Speaking
Sutapa Sanyal brings decades of public-service command to the questions leaders face today.
For CXOs, senior leaders and high-potential talent.
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Decide before certainty arrives.
Best for senior teams making high-stakes decisions with incomplete information, public pressure or little time to act.
Drawing on decades of public-service command, Sutapa speaks about leading when information is incomplete, pressure is public and delay has a cost. Audiences will hear how to:
02
What will still look right when the pressure has passed?
Best for boards and leadership teams aligning conduct, governance and accountability with commercial and organisational pressure.
Sutapa draws on her work in policing, public administration, workplace safety, POSH and governance to examine decisions where rules, incentives and values conflict. The keynote covers:
03
Lead before the institution is ready to imagine you there.
Best for organisations developing women leaders, widening access to senior roles and addressing the barriers that hold talent back.
As the first woman to hold Director General of Police rank in Uttar Pradesh, Sutapa speaks from direct experience of building authority inside a traditionally male institution. Audiences will hear about:
04
Move inclusion from intention to institutional practice.
Best for organisations moving from inclusion commitments to fairer decisions, stronger trust and consistent everyday practice.
From founding the Mahila Samman Prakoshth and building initiatives such as Vikalp, Nav Chetna and Akshaya, Sutapa has seen how systems can include people or shut them out. This keynote examines:
05
Change becomes real only when it can survive the person who began it.
Best for leaders working to shift entrenched behaviour, build support across teams and make change last beyond its original sponsor.
Through her work building citizen-facing police initiatives and partnerships with UNICEF, ActionAid and Plan India, Sutapa learned that culture changes only when new behaviour is built into the system. Audiences will hear:
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Personal leadership begins before anyone gives you authority.
Best for high-potential talent and professionals who need to take greater ownership of priorities, choices and career direction.
Based on Sutapa’s TEDx talk and a career shaped by consequential choices, this keynote focuses on personal ownership. Audiences will examine:
Every format is tailored to the audience, sector and objective of the event.
Sessions are available in person or virtually.
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