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In every organization, Learning & development is an essential function of the HR department. Off late, the initiatives and methods taken by the L&D department have become obsolete because of the normalization to constant change. How can this be tackled? Find out more as Harlina Sodhi - Entrepreneur & Co-Founder of BelieveInYourself, Executive Advisor Board, TEDx Speaker shares her insights with Belong's Chief Evangelist Aadil Bandukwala on understanding the need for organizations to fix their L&D practices.

Designing thinking is generally associated with product design and development. With innovation at its core, designing thinking can be implemented in any process and can lead to smooth and successful organizational transform. Listen to Anil Jalali - Chief Human Resources Officer at Capgemini India as he converses with Belong's Chief Evangelist Aadil Bandukwala about innovation and how organization leaders must imbibe design thinking in their daily routine.

Technology has come a long way, with constant innovative inventions seeing the light of the day. ‘Internet of Things’ has become a mammoth as companies like Samsung and Intel alike are invest more and more in it and hence its time to demystify it. Listen to Bala Santhanam - Principal Engineer, Internet of Things Group at Intel as he chats with Belong's Co Founder Rishabh Kaul on demystifying IOT.

With AI taking the centre stage, Automating processes in organizations is not far from reality. Let’s take a step forward with Piyush Mehta - Chief Human Resources Officer at Genpact and Belong's Chief Evangelist Aadil Bandukwala to get a sense of the consequences of a bot-intensive workplace and how organization can effectively employee humans & bots to gain competitive advantage.

According to a recent study, about 52% of the workforce today constitutes of Millennials and this percentage is said to increase by 2025. Organizations must realize that the strategy used to attract employees in the past must now come to an end. Listen to some key ideas from Yuvaraj Srivastava, Group Chief Human Resources Officer at MakeMyTrip.com who chats with Belong's Chief Evangelist Aadil Bandukwala on how to effectively attract Millennials and Gen Z.

Globally, HR department consider Diversity and inclusion has taken the foreground. HR leaders talk about the importance of acceptance and how it can positively influence the workforce and the processes of the organization. Join Kameshwari Rao, Group Vice President – People Strategy, Sapient India and Naveen Narayanan, Vice President - Hiring, Sapient Razorfish as they spill the beans on how to maintain the best practices of inclusion and diversity.

Uncertainty is uncomfortable for everyone though, whether it's political turmoil or a reorganization at your company, employees who are concerned about their future are likely to be distracted and unproductive. Join Belong's Chief Evangelist Aadil Bandukwala converses with Sudeep Ralhan, Senior Director Human Resources, Walmart Labs India as they talk about understanding the complexity and the importance of building and maintaining productive teams.

Nowadays, change has become a constant and organizations, big or small have to deal with it. Workplaces are gearing up to this ‘dynamic shift’ and constantly adapting to this change to frantically gain competitive advantage. Listen to key ideas from Accenture’s Managing Director, Human Resources, Srikanth N R as he chats with Aadil Bandukwala - Belong’s Chief Evangelist on building adaptable and eccentric organizational systems.

One of the intangible factors associated to organizational success is its culture. Join Gaurav Ahluwalia - Managing Director, Human Resources at JPMorgan Chase as he shares with Belong's Evangelist, Aadil Bandukwala the winning formula to be incorporated to the organization’s culture and constantly inspire & motivate the workforce.

Thanks to the advancement of technology, workplaces are evolving. Remote teams have stolen the limelight from conventional team physically available in the office. Unfortunately though, there seems to be a certain disconnect between them that it renders the concept of virtual teams ineffective or damaging. Listen to In conversation with Anand Talwar - CHRO at ITC Infotech as he talks to Belong’s Evangelist, Aadil Bandukwala on tackling this issue.

It is no surprise that employee engagement has a positive impact on the employees and the organization at a whole, and yet some organizations do not totally commit to this concept. Here is Prabir Jha - President & Global Chief People Officer - Cipla as he talks to Belong’s Evangelist, Aadil Bandukwala on understanding the need for engagement & how to nail it.

Amit Somani and Ambarish Kenghe talk about making a successful transition from US to India for Senior Professionals. by Rishabh Kaul & Aadil Bandukwala

Business analytics have paved the way to effective, real-time and successful decision making. Understanding the market and the competitor’s practices can help any company reflect their own practices. Here is Mr. DP Singh, Senior Executive Vice President at Chandigarh University who chats with Belong’s Evangelist, Aadil Bandukwala about using clever means to attracting & retaining talents and making them future ready.

The rules of hiring are changing constantly, policies have become subjective to companies and this has given abundance of freedom of choice for candidates. Employers hanging on to the traditional strategies and policy will find it difficult to hire quality candidates. Join Akash Jain Regional Head Talent Acquisition & Staffing - APAC & Belong’s Evangelist, Aadil Bandukwala as they dive deep into reimagining Hiring strategies with special reference to the Return-to-Work Programs.

It is vital for organizations to have highly motivated employees, some of them are self-motivated but most of them look for sources to get inspired. Leaders are assigned to meet organizational goals, so who better to motivate employees than their leaders itself. Listen to Ravindra Kumar - CHRO, General Electric South Asia as he chats with Belong’s Evangelist, Aadil Bandukwala on engaging employees through inspired Leaders.