GCC Talent - An Xpheno Podcast
Episodes
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 – ...