Speaker's profile

John Cherian
Co-founder, MD & CEO
enParadigm Performance Solutions
With over 16 years of experience transforming how organisations identify, develop, and elevate talent, John Cherian has built enParadigm into a global authority in enterprise talent solutions. A passionate believer in the power of experiential solutions and AI, he has led the company’s mission to make people transformation measurable, scalable, and deeply business-aligned.
Under his leadership, enParadigm partners with some of the world’s largest organisations to embed this work into real workflows, improving consistency, productivity, and decision quality without losing the human core of talent management. His work sits at the intersection of human judgement, adoption, and enterprise-grade AI. John is deeply interested in how people and organisations build capability over time, and how leaders move from intent to sustained behaviour change. He holds an MBA from IIM Ahmedabad and a Computer Science engineering degree.
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