GCC Talent - An Xpheno Podcast
Episodes
GCC Talent Ep.33 - Decoding a Talent Positive Telangana
27 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This time for #Telangana. The White-Collar Talent movement across the Big 6 Indian cities has unique patterns. How much of this is driven by GCCs or I...
GCC Talent Ep.32 - Deciphering Overseas Migration!
06 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
How many technology professionals have left India in the last 3 years, and how many have come back?
GCC Talent Ep.31 - The AI Jobs: Are they here?
23 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Are #GCCs building their own #AI talent and not buying from the market? Well, are there substantial AI engineering talent in India? #GCCTalentPodcast
GCC Talent Ep.30 - Banking GCCs: Are we there yet?
09 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Banking #GCCs, what are the numbers telling us about the talent landscape? Are they scaling up? Whom are they hiring from? Have we hit the talent scal...
GCC Talent Ep.29 - Leadership Hiring in GCCs: Hidden Figures!
02 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
About 5,000 Senior #GCC Leaders have shared their updated CVs to explore new opportunities. Let's decipher the basis of their optimism!
GCC Talent Ep.28 - FAAMNG: The GCC Story
23 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
FAAMG then, MANGO now and 'in between' the Magnificent 7 stocks. How has the talent journey of Big Product companies unfolded in India? #FAAMG...
GCC Talent Ep.27 - GCC Greenfields Enablers: One-stop shop vs Best in class
23 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
85 Greenfields GCCs came in last year. How many of them do you think went with end-to-end GCC Service providers instead of coming up with their own se...
GCC Talent Ep.26 - GCC Greenfields: India's Silicon Beach beckons
23 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What's working in the Mangaluru/Udupi region in terms of infrastructure, talent, and related ecosystem? Some examples and datapoints....
GCC Talent Ep.25 - Greenfield GCCs: Time to explore tier-2 towns
23 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Exploring Tier 2/3 Towns for your next GCC set up, how about hashtag#Udupi hashtag#Mangaluru region? Want to know the skills landscape? Silicon Beach ...
GCC Talent Ep.24 - Greenfield GCCs of 2025 - A recap
23 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What would a summary of the 85 Greenfield GCCs that came to India in 2025 look like?
GCC Talent Ep.23 - The GCC Stories of Ad Agencies - Kuch Khaas Hai!
16 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
You sure would be able to sync up if we say BIG4 Consulting and GCCs. But... how about we say BIG6 in the context of GCCs? Would you be able to make t...
GCC Talent Ep.22 - Who is hiring: GCCs or IT Services?
02 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The last 5 years since the pandemic has seen multiple cycles of spikes and troughs in hiring in the Indian IT Sector. The recent trends have however b...
GCC Talent Ep.21 - What GCCs want... 4SP?
28 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What are the latent parameters that greenfield GCCs would look at while exploring a location for their setup? Xpheno's 4SP framework can come hand...
GCC Talent Ep.20 - Tech Talent Aspiration Pyramid: Frictions @ GCC
08 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
How does the Tech Talent Aspiration Pyramid cause and drive friction at GCCs? What are the frictions in play within the tech cohorts and their spillov...
GCC Talent Ep.19 - Talent Acquisition @ GCC: The World of TA
24 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The power of GCC lies in their Talent and this Talent is powered by the Talent Acquisition specialists. Is there an ideal tenure for TA professionals ...
GCC Talent - Ep.18 - GCC Leadership Hiring: What the Numbers Say?
10 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A reflection on the leadership hiring among the GCCs in India. Comparing 2 sub-cohorts of enterprises within the GCCs cohort to assess how the hiring ...
GCC Talent - Ep.17 - Bengaluru GCCs: What drives Positive Talent Balance?
21 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Bengaluru remains the GCCs capital of India... and that's not without reason. From talent to infra to weather to brands... what drives the Talent ...
GCC Talent - Ep.16 - Greenfields GCCs & Women Site Heads
04 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Only 9% of the 140 Greenfield GCCs setup in the last 30 month hired a Woman leader for their Site Head position? This episode digs deeper into the Gen...
GCC Talent - Ep.15 - GREENFIELD GCCs: The Site Heads
27 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Is it the budget? Time to join? Or greenfield experience... or familiarity with the person that decides your new site head in an unknown country for a...
GCC Talent - Ep.14 - BIG 4 & GCCs: Takes 2 to tango?
23 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
If a GCC's talent strategy goes wrong, who do they turn to? Would it be IT services companies, BIG4 consulting or the Recruitment Agencies? Don...
GCC Talent - Ep.13 - Greenfield GCCs: Talent Diversity & Hiring for Culture?
03 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What influences the Culture you build in a Greenfield GCC? The people you hire or what you do with them after you hire? The oft asked questions from G...
GCC Talent - Ep.12 - Leadership Hiring: Bear or Bull Market?
09 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
1300 leaders hired by the Top 125 GCCs in India. Is the dropoff rates in leadership hiring in GCCs on the rise? How many of the leadership movements t...
GCC Talent - Ep.11 - Rebadging @ GCCs: The Pros and Cons
28 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the Build-Buy-Borrow model of talent consumption, are GCCs at a disadvantage when they start borrowing talent at the greenfield stage? This episode...
GCC Talent - Ep.10 - GCCs in Tier-2 Cities: A bridge too far?
09 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Didn’t all 1700+ GCCs which came to India so far, came in for talent diversity, scale and cost arbitrage? Yes they did, and they went to the 6 big c...
GCC Talent - Ep.9 - Greenfield Scaleup: A Reality Check
18 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Close to 100 Global MNCs came to India over the last two years to set up their greenfield GCCs in India. Any idea how they are faring on scaling up ...
GCC Talent - Ep.8 - GCC Leaders: Hyderabad Calling!
30 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of GCC Talent, Co-founder, Kamal Karanth, and Head of Xpheno Executive Search, Siddharth Verma, sit down to discuss all things Hyderab...
GCC Talent - Ep.7 - Build, Buy or Borrow Talent
20 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What are the build-buy-borrow models of talent consumption that enterprises use? Do GCCs tend to borrow talent more than either building or buying ta...
GCC Talent - Ep.6 - Diversity at the Top
13 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode, co-founder Kamal Karanth unpacks the lay of the land when it comes to Diversity in GCC Leadership with Siddharth Verma, Head of ...
GCC Talent - Ep.5 - Banking GCCs: From Scale to Niche?
30 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we explore the talent dynamics of Banking GCCs and their journey from Scale to Niche.Co-founder, Kamal Karanth, explores the unique t...
GCC Talent - Ep.4 - GCC Head: Who & Why
23 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In today's episode, we dive deep into the ever-evolving definition of the GCC Head in India. Co-founder Kamal Karanth sits down with Siddharth Ver...
GCC Talent - Ep.3 - Why GCCs?
17 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we explore a topic that's been generating a lot of buzz: the evolving relationship between GCCs and IT service providers.Co-found...
GCC Talent - Ep.2 - Hiring GCC Leadership
09 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The GCCs boom in India opened a whole new cohort of opportunities in close proximity to global marquee brands and bellwethers. GCCs have a high appeti...
GCC Talent - Ep.1 - Pune Talent for GCCs
02 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this inaugural episode, our co-founder Kamal Karanth sits down with our in-house GCC Specialist, Kedar Pathak. We have set our sights on Pune – ...