Ep 18: TALENT Discovery - Accelerating potential to infinite possibilities

TALENT Discovery - Accelerating potential to infinite possibilities!!

Subramanian Sivakumar - a Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Pratian Technologies and he is also the CEO of the World Research Centre, a deep tech global research and investment ecosystem of the future  & the Member of Board Of Directors for many Research Centers across the globe.

Subbu is also a serial entrepreneur with over two decades of experience in the IT industry. He has extensive cross-cultural leadership experience having worked with Fortune 500 companies, across large Global Enterprises and startups in all major geographies. He has been a Digital Business Specialist, Innovator, Architect, Mentor, Strategy Consultant, and Investor.

Few questions I ask Subramanian Sivakumar on how to focus on Talent Discovery program and a whole spectrum view to the individuals based on each one’s potential, they discover and recommend the right fitment is as follows: Time Stamps: 5:03m to 56:30m

• A little background about Subramanian Sivakumar? 5:03
• Why it is important to focus on Talent Discovery? 9:03
• How did Pratian benefit from Talent Discovery? 13:22
• Will this discovery help to identify the right people? 15:41
• How does the Talent Discovery Platform make hiring easier? 18:25
• Will it deliver excellence to the individual as well as the organization? 20:39
• From your experience, can you give insight on What Every organization should be mindful of… while looking out for talent ? 22:58
• What is the approach and is there any model/framework you recommend? 27:57
• What would be the roadblock? challenges in this journey and even the acceptance from the organization? 29:28
• It’s just not the organization building this culture & the candidate getting scaled on the skill …There are managers ….what should they Know in this process & what is their role? 31:36
• Is there an intent evaluation – what is the approach you follow? 33:52
• Would you also give a career path for the individual? 35:15
• How can one understand how the behaviors of the candidate will impact the performance of the candidate? 37:17
• Would this also give the report and compares it to the benchmarked model of a particular job role? 38:06
• Can you give an aerial view of the Skill Assure program & how it works? How that translates into business continuity? 39:14
• What is the success ratio going through this model? 41:56
• Is there any example that you want to share (maybe your client or employee) about SkillAssure where you delivered something truly unique? 45:34
• Would this discovery help for reinforcement or continuous learning too? How about upskilling or cross-skilling? 47:49
• Is there anything else you would like to add, that will be of value to my listeners? 50:45
• Do you also want to share what Pratian is doing? 51:45
• How do you see talent strategy trends in 2020 and what are the key elements of a successful talent strategy? 54:24

"Powerful question" to my guest to unveil for my listeners.  to engage, enlighten and empower (& that’s the mission of my podcast too) Timestamp at 56:31 Mts to 1:03 hr.

1. According to you, what is the “STAR” moment?
2. What “inspires you” to do everything that you do?
3. If you owned the company, what’s one thing you would do differently in learning?
4. What are the three most important things you would like to accomplish right now?
5. if I may ask you, What are your strengths
6. What’s the best book you’ve read this year? or anytime you recommend for my listeners.
7. What are the characteristics of the best boss role models or mentors/coach you ever had? What made that person great?
8. Are there any tools that you use on a daily basis to be a better you?
9. In continuation, are there any habit you are practicing which has made you successful in whatever you do
10. Your advice to people who are new and want to accelerate their career, and are there any core skills you recommend?

Resources & Thought Leaders mentioned in this episode:

• Bhagavad Gita
• The Leadership & Self deception
• Zero to One
• Good to Great
• The Magic of getting what you want
• Guru Swami Brahmayogananda
• Param Vaibhav Bharat

 Connect with Subramanian Sivakumar@

• LinkedIn

• ss@pratian.com

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