On this episode, financial journalist Govindraj Ethiraj talks to Vineet Nayar, former CEO of HCL Technologies and Founder of Sampark Foundation. Vineet Nayar is recognised as one of the world’s foremost voices on human potential management and workplace transformation, thanks to his ground-breaking Employees First, Customers Second philosophy. Vineet’s implementation of EFCS at HCL Technologies, where he was appointed CEO from 2007-2013, was a noted phenomenon in the business world; Fortune described the company as the “world’s most modern management”. His book on the same subject, titled 'Employees First, Customers Second', has sold 100,000+ copies worldwide and is a Harvard Business Press bestseller. Under Vineet's leadership, the innovative management practices at HCL Technologies were taught as case studies at the Harvard and London Business School.

For the last 5 years, Vineet has applied his time and energy on solving India’s quality education challenge, through the application of his EFCS philosophy.

In this conversation you will learn about the state of the IT industry, why India is losing talent in IT, the potential of the sector, his management philosophy, stories from HCL, the Sampark Foundation and more.

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#086 ‘We Cannot Be the Service Headquarters of the World’: Vineet Nayar