GCC Talent - An Xpheno Podcast

Among many things that enterprises come to India for, the Engineering Research & Development skills often feature on top. The ER&D footprint in the Indian GCCs ecosystem stands as proof for this. So... what's happening with talent inside this ecosystem?

When we say Magnificent 7, what comes to your mind? It's their revenues...?...their profits..?...or the kind of products that they are building? This episode dwells into the people angle of the Magnificent 7 in India.

Is Bengaluru at a frictional point where leaders from GCCs cohort are moving out to other GCC Hotspots like Hyderabad? What's the GCC Leadership Quotient of Bengaluru amid potentially changing dynamics among GCCs?

This time for #Telangana . The White-Collar Talent movement across the Big 6 Indian cities has unique patterns. How much of this is driven by GCCs or IT Services Companies? ' #GCCTalentPodcast

How many technology professionals have left India in the last 3 years, and how many have come back?

Are #GCCs building their own #AI talent and not buying from the market? Well, are there substantial AI engineering talent in India? #GCCTalentPodcast

Banking #GCCs , what are the numbers telling us about the talent landscape? Are they scaling up? Whom are they hiring from? Have we hit the talent scale peak?

About 5,000 Senior #GCC Leaders have shared their updated CVs to explore new opportunities. Let's decipher the basis of their optimism!

FAAMG then, MANGO now and 'in between' the Magnificent 7 stocks. How has the talent journey of Big Product companies unfolded in India? #FAAMG story still relevant?

85 Greenfields GCCs came in last year. How many of them do you think went with end-to-end GCC Service providers instead of coming up with their own setup for their start? If it’s a new GCC testing waters in India, an end-to-end GCC Service provider will be the right insurance for a rainy day? "End-to-end GCC service provider specialising in all areas": Could this be a stretched claim? At...

What's working in the Mangaluru/Udupi region in terms of infrastructure, talent, and related ecosystem? Some examples and datapoints....

Exploring Tier 2/3 Towns for your next GCC set up, how about hashtag#Udupi hashtag#Mangaluru region? Want to know the skills landscape? Silicon Beach Program

What would a summary of the 85 Greenfield GCCs that came to India in 2025 look like?

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 the connection? Catchup this episode to know what the big names of the Ad media world are doing in India and how many more can India host.

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 been in favour of GCCs, as being more consistent in hiring compared to IT Services cohort. Do the higher net additions that GCCs cohort have done point at a larger & long-term trend? What do the numbers say?

What are the latent parameters that greenfield GCCs would look at while exploring a location for their setup? Xpheno's 4SP framework can come handy to understand the ask and feasibility of carrying out the hiring plan of Greenfields.

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 spillovers into the GCC talent dynamics?

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 at GCCs, especially Greenfield GCCs?

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 trends vary between them.

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 Positive state of Bengaluru's GCC ecosystem? Kamal dives into these factors and more on this episode of GCC Talent Podcast.

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 Gender Diversity challenge in GCC leadership and the transformation that seems to take longer than expected. What are the issues and drivers behind the diversity challenge that persists?

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? In this episode Kamal Karanth shares his insights from our study of 145 Greenfield GCCs that came to India in the last 30 months.

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't miss the correlation between the headcount growth of GCCs and IT headcount growht of BIG4. The year-on-year growth of the TA teams of the BIG4 is also notable in this context. It definitely take 2 to tango!

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 Greenfield GCCs is primarily around our 4SP framework. Do Greenfields just emulate the template from the Global HQ or do they create one of their own? Where people are hired from plays a part in culture setting? What happens if leaders are mandated to...

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 triggered due to the entry of new GCCs every year? The scale and action in the Leadership Hiring in Indian GCCs is too big to ignore and makes one wonder if we are witnessing a Bull market in leadership hiring space in India.