Samuh blends the science of human performance with the craft of talent management and the timeless wisdom of rituals to elevate wellbeing and performance.
Samuh (sanskrit) is a group of people that come together for a purpose larger than themselves. Our purpose is to help people thrive and create excellence within organizations.
We are a world-class interdisciplinary team with deep expertise in organizational transformation, talent strategy, performance management, learning, leadership development, talent management, systemic coaching, design thinking, people analytics, neuroscience, and data science.
Our demonstrated capabilities in delivering innovative talent solutions in high performance environments, combined with unique research insights and scientifically validated diagnostic tools, make us a distinctive partner for organizations that aspire to create a lasting culture of high performance.
We take a science based, systemic approach towards creating conditions for sustained high performance in organizations.
Do you know how much you are paying in productivity tax?
Our scientifically validated diagnostic tool helps you understand how your people are feeling and functioning, the productivity loss, and the effectiveness of your current talent practices and interventions.
Are your talent interventions enhancing organizational performance?
We guide you in strategically refining key talent processes, e.g. performance management, onboarding, virtual/ hybrid work, rewards and incentives, to enhance workforce performance. Measurably.
You know how to achieve performance, but can you sustain it?
We harness the power of rituals to embed high performance practices in organizations and teams, in the rhythm of their regular work. Our highly curated and customized rituals help your teams flow through work with grace and sustain high levels of performance.
Do you know how much you are paying in productivity tax?
Our scientifically validated diagnostic tool helps you understand how your people are feeling and functioning, the productivity loss, and the effectiveness of your current talent practices and interventions.
Are your talent interventions enhancing organizational performance?
We guide you in strategically refining key talent processes, e.g. performance management, onboarding, virtual/ hybrid work, rewards and incentives, to enhance workforce performance. Measurably.
You know how to achieve performance, but can you sustain it?
We harness the power of rituals to embed high performance practices in organizations and teams, in the rhythm of their regular work. Our highly curated and customized rituals help your teams flow through work with grace and sustain high levels of performance.
Partnering with you across the entire talent lifecycle, we bring unparalleled expertise in crafting talent strategies and driving excellence in recruiting, onboarding, learning, leadership, performance management, and succession planning. With a proven track record of groundbreaking initiatives—from reinventing global performance management at scale, delivering innovations in learning that powered some of the world’s largest upskilling programs, developing and coaching high-impact leaders, to pioneering AI-driven skilling and people analytics—we are uniquely positioned to elevate your talent agenda. Backed by scientifically validated tools like the Org MHQ, we deliver actionable insights to enhance workforce productivity and ensure sustained, measurable high performance.
We are trusted partners for senior leaders charged with new mandates, business turnarounds, or complex transformations. We support you in building high performance environments by harnessing opportunities and addressing pain points, such as crafting a growth oriented talent strategy, making effective leadership appointments, and setting up your leadership team on a path to deliver outsized results. Our approach is embedded in your goals, culture, and long term vision. We work alongside you as trusted confidants, focusing on your pressing priorities while simultaneously holding a long term view for meaningful and sustainable outcomes.
We offer systemic coaching for individuals and teams. Systemic coaching is a holistic coaching method, where we focus not just on the person, but the systems they are part of, such as their team dynamics, work environment, and company culture, with the intention of giving people agency on their wellbeing and their team environment. It recognizes that individuals are deeply influenced by, and also influence, the larger systems around them. By addressing the interplay between individuals and the context they operate in, systemic coaching creates a ripple effect of positive outcomes. These include enhanced leadership effectiveness, improved team performance, greater resilience and adaptability, and stronger bonds among people that are invaluable while navigating uncertainty and volatility.
We curate immersive experiences for leadership teams that educate on the science and art of high performance, inspire them to lead healthy and high performing teams, and equip them with powerful practices for sustained performance. Using techniques such as design thinking, we help you glean powerful insights on your organization and we inspire your leaders with successful practices gleaned from a variety of high performance environments. We introduce them to the timeless wisdom of rituals to infuse performance enhancing practices in the rhythm of work.
Inspiring talks on the science and art of high performance, blending insights from cutting-edge global research, expertise from decades leading complex workforce transformations, and timeless wisdom—delivered by our Co-founder and CEO, Rahul Varma. Rahul has been invited to speak in major conferences such as the Gallup At Work Summit, WorkHuman, Skillsoft Perspectives, Masie Learning, SHRM and NASSCOM HR Summit, as well as in leading educational institutes like Columbia Business School and Cornell University.
Organizations often overlook the unmatched power of teams to drive extraordinary results. Drawing upon our experience of high performing environments across a variety of contexts, we create comprehensive team experiences that embed meaningful practices in the natural cadence of their work. We educate teams on the science and art of high performance, equip them to be self-aware with easy to use, scientifically validated measures on team effectiveness, and ritualize performance enhancing practices within regular activities such as goal setting, onboarding and transitioning members, progress reviews, feedback conversations, and celebrating milestones. Initiating leadership teams in such journeys is especially powerful as it creates a ripple effect which cascades through the organization.
We avoid these pitfalls by combining our diagnostic toolkit for precise navigation with the timeless wisdom of rituals to embed change. All these are done within the flow of day-to-day work so as to not be additive to an already stretched workforce, and always sharply aligned to your business strategy and goals.
Rahul Varma
Co-Founder and CEO
Rahul co-founded Samuh from a deep belief that organizations prosper when their people thrive. With three decades in global HR leadership, he has driven innovations in talent practices. As Accenture Technology’s Chief HR Officer, he led HR for 375,000 employees and scaled Accenture India from 200 to 40,000.
A known thought leader, Rahul has earned two First-Place CLO Learning Elite Awards, eight global patents, and his work is featured in prestigious publications. He is a sought-after speaker at conferences and top academic institutions worldwide.
Calina Mircea
Co-founder and Experience Curator
Calina co-founded Samuh to create work environments that inspire belonging and energize teams. With two decades of experience, she has worked with organizations like Hilton, Accenture, and TEDx Bucharest, turning ideas into collective impact through systemic coaching and facilitation.
A learning expert, certified systemic coach, and Design Thinking Practitioner, Calina designs immersive learning experiences and coaches leaders and teams. She also fosters coaching communities that nurture talent and drive progress across organizations.
Dr. Tara Thiagarajan
Chief Scientific Advisor
Tara is the Founder and Board Member of Sapien Labs, where she integrates diverse disciplines to advance a holistic understanding of the brain and mind, aiming to improve individual and societal health. She takes a complex systems approach, focusing on how the evolving environment impacts brain physiology and impacts health and society.
Previously, Tara led Madura Microfinance, expanding it to serve over a million people annually across 25,000 villages in India. Tara has a Ph.D. in Neuroscience from Stanford University, a B.A. in Mathematics from Brandeis University, and an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management.
Mike Gabour
Chief Data Storyteller
Mike Gabour co-founded and leads several innovative ventures from a deep belief that technology and data can create transformative human experiences. His career spans nearly two decades focused on leveraging data science, AI, and analytics to drive organizational transformation and empower individuals to reach their full potential.
As Global Analytics Strategy & Design Lead at Accenture, Mike led a significant team driving employee experience for professionals worldwide. His innovations have revolutionized how organizations approach talent development and workforce planning.
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