Varsha Venugopal

And then every second week, I know our field team meets by themselves without us because it just allows them to also kind of went and talk shop without the senior team being on the call.

We have something called Panchayat.

This is based on the Indian local system of the village governance, which we try to organize every few months.

And the idea there is that unlike Chai Pakoda, which is where we all meet, but it's more talking shop.

This is focused on ensuring everybody is on board with a certain strategy if we are rolling out an HR policy plan.

around insurance, for instance, the last time we did it in the middle of COVID, making sure everybody of our staff has health insurance.

They all understand what that is and what that could mean in terms of what they can avail of.

It also allows them to question anything we're doing and offer feedback.

Yeah.

So we have these broader OKRs, which we set out for the year and then for every three months.

And then within that, for instance, right now, our key focus is on improving our cost effectiveness and setting up our M&E.

And then within that, we do have, for instance, what are the different iterations to improve our nomination process?

So we have a whole dashboard of different ideas that everybody brainstorms on.

And then we take up three and say, right.

So for instance, I'm

One of the OKRs is we need to increase the number of nominations by a certain time.

And we have a number there and we're holding ourselves accountable to it.

Yes, all the time.

And especially because of COVID, I am quite aware that there is a physical boundary.

And especially when you're working across different cultures and across different income levels, I think it's a constant question for me, are we all on the same page?