Hey there,

We promised you bold conversations for Playbook 4.0— but here’s the real secret: it’s the speakers who make Playbook unmissable.

These aren’t generic speakers reading off slides. They’re leaders, operators, and rule-breakers who’ve lived the dilemmas you wrestle with and are here to share the messy, unfiltered truths plus the practical playbooks.

🎤They’ve Been Where You Are—Now They’re Here to Share

🚀 Session 1: The End of Career Paths: What Comes After Ladders?

Speaker: Parul Jauhar, Head of Human Resources, Instapower Limited
Parul has seen career ladders bend, break, and rebuild. In this session, she’ll help us reimagine growth beyond titles — with playbooks for skills, ownership, and ambition in a post-ladder world.

👉 Expect to walk away with frameworks for restless high performers and new language for career design.

🕵️‍♂️ Session 2: BGV: Bane of Onboarding? Or is There a Solution?

Speaker: Anoop Suresh, COO, Springworks
If BGV feels like a roadblock, Anoop’s here to show you the way out. He’ll break down how tech can make verification seamless — without killing the candidate experience.

👉 Translation: Anoop takes us through onboarding that is smooth, fast, and frustration-free.

📊 Session 3: Rewriting the People Analytics Playbook

Speakers: Arjit Mehrotra, Head of HR - Digital & Data Labs (GCC & India)Landmark Group & Anjan A, VP, Northern Trust
Arjit and Anjan are here to expose dashboards for what they are: not decisions. Expect real talk about embedding analytics into the flow of work so managers actually act on insights.

👉 No more pretty charts that gather dust — this is analytics that moves.

🎧 Session 4: Designing Workplaces That Listen

Speaker: Sandeep Talukdar, Product Manager, EngageWith
Sandeep is here to take us beyond surveys and into real listening. Think AI-driven insights that decode what employees really mean (not just what they type in long forms).

👉 Because “we hear you” should actually mean something.

🌍 Session 5: Geo-Fluid Workforces — Designing for Movement, Not Location

Speakers: Simin Askari, Senior VP- Corporate HR & Business Excellence, DS Group & Rubi Khan, Head-Culture, Learning, Talent & DEI, Luminous Power Technologies (P) Ltd (Schneider Electric Group)
Work without borders? Simin and Rubi have been there, built that. They’ll unpack how to keep culture and careers intact when your workforce is constantly in motion.

👉 Expect playbooks that travel as easily as your teams.

🤖 Session 6: How AI Is Reshaping Recruitment

Speaker: Rohit Venugopal, Co-founder, Goodfit
AI-powered interviews? Automated shortlists? Rohit’s bringing the future of hiring to the table. From speed to fairness, he’ll show us what AI can do (and what still needs a human touch).

👉 Prepare for your next recruiter flex.

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At Playbook 4.0, the agenda is fire 🔥 — but the speakers are the real draw. They’re not here to sugarcoat. They’re here to reframe. To challenge. To give you tools you can actually use the next day.

📅 September 24. Mark it.
🎟️ Come ready to listen, question, and leave smarter (and maybe sassier).

See you there,
– The TSOW Team