3. Leaders’ Meet has been envisaged as a platform to encourage ideation, discussion
and co-creation amongst the CIO community.
Being a leading Enterprise ICT partner to organisations across the globe, Tata
Communications’ focus has always been to closely understand and participate in
technology transformations we witness and continuously adapt ourselves to be more
relevant to businesses.
Leaders’ Meet is an initiative to bring together an exclusive group of leading CIOs to
discuss business priorities, challenges, share experiences and insights.
Earlier 2 editions saw 16 and 24 CIOs/ Senior IT Leaders respectively who came
together to discuss business priorities, challenges, share experiences and insights.
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4. The 3rd edition of Leaders' Meet aimed to address the following objectives:
Build deeper relationships with targeted CIOs from the Strategic and Focus set of
accounts
Gain insight into their challenges and roadmap for FY 16
Lay the foundation for deeper account engagement throughout the year
Position Tata Communications as the partner for the key themes that are
important to CIO’s – develop linkages with key offers and share our roadmap for
FY 16
Seek feedback on our services
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5. The forces shaping the business world today are complex and challenging. Businesses have entered
into an era where true transformation happens. The paradigm shift we witness w.r.t internet,
telecommunications, mobile, digital technologies deeply influences the business world around us.
As businesses become more competitive and technology continues to evolve, the role of the CIO is
changing. While matching steps with disruption is in itself a pre-requisite, the CIO needs to think
beyond and go the extra mile to stay ahead of the race.
Outpacing or going beyond change translates into an ability to embrace it gainfully to one’s
advantages and sometimes even control its course. This highlights the importance of
pro-active participation from the CIO’s to stay ahead in the race and……..
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6. 5th – 7th June Lake Resort, Kumarakom
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• Engaging sessions led by Vinod Kumar, Sumeet Walia and VS Shridhar where we shared our musings on
innovation and partnership, updated customers on our enterprise business, sought views /feedback on
our strategy, engagement model and services.
2
• Insightful session on ‘Winning in today’s digitally disruptive world’ by Jack Hidary - entrepreneur and
philanthropist who has been making a significant impact on the global technology industry
3
• Interactive sessions on ‘Next Game Changing Ideas’ aligned to Digital Enterprise, Unified Communications
and Total Network Outsourcing by Srinivasan CR, Anthony Bartolo and Hari Nair respectively were well
received by the participants
4
• Workgroup sessions where customers deliberated and shared their perspectives on key ICT themes
impacting their businesses
5
• Sourav Ganguly spoke about how he reinvented his game at various stages of his career and truly went
beyond the boundaries to redefine Indian cricket! ‘Dada’ also took a few swings at the ball and gave
invaluable cricketing tips to the CIOs!
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• The ‘Go Beyond’ theme was creatively incorporated across all the customer touch points: pre-event
communication, customer’s journey to the venue, in-room and other activities at the venue
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Welcoming the leaders Attendee passes at the registration
desk
VS Shridhar welcoming CIOs Vinod Kumar addressing the CIOs
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iPad magician Keelen Leyser enthralling
customers over dinner
Sourav Ganguly sharing his ‘Go Beyond’
experiences
Sourav Ganguly in action!
Leaders enjoying a performance by
Sunita Bhuyan
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Next Game Changing Idea :
Anthony Bartolo
Enjoying Kerala’s beautiful
backwaters on a Houseboat
Creating the essence of ‘Go Beyond’Energizer activity : ‘Essence of Excellence’
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In conversation with Anil Jaggia,
CIO – HDFC Bank
In conversation with Varun Sood,
CIO – Fortis Healthcare
Brainstorming during a workgroup session
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Great session on moonshot explosion by Jack Hidary @tata_comm @jackhidary #leadersmeet15
- Anurag Walia
Anil Jaggia, CIO, HDFC Bank says going digital is a cause for joy! #leadersmeet15
- Vijay Ramachandran
@tata_comm interesting innovation engine development explained by Vinod at the #leadersmeet15
#innovation - Avinash Velhal
Ex-India cricket team captain @sganguly99: “What you do with team talent is a true sign of
leadership” #leadersmeet15 - Tata Communications
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‘Go Beyond’ themed In-room Activity 1
Leaders were given this clay box and asked to give life to the idea
of ‘Make Clay Communicate’
‘Go Beyond’ themed In-room Activity 2
This activity challenged the Leaders to solve
a tricky Tangram Paradox puzzle
