06/24/2026

Time for organisations to navigate technology and maintain human touch

Time for organisations to navigate technology and maintain human touch
Most of the employee centric interventions that we rolled out during the pandemic period, helped us to sail through the period of Covid resurgence as well.

Do you feel that business leaders and HR’s focus is now back on people? What are the possible reasons for change in this paradigm shift?

AD The last one year has been a transformational moment in the history of mankind, which also disrupted the world of business, when the pandemic accelerated the pace of business transformation across sectors. We all know that the biggest barrier for any transformation is the resistance to change and the current pandemic, even though inadvertently, has brought the urgency for that much needed change in organisations. History has taught us that during times of recession, job security or continuity of Job stability becomes more important in the minds of employees than salary & benefits. But the importance of work climate remains the same. So companies which show more resilience in managing continuity of people practices in “business as unusual” times, will be able to quickly recover their employer branding attractiveness. We need...

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Dr. Amit Das

currently is the Director - HR & CHRO at Bennett Coleman & Company Ltd. (The Times of India), and is widely regarded as a global HR thought leader with a 37+ year career across India's leading corporates and multinational organizations. His work focuses on building future-ready organizations through leadership transformation, culture and capability building, agile workforce strategy, and technology-enabled HR systems. Beyond corporate leadership, he has contributed actively to national skilling and workforce agendas through senior advisory and committee roles.

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Dr. Amit Das

currently is the Director - HR & CHRO at Bennett Coleman & Company Ltd. (The Times of India), and is widely regarded as a global HR thought leader with a 37+ year career across India's leading corporates and multinational organizations. His work focuses on building future-ready organizations through leadership transformation, culture and capability building, agile workforce strategy, and technology-enabled HR systems. Beyond corporate leadership, he has contributed actively to national skilling and workforce agendas through senior advisory and committee roles.

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