The Shape of Work

#422: Akash Shrivastav on the best strategies for talent management and the benefits of HR

May 19, 2023 Springworks Season 1 Episode 422
The Shape of Work
#422: Akash Shrivastav on the best strategies for talent management and the benefits of HR
Show Notes

“HR uses a framework of 70/20/10 principle, which is basically,  70% of the things we learn by doing, 20% by exposure, and 10% by actually the outcome of classroom learning.”

Today’s episode of The Shape of Work podcast features Akash Shrivastav, Lead Talent Management Partner at Flipkart, an e-commerce store. In this episode, Akash talks about the best strategies and practices for talent management and the biggest challenges for talent management.

Akash has an overall work experience of five years. He did his Bachelor of Engineering from the University of Mumbai and his MBA from XLRI Jamshedpur. He has spent most of his career at Flipkart starting as an intern.

Episode Highlights

  • Best practices and strategies for talent management
  • Importance of the 70/20/10 principle
  • How to mitigate the impact of laying off employees?
  • How can other people benefit from HR?

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Produced by:
Priya Bhatt
Podcast Host:
Riddhi Agarwal

About Springworks:


Springworks is a fully-distributed HR technology organisation building tools and products to simplify recruitment, onboarding, employee engagement, and retention. The product stack from Springworks includes:

SpringVerify— B2B verification platform

EngageWith— employee recognition and rewards platform that enriches company culture

Trivia — a suite of real-time, fun, and interactive games platforms for remote/hybrid team-building

SpringRole — verified professional-profile platform backed by blockchain, and

SpringRecruit — a forever-free applicant tracking system.

Springworks prides itself on being an organisation focused on employee well-being and workplace culture, leading to a 4.8 rating on Glassdoor for the 200+ employee strength company.