to money for gig workers

• The growing use of a gig workforce

• How payroll has evolved and the pace of banking innovation

Chiou Hao was COO of JustLogin at the time of this recording. His background includes business development roles at software companies such as Salesforce, QlikTech, SumTotal Systems and Mambu, as well as founding two venture-backed internet businesses that were acquired.

Episode 53 of The Adrian Tan Show. Originally published on 8 June 2021. Guest roles, partnerships and product details refer to the original recording.

Connect with Chiou Hao: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chiou-hao-chan-27781/

JustLogin: https://justlogin.com/

MatchMove: https://matchmove.com/

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Kannan Chettiar joins Adrian Tan to discuss the employee lifecycle: background screening, onboarding and learning.

As co-founder and Managing Director of Avvanz at the time of this recording, Kannan explains its three pillars—Screen, Onboard and Develop—and how technology supports background checks, new employee integration and blended learning for the digital economy.

Kannan brings experience across technology and human capital in Asia, EMEA and the Americas. An engineer by training, he studied at Nanyang Technological University and the University of Birmingham.

Episode 52 of The Adrian Tan Show. Originally published on 1 June 2021. Guest roles and product details refer to the original recording.

Connect with Kannan: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kannan-chettiar-19a2348/

Avvanz: https://www.avvanz.com/

Critical Skills for Industry 4.0: https://www.avvanz.com/blog/critical-skills-for-industry-4-0/

Techstival webinar archive: https://techstival.avvanz.com/

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What happens when a strong candidate declines after months of interviews? CY Chua joins Adrian Tan to discuss the final step in recruitment: getting a job offer accepted.

CY co-founded TalentX.ai to address this last-mile challenge with an AI-powered job offer management platform for tech employers and candidates. The conversation explores reducing uncertainty in the offer process and improving offer acceptance.

Before TalentX.ai, CY worked in consulting and in-house roles covering total rewards, people analytics and HR information systems on a global scale.

Episode 51 of The Adrian Tan Show. Originally published on 25 May 2021. Guest roles and product details refer to the original recording.

Connect with CY: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chiayei/

TalentX.ai: https://talentx.ai/

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How can managers understand productivity when their teams work remotely? Chandra Sivasubramaniam joins Adrian Tan to discuss employee insights and productivity monitoring through FlowTrack.

The conversation starts with the tension between traditional supervision and a distributed workforce. Chandra and his team built FlowTrack to help businesses understand where and how employees spend their working time, with a focus on organisational effectiveness and productivity.

Chandra previously designed and built enterprise products at IBM and NTT Data. At the time of this recording, FlowTrack was addressing the needs of businesses in India and Southeast Asia.

Episode 50 of The Adrian Tan Show. Originally published on 18 May 2021. Guest roles and product details refer to the original recording.

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Andrew Stetsenko joins Adrian Tan to discuss connecting companies with software engineers who want to relocate abroad.

An HR technology entrepreneur with a coding background, Andrew founded Relocate.me, CV Compiler and GlossaryTech. He began learning to code in 2003 before moving into tech recruitment, combining an interest in software with machine learning and natural language processing.

This conversation explores his work in tech recruitment and building tools to help companies and engineers find a better match.

Episode 49 of The Adrian Tan Show. Originally published on 11 May 2021. Guest roles and company details refer to the original recording.

Connect with Andrew: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewstetsenko

Relocate.me: https://relocate.me/

CV Compiler: https://cvcompiler.com/

GlossaryTech: https://glossarytech.com/

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Zac Chua, founder of The Kettle Gourmet, joins Adrian Tan to talk about building a Singapore gourmet popcorn business.

Launched in 2017, The Kettle Gourmet combines popcorn with local food-inspired flavours such as Nasi Lemak, Kaya Butter Toast and Chilli Crab. Zac shares the cinema moment that sparked the idea and how his late father influenced his ambition to start a business.

In this episode:

• The inspiration behind The Kettle Gourmet

• Turning familiar Singapore flavours into a popcorn product

• Building a consumer food brand and distribution business

Episode 48 of The Adrian Tan Show. Originally published on 4 May 2021. Guest roles and product details refer to the original recording.

Connect with Zac: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zacchua/

The Kettle Gourmet: https://thekettlegourmet.com/

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Brett Putter, CEO of CultureGene and author of Own Your Culture, joins me to discuss defining, embedding and managing company culture.

Brett brings experience working with startups and high-growth companies across the United Kingdom, Europe and the United States. We explore intentional culture development and the ideas behind his books Culture Decks Decoded and Own Your Culture.

Episode 47 of The Adrian Tan Show, originally published on 27 April 2021. Guest roles and book details reflect the original recording.

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Own Your Culture: https://www.amazon.sg/Own-Your-Culture-Define-Company/dp/152721673X

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Vipula “Vip” Samarakoon, founder and CEO of Qualee, joins me to discuss employee onboarding, engagement and designing better employee experiences.

We explore Qualee’s mobile-first platform and its approach to helping employees get familiar with an organisation while simplifying onboarding procedures. Vip brings experience leading technology transformations across global companies.

Episode 46 of The Adrian Tan Show, originally published on 20 April 2021. Guest roles and platform details reflect the original recording. The complimentary consulting promotion mentioned in the episode applied to April 2021 signups and has expired.

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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vipula-samarakoon/

Qualee: https://www.qualee.com/

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