#183: Shaakun Khanna on how to avoid digital transformation failure, and essential components of a successful L&D strategy

“Only sustainable policy is no policy.”

All about taking risks and exploring opportunities, our next guest is Shaakun Khanna, Leader of Human Capital Management at Oracle.

Shaakun practices what he preaches. He took up all the exciting opportunities that came his way. Prior to working at Oracle, he held various high-level positions at giants like The Tata Group, ICICI Bank, ManpowerGroup, IBM. He also founded his own company called Consentus Advisory which specialized in enhancing the effectiveness of business organizations. Over the last 25 years, there's truly nothing Shaakun hasn’t done when it comes to his career growth.

He has been a consultant to many Fortune 500 organizations in areas of Talent Management, Organization Design & Transformation, Employee Engagement, Leadership Development, and Succession Planning.

Episode Highlights:

• Transformation of HR function at Oracle
• How organisations can achieve ‘Family experience, the new yardstick of employee experience’
• How to avoid digital transformation failure
• Essential components of a successful L&D strategy
• Future of AI
• Top L&D trends for 2022

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About Springworks:
Springworks is a fully-distributed HR technology organization that is building tools and products to simplify recruitment, on-boarding, employee engagement, and retention. The product stack from Springworks includes:
SpringVerify — B2B verification platform
EngageWith — employee recognition and rewards platform that enriches company culture
Trivia — a suite of real-time, fun, and interactive games platforms for remote/hybrid team-building
SpringRole — verified professional-profile platform backed by blockchain, and
SpringRecruit — a forever-free applicant tracking system Springworks prides itself on being an organization focused on employee well-being and workplace culture leading to a 4.8 rating on Glassdoor for the 200+ employee strength company.