“HR is a function that sits on tons of data. There is a big scope for using this data to predict the future into making better decisions. So I think this area of data analytics within HR is an area where I see a lot of focus and effort from companies”

In today’s episode of The Shape of Work podcast, our guest talks about the various challenges HR is facing today and how to stay up to date with the latest trends in HR. We have George Verghese, Vice President, Group HR and CHRO at Kirloskar Group.

George has an overall work experience of eighteen years. He did his B. Tech from the College of Engineering, Munnar, and his PGDBM from XLRI Jamshedpur. George has worked in various organisations throughout his career, some of which include Dell, Reliance Communications, Cummins Inc., etc.

Episode Highlights

• What are some of the biggest challenges HR is facing now?
• How to stay up-to-date with the emerging tech trends in HR?
• What are some effective strategies for managing employee performance?
• The difference between a performance-driven culture and time-bound culture

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Produced by: Priya Bhatt
Podcast Host: Riddhi Agarwal

About Springworks:

Springworks is a fully-distributed HR technology organisation building tools and products to simplify recruitment, onboarding, employee engagement, and retention. The product stack from Springworks includes:

SpringVerify— B2B verification platform

EngageWith— employee recognition and rewards platform that enriches company culture

Trivia — a suite of real-time, fun, and interactive games platforms for remote/hybrid team-building

SpringRole — verified professional-profile platform backed by blockchain, and

SpringRecruit — a forever-free applicant tracking system.

Springworks prides itself on being an organisation focused on employee well-being and workplace culture, leading to a 4.8 rating on Glassdoor for the 200+ employee strength company.

"Give them a sense of belonging, make them feel included in the organization, and assure them that taking these steps will lead to better productivity and retention of employees."

The newest episode of The Shape of Work podcast features Rupinder Sihra,
 Human Resources Manager at Abalta Technologies Inc., a human-centered software solution focused on improving mobility and lifestyles across the globe. In this episode, Rupinder delves into the challenges he faced in his career and strategies for improving employee well-being.

Rupinder has an overall work experience of more than two decades. She did her Bachelor of Science from the University of Jammu and her Master of Science also from the University of Jammu. She also did her PGDBM from Symbiosis Institute of Business Management, Pune. She started her career in the Indian Army where she was a Captain. She has worked at various organisations including Wipro as the Assistant Facilities Manager, The Boston Consulting Group, FIITJEE, Denken Solutions, etc.

Episode Highlights

• What are some important strategies for improving employee well-being?
• Importance of encouraging a healthy work-life balance
• The importance of employee feedback
• What are some emerging technologies that will have a big impact?

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Produced by: Priya Bhatt
Podcast Host: Aparajeeta Boro

About Springworks:

Springworks is a fully-distributed HR technology organisation building tools and products to simplify recruitment, onboarding, employee engagement, and retention. The product stack from Springworks includes:

SpringVerify— B2B verification platform

EngageWith— employee recognition and rewards platform that enriches company culture

Trivia — a suite of real-time, fun, and interactive games platforms for remote/hybrid team-building

SpringRole — verified professional-profile platform backed by blockchain, and

SpringRecruit — a forever-free applicant tracking system.

Springworks prides itself on being an organisation focused on employee well-being and workplace culture, leading to a 4.8 rating on Glassdoor for the 200+ employee strength company.

On this latest episode of The Shape of Work Podcast, our guest talks about the best resources for learning and development and how to ensure to stay up to date with trends.

“L&D is going to make a big impact on how we can empower everybody who's investing in their careers. But the original end result is going to be how we can enhance somebody's career, how we can look at a long-term career in specific skills, and make things like that”

We welcome Arjit Gupta, Assistant Vice President- Learning and Development at Barclays- one of the best universal banks based out of the UK.

Arjit has an overall experience of fourteen years, where he spent the entirety of his career in Barclays. Started his journey at Barclays as Personal Banker, later as the Assistant Manager for Operations, and finally as the Assistant Vice President. He did his B.Com from Delhi University and his Masters of Business from Golden Gate University.

Episode Highlights

• How to stay up to date with the trends in learning and development?
• What are the biggest challenges while developing effective training programs?
• How to ensure training programs are inclusive and accessible to all?
• New trends and technologies in the future of the Learning and Development field

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Produced by: Priya Bhatt
Podcast Host: Riddhi Agarwal

About Springworks:

Springworks is a fully-distributed HR technology organisation building tools and products to simplify recruitment, onboarding, employee engagement, and retention. The product stack from Springworks includes:

SpringVerify— B2B verification platform

EngageWith— employee recognition and rewards platform that enriches company culture

Trivia — a suite of real-time, fun, and interactive games platforms for remote/hybrid team-building

SpringRole — verified professional-profile platform backed by blockchain, and

SpringRecruit — a forever-free applicant tracking system.

Springworks prides itself on being an organisation focused on employee well-being and workplace culture, leading to a 4.8 rating on Glassdoor for the 200+ employee strength company.

"Being an HR professional, I think there were several challenges that emerged during the pandemic. Many businesses had to quickly do transition towards remote work, which required HR to rapidly create new policies and also to provide support to employees working from home”

This latest episode of The Shape of Work introduces our listeners to Sahil Shah, Assistant Manager- HR Business Partner at Publicis Groupe- the third largest communications group in the world, a leader in marketing, communication and digital business transformation. In this episode, Sahil shares his thoughts on the various challenges faced as an HR manager in an organisation.

Sahil has an overall work experience of nine years. He started his journey as a recruiter. After nine years, he has now reached the position of HR business partner. He has spent his time meeting many people, in India and from abroad as well. He has worked at Datamatics and Capgemini prior to his time at Publicis Groupe.

Episode Highlights

• Challenges of being an HR professional
• What challenges did the pandemic bring as an HR professional?
• Approach to talent acquisition and employee retention
• How to support employee development as well as employee growth?

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Produced by: Priya Bhatt
Podcast Host: Aparajeeta Boro

About Springworks:

Springworks is a fully-distributed HR technology organisation building tools and products to simplify recruitment, onboarding, employee engagement, and retention. The product stack from Springworks includes:

SpringVerify— B2B verification platform

EngageWith— employee recognition and rewards platform that enriches company culture

Trivia — a suite of real-time, fun, and interactive games platforms for remote/hybrid team-building

SpringRole — verified professional-profile platform backed by blockchain, and

SpringRecruit — a forever-free applicant tracking system.

Springworks prides itself on being an organisation focused on employee well-being and workplace culture, leading to a 4.8 rating on Glassdoor for the 200+ employee strength company.

“We find ourselves in a moment in time where we also need to think about how we can leverage technology as HR to create a more efficient, more fulfilling, and more equitable workplace that serves both the needs of employers and employees alike.

This latest episode of The Shape of Work introduces our listeners to Daniel Corsen, Founder of Reshapers- a business consulting and services company. Daniel has an overall work experience of over thirteen years. He did his Bachelor of Science from the University of Netherlands Antilles, and his M.Sc from RSM Erasmus University. He has worked at various AAA organisations such as Aqualectra Utility, University of Curaçao Dr.Moises da Costa Gomez, Barrett Values Centre etc.

In this episode, Daniel sheds light on leveraging technology to create a more equitable workplace and the current state of HR and its future.

Episode Highlight

• The current state of HR and its future
• How to leverage technology to create a more equitable workplace?
• What HR professionals need to do today to prepare for the future?
• Advice to use HR technology

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Produced by: Priya Bhatt
Podcast Host: Riddhi Agarwal

About Springworks:

Springworks is a fully-distributed HR technology organisation building tools and products to simplify recruitment, onboarding, employee engagement, and retention. The product stack from Springworks includes:

SpringVerify— B2B verification platform

EngageWith— employee recognition and rewards platform that enriches company culture

Trivia — a suite of real-time, fun, and interactive games platforms for remote/hybrid team-building

SpringRole — verified professional-profile platform backed by blockchain, and

SpringRecruit — a forever-free applicant tracking system.

Springworks prides itself on being an organisation focused on employee well-being and workplace culture, leading to a 4.8 rating on Glassdoor for the 200+ employee strength company.

“Organisations should keep in mind that the existing employees are working in the system for a long time and if they are performing they should get appreciated. If you don't take time to appreciate those people they will try to move on and look for other opportunities.”

We are honoured to have with us Akshay Patil, Talent Acquisition Partner and Associate Manager at Piramal Capital & Housing Finance Limited in the newest episode of The Shape Of Work podcast. Join us to hear what he has to say about attracting and retaining top talent.

Akshay has an overall work experience of five years. He did his BMS from the University of Mumbai. He has worked at Smartsearch Consultant and CareerNet Technologies prior to his time at Piramal Capitals. It is safe to say that he has quite a strong presence in the domain of talent acquisition.

Episode Highlights

• Strategies for attracting and retaining top talent
• Successful initiatives spearheaded by Akshay as an HR professional
• Challenges faced in hiring people
• How to hire for a high-level job?

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Produced by: Priya Bhatt
Podcast Host: Aparajeeta Boro

About Springworks:

Springworks is a fully-distributed HR technology organisation building tools and products to simplify recruitment, onboarding, employee engagement, and retention. The product stack from Springworks includes:

SpringVerify— B2B verification platform

EngageWith— employee recognition and rewards platform that enriches company culture

Trivia — a suite of real-time, fun, and interactive games platforms for remote/hybrid team-building

SpringRole — verified professional-profile platform backed by blockchain, and

SpringRecruit — a forever-free applicant tracking system.

Springworks prides itself on being an organisation focused on employee well-being and workplace culture, leading to a 4.8 rating on Glassdoor for the 200+ employee strength company.

On this episode of The Shape of Work, our guest talks about how technology is going to impact the growth of an organisation or business and how technology is going to affect people’s lives.

"I'm extremely optimistic of the future generations coming in because they have seen scale. They have seen technology, they have seen opportunities as they went through school, college and early days of what they're doing."

We welcome Ashok Balasubramanian, CEO of Open Weaver- a SaaS tech company that is changing the way the world builds digital. Open Weaver was founded in 2019 and is based out of New York reinventing Digital Realisation, starting with accelerated, scalable application development.

Prior to Open Weaver, Ashok has more than two decades of experience. He did his BE from the College of Engineering, Guindy and his MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore. He has worked in various organisations including Syntel, Atos and Forbes Technology Council.

Episode Highlights

• How technology is going to shape the future when it comes to the HR division of an organisation?
• Could the advent of technology result in the loss of people’s jobs?
• Advice to people starting their careers now
• How to maintain a good work-life balance?

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Kandi Platform: https://kandi.openweaver.com
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/products/openweaver-kandi

Produced by: Priya Bhatt
Podcast Host: Archit Sethi

About Springworks:

Springworks is a fully-distributed HR technology organisation building tools and products to simplify recruitment, onboarding, employee engagement, and retention. The product stack from Springworks includes:

SpringVerify— B2B verification platform

EngageWith— employee recognition and rewards platform that enriches company culture

Trivia — a suite of real-time, fun, and interactive games platforms for remote/hybrid team-building

SpringRole — verified professional-profile platform backed by blockchain, and

SpringRecruit — a forever-free applicant tracking system.

Springworks prides itself on being an organisation focused on employee well-being and workplace culture, leading to a 4.8 rating on Glassdoor for the 200+ employee strength company.

On this latest episode of The Shape of Work Podcast, our guest talks about how the HR industry has changed over the years and on the current hiring trends.

“HRBP role should always be a strategic position, rather than a transactional position, where the HRBP is always on the face of the business leaders, asking them questions, look at the strategy for the organisation in the future.”

We welcome Arokia John, Human Resource Business Partner at Petrofac- an infrastructure organisation for energy industries.

Arokia has an overall work experience of sixteen years. He did his Bachelor of Commerce from Loyola College, Chennai, and his Post Graduate Diploma in Business Administration and Human Resources from Symbiosis International University. He has worked in various organisations including ICICI Bank as the Wealth Manager and at Flex as HR Business Partner.

Episode Highlights

• How have the HR roles and responsibilities transitioned over the years?
• What changes will come about in the HR industry with the changes in technology?
• What skills are required in the current scenario of hiring?
• The importance and need for engineers

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Produced by: Priya Bhat
Podcast Host: Archit Sethi

About Springworks:

Springworks is a fully-distributed HR technology organisation building tools and products to simplify recruitment, onboarding, employee engagement, and retention. The product stack from Springworks includes:

SpringVerify— B2B verification platform

EngageWith— employee recognition and rewards platform that enriches company culture

Trivia — a suite of real-time, fun, and interactive games platforms for remote/hybrid team-building

SpringRole — verified professional-profile platform backed by blockchain, and

SpringRecruit — a forever-free applicant tracking system.

Springworks prides itself on being an organisation focused on employee well-being and workplace culture, leading to a 4.8 rating on Glassdoor for the 200+ employee strength company.

“As you grow in your career, after a certain point of time it is not just numbers anymore, it is more about the value you add to the organisation and at the same time, what value you add to yourself.”

Listeners, today you have been blessed with the opportunity to learn some special tips and tricks of the trade from Shakti Gupta, Senior Vice President for Retail Lending & Inclusion at RBL Bank, one of India’s leading private sector banks.

Shakti Gupta has an overall experience of eighteen years. He did his Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Mumbai, and his MBA from ICFAI University. His career in ICICI Bank, and later went on to work for HDFC Bank, Barclays Finance, Xpress Money Services, etc.

Episode Highlights

• What kinds of market trends will be enormously popular in the future?
• How to tackle challenges in the job?
• Importance of expanding horizons to include technology and compliance
• Advice for people who are just starting their careers

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Produced by: Priya Bhatt
Podcast Host: Aparajeeta Boro

About Springworks:

Springworks is a fully-distributed HR technology organisation building tools and products to simplify recruitment, onboarding, employee engagement, and retention. The product stack from Springworks includes:

SpringVerify— B2B verification platform

EngageWith— employee recognition and rewards platform that enriches company culture

Trivia — a suite of real-time, fun, and interactive games platforms for remote/hybrid team-building

SpringRole — verified professional-profile platform backed by blockchain, and

SpringRecruit — a forever-free applicant tracking system.

Springworks prides itself on being an organisation focused on employee well-being and workplace culture, leading to a 4.8 rating on Glassdoor for the 200+ employee strength company.

On this episode of The Shape of Work podcast our guest talks about the different challenges faced while launching a new product and how to convince the target consumers.

“Some challenges in regards to growth get a little tight for all entrepreneurs but ultimately, being able to balance that and use as many resources as possible but also trying to make sure that the focus is always there.”

We welcome Jason Tiger, CEO and Founder of Bubble Universe. Jason has an overall work experience of seven years. He did his BBA in Economics from Chapman University. He started his career at Imperial Toy, was the founder of Tiger Source, and was Advisor at chargeFUZE.

Episode Highlights

• How to educate the target consumer group about the organization?
• The challenges faced by the organization in the growth phase
• How to stay focused and maintain a proper life off work?
• The future of Bubble Universe

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Produced by: Priya Bhatt
Podcast host: Moshe Vhanunu

About Springworks:

Springworks is a fully-distributed HR technology organisation building tools and products to simplify recruitment, onboarding, employee engagement, and retention. The product stack from Springworks includes:

SpringVerify— B2B verification platform

EngageWith— employee recognition and rewards platform that enriches company culture

Trivia — a suite of real-time, fun, and interactive games platforms for remote/hybrid team-building

SpringRole — verified professional-profile platform backed by blockchain, and

SpringRecruit — a forever-free applicant tracking system.

Springworks prides itself on being an organisation focused on employee well-being and workplace culture, leading to a 4.8 rating on Glassdoor for the 200+ employee strength company.