Gaurav Joshi
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Open to senior product and transformation roles, and to a few consulting, training and coaching engagements.

Email is best for anything substantial. LinkedIn is fine for a quick hello.

kavee.gauravjoshi@gmail.com
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Phone+91-98234 66677
Based inPune, India
Available fromImmediately
Location flexibilityPune preferred. Open to Bengaluru, Hyderabad, remote or hybrid. For the right role, I’d relocate internationally (with employer visa sponsorship).
Open toDirector / VP / Head of Product, or senior Product Manager roles where the scope is real. And select engagements.
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For consulting and training conversations. A few slots open each week, shown in your time zone. None that work? Email me.

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Résumé: Product Manager - product leadership rolesPDFRésumé: AI Product Manager - AI product rolesPDFRésumé: Transformation Consultant - transformation and consulting workPDFProfessional briefPDFCase: dairy platform - full deckPDFCase: dairy platform - annexure and researchPDFCase: WhatsApp groups within groups - full deckPDFCase: Discord vs WhatsApp analysisPDFCase: The Puppeteer - full deckPDF

For curious minds

Not every good conversation is about work. If any of these are your thing too, write to me - I read slowly and reply properly.

Cognitive biasesWhy smart people make predictable mistakes, and how products quietly exploit them.
IntroversionListening as a strength. The owl on this site is not an accident.
Indian mythologyThe Mahabharata still has the best case studies on leadership and dilemma.
Literature and poetryEspecially Marathi. I write poems and short stories, and revive one forgotten Marathi word a day.

Off the clock: football, family, and a slow campaign against the flute.

The more we see, the less we speak. The less we speak, the more we listen. The more we listen, the more we learn.
Gaurav Joshi
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Pick a time that works for you

A few slots open each week, shown in your time zone. None that work? Email me.
How we’d work

Consulting engagements

Remote or on-site
Remote by default. I am happy to be on-site in Pune, and to travel for workshops and key sessions.
How an engagement starts
  1. A free 30-minute problem conversation - over email, a call or face to face.
  2. I listen to what’s going on, ask the questions that sharpen the problem, and say honestly whether I’m the right fit.
  3. Engagement finalisation: if there’s a fit, a short written scope follows, with the outcome, format, duration and what ‘done’ looks like.
Formats
The format depends on the problem to be solved during the assignment.
Typical duration
Discovery sprints usually run 2-4 weeks. Fractional roles run 3-6 months, with an option to extend. Advisory retainers are month-to-month.
Online or in person
Both. Most of the work runs well online. Workshops and key sessions can be in person in Pune, or in other cities by arrangement.
How we’d work

Training engagements

Remote or on-site
Remote by default. I am happy to be on-site in Pune, and to travel for workshops and key sessions.
How an engagement starts
  1. Step 0 - Strings (assessment before training): each person rates themselves on the anchors, then works through scenarios and writes their read of the situation and what they would say, which the trainer scores against the rubric. The gap between the self-rating and the scenario rating shows where to focus. A target level is optional and, if wanted, is set together with me.
  2. Priority anchors: agree the Swanubhava™ anchors to focus on first, from the gaps.
  3. Engagement finalisation: short-term engagement or long-term engagement (cohort).
Formats
  1. Short-term engagement: workshops on up to 3 priority anchors, one session each - live scenarios, then a group walkthrough against the behaviour rubric.
  2. Long-term engagement (cohort): a cohort works through its priority anchors over several weeks, with Strings at the start and again at the end to show movement. MBA students work in groups of 4-5; corporate participants individually.

Some people need 1:1 coaching rather than training. Strings shows which, and I can point you to the right coach.

Typical duration
  1. Short-term engagement: half a day to a full day, for 8-20 people.
  2. Long-term engagement (cohort): 6-8 weeks for 10-15 people.

These are rough batch sizes and durations. They can be changed to fit your requirement.

Built around your context
The three pillars and eight anchors stay the same. The behavioural traits and scenarios can be tailored, and I can help you build scenarios from your own situations under each pillar.
After training - Strings again
About four weeks after the last session, a different scenario on the same anchors, rated the same way, to show whether the gap has closed.
Pricing
Please get in touch for pricing details.
Online or in person
Both. The scenarios run in the browser and work on a phone, so online delivery works well. Workshops can be in person in Pune, or in other cities by arrangement.