Steve Correa Blog

I was delighted to be invited by NHRD to moderate a session on the occasion of the Silver Jubilee Celebrations.

Building India Inc: Engaging with Young Minds, 26th May, 2012, Kolkata

Panel Members were:

- Ms. Ester Martinez, Editor - People Matter, Mr. Vishal Talreja, Co-Founder & ED - Dream a Dream, Ms.Sonali Roychowdhury, Head -HR, P&G, India, Respected Swami Sarvapriyananda, educationist and Spiritual Leader, Ramkrishna Mission.

Some memorable moments / quotes from the session:
 

“Human beings have four primary goals : Kama (pleasure), Artha (wealth, power) Dharma (morality and altruism) and Moksha (spirituality) - our society increasingly stresses only the first two”.

 So opined Swami Sarvapriyananda, Spiritual Guru, Ramakrishna Mission on a question of values, asked of him.The respected Swami went on to clarify, “Neglecting dharma and moksha. Leads to an emptiness.... a void which can be filled only by turning to altruism

and spirituality”.

Ester Martinez, Editor of People Matters said, " By 2018, there will be more millennial in the workforce than any other generation, that means that our ways to attract, motivate and recognize people at the workplace have to change. These new generation have grown up in a world of social media and in a world of apps. We need to start thinking what is our social media strategy for HR? Does we, as HR departments, have our own aps? Millennial will join your workplace and expect and induction app? Are we ready? The next generation is different, fearless and confident, they were born in times of opportunity; They have different needs and different expectations so as HR professionals we need to rethinking and reinvent the way we will attract, retain and motivate this talent".

Vishal Talreja, Co- Founder and ED of Dream a Dream said,

"Young people who are graduating from Dream A Dream’s programs are taking on challenges every day with a strong need to build a nation for themselves and for us. The key is that the current generation needs to redefine its role when young people are already taking on leadership. The role of the current generation then is not to tell young people what to do, but to be role models and mentor them in the right direction. It is important for the young to get perspective, wisdom and experiences which the current generation can share and then let the young people make their own choices".

Footnote: I was asked by several folks about the clips I used during the session. Here are the links:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZRIMQxje7k                 - Eric Schmidt (extracts used)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgXjFt38zAo                   - Voice of Youth

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wP-TwHwLc98                - Amitabh Bachan