HCI Locals · Host Partner Programme
Host the room.
A four-hour leadership afternoon at your office — curated guests, a fireside, peer roundtables and high tea — filmed into a content package your teams keep using.
- Length
- Four hours, 3–7 PM
- Where
- Your office
- Room
- 20–30 curated leaders (target)
- Formats
- Six, filmed
- After
- A content and insight package
Why host
The leaders you want to reach have never been inside your workplace.
One hosted afternoon puts your people, workplace and ideas in front of exactly the audience you choose.
The right room, by brief
You name the roles, functions and organisations you want to meet. We research, invite and reconfirm them — and report every stage from invited to attended.
A stage for your leaders
Your senior leader opens a moderated fireside and your team takes real roles in the room, in front of peers who matter to your business.
Content that keeps working
Four hours of filmed formats become films, short clips, photographs and a written insight brief your employer-brand, talent and communications teams keep using.
- 89%
of U.S. professionals surveyed said live events make them feel closer to a brand or company.
Freeman & The Harris Poll, 2025 (opens in a new tab) - 51%
of candidates valued content about company values before applying — the top content type.
Survale candidate research, 2025 (opens in a new tab) - GCC
India’s global capability centres are taking on wider global ownership. Their leaders need a visible stage.
Nasscom–Zinnov GCC Landscape 2026 (opens in a new tab)
How it works
You open the doors. We bring the room.
One clear division of responsibility, from the first brief to the 30-day review.
You provide
- Your office venue and access
- The people you want to meet
- One programme budget
- Your host leaders and a site contact
HCI Talks delivers
- Audience research and personal invitations
- Programme, formats and moderation
- High tea and guest hospitality
- Two-camera production and photography
You keep
- Relationships with relevant leaders
- A full, itemised content package
- Talent and peer insight
- A measured 30-day review
One brief. One budget. One programme lead. Your site contact handles premises matters only; HCI Talks stays accountable end to end.
Run of show
Four hours, designed for conversation — and for the camera.
Long enough for real relationships and several filmed formats; short enough for a working afternoon.
- 3:00 PM30 min
Arrive and connect
High tea, a welcome desk and guided introductions.
Photos - 3:30 PM45 min
Leader Fireside
Your senior leader in a moderated conversation.
Filmed - 4:15 PM60 min
Roundtables
Two or three moderated tables on one shared question.
Selected segments - 5:15 PM25 min
Two Views
Two leaders debate opposing perspectives.
Filmed - 5:40 PM20 min
Ask the Expert
An expert and a facilitator take the room’s questions.
Filmed - 6:00 PM60 min
High tea and networking
Introductions, a short workplace walk-through and close.
Photos and b-roll
Studio corner · All afternoon, in parallel: the Leader Spotlight studio corner records up to six one-to-one interviews with guests and your leaders.
Timings are a template and flex to your office day. Roundtables can hold an off-record segment under the Chatham House Rule.
Six formats
Six formats. One afternoon. A content calendar.
Each format produces a different kind of asset, which is why one afternoon yields far more than a single discussion.
- Your leader, one question
Leader Fireside
Your senior leader and an HCI Talks moderator on one question that matters to your business and your talent market.
- Questions prepared with your leader in advance
- Recorded as a full episode
- Your leadership voice, on the record
- Length
- 45 minutes
- Produces
- Full episode and podcast audio
- Peers, one shared question
Leadership Roundtable
Two or three moderated tables of senior peers work through the same business question and report back.
- Seating planned against your brief
- An off-record segment under the Chatham House Rule when the topic needs it
- Themes captured for your insight brief
- Length
- 60 minutes
- Produces
- Story film and Leadership Insight Brief
- Two leaders, opposing views
Two Views
Two leaders take different sides of one live question, with a moderator keeping it sharp and fair.
- A question chosen with you
- Balanced, moderated exchange
- Cut for long and short formats
- Length
- 25 minutes
- Produces
- Debate edit and short clips
- The room asks
Ask the Expert
An expert speaker and a facilitator take questions from the room, so every guest has a voice.
- Open floor, facilitated
- Questions gathered in advance and live
- Answers clipped for later use
- Length
- 20 minutes
- Produces
- Q&A clips
- One-to-one, in the studio corner
Leader Spotlight
Short one-to-one studio interviews with guests and your leaders, recorded in a quiet corner of your office.
- Up to six interviews per edition
- Each interviewee receives their own film to share
- A personal reason for senior guests to take part
- Length
- Through the afternoon
- Produces
- Up to six spotlight films
- Your people and spaces
Workplace Story
Your teams, spaces and work captured between sessions, within the areas you approve.
- A shot list agreed with you
- Only approved spaces and people
- Built for careers and culture channels
- Length
- Between sessions
- Produces
- Employer story film and photographs
Hospitality
Hospitality designed for senior guests.
A curated high tea
Through your approved caterer or ours, for guests and crew.
A personal welcome
A welcome desk, name cards and a host who knows each guest.
Guided introductions
Our hosts connect guests with shared interests.
A short workplace walk
An approved look at the spaces and teams behind your story.
A thank-you that lasts
Every guest receives the highlight film; spotlight interviewees also get their own film.
What’s included
Everything included in one Host Partner edition.
One brief, one budget, one programme lead — and a written scope listing every deliverable before you commit.
Audience and curation
- Persona brief workshop
- Research against your brief
- Personal invitations and reconfirmations
- Attendance and fit report
Programme and moderation
- Theme and shared question
- Run of show across six formats
- Experienced moderators
- Host leader briefing
Hospitality and guest care
- High tea for guests and crew
- Welcome desk and name cards
- Guided introductions
- Personal guest follow-up
Production
- Two-camera crew and studio corner
- Professional audio
- Event photographer
- On-site producer
Content and insight
- Up to 11 films, 12 shorts, 40 photographs
- Leadership Insight Brief
- Talent and participation summary
- Publishing pack
Amplification and review
- Features on HCI Talks channels
- Share kits for guests
- Opt-in introduction register
- 30-day impact review
Your content package, itemised.
Indicative package for one edition. Quantities, aspect ratios, review rounds and channel rights are confirmed in your written scope.
- 11 × Hero highlight film2–3 minutes
- 11 × Leader Fireside episode20–30 min video, plus podcast audio
- 11 × Two Views debate edit8–10 minutes
- 11 × Roundtable story film5–7 minutes
- 11 × Employer story film60–90 seconds
- 66 × Leader Spotlight filmsUp to six, 2–3 minutes each
- 1212 × Short vertical clips30–60 seconds, captioned
- 4040 × Edited photographsEvent, people and workplace
- 11 × Leadership Insight BriefThemes, approaches, open questions
- 11 × Article and carouselApproved for both brands
- 11 × Publishing packCaptions, sequence, thumbnails
- 11 × 30-day impact reviewReach, use and follow-up
About the investment. Each edition is scoped to your brief, so the programme investment is quoted once your brief is agreed.
Share your brief360° value
One afternoon, eight returns across your organisation.
We agree one primary objective with you and design the afternoon around it; the other returns can follow from the same programme.
- 01
Employer brand
Your story, told by your people.
- 02
Talent intelligence
A focused view of your talent market.
- 03
Future talent
Relationships before roles open.
- 04
Leadership visibility
Your leaders on a credible stage.
- 05
Peer insight
Perspectives on one live business question.
- 06
Recruitment content
Clips recruiters can actually use.
- 07
Employee growth
Emerging leaders in a senior room.
- 08
Global visibility
Evidence of your India team’s ownership.
| Team | What they receive | Where they use it |
|---|---|---|
| Talent acquisition | Talent landscape brief, opt-in follow-up register, candidate-ready clips | Outreach, candidate packs, pipeline building |
| Employer brand and communications | Hero film, employer story, photographs, publishing pack | LinkedIn, careers page, culture campaigns |
| GCC and business leadership | Fireside episode, Leadership Insight Brief, a recap for global stakeholders | Leadership reviews and HQ visits |
| L&D and talent management | Prepared roles for emerging leaders, discussion material | Development conversations |
| Partnerships and innovation | Curated capability conversations, requested introductions | Advisory, academic and startup collaboration |
The journey
From agreed brief to measured impact, in five steps.
- Week 1
Brief
A persona and question workshop with your sponsor.
You receiveCuration brief and run of show
- Weeks 2–3
Curate
Research, personal invitations and reconfirmation checkpoints.
You receiveWeekly audience status
- Event day
Host
The four-hour afternoon at your office.
You receiveA room matched to your brief
- Typically 10 working days
Create
First edits for your review, one consolidated revision.
You receiveYour content package
- Day 30
Review
An impact review with your sponsor.
You receiveUse, reach and follow-up report
Allow about four weeks from agreed brief to event day, subject to guest, venue and crew availability.
Measures and governance
Measured honestly. Governed like an enterprise.
DeliveryWhat we did
Programme run, research delivered, assets accepted, agreed posts published.
EngagementWho came and how it went
Attendance against your personas, guest feedback, accepted introductions.
Business useWhat your teams did with it
Content reused, conversations requested, insights acted on.
Enterprise-ready by design
- Recording plan and guest consent agreed before invitations
- Off-record segments under the Chatham House Rule
- Personal data handled in line with India’s DPDP Act, 2023
- Introductions shared only when both sides opt in
- Every attributed quote approved by the speaker
- Your brand rules and channel usage rights agreed upfront
- No member lists or member PII shared with any host
We commit to what we control and report later outcomes, such as hires or partnerships, separately. They are never promised.
Start here
Share your brief.
Three short steps, about four minutes. Tell us the outcome you want and the people you want in the room; we design the afternoon around it.
- No commitment to share a brief
- Read personally by a partnerships lead
- No member data ever shared
From the host
The best leadership conversations happen in real rooms. We bring the right people into yours.
Fifteen years in talent and GCC hiring shape how each room is curated — around your question, never around a sales pitch.
Bhaskar Anand, Founder, HCI Talks
What does it cost?
Each edition is scoped to your brief — the audience, formats and content package you choose — so the programme investment is quoted once your brief is agreed. You receive a written scope with every deliverable listed before you commit.
Why four hours instead of a short session?
A longer, hosted afternoon lets us run several formats back to back. More formats means more distinct, meaningful content, and high tea plus networking gives senior guests time to build real relationships.
Who chooses the guests?
You define the personas; we research, invite and reconfirm against them. You approve the guest profile — roles and organisations — before the day; names are shared only with each guest’s consent. Guests attend because the afternoon is worth their time — never as a sales audience.
Can parts of the afternoon stay off the record?
Yes. Roundtables can hold an off-record segment under the Chatham House Rule, kept separate from the recorded programme. The recording plan and consent are agreed before invitations go out.
Who owns the content?
Recorded content is produced and owned by HCI Talks (Talpro India Pvt. Ltd.). Your edition’s written scope sets out the usage rights you receive across your own channels.
Do you share member data with hosts?
No. Hosts never receive member lists or member contact details. Introductions happen only when both people opt in.
Which cities do you run in?
HCI Locals editions start in Bengaluru. Tell us your city in the brief; other cities are planned with you case by case.
What happens after I share my brief?
You receive an e-mail confirmation straight away. A partnerships lead reads your brief personally and replies with a curation brief, a run of show and your package scope with quotation.
Let’s design your edition.
Send three things — your priority, the people you want in the room and a preferred month. We return a curation brief, a run of show and your package scope.