The young workforce of the city, armed with future-ready skills, could show a new direction to enterprises that have put the city on the global map. India’s high-growth industrial centres, like Pune, need these new age skills to lead growth for the post-information era
People Factor Critical for Creating Value for Tomorrow’s StakeholdersPeople leaders in Pune, India’s bustling industrial hub, ideated on how companies could create value for the enterprises to thrive in the futureTE@timesofindia.comHow should enterprises look to create value for the stakeholders of tomorrow? The best and the brightest people across industries will have to be identified who could acquire leadership positions during the current times of turbulence. A variety of disruptive factors drive hypercompetition in the economy, technology is emerging as a glue for tomorrow’s businesses to be stitched together. Leaders will have to find a way to cleave through the period of uncertainty.The best and brightest talent from across the world could be attracted to drive companies in industrial regions of the country. In the AI-led economy, the value creation could happen at a clip much faster than seen earlier. Several of the changes happening for reskilling and upskilling with could be a result of individual efforts, with not all necessarily driven by the enterprises. With the city’s diversified mix of industries – education, automobile manufacturing, technology hub, green energy – Pune was the perfect location to ideate on the role of tomorrow’s people leaders. As the roomful of industry leaders gathered for a conversation around ‘Future Ready CHROs’, organised with The Economic Times and AU Small Finance Bank and Visa in partnership, the unique needs of the industries came to the fore.
