Hi, I’m Abhijit
I’m a Talent Management practitioner with global experience across various sectors. For seven years I was the Chief Learning Officer for Wipro, I lived and worked on global talent initiatives across multiple countries. As an alumnus of Microsoft, PepsiCo, Colgate and Tata Steel I have been exposed to globally acknowledged best practices in leadership and culture building. Nearly a million followers on LinkedIn and Twitter follow my short form articles and sketches. My weekly newsletter, my books, my podcast… you will find it all here.
I got chosen as one of the ‘Top Voices To Follow’ on LinkedIn. My newsletter on LinkedIn has more than 300,000 subscribers. <click to join>
The Lifetime Achievement Award for HR came to me
Voted among the top 10 Voices in Leadership in 2022
Economic Times HR (ETHR for short) lists me as one of the HR Influencers of 2022
I am delighted. But may I hasten to add that “my best work lies ahead of me - not behind me”.
I spoke to Amit Somani of Prime Venture Partners about what Dreamers (startups are Dreamers) need to do to understand about leadership, talent and culture to scale up and become Unicorns
Newsletters
Dreamers And Unicorns
Ideas that turn Dreamers Into Unicorns
Abhijit’s Sketchnotes
Because we remember images better
Clients
A partial list of organisations that we have worked with, for a variety of engagements. Some of these have been long term engagements. In some cases we did several short duration engagements. We are incredibly proud of our association with them.
Paperback and Kindle Format Worldwide
Dreamers and Unicorns
Packed with ideas and innovations, this powerhouse of a book by best-selling author and talent management specialist Abhijit Bhaduri explains why leadership, talent and culture are the new drivers of growth whether you are a Dreamer of growth whether you are a Dreamer, a Unicorn, a Market Shaper.
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A voice
worth listening to.
Over the years, Abhijit’s work has been appreciated by and shared by people in the know in the spaces of Human Resources, Talent Management, Leadership, Personal Branding and more.
He has worked with leaders as they navigate transitions in their business and in their own careers. He works to help them build their personal brand and build it on social media.
LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram and social media
~1 million followers.
Voted “Must-Know Writer” on LinkedIn, Abhijit’s ideas are read and discussed by professionals from organizations around the world. As the HR professional with the largest following, his work frequently is part of the day’s narrative. He is a Must-Know Writer of LinkedIn and more recently he was chosen as Top Voices to Follow. He is one of the global influencers for Adobe. They call them #AdobeInsiders
The Dreamers & Unicorns Podcast. Peaked at
#1 in Apple podcasts
These have been conversations with Market Shapers in diverse fields - from celebrated entrepreneurs, film directors, music composers and sports. All of them have taken an unscripted path as they built their careers. They may have started off anywhere, but they have constantly honed their craft to emerge at the top.
Our listeners demanded that we do a Season 2. So we are back.
“One of the most interesting globalists”
Keynotes
Abhijit Bhaduri is known for his engaging and humorous style of speaking on topics. He has delivered keynotes at global conferences. He has spoken on topics like
The Future of Work, Digital Transformation, Leadership and Storytelling are some of the most frequently requested keynotes
What Clients Are Saying
Abhijit worked with me for a couple of years when he led HR forMicrosoft India. He was a thoughtful practitioner back then and has grown tremendously since then into a leading thinker about the future of work and careers. I’ve enjoyed all our interactions over the years and I always learn something new from them.
- Ravi Venkatesan
Former Chairman of Microsoft India, Chairman of the Board of Bank of Baroda, and Co-chairman of the board of Infosys. He is the UNICEF Special Representative for Young People and Innovation.
“It is amazing to see the diversity of initiatives Abhijit continues to drive and impact he's created to society as a whole. Still fondly recall about a decade back when Abhijit had predicted the power of social media and unique ways to express ideas. He always brought in a real world flavor to HR & Learning.”
— Hiral Chandrana, Global CEO, Mastek
“He is one of the most followed writers on leadership, talent strategies and culture. He has an enviable list of global and local brands who rely on him for his advice. He is a thoughtful and strategic assessor of the role of talent in achieving organizational objectives and he knows how to implement the ideas. He is gifted with the ability to earn the trust of CEO and start up founders alike as he helps them to prioritize strategic choices.
Organizations would be lucky to work with Abhijit, so as to help them navigate the complexities of an increasingly uncertain future.”
- Prof Bill Fischer, IMD Lausanne
“We met in Australia on the set of Think Tank by Adobe where Abhijit was one of 9 industry luminaries debating the Future of Work. I was determined to figure out a longterm working relationship between Adobe and Abhijit as his witty humor, provocative thoughts, and community centric vision was the perfect cultural fit for our brand. Therein started Abhijit's time with us as a digital marketing social influencer and the rest, as they say, is history. I can't even fathom a campaign or event related to our B2B side of the business that doesn't somehow intersect with Abhijit as he's that good.
He has such an original and clever way of approaching topics that quickly gets to the essence of what needs to be understood and shared. I'm especially fond of his illustrations that capture the vital points of any complicated discussion in a playful and easy to remember fashion.
Abhijit is a mesmerizing public speaker and an equally gifted content creator. His social posts garners an impressive number of views and engagement as it's clear that his followers are hanging on his every word and find his work to be incredibly valuable.”
— Rani Mani, Head of Employee Advocacy at Adobe
“He was mentoring me for my next leadership role, having the opportunity to learn from him has made substantial change in my career. I will definitely recommend his coaching and mentoring for aspiring leaders.”
- Arif Mohd, Tech Leader, Wipro Infrastructure Engineering
“Fantastic Coaching Ability”
- Nagina Singh, Country Lead & Exec Director HR for DBS Bank
“I had been actively looking for an international executive coach for quite a few years before I zeroed in on and reached out to Abhijit for support. Abhijit has been a great mentor - a well-rounded, accomplished professional who is also very down to earth and compassionate. There are lots of executive coaches out there and very few, in my opinion, can deliver a guaranteed ROI in terms of personal growth and development. Abhijit is one them. I consider it an honor to have been coached by him.”
- Farah Abdul Rahman
Retained Executive Search | Career Coaching and Development |
“Abhijit taught me training and development in XLRI ...something he moonlighted with when he was in Tata Steel. I also did a film with him on leadership!!! He is one of the most creative HR people I have met... strong on integrity and essentially good instincts on humal capital management”
— Sumeet Salwan, Co-Founder, CEO.works | CHRO
“Abhijit is a multifaceted professional with a knack for connecting diverse dots to arrive at insights. It is inspiring to see him leverage his very diverse connections, and broad set of skills from human resources, to sketching, to theater, to digital & more.. to create some unique perspectives. Personally, over the last decade or so since i met him, we have been in touch and I learn from watching how he has nourished a wide set of hobbies and brought all of those to his work - to create a signature style. A man with flair for the creative, a generous connector, an uber-cool friend, amazing storyteller, a curious learner and a role model of ‘thinking outside the box’ and ‘reinventing oneself’ ”
- Mahalakshmi R, Head HR South East Asia at Mondelez International
“When we were struggling few years back how to reimagine HR transformation under all kinds of digital predators be it app or HR suites, we reached out to Abhijit.
He is one of those rare HR practitioners who can teach , mentor and handhold many CHROs navigate their own domain to transform to the future HR. I guess the entire HR team was so inspired at JFL ; something which he does with such elan given his deep knowledge and insights in Indian mid to large sized Orgn that after his 5 day workshop we all were galvanised into higher purpose and a clear roadmap both as an Orgn as well as personally.”
- Biplob Banerjee, Chief Human Resource Officer at Jubilant Foods Limited (Dominos)
“Abhijit is one of the most creative and innovative HR people I have met. He's constantly on the lookout for new ideas to implement. He's one of the first mainstream HR people to understand the impact of social media on tomorrow's workforce. Amazingly witty and a great storyteller - it's just a pleasure to be around him !”
- Gautam Ghosh
Digital HR and Employer Branding Expert | XLRI-Distinguished Alumnus awardee
“Abhijit is one of the most intelligent, compassionate, and passionate leaders in the industry. He is an insightful and inspirational leader who goes out of his way to mentor and nurture others in the fraternity. He is a role model. I look forward to every word of wisdom that he shares as his foresightedness is the best way to learn in life!”
Surmeet Kaur
Head - Human Resources