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Over the last decade, offshoring in the ER&D, IT and Global Business Services (GBS) domains has grown manifold, making it necessary for businesses to identify the next value levers in their growth journeys. Organizations worldwide are operating in a defining moment, where the need of the hour is to solve for talent crunch, low productivity, cost escalation and round-the-clock innovations.  

The Global Accelerator Platform (GAP) is a one-stop solution where businesses can not only garner data and insights about the evolving (GCC) ecosystem, but also get access to guidebooks, benchmarks, ready-reckoners as well as best practices to help them understand the current business context. We help organizations overcome the strategic inflection points through our marquee platform, where they can address industry-wide challenges through peer learning events, knowledge sessions and gain access to the largest pool of network, playbooks and thought leaderships.

How We Help Our Clients

With over 20 years of experience in tackling business challenges for 500+ organizations, we help our clients through best-in-class practices in the form of playbooks, benchmarks, and frameworks that cater to every stage in the growth trajectory of a GCC.

The platform leverages strategic insights, contemporary PoVs, and thought-provoking guides to match-make and drive meaningful conversations around the key themes of global leadership, innovation, technology, talent experience and excellence, as well as growth and operational efficiency.

An annual subscription-based platform, GAP taps into the collective power of data, partnerships and ecosystem connects to exchange ideas and solve industry and center wide challenges.

We also enable organizations to manoeuvre their brand positioning by supporting them with a structured research methodology and enhanced visibility through networking opportunities and brainstorming sessions.

Thought Leadership – PoVs, Benchmarks and Playbooks

GAP provides a structured model for subscribing and/or participating member companies to leverage objective data on trends in GCoEs. Zinnov helps define themes based on collective inputs and creates guidebooks for implementing center-wide programs. These playbooks and guidebooks are shared with GAP members to help them utilize actionable insights to drive strategic decision making. Currently, GAP has over 300 companies participating in various benchmarking exercises, which help capture over 100,000 strategic and tactical insights. The platform also provides periodic updates on the trends in the technology ecosystem that global organization leaders can use for driving tangible business outcomes.

Peer Learning Network

GAP helps forge relevant connections among business leaders by bringing together key decision-makers and industry stalwarts from various functions within the technology ecosystem on a regular basis. Various forums and roundtables are organized across locations to provide a platform for business leaders where they can exchange ideas and build lasting connections. We also help organizations host knowledge sessions with industry experts that provide them in-depth insights which are also validated through industry connects. Our clients get access to year-round thought provoking sessions across multiple themes.

Dedicated Account Management/Enablement

We act as a trusted advisor and confidant to our clients in their acceleration journey. It’s imperative for organizations to understand deep business context and contingent workstreams to meet their ambitious goals. GAP empowers organizations globally through a dedicated account management team that provides customized support on a continuous basis. Business leaders often find themselves at crossroads while making strategic business decisions. Our team of dedicated analysts help you navigate through these critical junctions with the help of real-time information and long-standing experience spanning across multiple industries and functional verticals.

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Impact Stories
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Vinutha Raja
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Sunil Shah
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Sunil Shah, CEO, Societe Generale Global Solutions Center, India, and Romania explains how market-leading insights created and delivered value to customers, while future-proofing the organization
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