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title: "Abhinava Narayana - Founder | Principal Consultant (Human Capital) in Bengaluru | Tal"
description: "Meet Abhinava Narayana, Learning, Talent & Organizational Change Leader | Building Ventures & Scaling P&Ls Across India, Middle East & Global Markets | INSEAD-Trained Change Strategist | EdTech & SaaS Growth Architect based in Bengaluru. AI stack includes deepseek, openai, and perplexity."
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# Abhinava Narayana on Tal

## Headline

Learning, Talent & Organizational Change Leader \| Building Ventures & Scaling P&Ls Across India, Middle East & Global Markets \| INSEAD\-Trained Change Strategist \| EdTech & SaaS Growth Architect

## About

Across 26 years, I've consistently been the person organizations bring in to take ownership of a hard, undefined problem — figure out what actually needs to change, and drive it through to execution\. That's been true whether I was building a business as a founder, running a P&L inside a global enterprise, or now advising CXOs and founders on the same kind of work\. I've run a multi\-million\-dollar learning P&L at Adobe, taking it from a support function to a strategic, consulting\-led business unit trusted by hundreds of enterprise clients\. I built the APAC Customer Success function at Eightfold\.ai from the ground up — effectively an organizational design exercise as much as a commercial one\. And I founded and scaled OneLearn Global from a standing start to a profitable, revenue\-generating business in its first year\. My INSEAD training in Coaching and Change Management isn't a credential sitting apart from this work — it's the lens I've used to diagnose and drive every one of these transformations\. I read emerging learning and AI trends early, and I care more about whether they hold up commercially than whether they're fashionable\. Building AI\-augmented competency and skills frameworks is where this shows up most directly right now — bringing business and market fluency to a domain a lot of leaders still approach as pedagogy alone\. Today, through Felicis Transformation, I advise founders and enterprise leaders across India and the Middle East on organizational change readiness, talent capability, and learning strategy tied to measurable business outcomes — from MVP design through to embedding new ways of working\. I'm also quietly building out a new venture in deep\-tech skilling, applying the same builder\-and\-change instinct to an emerging space\. I do my best work with organizations that need someone to take end\-to\-end ownership of a hard change — not just advise on it, but see it through to implementation\. Learning Strategy \| Organizational Change & Development \| AI\-Augmented Competency Frameworks \| Talent Development \| EdTech \| Customer Success \| P&L Leadership \| Executive Coaching \| GCC / Middle East

## Location

Bengaluru

## AI stack

deepseek

openai

perplexity

sora

Adobe Firefly

Canva Magic Studio

## Work experience

Founder \| Principal Consultant \(Human Capital\) at Felicis Transformation, Aug 2023 \- Present · 3 yrs 3 mos, Bengaluru, After stepping away from a CEO role, I founded a boutique advisory practice built around a different kind of challenge: helping founders and leadership teams learn to diagnose and drive their own organizational change, rather than running it for them as an operator\. \- I own end\-to\-end advisory engagements with 15\+ startup and scale\-up clients across India and the Middle East from diagnosing the core change/growth problem through to implementation, not just strategy handoff\. \- I design and implement organizational change readiness frameworks, culture transformation strategies, and talent capability models for founders navigating scale\-up transitions, drawing directly on INSEAD Change Management methodology\. \- I advise early\-stage EdTech ventures on MVP definition, AI\-first product strategy, and go\-to\-market execution, helping founders translate new ideas into investor\-ready business models\. \- I've provided executive coaching to 20\-25 senior leaders and founders on leadership transitions, culture\-building, and change navigation during periods of organizational scale\.

Chief Executive Officer at OneLearn Global, Apr 2022 \- Aug 2023 · 1 yr 5 mos, On\-site, I was recruited to build a maritime learning company from scratch, with no existing playbook to follow — defining the business model, product, and operating culture from day one, and reporting directly to the board on strategy and growth\. \- I built and scaled the company from inception to $1M\+ revenue within the first year, setting the roadmap for year\-two growth and long\-term profitability\. \- I defined the strategic vision for an AR/VR and simulation\-based learning ecosystem — combining a hardware\-integrated training solution with software and content — to modernize a traditionally analog maritime training and compliance sector\. \- I applied AI to generate and adapt training content at scale, building data\-driven learning pathways that went beyond static maritime compliance courseware\. \- I created a digital content marketplace connecting global content providers and maritime organizations, expanding learner engagement and cross\-industry collaboration\. \- I built a diverse, cross\-regional team, embedding a performance\-driven culture that balanced innovation, delivery excellence, and customer satisfaction from day one\.

Director of Customer Success; APAC at Eightfold AI, Jul 2021 \- Apr 2022 · 10 mos, Bengaluru, I joined at a pivotal, high\-risk moment: build an entire regional Customer Success function from zero at a fast\-scaling AI platform, bringing the operating and change\-management discipline I'd developed at Adobe to an organization still writing its own rulebook\. \- I built the Customer Success function for APAC from the ground up, building the team and culture needed to drive retention and expansion across enterprise accounts\. \- I contributed to the global Customer Success & Implementation Playbook — a structural, organizational\-design contribution that standardized delivery across every region, not just APAC\. \- I integrated learning strategy and talent development frameworks into Eightfold's adoption model, translating AI\-based talent insights into measurable client performance improvement\.

Head, Customer Success and Learning Solutions; eLearning Business at Adobe, Feb 2017 \- Jul 2021 · 4 yrs 6 mos, Bengaluru, I led the transformation of Adobe's post\-sales practice of the eLearning BU from a support function into a consulting\-led, innovation\-driven business, using the same change\-diagnosis instinct that later became formal INSEAD training\. \- I owned a $20M P&L, directing 100% revenue growth and 95% customer retention across 700\+ enterprise clients through a full consulting\-led transformation of the business\. \- I built a consulting and learning advisory practice from inception, generating $2M\+ annual revenue within three years and repositioning Adobe as a strategic transformation partner rather than a vendor\. \- I introduced innovation\-led solutions — microlearning design, AI\-built competency frameworks, adaptive learning journeys, and performance\-linked analytics — that changed how clients measured and achieved learning ROI\. \- I scaled and built the culture of a 75\-member cross\-functional team spread across global time zones, running a 24x7 operating presence from an India\-based leadership seat, and reduced onboarding time\-to\-value by 80% through customer journey redesign\. \- I partnered with global product teams to influence roadmap priorities, embedding customer insight directly into product innovation\.

Head of Learning at Adobe, Feb 2017 \- Jul 2021 · 4 yrs 6 mos, Inherited a business unit overdue for reinvention and rebuilt it: turned Adobe's eLearning practice from a support function into a consulting\-led, innovation\-driven business, using the same change\-diagnosis instinct that later became formal INSEAD training\.

Specialist Senior, Human Capital at Deloitte Consulting, Aug 2013 \- Feb 2017 · 3 yrs 7 mos, United States, I led change management and learning strategy workstreams on multi\-country transformation engagements for Fortune 100 clients, spanning technology adoption, workforce restructuring, and culture change\. \- I delivered change management and learning workstreams for large\-scale SAP and Oracle ERP implementations, as well as M&A integration engagements — guiding client teams through adoption, capability\-building, and communication during periods of significant operational disruption\. \- I built internal capability within Deloitte's Human Capital practice, developing learning strategy playbooks and instructional design frameworks that standardized how the practice approached client change and learning engagements\.

Consultant \- Human Capital at Deloitte Consulting, Feb 2010 \- Aug 2013 · 3 yrs 7 mos, Hyderabad, I delivered consulting and advisory services in Learning Strategy, Change Management, and Communications for Fortune 100 clients, building the foundation for what became seven years of increasing ownership at Deloitte\. \- I contributed to large\-scale technology transformation engagements, helping clients navigate complex change initiatives from an execution and instructional design standpoint\. \- I supported go\-to\-market development for Deloitte's Human Capital service lines, laying groundwork for capability\-building work I'd later lead directly\.

## Education

Executive Master, Coaching and Consulting for Change, INSEAD

Bachellors of Engineering\( Mechanical\), Mechanical, Sir M Visvesvaraya Institute Of Technology

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