4. Exponential Connections: The Power of Communities in Organisations with Saugata Chatterjee

The onslaught of constant connectivity coupled with a pandemic that seems to go on forever has led to the great paradox of our lives: being simultaneously connected to tens if not hundreds of people through social media and yet feeling disconnected, lonely and alienated at work. In this episode, our guest Saugata Chatterjee talks about how organisations can leverage the power of communities for greater participation,  knowledge exchange, exponential connections  and transformative relationships.

About our Guest: Saugata Chatterjee is a multi-function, multi-domain business leader, who believes in the congruence of social good and business profit. In his current and most deeply personal project so far, he has banded with a small but exceptionally talented and passionate set of co-entrepreneurs. Together, they are building foreva, which we believe may be the world's first platform of its kind, designed to help community-focused businesses bring their dispersed and disconnected stakeholders together around shared priorities and commonalities. Before he started on this current endeavour, Saugata journeyed across a Sales role in Madura Coats, a Business role in Walt Disney, went through an intense first start-up experience, and finally evolved across several leadership roles in ITC, specifically in their Infotech subsidiary.

Resources (links):

• Cigna International 360 Well-Being Study | https://cignainternational.com/360-well-being-study/
  
• Raghuram Rajan, Our Future Depends on Communities | The New York Times | https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/04/opinion/our-future-depends-on-communities.html
  

Credits:

• Hosted by Deepak Menon & Sujatha Rao
  
• Produced, Mixed & Edited by Sowmya Karun
  
• Cover Art by Sanjali Ranjan
  
• Intro & Outro Music by Derek Clegg
  

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