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Updated on: Jun 2026
The Rise Of Skills-Based Learning At Bata India
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The Rise Of Skills-Based Learning At Bata India

For decades, corporate success was built on a simple equation: hire candidates with the right degrees, place them into clearly defined roles, and invest in periodic training to keep them productive. That model is now under pressure. The pace of change in business, driven by rapid advances in Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, and digital transformation, […]

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The Learning & Development Architecture of the Unforeseen
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The Learning & Development Architecture of the Unforeseen

“My experience is what I agree to attend to. Only those items which I notice shape my mind — without selective interest, experience is an utter chaos.” — William James The transformation was, by all traditional metrics, a success. The strategy was sound, the capital was allocated, and the L&D function had performed with industrial-grade […]

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Human + Machine: The Next Frontier in Skill Building
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Human + Machine: The Next Frontier in Skill Building

There is a moment I remember vividly. It was 2019, during a leadership offsite at CBRE, when a senior business head pulled me aside and asked, half jokingly, half in earnest — “Prakash, when are your people going to stop skill building and training people, and just let the machine do it?” I smiled. But […]

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Reskilling India Inc. – The Next Business Imperative
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Reskilling India Inc. – The Next Business Imperative

Across industries and geographies, professional journeys often come with distinct learning curves and a continuous need for reskilling. The technology sector demands speed and adaptability. Consumer businesses highlight the importance of deeply understanding people. Financial services emphasise precision and disciplined decision-making. Yet across roles, sectors, and cities, one truth consistently stands out. Organisations grow only […]

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The Critical Need for Structured Upskilling Initiatives for Women in Manufacturing
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The Critical Need for Structured Upskilling Initiatives for Women in Manufacturing

In India, the public discourse around increasing women workforce is often framed as inclusion. In reality, it is an economic imperative. Because when one part of the population remains underrepresented in critical sectors, the cost is not social alone; it is structural and economic. In sectors such as steel and stainless steel, representation within factory […]

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Give to Gain: Give Learning — Gain Leadership
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Give to Gain: Give Learning — Gain Leadership

In every organization I have worked with, one truth has remained constant: leadership is not built in boardrooms; it is built in learning rooms. The most sustainable competitive advantage any organization can create today is not capital, technology, or even strategy — it is leadership depth. And leadership depth is a direct outcome of how […]

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Upskilling at the Speed of Change: HR’s Role in GCC Excellence
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Upskilling at the Speed of Change: HR’s Role in GCC Excellence

When Greek philosopher Heraclitus propounded his philosophy of change being the only constant, somewhere around 500 BC, he would scarcely have imagined how his maxim would become the cornerstone of modern industry, especially the Global Capability Centre (GCC) sector, more than two and a half millennia later. As AI, cloud, ML and automation force a […]

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What’s the Right Resolution for 2026? According to Ram Charan…
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What’s the Right Resolution for 2026? According to Ram Charan…

A clear and timely message from well-known global business advisor, author, and speaker Ram Charan has put the spotlight back on the future of work. In a recent LinkedIn post, he makes one thing clear: every job will change. Board members, executives, and managers alike—no role is safe from the impact of AI. Ram does […]

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L&D 2025 Review: How GenAI Redefines Learning in 2026
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L&D 2025 Review: How GenAI Redefines Learning in 2026

If January 2025 was the time organizations started to experiment with Generative AI, by December 2025 Learning & Development (L&D) stopped experimenting and started explaining results to the CFO. By the end of the year, L&D leaders had a new reality to manage: GenAI was no longer a “nice-to-have innovation,” but an operational expectation—like Wi-Fi, […]

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