Why Businesses Fail? S01E06

There are many companies that thrive on human capital. Technology services, sciences, and creative occupations, all thrive on the skills and crafts of their workforce. Skills required for a particular task may vary over time. Re-skilling or up-skilling of employees will be required periodically to keep the workforce productive and effective.

But this involves investment in time, money and resources on the part of the employer and the employees. How do business leaders view the crucial aspect of learning and skilling of the workforce? Is it a cost or an unnecessary burden, often required because of competitive forces or regulation? Or can a highly trained or skilled workforce be a differentiator for an organization?

In this episode, listen to insightful interviews with business leaders from two very diverse industries- consumer goods, and information technology.

They say, in order to be a good author, one has to be a good reader. Maink Dhar is an accomplished author and Vice President and Managing Director of South Asia with Kimberley Clark. How does he view learning and skilling when it comes to managing a business?

Our second interview is with Vinod Uniyal, who till recently was Chief Technology Officer for Talent and Innovation with IBM. How does one of the largest technology companies in the world view the learning and training of their workforce?

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Audiolibro : 5 de julio de 2022