practice extension / cohorts

Build the capability inside your team.
One weekend at a time.

Five intensive cohort programmes for senior HR and business leaders at Indian scaleups. Live weekends over Zoom. Capstones built in your own company. Certification on completion.

01 / Why cohorts

Consulting depth. Internal capability.

Consulting firms charge ₹15–80 lakhs for the work covered in these programmes — reorg plans, comp redesigns, workforce plans, AI deployments, analytics builds. The output is usually a slide deck. The capability stays with the consulting firm.

A cohort programme inverts that. Same depth — taught to your team, not done for them. Each participant ships a CEO-ready artefact for their own company within 4 weeks. The capability stays inside.

Plate 10 — Capability that stays

02 / The five programmes

Five programmes. One discipline.

03 / How a cohort works

One weekend live. Three weeks build. One Saturday pitch-back.

A cohort is a small group of senior practitioners who start and finish together. Live weekend over Zoom. Capstone built in your own company context across three weeks. Pitch-back on the final Saturday with faculty and peer review.

Week 1 · Sat-Sun
Live weekend
12 hours over Zoom. Foundations and applied modules with breakout workshops. Capstone scoped by Sunday evening.
Weeks 2-3 · Self-paced
Build in your own context
Recorded modules released weekly. Weekly office hours. Capstone built against your real company data.
Week 4 · Saturday
Pitch-back and certification
2-hour live session. Each participant presents capstone. Faculty and peer feedback. Certification on completion.
Afterwards
Lifetime access
Handbook updates, alumni cohort group, preferred pricing on future programmes.

Plate 11 — Four weeks. One capability.

04 / Calendar

All five programmes. Scheduled through the year.

Live weekends, capstone pitch-backs, and weekly office hours for all five cohort programmes. Click any event for details, or add it directly to your calendar.

Subscribe to the cohort calendar: Google Calendar →  ·  iCal feed →
All times shown in IST. Conversions automatic in your local calendar.

05 / Who it's for

Built for senior leaders making real decisions.

This is for you if...

  • You're a CHRO, Head of HR, Head of People, COO, Chief of Staff, or Founder at a 50–3000 person scaleup
  • You have a real decision to make — reorg, comp redesign, workforce plan, analytics build, AI deployment — in the next 6 months
  • You can commit one weekend and 6–8 hours per week for three weeks
  • You want to defend decisions with numbers, not opinions

It's not for you if...

  • You want a one-hour webinar
  • You cannot block the live weekend
  • You're looking for a certificate, not capability
  • You expect this to replace a consulting engagement — it's the alternative
06 / Investment

Three tiers per programme. Cohort 01 founding pricing.

IndividualCohort 01 FoundingFrom Cohort 02
Self-Study₹4,999₹6,999
Standard (live cohort)₹19,999₹24,999
Premium (live + 1:1 mentor)₹29,999₹34,999
CorporateCohort 01 FoundingFrom Cohort 02
5-seat package₹79,000₹99,000
10-seat package₹1,49,000₹1,79,000

Bundle pricing: any 3 programmes ₹54,999 · all 5 programmes ₹89,999.
All prices exclusive of GST. Self-study tier is non-refundable after delivery; live cohort tier refundable up to 14 days before weekend.

07 / Who teaches

One instructor. Twenty years of practice.

Every cohort is taught by Palo Santo personally. Twenty-plus years across HR consulting, digital marketing, and product — refined into a curriculum built for senior HR leaders and founders at Indian scaleups.

"The curriculum lives in one head, deliberately. That's how it stays sharp."
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Choose the programme that fits your decision.