When Diageo bought United Spirits, good friend Steve called, ‘Tarun, I need someone to embed the Diageo values in the India business’. Over 3 years Carpediem became the ‘Values Champion’ for a newly blended enterprise. Survey scores jumped by over 8 points during our watch

In 2001, a visionary entrepreneur said, ‘Let’s create an exceptional movie going experience for the masses. Over 18 years we painstakingly created the DNA. As an advisor, sounding board, consultant, orchestrator. In Jerry Maguire style we could tell PVR Cinemas, ‘Show me the money’

A crisp, tight brief is a consultant’s ‘wish come true’. And it did! The brief read, ‘Help us create a structure and processes in the Voice business to enable 700+ voice joiners per month on the production floor in a cost-effective and speedy manner’

Our relationship endured 3 HR Heads in projects spanning talent assessments, coaching leaders, engagement surveys. Memorable is the leadership offsite at Taj Kuteeram, facilitating the crafting of the business strategy. Truth be told, the ideation really happened over drinks around a campfire under the starlight!

A company, brand and people we admire! An unassuming HR Head with the vision of building a future leadership pipeline using a scientific approach. We journeyed often to Nelamangala to shift the mindset of the business leadership on how to ‘spot’ the spark and ‘grind and polish’ future talent

By the time RE rode in, we were able to rev up Competency Frameworks in our sleep. Just kidding! It’s the first project we did completely remote, so admittedly it had its share of challenges and learnings. An early initiation into project management in contemporary times

A serious talent organization? Where the CEO of a global MNC spends half a day discussing assessment reports of top talent with a consulting firm; and digs into good ol’ Delhi butter chicken after. LinkedIn says a bulk of our people bets played out. Foresight?