S2E7 - Being Self-Aware, Vulnerable, Future-Ready - Himanshu Palsule, CEO Cornerstone

Himanshu Palsule is CEO of Cornerstone, which provides a workforce agility platform to identify skill gaps and development opportunities within organizations. Himanshu joined as CEO in Jan 2022, bringing more than 35 years of diverse experience leading global organizations. Prior to joining Cornerstone, he was President of Epicor where he was responsible for managing vertical businesses and overseeing product operations. Palsule was previously CTO and Head of Strategy at Sage Software.

Key highlights:

• Learning to live within your own skin and recalibrating yourself
• Concentric circles of evaluating ideas - Control, Influence, Interest
• Key trait when you have a seat at the table: Humility
• What is important when you have to say “I don’t know”
• Going beyond the cliche and making customer obsession real
• What does it really mean to have a flat organization
• What does a future-ready Product Manager look like

Connect with Himanshu Palsule:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/himanshu-palsule/

Connect with Rahul Abhyankar:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/rahulabhyankar/

Referenced in this episode:

• Book: The Anarchy by William Dalrymple
• Book: Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari
• Book: Anticancer: A New Way of Life by David Servan-Schreiber