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[CTQ Smartcast] Lessons in Managing and Accelerating An Organization's People Ecosystem, With Krish Shankar

Krish Shankar is the Group Head (Human Resources) at Infosys and the author of ‘Catalyse: Power Up Your People Ecosystem’. In this Smartcast we discussed topics from his book, how to conduct interviews for different levels and how founders can apply lessons from his book in their growing organization.

[CTQ Smartcast] Building an Organization with a Culture Handbook, With Paramdeep Singh Anand

Paramdeep Singh Anand is the CEO of FieldAssist where they provide Salesforce automation software for field sales teams. In this Smartcast, we discuss in-depth the culture book of FieldAssist and tips on interviewing and mentoring.

[CTQ Smartcast] How to be Relevant in a Tech Start-up? With Nirant Kasliwal

Nirant Kasliwal is working with Sundial as a software engineer. He has written a book on Natural Language Processing just within three years of graduating from BITS Pilani. In this Smartcast, we talked about his book-writing journey. Also find valuable insights from the world of tech start-ups, both for the entrepreneur, as well as someone looking to work for one.

[CTQ Smartcast] How to build a brand based on the value of TRUE? With Sreejith Moolayil

Sreejith Moolayil is the founder of True Elements. He and his co-founder Puru Gupta have seen multiple pivots before zeroing down on what they are doing now. In this Smartcast (hosted by BV Harish Kumar), find some valuable insights on how to build your company’s culture around the values one holds dear to their heart.

[CTQ Smartcast] How Should Leaders Apply Branding Lessons To Create A Great Organizational Culture? With Ambi Parameswaran

Ambi Parameswaran is a brand coach, brand strategist and the founder of Brand-Building.com, a brand advisory. He has served as the Vice President and then as CEO of FCB Ulka Advertising from 2003 to 2013. In a career spanning 35 plus years, Ambi has helped some of the most memorable brands of all time. In this Smartcast (hosted by BV Harish Kumar), we talked about lessons in brand building and why it is important for organisations to build mythology about themselves to create a great organizational culture.

[CTQ Smartcast] How should Senior Leaders think about their own Future Relevance? With Nitin Deshpande

Nitin Deshpande is the President of Evolent Health International. He has established and grown Indian sites of companies like Allscripts, BMC Software and Geometric Software Solutions. In this CTQ Smartcast, Nitin talks about what it takes to create great teams, leaders and culture and how senior leaders should think about their future relevance.

[CTQ Smart Levers] Ep 25 - Culture Diet

In this episode, we understand why leaders mustn’t force employees to follow the organization’s culture, but demonstrate it through conversations, actions and decisions.

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[CTQ Smartcast] Designing a Culture for Tomorrow, With Smriti Handa

Smriti Handa is the Global Head for Talent Acquisition at Reckitt and has worked in various capacities within human resources at some of the biggest global brands. In this Smartcast, Smriti shares what it takes to build a culture for tomorrow.

How to redefine the values and build a culture of agility, adaptability, & high performance

Read our Case Study of how we helped this CTQ client make a successful culture shift.

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How to articulate values and create a culture manifesto

Read our Case Study of how we helped InfraCloud define the components of its culture manifesto in order to propagate it inside the organization.

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[CTQ Smartcast] How Should Founders Think About Building A Culture For Future Relevance, With Ria Shroff Desai

Ria Shroff Desai is the head of People and Culture function at Blume Ventures. This Smartcast, hosted by CTQ co-founder, BV Harish Kumar, is a great opportunity to witness the importance of people’s function and culture in an organization.

[CTQ Smartcast] Importance of Culture for Future Relevance, with Monish Darda

Monish Darda is the CTO and Co-Founder of Icertis, a unicorn company. In this Smartcast conversation with CTQ co-founder BV Harish Kumar, we speak to him about the guiding principles behind the culture at Icertis.

[CTQ Smartcast] A Unicorn's Lessons in Scaling and Future Relevance, with Mukul Kumar

Mukul Kumar is the co-founder of PubMatic, the unicorn with a wonderful success story. We discover the secrets behind their scaling journey, the cultural values that power their company and how engineering leaders like Mukul think about their own future relevance.

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[CTQ Smartcast] How To Build A Curiosity Calendar for Your Company

Curiosity Calendar is a calendar of activities aimed at getting the employees of a team more curious and discover knowledge blindspots. In this Smartcast, Sanasi Kelkar speaks with CTQ co-founder BV Harish Kumar about how you can use Curiosity Calendar as a form of carefully-designed smart edutainment that can help an organisation grow inside-out.

[CTQ Smartcast] Pranali Save on How HR Evolved In the Pandemic Era

Pranali Save is Chief Human Resources Officer of Icertis, a unicorn tech company with over 1000 employees across 17 countries. In this Smartcast conversation with CTQ co-founder BV Harish Kumar, she talks about the future of work, the new levers of influence in a distributed environment, and what young HR professionals should do to stay future relevant.

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A writing culture = a knowledge sharing culture

Find out why it’s a good idea for companies to have a writing-oriented culture.

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[CTQ Smartcast] How Remote Work Changed Work

If 2020 was all about going remote, 2021 will be about whether the pendulum swings back. Continuing our conversation with Monish Darda of Icertis, KS Prashant of IDeaS and Nitin Deshpande of Evolent Health, we hear about their experiences of remote working.

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A school where kids play with flamethrowers

Learn more about the school where kids play with flamethrowers here.

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Shaping Company Culture: The Essential Guide

In this talk hosted by ‘The Brand Called You’, Sirisha outlines the role of company culture in not just getting the best out of your workforce, but also making you distinct, different and forward-facing. An interesting conversation that breaks down the mystery and challenge of shaping culture, into its basic building blocks.

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[CTQ Smartcast] What companies get wrong about cultural values

As companies grow, they seek to build a common philosophy that ties the company, its work, and its employees. Capturing the DNA of an organisation in this way can be very challenging, but done well, it can pay off by providing a reference point, direction, and an answer for "how things are done here". But what do they get wrong about this exercise?

CTQ Smartcast, Shaping Culture, Smart ConversationsChoose To ThinqNovember 9, 2020Culture, storiesComment