Learning via Movies Movie Review – Thappad Amol Pawar, February 29, 2020June 26, 2025 Can a story about coming of age revolve around a slap? Can an extremely layered narrative be built on this premise? Can it showcase gender stereotypes and raise more questions than give answers? And most importantly can it actually slap each and every one of us? To answer all these… Continue Reading
HR Technology HR Tech News – October-November-2019 Amol Pawar, December 14, 2019June 25, 2025 This month we are talking about HR Tech deals in October and November 2019. In these 2 months, we have seen approximately USD 130 million invested in this space. These two months have been one of the mute periods as far as the volume of activity is concerned. These 2… Continue Reading
Featured HR Tech News- August-September-2019 Amol Pawar, October 8, 2019June 26, 2025 This month we are talking about HR Tech deals in August and September 2019. In these 2 months, we have seen approximately USD 470 million invested in this space. At a total of USD 800 million Q-3 of 2019 has been the slowest quarter this year. But when investors are… Continue Reading
Featured HR Tech News – July -2019 Amol Pawar, August 11, 2019June 26, 2025 The month of July saw USD 328 million invested in HR technology deals across the globe. The start of Q-3 is thus better than Q-1 but not as good as the start of Q-2. Excluding the Ultimate deal of USD 11 Billion, we have USD 3 Billion invested in HR… Continue Reading
Featured TecHR 2019 – Reflections and Ideas Amol Pawar, August 3, 2019June 23, 2023 As HR Tech enthusiast and professional attending, the People matters TecHR is an annual pilgrimage that I haven’t missed in a while. This year, I attended in the capacity of a partner. But my lens of looking at things from a broader industry perspective remained unchanged. This article captures my… Continue Reading
Featured The Story of HR Tech Implementation Amol Pawar, July 14, 2019June 23, 2023 This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events, and incidents are either the products of the author’s imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental Why Ravi is a senior HR leader in a leading… Continue Reading
Featured HR Tech News – June 2019 Amol Pawar, July 7, 2019June 26, 2025 10 deals and a total of USD 764 million invested in various HR technology deals, the month of June maintains the steady pace of activities. This month we see 3 deals with more than USD 100 million invested in Wellness, Benefits and Talent management domain within HR tech space. The… Continue Reading
Through My Lenses The Hero’s Journey – My Travel Diary Amol Pawar, June 8, 2019June 23, 2023 I recently attended the 2-day program titled The Hero’s Journey facilitated by Rahoul Joshii. This is the first time I attended a workshop partly on gut instinct and partly based on user review and feedback. It is commonplace for us to trust the wisdom of the crowd but when it… Continue Reading
Featured HR Tech News – May 2019 Amol Pawar, June 6, 2019June 26, 2025 HR Tech News – May 2019 In the month of May things have become quiet in the world of HR Technology. Overall the market saw a total of USD 153 million invested across 6 deals. This number is the lowest both in terms of total dollars invested and number of… Continue Reading