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LS Digital announces #ChallengeTheNow In:Sights series
Mumbai: LS Digital, an independent digital marketing transformation (DMT) company from India announced the launch of its first edition of #ChallengeTheNow In: Sights six-part series. In: Sights which stands for Industry Sightings, is a collation of industry insights and observations, designed for business leaders of all sizes poised to transform how we perceive and execute marketing in the era of digitally-empowered consumers. The series aims at enabling business leaders to take on change and drive their businesses into the future.
Recognising digital as the pivotal touch point in the consumer journey, brands need to undergo a transformative process to effectively engage this growing audience and remain adaptable in a dynamic business environment. Speaking at the launch LS Digital, CEO & founder Prasad Shejale said, “The In: Sights Papers consolidates our discoveries in key areas of the digital marketing transformation field. Each paper illustrates strategies for brands to connect with consumers at a deeper level.
#ChallengeTheNow serves as the catalyst for digital leaders to bridge the gap between conventional practices and transformative strategies – remapping and rewiring data, creativity, media, and technology fostering a comprehensive understanding of how to create impactful brand-customer experiences for the present and the future.”
This first edition of In:Sights series from LS Digital will be periodically released on its LinkedIn platform starting 18 December 2023 till 31 March 2024. Each paper will focus on how stakeholders can harness appropriate tools, systems, and models to achieve objectives such as strategising using AI, acquiring new customers, ensuring a seamless user experience resulting in positive brand customer experiences. These will be across the six-pillar DMT framework:
1. Technology & Innovations: A new, yet sure-footed imperative is the adoption of Ai to chart new Strategies, this paper intends to serve as a clarion call to help leaders embrace Ai in meaningful and measurable ways – elevate and personalise brand-customer connect.
2. Media: Businesses must embrace a media optimisation strategy, benchmark competition, and have an SEO strategy to cater to the right audience.
3. Customer Experience (CX): It is essential to have complete visibility of the consumer journey across all touch points. Businesses should know how to amplify, optimise, and personalise brand stories for positive end-user experiences.
4. Creative & Communication: This paper will uncover insights on effective brand communication and social media strategy, content strategy, personalisation, and the use of mixed formats to engage with digital audiences.
5. Data & Insights: Adopting a data-driven approach will allow business leaders to make more accurate and informed decisions. This paper will delve into the need for a data integration strategy, a consolidated view of user data, KPI monitoring, AI/ML evaluation and more.
6. User Interface/User Experience (UI/UX): This is an important aspect that entails customer journey mapping, a UI/UX audit, along with other strategies that ensure that consumers have a frictionless product experience.
Today, enterprises are at various stages of marketing and digital maturity, hence it is clear that there is no-one-size-fits-all solution. What enterprises require is a holistic reimagining of marketing transformation leveraging digital as a catalyst to reconfigure its marketing approach and leap ahead with confidence. In:Sights will empower business leaders with the knowledge about the resources required to acquire, engage, and retain consumers in a meaningful way.
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33 per cent of women believe the salary scale is rigged: Naukri report
Voices @ Work study finds rising calls for equal pay audits and lingering bias
MUMBAI: Progress may be visible in India’s workplaces, but many women still feel the need to tread carefully. A new report by Naukri reveals that one in two women hesitate to disclose marriage or maternity plans during job interviews, worried that such information could influence hiring decisions.
The findings come from the second edition of Naukri’s annual Voices @ Work International Women’s Day report, titled “What Women Professionals Want.” Drawing insights from more than 50,000 women across over 50 industries, the survey sheds light on evolving workplace aspirations alongside the biases that continue to hold women back.
One of the report’s most striking insights is the growing demand for equal pay audits. The share of women calling for regular pay parity checks has climbed to 27 per cent this year, up from 19 per cent a year ago. The demand now stands alongside menstrual leave as the most sought after workplace policy.
Interestingly, the call for pay transparency grows louder higher up the income ladder. Nearly half of women earning between Rs 50 lakh and Rs 1 crore annually say equal pay audits are a priority, suggesting that pay gaps become more visible as women move up the career ladder.
At the same time, confidence and ambition appear to be rising. About 83 per cent of women say they feel encouraged to pursue leadership roles, a significant jump from 66 per cent last year. Cities in southern India appear particularly supportive, with Hyderabad leading the way as 86 per cent of respondents there reported encouragement to step into leadership positions. The education sector recorded the highest sense of encouragement at 87 per cent.
Yet the report also highlights a growing trust deficit around pay equity. Nearly one in three women, or 33 per cent, say they do not believe men and women are paid equally at their workplace. That figure has risen from 25 per cent last year, pointing to widening perceptions of disparity as careers progress.
Bias in hiring and promotions continues to be the biggest hurdle. About 42 per cent of respondents say workplace bias is the main challenge for women from diverse backgrounds. The concern is consistent across major metros, with Chennai and Delhi NCR reporting similar levels.
Reluctance to discuss personal milestones during hiring processes is also widespread. While 34 per cent overall said they hesitate to share marriage or maternity plans in interviews, the anxiety increases with experience. Among professionals with 10 to 15 years of work experience, the figure rises to 40 per cent.
Info Edge group CMO Sumeet Singh, said the data reflects both progress and unfinished work. “Behind every data point in this report is a woman who is ambitious. The fact that 83 per cent feel encouraged to lead is something to celebrate. However, the fact that one in two still hide their marriage or maternity plans in interviews tells us the work is far from done. As India’s leading career platform, it felt not just important but necessary for us to shine a light on these gaps through the second edition of our report,” he said.
The report suggests that while ambition among women professionals is growing, structural changes around pay transparency, fair hiring and supportive policies will be key if workplaces hope to keep pace.
