NEHA BHARDWAJ
Chief People Officer at Conqa
About NEHA
Neha is a Chief People Officer, Work Architect, and Change Maker, with decades of experience shaping how startups and scale-ups grow, adapt, and thrive. She manages a portfolio of work spanning Change & Transformation, People & Culture, and Coaching helping organisations evolve.
Neha has worked across industries, leading teams through rapid scaling, restructured businesses for adaptability, and built human-centered systems of work. A sharp thinker with a no-BS approach, Neha cuts through the noise to get to what really matters - making work suck less. Whether she’s coaching leaders, transforming team dynamics, or challenging long-held assumptions about how work should be done, Neha brings fresh perspectives and practical insights to the conversation. She believes work should be energising, not depleting - and that while AI and 'future of work' trends promise change, it’s up to leaders, work architects, and change-makers to build systems that actually work for people.
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At JAFAC, Neha will tackle a hard truth: work is broken, and it’s making us sick. Our outdated systems of work - designed for a different era - are the real culprit, trapping us in unsustainable cycles that no longer serve us. It’s time to break free from the past and build workplaces that support, rather than deplete, the people inside them.