Episode 17 – Yenza3

This time around we sit down with this unique consulting firm that helps organizations align user experience, content and technology across the core processes of knowledge management. Join Yenza3's Anuj Rastogi, Shveta Malhan and Martin Byrne join StartWell's founder Qasim Virjee in this fun conversation that explores some of their own career history that lead to forming this consultancy, why people need to feel empowered within organizations and how important culture is to companies. [expand title="Podcast Transcript"] Qasim Virjee 0:11 Zach once again for this 17th episode of the struggle podcast. I am circles founder and CEO Qasim Virjee. Sitting here in the studio is always well, not always I don't only sit in the studio, I go to other rooms at our campus on King Street in Toronto, regardless, but we are back in the studio this time with very interesting trio that call themselves Enza three. I'll let them explain what you guys do and introduce yourselves and your thing. Roll call. Anuj Rastogi 0:44 So this is a new Jogi. I'm one of the three co founders of Ian's three. Shveta Malhan 0:50 I'm Shweta. Mohan, part of Enza three. Martin Byrne 0:53 And I'm Martin Bern, also part of the Enza three. Qasim Virjee 0:57 Okay, so straight up. Obviously, the three is the three of you, is it No, Anuj Rastogi 1:01 it's got the sort of many, many layers to this. So yeah, Qasim Virjee 1:05 quadruple entendre Anuj Rastogi 1:06 Yeah, totally quadruple entendre. So we we had already kind of settled on this name Enzo, which actually, Martin came across. It's a Zulu word of all things, to create something in such a way with a group of people that ensures buy in. So it's essentially the Sulu word for design thinking. And as we start to think about, you know, what we want to be when we grew up, three kind of just worked its way in because there's three of us. There's three different perspectives on looking at the problem of learning and knowledge management in organizations. And it just sounded funky. Yeah, three is a Martin Byrne 1:42 magic number. Yeah, absolutely. De la Qasim Virjee 1:45 for life. For life. Della Absolutely. Mandy Tong. Martin Byrne 1:51 I saw them at the beer festival a few years ago. And I would you say the beer festival? Yeah, the beer festival de la Sol came to the beer festival in Toronto and played? Well, it was it was wonderful. It was wonderful to go back. And remember how great there was that period where there was like rappers going through this really, fellas? It's Martin Byrne 2:06 a great time. Martin Byrne 2:07 It was a great time. You know, it's funny, it Qasim Virjee 2:09 happens almost every time and listeners, you know, regular listeners on our podcast will agree with me on this hopefully. Something about being in a studio makes people feel like it's a safe space, and you can open up. And we always get nostalgic every time that awesome old man. Martin Byrne 2:30 Rapping the day. You don't know hip hop? Qasim Virjee 2:33 Drake? Call yourself a hip hop artist mumble rap? Yes, Anuj Rastogi 2:41 yeah. So that's the end of the three. Qasim Virjee 2:45 How did you guys come together to form and we'll talk about the work that you do. But what's How did you meet? And how old is this firm? Anuj Rastogi 2:53 We're almost a year and a half old at this point. Right? But with a lot more experience behind Qasim Virjee 2:58 it, of course. So yeah, how did you come together? Shveta Malhan 3:01 So we were fortunate to get together at clique clique has been instrumental in bringing us together, click out, right, we were part of clique learning solutions at clique. And we just happen to get assigned to a really cool project that was going on at clique. And that's where our adventure of working together as a team dream team started Dream Te