The biggest misconception about Company Culture is that it gets organically created, it's how it works for that business or industry and that nothing can be done about it.
Author - Dr. Sujaya Banerjee
is an Expert in Leadership, Culture and Change and consults several leading organisations in India and globally. She is a sought after Leadership Educator with Duke CE with marquee brands across the world and also teaches at the Indian School of Business. Dr. Banerjee has been listed by Forbes as Most Influential Leader for 2026 and has been the recepient of several accolades for her work in Business, Social Development and the Leadership and Change space.
Given the recent exodus of talent, this may be a great time to fix the anomalies of the past, to be seen as making sincere an attempt to create a meritocracy.
Those that are willing to move forward from industrial-era command and control styles and instead create cultures of empowerment and contributions are more likely to succeed. There are several instances of flattening the hierarchy to bring more speed to problem solving and decision making.
Learning in these times will occur across the organization and across levels- HR can facilitate connectedness and lessons learnt culture to revisit anything that is slowing down recovery.
I think lots of opportunity for design thinking, in terms of restructuring HR and the learning, talent management functions. So yes, this is going to be more challenges for HR, more learning for HR & talent managers in the current market space.
