"Look for the innovation evangelists, somebody in the organisation, like somebody who really talks about innovation, because a lot of things, especially the growth come from the innovation."

Today’s episode of The Shape of Work podcast features Sandeep Setty, Head of People & Culture at Pazcare. Sandeep has an overall work experience of 10 years. He did his B.tech from AIT. His work experience includes time with Medlife.com on Talent Acquisition, as Principal Recruiter for ClearTax India, and as Associate Director for CashFree.

In this episode, Sandeep Setty talks about how open culture in an organisation can help in the effective growth of an organisation.

Episode Highlights

• How can open culture help in the growth of an organisation?
• How Sandeep implements and fosters a culture of innovation and creativity
• Is it important to hire people with the same level of energy?
• How does offering group health insurance impact the company?

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Produced by: Priya Bhatt
Podcast Host: Hashmita Tarasinghani

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.

“Having worked in the gig economy where you can do multiple tasks at a given point in time, it gives you a very wide exposure to a whole bunch of things and learning."

Today’s episode of The Shape of Work podcast features Aditi Pareek, Angel Investor (Previously, Head of Human Resources with Pepperfry). Aditi has an overall work experience of over 15 years. She did her BMS in Marketing from Birla College of Arts, Commerce and Science, and her MBA from Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies. She has worked as Business Manager for Motilal Oswal Securities Ltd and as a Manager for Prabhudas Lilladher Pvt. Ltd. Before coming into Pepperfry.

In this episode, Aditi throws light on the gig economy and how the gig economy has developed since the pandemic.

Episode Highlights

• State of the gig economy in the post-pandemic era
• How does technology help in promoting the gig economy?
• How the gig economy is benefitting organisations
• Gig economy’s contribution to diverse and inclusive work 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.

“DE&I is not a policy or HR guideline, and when we say diversity, equity and inclusion, it should be the culture of the company, it should be embedded in the culture of the company.”

Today’s episode of The Shape of Work podcast features Ritushree Panigrahi, DE&I Lead at Outcast Collective. Ritushree has an overall work experience of 13 years. She did her Master of Laws from The ICFAI University Tripura and her HR Certification in Diversity and Inclusion from Cornell University. She is India’s first transgender women stand-up comedian. She worked as an Independent Consultant for most of her working year and later joined UNGENDER as DE&I lead.

In this episode, Ritushree puts light on why DE&I is becoming more important within workspaces and organisations.

Episode Highlights

• What all diversity and inclusion policies should the organisation adopt
• Why is DE&I also important in the legal sector?
• The relation between DE&I and HR
•  How inclusive workspaces are changing

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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.

“While balancing the client and the business needs, do not forget the employee because it's because of the employees that have business runs.

Today’s episode of The Shape of Work podcast features Subham Banerjee, Human Resource Business Partner with IntouchCX. Subham has an overall work experience of four and a half years so far. He did his BBA in Marketing from BB College Asansol and later his MBA from KCC Institute of Technology and Management. He got into Barclays as a Process Advisor straight after graduation and later worked with Amazon as Sr. Onboarding Associate.

In this episode, Subham talks about his experience and the challenges faced while managing an employee base as an HR professional.

Episode Highlights

• How to ensure a team is working together properly?
• Changes in the recruitment process with the advent of greater technology and changing trends
• Upcoming trends that may occur in 2023
• Advice to aspiring HR business partners

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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.

“I think the concept of work-life integration makes more sense when we prioritise and try and understand what is both urgent and important and what is just urgent and not important.”

Today’s episode of The Shape of Work podcast features Neha Sharma, Human Resource Business Partner at Oracle. Neha has an overall work experience of seven years. She did her B.Sc in Mathematics from Lady Shri Ram College for Women and her PGDM from Xavier Institute of Social Service. She worked as an Editor with Britannica, later getting in as Assistant Manager Human Resources for IHCL.

In this episode, Neha puts light on how one can improve their personal productivity as well as on women’s work-life integration.

Episode Highlights

• How one should find work-life balance
• On improving women’s personal productivity and life integration
• Neha’s learnings from different organisations
• Advice for youth planning to pursue HR ?

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Produced by: Priya Bhat
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.

“Effective communication is very important, because HR as a function, interacts with lots of people in the company across all the departments.”

Today’s episode of The Shape of Work podcast features Anshul Sharma, Talent Acquisition Lead for Product and Design at Info Edge India Ltd. She has a work experience of 8 years in different industries. She did her B.E. from Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology and her MBA from Symbiosis Centre for Management and Human Resource Development. She has worked with Deloitte Consulting as a Business Technology Analyst and worked with Shopclues as Associate Product Manager.

In this episode, Anshul enlightens us on the importance of communication and the current GenZ workforce.

Episode Highlights

•  Key skills required for a growing HR professional
•  Managing the GenZ workforce
•  Post-pandemic changes in HR
•  Valuable advice for budding listeners

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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.

 “Your stability in a job will depend on how innovative you are, how creative, and what new products you can bring in terms of demonstrable programs.”

Today’s episode of The Shape of Work podcast features Simanta Mohanty, Head of Human Resources at Milk Mantra. Simanta started his career a long time back, in 1989, and has an overall work experience of over 30 years. He did his B.A from Utkal University. His M.A from the University of Hyderabad. Post-Graduate Diploma in Business Management from Xavier Institute of Management. Post-Graduate Diploma in Sustainable Rural Development from the University of Hyderabad and is pursuing his Ph.D. from Utkal University. He has worked with companies such as Wipro, IBM, Posco, etc.

In this episode, Simanty talks about some of the effective strategies he came up with as an HR professional and about his career in HR.

Episode Highlights

•  How Simanta came up with the family engagement program
• What were the initiatives taken by Simanta as an HR Professional?
• Major takeaways from his career
• What should the youth be focusing on upon entering the industry?

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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.

“The simplest thing for every person, for any entrepreneur who is starting off, is that you are only as good as your organization.”

Today’s episode of The Shape of Work podcast features Vivek Parekh, CEO and Founder at Rayzon Global LLP. Vivek has over ten years of work experience and has worked with multiple companies. He completed his BA from the University of Reading and later did Innovation and Entrepreneurship from the University of Warwick. He had worked with JP Morgan and also worked with National Plastic, his family business.

In this episode, Vivek walks us through his journey as an entrepreneur and the things he has learned along the way.

Episode Highlights

• The growth process of an entrepreneur
• How proper treatment of employees leads to success for the organization
• The importance of an entrepreneur in developing their team
• Advice to budding entrepreneurs

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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.

"I think the first thing that we, as HR professionals, need to do is listen with intent and build relationships."

Today's episode of The Shape of Work podcast features Ishan Ratho, Joint Manager of Human Resources at DCM Shriram LTD. Ishan has six years of work experience. He earned his Bachelor of Technology from the International Institute of Information Technology, Bhubaneswar, and his MBA from Symbiosis Centre for Management and Human Resource Development. He previously worked at Infosys as a senior systems engineer before transitioning to HR.

In this episode, Ishan discusses the evolution of HR and how it has developed beyond its previous role.

Episode Highlights:

• HR's involvement in the strategic planning of an organization
• Handling the mental and physical health of employees
• The importance of building trust and open communication
• How stepping out of comfort zones builds credibility

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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.

"Youth today are much more willing to take risks than I was when I was growing up, and there are more avenues accepting of that."

Today's episode of The Shape of Work podcast features Mayanka Batra, Founder of Shhyfft Consulting Group. Mayanka has a work experience of two decades. She holds a Master's in Computer Management from Symbiosis International University, graduated from IIM Ahmedabad, and earned a Master's in Organisational and Social Psychology from The London School Of Economics. She has worked with NowFloats and AEON Credit service as Vice President and Senior Vice President, respectively.

In this episode, Mayanka talks about the need for flexibility in the workplace and how it shapes HR policies.

Episode Highlights:

• Upcoming changes that will reshape the workplace and workforce
• How diversity in the workplace will shape the future
• Opinions on layoffs and the job market
• A new era with more opportunities

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Produced by: Priya Bhatt
Podcast host: Saqeeb Ulla Khan

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.