About Us

Bringing people and ideas together to create meaningful impact in every organization we serve.

Who We Are

Our Story

People’s Kafe was born out of a moment of reflection a pause in a high-growth, high-impact career in global talent consulting. Our founder, Priyanka Kumar, envisioned a human-first consulting firm

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🧩 Most organisations aren’t short on talent effort — they’re short on talent coherence. Talent strategy, employer brand, learning, and culture often move in silos, creating motion without momentum.

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Leadership

Priyanka Kumar

With more than 17+ years of deep customer engagements, Priyanka Kumar is a seasoned management consulting leader who brings corporate best practices to help clients unleash talent as a source of competitive advantage. She has delivered enduring results spanning across functional specialties comprising of Talent, Diversity & Inclusion, Performance Management, Learning & Organization Development, to name a few. Over the course of her career, she has acquired deep experience in the domains of Employer Branding and Talent Management.

At Zinnov, Priyanka spearheaded the Talent Consulting practice and nurtured her team to deliver top and bottom-line impact for Zinnov clients. Her marquee client relationships included Global Fortune 1000 Technology companies comprising of large Software/Internet companies, Digital Service Providers, Manufacturing and Automobile organizations, among others.

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About Priyanka Kumar

With more than 17+ years of deep customer engagements, Priyanka Kumar is a seasoned management consulting leader who brings corporate best practices to help clients unleash talent as a source of competitive advantage. She has delivered enduring results across functional specialties including Talent, Diversity & Inclusion, Performance Management, Learning, and Organization Development. Over the course of her career, she has built deep expertise in Employer Branding and Talent Management.

At Zinnov, Priyanka spearheaded the Talent Consulting practice and nurtured her team to deliver both top- and bottom-line impact for clients. Her marquee client relationships included Global Fortune 1000 technology companies, spanning large software and internet firms, digital service providers, as well as manufacturing and automobile organizations.

Priyanka’s passion for transforming human capital led her to establish her own brand of consulting services — People’s Kafe Consulting Services, based out of Bangalore.

She is widely recognized as a compassionate leader and a sought-after speaker at industry and partner forums. Her empathetic and collaborative problem-solving approach, combined with her strong belief in unlocking the maximum potential of people, has made her a trusted Talent & People expert with strengths across both strategy and execution.

Priyanka was named Learning Leader of the Year 2024 at the 18th Edition Future of Learning and Development Summit & Awards by UBS Forums.

She actively contributes to thought leadership through strategic perspectives and publications across internal and external platforms. Priyanka has held leadership roles at Infosys, Sapient Consulting, and Monsanto Company.

Her passion for decoding human behavior and psychology, along with her love for writing, has led to the “People’s Kafe” brand of books — Amazon bestsellers with a growing international readership.

Priyanka holds a B.Tech in Electronics & Communications and an MBA in HR from IMT Ghaziabad.

The principles that guide everything we do

Our Values

Empathy

We listen deeply and design with compassion.

Craftsmanship

We bring detail, discipline, and creativity to every engagement.

Partnership

We work as co-creators with our clients.

Joy

We celebrate the human spirit and the stories hat shape our work

Agility

We respond fast, flexibly, and with purpose.

Authenticity

We stay true to your culture and context.

Experts Shaping Our Future

Visionary Advisory Board

Kafe Circle – Our Advisory Board

Our expanding advisor ecosystem brings multi-disciplinary wisdom from:

• GCC leaders
• Academicians
• Tech evangelists
• Former bureaucrats

This gives your organization access to cross-domain intelligence, unlocking richer solutions and future-fit strategies.

Nitin Deshpande

Nitin Deshpande | Advisor @ People’s Kafe Consulting

Strategic Advisor – GCC Setup | President – Evolent, Allscripts, BMC

Pallavi Srivastava

Pallavi Srivastava | Advisor @ People’s Kafe Consulting

Dean of International Relations| Professor of HRM & OB @ Jaipuria Institute of Management | Fellow (MDI Gurgaon)

Manisha Seth

Manisha Seth | Advisor @ People’s Kafe Consulting

Associate Professor | HR &OB Area | Jaipuria Institute of Management, Lucknow

Yogesh Kumar

Yogesh Kumar | Advisor @ People’s Kafe Consulting

I.A.S (Retd) | Govt of U.P | ex – CEO NOIDA | Policy Architect – Public Welfare & Industrial Development

Driven By Excellence

Meet The Team

☕ Every good cup starts with the right blend — meet the team behind ours!

At People’s Kafe, we believe talent strategy tastes better when it’s brewed with empathy. Swipe through to meet the people pouring people-first thinking into everything we do.

Talent Solutions, Thoughtfully Served.✨

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    Our Story

    Our founder, Priyanka Kumar, envisioned a human-first consulting firm rooted in empathy, curiosity, and co-creation.

    Why ‘Kafe’? Because like your favourite coffee shop, we believe in thoughtful conversations, warm relationships, and ideas that percolate through real connection.

    We don't offer templated solutions. We listen, we partner, we craft. Every engagement is brewed with intention.

    People’s Kafe is more than a consulting firm—it’s a philosophy brewed with intention.

    After over 17 years of building transformative people strategies across global organisations, Priyanka imagined a different kind of consulting space—one that honoured deep listening, creative partnership, and human connection. That vision took the shape of People’s Kafe.

    Why a 'Kafe'? Because cafes are where people gather to connect, spark ideas, and nurture relationships over conversations that matter. At People’s Kafe, we bring that same ethos into the world of people strategy. We create space for authentic dialogue, and we co-create bespoke solutions with our clients—never off-the-shelf, always with heart.

    Our name is a reminder that people come first. Every engagement is brewed mindfully—through curiosity, empathy, and a genuine desire to meet our clients where they are. We take the time to understand your unique context, because we believe that the best ideas emerge not in boardrooms alone but over warm conversations, active listening, and shared values.

    This is a place where frameworks meet soul, and where strategy is served warm. Welcome to People’s Kafe.

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    Our Unfair Advantage

    1. IP-Led Consulting
    Our proprietary IP brings these together through an integrated Talent Strategy Model, strengthens credibility through the Brand Cohesion Model, builds future capability via our Succession & Growth Model, addresses breakdowns using the Culture Fragility Model, and ensures learning delivers impact through the True Value Learning Framework.

    • Talent Strategy™ Model
    • Brand Cohesion™ Model for EVP to Advocacy
    • Succession & Growth Model™
    • Culture Fragility Model™
    • TrueValue Learning Framework™

    People’s Kafe is built on deep industry insight, global experience, and a strong publishing culture. You gain access to:

    • Strategic POVs
    • Talent trend insights
    • Proprietary diagnostic tools
    • Insights drawn from 50+ GCC partnerships

    These intellectual assets help your organization adopt structured, proven, research-backed approaches instead of ad-hoc interventions — ensuring your people strategy is future-ready.

    The outcome is talent that compounds as a system and becomes a real source of competitive advantage.

    2. Human-Centred Talent Advisory
    Our signature is warmth.

    • Personalized to your culture
    • Co-created with your teams
    • Grounded in empathy and listening
    • Designed to feel lived

    We believe people strategy must feel personal, purposeful, and powerful.

    3. Productized Solutions for Scale
    We transform our consulting IP into easy-to-use products that enhance adoption and impact. Each product is designed for market insights, talent intelligence, and competitive benchmarking.

    • AI-powered talent diagnostic models
    • Experience design assets
    • Digital templates and micro-learning assets

    These elevate internal capability — long after the project ends.

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