Business Beyond 2030

We have Sudhir Patnaik joining us today. Sudhir has more than 25 years of experience in software engineering and academia, and currently leads Gibraltar's India Development Center. Over the course of his storied career, Sudhir has experimented and succeeded across different geographies and domains such as Financial Services, Aerospace, Healthcare, and Life Sciences. He is a life-long learner and brings abundant curiosity with him everywhere he goes.

Insights from this episode:

1. What’s your approach to identifying breakout technology trends and transformations?
2. The upside is great when you win these bets but how do you personally deal with being wrong?
3. How do you see the Global In-house Centre (GIC) model evolving this next decade?
4. How should global companies view innovation from emerging economies such as India? What should be their expectations?
5. Does Asian innovation have its own edge or flavor?
6. Enterprise CXOs typically want Indian GIC Leads to move away from transactional outcomes to deliver on strategic aspirations. Where’s the disconnect and how can organizations get this right?
7. How do you design organizational culture around a distributed teams’ model?
8. What are the upsides and downsides to having such a large mandate?
9. When you were approached for leading Gibraltar’s India Development Centre, how did you think through and build alignment with the larger enterprise?
10. How do you transfer your vision to others in light of a developing employer value proposition (EVP) and attract high-quality talent in such a hyper-competitive environment?

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Sartaj Anand is a proven entrepreneur and thought leader with a decade of experience spanning management consulting, social impact, and media. He has an unreasonable dream to positively impact 1 Billion human lives within his lifetime and enables individuals and organizations to create exponential impact globally.

This time around we have Ravi Machani on the show. He is the Managing Director of the Machani Group, an 80-year-old family business run by the third-generation of entrepreneurs. Ravi is a socially responsible business leader, an avid music enthusiast, and a forward-thinking visionary, who ardently follows his passion for engineering, technology, and design. His stints working outside the family business have helped him gather expertise in many areas including corporate finance, global M&A, turn around management, operations, and strategy. Ravi believes business has the power to do tremendous good and serves on the board of the Entrepreneurs' Organization, a global network of more than 13,000 business owners in 46 countries.

Insights from this episode: 

1. What's the secret behind cultivating an entrepreneurial mindset?
2. How does one enhance the longevity of a family business?
3. How to experiment with intrapreneurship at a legacy business?
4. How can family businesses participate in the 4th Industrial Revolution?
5. How do high-net-worth families go unicorn hunting?
6. What's the one business opportunity an 18-year-old should work on today?
7. How do family business groups approach succession planning and income splitting?
8. Should family businesses be professionally managed with promoters solely being owners and not operators?
9. Why do family businesses treat their workforce differently compared to corporations?
10. How should family business groups approach diversification?

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About Sartaj Anand: Website | Facebook | Twitter | LinkedIn
Sartaj Anand is a proven entrepreneur and thought leader with a decade of experience spanning management consulting, social impact and media. He has an unreasonable dream to positively impact 1 Billion human lives within his lifetime and enables individuals and organizations to create exponential impact globally.

In today’s episode, we welcome Sebastien Hug to Business Beyond 2030. Sebastien is the CEO of Swissnex India and the Consul General of the Swiss Consulate in Bangalore since November 2017. He is married and a proud father of two daughters. In his professional avatar, Sebastien is constantly connecting the dots between Switzerland and India especially in education, research, and innovation. He cares deeply about improving the state of the world and brings radical candor to each and every conversation.

Insights from this episode: 

1.  What’s the Swiss secret to leading innovation and competitiveness? What can India learn from Switzerland?
2. What’s been Sebastien’s approach to immersing Swissnex and himself into the complex Indian ecosystem? 
3. As a foreign leader how to understand the cultural nuances at play and realize win-win partnerships? 
4. What is the potential for cryptocurrencies particularly in an emerging market like India? Can the Zug model be prototyped in India?
5. What are the biggest opportunities for cross-border collaboration between Switzerland and India?
6. What sectors are most ripe for disruption with 4th Industrial Revolution technologies?
7. How will Universal Basic Income play out by 2030? 
8. How does Sebastien approach culture building at Swissnex?
9. How to make sense of the data dichotomy between privacy and public utility?

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egomonk is an impact publisher delivering asymmetric outcomes by bringing organizations closer to the communities they want to serve and the leaders they wish to influence.

About Sartaj Anand: Website | Facebook | Twitter | LinkedIn
Sartaj Anand is a proven entrepreneur and thought leader with a decade of experience spanning management consulting, social impact and media. He has an unreasonable dream to positively impact 1 Billion human lives within his lifetime and enables individuals and organizations to create exponential impact globally.

In today’s episode, we’re joined by Sunil Shah who happens to be the CEO and Global Head of Societe Generale’s Global Solutions Centre and European Business Services. In his current role, he oversees centers across India and Romania and leads over 9000 employees. These centers deliver information technology services, banking operations, finance services, and research activities for the group all over the world. Sunil is a proven leader who is committed to accelerating technology-driven changes and Societe Generale’s digital transformation journey.

Insights from this episode:

1. How has the ramp-up of 4th Industrial Revolution technologies (such as AI and ML) affected Societe Generale’s innovation roadmap?
2. With almost every technology company becoming a financial company how does Societe Generale stay ahead of its new peers in a hyper-competitive environment?
3. How is Societe Generale approaching newer technologies such as blockchain?
4. How has the rise of digital banks and robo-advisors transformed the client experience?
5. What digital transformations are going to play out in fintech by 2030?
6. What are the biggest opportunities and challenges for Societe Generale in this decade?
7. How is Societe Generale leveraging open innovation?
8. How is the next generation of leaders being cultivated at Societe Generale?
9. Is inclusive banking a priority for Societe Generale? How is it being realized?
10. The banking industry is quite interconnected and hence has been susceptible to shocks in the past. So, how is Societe Generale building organizational resilience or perhaps even anti-fragility?

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egomonk is an impact publisher delivering asymmetric outcomes by bringing organizations closer to the communities they want to serve and the leaders they wish to influence.

About Sartaj Anand: Website | Facebook | Twitter | LinkedIn
Sartaj Anand is a proven entrepreneur and thought leader with a decade of experience spanning management consulting, social impact and media. He has an unreasonable dream to positively impact 1 Billion human lives within his lifetime and enables individuals and organizations to create exponential impact globally.

We are fortunate to have Guru Bhat with us today. Guru joined PayPal in 2015 and currently leads its technology centers in Bangalore, Chennai, and Hyderabad. He is also the Global Leader for PayPal’s products and APIs serving Merchant Data Platforms and Dispute Resolution Experiences. Guru comes with more than 25 years of experience in the technology sector and is responsible for driving PayPal’s technology strategy as the company builds out next-generation payment solutions and services. He maintains an avid interest in sports, books, movies, music and pretty much anything that makes life joyful and interesting. Guru also recently joined the ranks of those addicted to long-distance running.

Insights from this episode: 

1. What makes PayPal a great place to work?
2. What is Guru's approach to leadership and culture building at PayPal?
3. What are Guru's productivity hacks for future CEOs?
4. What are the most exciting technological breakthroughs we should expect?
5. What’s been the experience of supporting local startups via a corporate accelerator?
6. How is PayPal approaching newer technologies such as Blockchain?
7. What are the technological benefits of cryptocurrencies?
8. How easy is it to launch a stable coin for peer to peer transactions today?
9. How do wearable payment devices and IoT payment gateways fit into the future of commerce?

Update: PayPal has left the Libra Association.

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egomonk is an impact publisher delivering asymmetric outcomes by bringing organizations closer to the communities they want to serve and the leaders they wish to influence.

About Sartaj Anand: Website | Facebook | Twitter | LinkedIn
Sartaj Anand is a proven entrepreneur and thought leader with a decade of experience spanning management consulting, social impact and media. He has an unreasonable dream to positively impact 1 Billion human lives within his lifetime and enables individuals and organizations to create exponential impact globally.

We’ll kick things off with Sanket Atal. Sanket is the Managing Director of Intuit’s India Development Center which plays a strategic role in their mission of powering prosperity around the world. He leads a team of over 1000 talented employees who deliver key innovations for products that delight millions of small businesses, self-employed customers and consumers around the world. Sanket’s background is in systems engineering and managing large organizations. And his passion for innovation has resulted in him holding multiple patents.

Insights from this episode:

1. How to identify purpose and build culture in large organizations?
2. How to approach leadership and identify the values that matter the most to you?
3. What emerging technologies should we most excited by?
4. When will blockchain and digital currencies become mainstream?
5. How did technologies like AI and Machine Learning affect Intuit's product and innovation roadmap?
6. How can you adapt and localize products to serve emerging markets?
7. What is Intuit's playbook for open innovation?
8. What are the biggest opportunities and challenges for Intuit in the coming decade?

About egomonk: Website | Insights | Facebook | Twitter | LinkedIn
egomonk is an impact publisher delivering asymmetric outcomes by bringing organizations closer to the communities they want to serve and the leaders they wish to influence.

About Sartaj Anand: Website | Facebook | Twitter | LinkedIn
Sartaj Anand is a proven entrepreneur and thought leader with a decade of experience spanning management consulting, social impact and media. He has an unreasonable dream to positively impact 1 Billion human lives within his lifetime and enables individuals and organizations to create exponential impact globally.