In Conversation with RAJIV JAYARAMAN Founder-CEO, Knolskape
Rajiv Jayaraman is the Founder-CEO of KNOLSKAPE and serves on its board of directors. He has played a pivotal role in creating an award-winning portfolio of experiential learning products and is responsible for KNOLSKAPE’s global business strategy and growth. Under his leadership, KNOLSKAPE has grown into a leading player in the corporate learning space.
An INSEAD MBA, Rajiv earned his bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from BITS, Pilani. Rajiv has been widely quoted and featured in Economic Times, Business Standard, Live Mint, CNBC Young Turks, ET Now, Digital Learning magazine, Entrepreneur magazine and Yourstory.in.
A TEDx speaker and a leading thought leader in the space of digital transformation and learning, Rajiv has keen interest in the psychology of learning, design and technology. He works with CXOs and senior leaders of leading organizations to help them transform talent for the digital age. He trains and coaches senior leaders across many Fortune 500 companies on leading innovation, change and risk.
Prior to KNOLSKAPE, he worked at Oracle USA in the server technologies division, where he led numerous product development efforts from the ground-up.
Q| Tell us a little about your journey with Knolskape. How did it begin and what are your plans now for further growth?
The corporate learning business model of Knolskape started in 2013. In the last eight years, Knolskape has been working with more than 375 leading enterprises across 75 countries. We have touched close to a million users or learners worldwide across all of these organizations. This journey has been an exciting one, where I’ve been able to see from close quarters, the talent challenges faced by various industries across geographies and across various career levels within the organization. Knolskape essentially is an experiential learning provider. Our mission is to help organizations and employees become future-ready through experiential learning.
Why experiential learning? Experiential learning is important in today’s context because, in the digital age, where disruption is becoming the norm, the rapid transformation of mindsets and skillsets is an order. We need a methodology that helps organizations, leaders, individuals to quickly unlearn and relearn new mindsets and skillsets. The traditional learning models are falling apart, and that’s why we need a technology-enabled experiential learning methodology coupled with talent analytics.
When it comes to future growth plans, Knolskape intends to become a dominant player globally. As a technology-led experiential learning platform, today, Knolskape is present in four countries, physically headquartered
