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This Podcast is created and curated by Deepak Jayaraman (an Executive Coach and a Leadership Advisor). He lives in Mumbai and works with successful Senior Executives by helping them play to their unique potential but with a sharp focus on transitions (business or career). Just like businesses need t… read more

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February 22nd, 2024

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683: EP7 Connecting the Dots - Staying resilient through quakes

February 27th, 2024

1:26:33
This episode of Connecting the Dots deals with STAYING RESILIENT THROUGH QUAKES. We explore what it takes to be resilient as an individual and go on …

682: EP6: Connecting the Dots - Building Habits that stick

January 24th, 2024

58:55
This episode of Connecting the Dots deals with Building Habits that stick. This is that time of the year when your new year resolutions meet the …

681: EP5: Connecting the Dots - Breathing Life into Work

November 27th, 2023

1:22:48
This episode of Connecting the Dots deals with BREATHING LIFE INTO WORK. A lot of us, consciously or sub-consciously end up putting work on our pedestal and relegate the other elements of life to a distant second. In …

680: EP4: Connecting the Dots - Identity

September 28th, 2023

1:38:44
This episode of Connecting the Dots deals with IDENTITY. When we look at issues around transitions, reinventing ourselves and navigating the pulls …

679: EP3: Connecting the Dots - Listening

August 30th, 2023

1:03:34
Welcome to CONNECTING THE DOTS - Episode 3. The first two were on Internal and External Self-Awareness. This one is on Listening! How do we listen to others, ourselves, our heart, our body, our inner voice and much much …

678: EP2: Connecting the Dots - External Self-awareness

August 2nd, 2023

42:14
Welcome to the second episode of CONNECTING THE DOTS. We pick a theme for every episode and try and look at that topic from multiple lenses. Where …

677: EP1: Connecting the Dots - Internal Self-awareness

July 8th, 2023

46:14
Welcome to the first episode of CONNECTING THE DOTS. We pick a theme for every episode and try and look at that topic from multiple lenses. Where …

102.00 David Noble & Carol Kauffman on Real-time Leadership

May 20th, 2023

1:17:20
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Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. This quote is attributed to Viktor Emil …

676: 102.01 David and Carol - The MOVE framework

May 20th, 2023

6:17
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Carol and David speak about their M.O.V.E framework; M – Mindful, O – Options Generating, V – Validating the Vantage Point, E – …

676: 102.02 David and Carol - 3 Dimensions of Mindful Alertness

May 20th, 2023

12:29
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Carol and David speak about 3 different dimensions of Mindfulness that leaders need in every context. They suggest that we are …

676: 102.03 David and Carol - Waypower over Willpower

May 20th, 2023

16:29
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Carol and David speak about how we can adopt multiple approaches to a situation. They borrow from the notion of fight, flight, fright …

676: 102.04 David and Carol - Validating the vantage point

May 20th, 2023

6:55
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Carol and David speak about Validating the vantage point that a leader has. They speak about the various elements of a vantage point …

676: 102.05 David and Carol - Vantage point during transitions

May 20th, 2023

8:52
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Carol and David speak about how leaders who inherit a new context (external candidates or even internally promoted individuals) need …

676: 102.06 David and Carol - Engage and effect change

May 20th, 2023

9:30
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Carol and David speak about how leaders can engage and effect change once they have been mindful across 3 dimensions, have generated …

676: 102.07 David and Carol - MOVE in a Coaching Context

May 20th, 2023

5:10
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Carol and David speak about how one could apply the MOVE framework in the context of Coaching. Carol speaks about how sometimes we …

675: 101.00 - Stephen M.R. Covey on Trust and Inspire - Uncut

April 13th, 2023

1:30:50
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Stephen M. R. Covey is an American writer and public speaker and the author of the books: The SPEED of Trust, Smart Trust, and Trust & …

675: 101.1 Stephen M.R. Covey - Growing out of father's shadows

April 13th, 2023

10:30
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Stephen speaks about how he initially focused on the business side of things while his father was the ‘larger than life’ thought leader. He speaks about how, over time, his insights around the high cost …

675: 101.2 Stephen M.R. Covey - Decoding "Trust and Inspire"

April 13th, 2023

10:08
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Stephen speaks about how Command and Control has evolved from being authoritarian in the Industrial age to becoming what he calls …

675: 101.3 Stephen M.R. Covey - Trusting despite scarcity

April 13th, 2023

6:50
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Stephen speaks about how a lot of us grow up in the context of scarcity in our early years but as we grow to leadership levels, we need to embrace a very different paradigm of abundance to lead by …

675: 101.4 Stephen M.R. Covey - Shifting the paradigm through beliefs

April 13th, 2023

11:37
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Stephen speaks about five underlying beliefs that are at the heart of a Trust and Inspire approach. 1) People have greatness inside …

675: 101.5 Stephen M.R. Covey - Spotting and unlocking Potential

April 13th, 2023

15:32
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Stephen speaks about how we can tune into micro-moments where we get a glimpse of what somebody might be capable of. He says that if we don’t look for it, we will never find it. He goes on to talk about …

675: 101.6 Stephen M.R. Covey - Trust and Inspire at scale

April 13th, 2023

4:34
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Stephen speaks about why Fast is Slow while Slow is Fast when it comes to matters of trust. He speaks about the upfront investment that is often needed in running Trust and Inspire in a large …

675: 101.7 Stephen M.R. Covey - The Trust Equation

April 13th, 2023

8:50
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Stephen speaks about the Trust equation that is often attributed to Charles Green and David Maister. He reconciles his model around Trust with the various variables in the Trust Equation (Credibility, …

675: 101.8 Stephen M.R. Covey - Guardrails while extending trust

April 13th, 2023

6:00
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Stephen speaks about some elements to look out for before extending trust to somebody. He speaks about three things in this context …

675: 101.9 Stephen M.R. Covey - T&I in paradigm, C&C in the moment

April 13th, 2023

5:23
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Stephen speaks about how we can lead from a paradigm of ‘Trust and Inspire’ but choose to go ‘Command and Control’ in the moment …

674: 100.00 Christopher Clarey on Roger Federer's journey

March 23rd, 2023

1:26:18
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Roger Federer is somebody who needs no introduction. While, Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal have overtaken him in terms of the overall Grand Slams won, when there is a discussion about the Greatest of All Time …

673: 100.01 Christopher Clarey - Signs of early potential

March 23rd, 2023

5:47
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Chris speaks about how people were talking about Roger’s potential when he was just 13 or 14. He speaks about how Regis Brunet saw Roger in action in Florida and then immediately ran to the payphone to …

673: 1000.2 Christopher Clarey - Parenting influences on Roger

March 23rd, 2023

11:41
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Chris discusses Robert and Lynette’s parenting style on Roger. Not putting the child on a pedestal given his precocity, having goals to de-risk the path, handing out consequences when the child crosses …

673: 100.03 Christopher Clarey - Roger's curiosity and empathy

March 23rd, 2023

4:27
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Chris speaks about Roger’s curiosity and empathy when he met somebody. He speaks about how he would always be curious about where the …

673: 100.04 Christopher Clarey - Managing down-time between rallies

March 23rd, 2023

4:41
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Chris speaks about the fact that players often have 60-70% of match-time when they are not playing a point where they have to channel their focus and attention. He speaks about how Roger managed these …

673: 100.05 Christopher Clarey - Secret to Roger's longevity

March 23rd, 2023

10:38
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Chris speaks about Roger’s ability to context switch instantaneously from one situation to another. He also speaks about how Roger decided to declutter his plate by choosing to play fewer tournaments …

673: 100.06 Christopher Clarey - How Roger picked his Coaches

March 23rd, 2023

8:57
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Chris speaks about how Roger thought about his Coaches at various points in time and how he moved from Peter Carter to Peter Lundgren …

673: 100.07 Christopher Clarey - Bouncing back from a rough patch

March 23rd, 2023

4:43
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Chris speaks about how Roger came back from different phases of his career when he was having a rough patch. He speaks about how, at …

673: 100.08 Christopher Clarey - Roger the businessman

March 23rd, 2023

6:49
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Chris discusses how Roger earned about USD 125 Million in prize money but more than USD 1 Billion in earnings. He says that this …

673: 100.09 Christopher Clarey - In Summary – Playing to Potential

March 23rd, 2023

3:24
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Chris speaks about his take on the term – Play to Potential. He also says that whether somebody is playing to his or her potential is a matter of perspective and opinion. He says that Gunter Bresnik (a …

673: 100.10 Christopher Clarey - Sowing the seeds for the next innings

March 23rd, 2023

4:47
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Chris speaks about how Roger thought about success at various points in time but at the same time was sowing the seeds for his next innings of his life (e.g., the connect with Bill Gates in the context …

672: 99.00 Michiel Kruyt on Deliberate Calm - How to Learn and Lead in a Volatile World

February 25th, 2023

1:10:58
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Michiel Kruyt is CEO of IMAGINE, an advisory boutique helping executive teams develop future fit leadership and company vision. He had a fifteen-year career at McKinsey and Co, where he was a partner focusing on …

672: 99.01 Michiel Kruyt - HUL to McKinsey to Transformation Work

February 25th, 2023

10:04
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Michiel speaks about the arc of his journey and how he shifted trajectories over time and over time his interests and passions shifted from Sales, Marketing and General Management at Unilever to driving …

672: 99.02 Michiel Kruyt - Pausing to Reinvent

February 25th, 2023

6:33
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Michiel speaks about how he takes various retreats (3 days, 10 days, 6 months etc) at various points in time and how that often creates the space for new things to emerge.

GUEST

Michiel Kruyt is CEO of …

672: 99.03 Michiel Kruyt - Learning Zone vs Protective Zone

February 25th, 2023

8:17
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Michiel speaks about how our behaviour comes in the way of our learning when the stakes become higher. He speaks about the link between how team members listen and the link with learning.

GUEST

Michiel …

672: 99.04 Michiel Kruyt - Accessing your Skylight

February 25th, 2023

11:10
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Michiel speaks about how leaders can access their skylight and what rituals they can build before, during and after an event.

GUEST

Michiel Kruyt is CEO of IMAGINE, an advisory boutique helping …

672: 99.05 Michiel Kruyt - Ladder of Self-Awareness

February 25th, 2023

9:56
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Michiel speaks about the different levels of Self-Awareness and speaks about how we can slowly move up the ladder. 1) Bliss or Ignorance 2) Delayed Awareness. 3) Perceptive 4) Resilient 5) Adaptive. He …

672: 99.06 Michiel Kruyt - The infiniteness of Purpose

February 25th, 2023

3:47
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Michiel speaks about how Ambition can be a finite resource which could empty at some point in time but Purpose can be a perennially …

672: 99.07 Michiel Kruyt - Criticality of recovery

February 25th, 2023

5:53
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Michiel speaks about the criticality of rest and recovery for a leader to be effective. He speaks about how the recovery period could …

672: 99.08 Michiel Kruyt - Collective Icebergs and Team Dominos

February 25th, 2023

12:56
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Michiel speaks about how in a team, we can have a chain reaction where people end up triggering each other and that could really be …

671: 98.00 Jeffrey Pfeffer on 7 Rules on of Power - Uncut

January 20th, 2023

1:08:16
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Jeffrey Pfeffer has been teaching at Stanford since 1979. He has Co-Authored or Authored 16 books, the last one being, 7 Rules of Power. He is …

671: 98.01 Jeffrey Pfeffer - Autonomy vs Power

January 20th, 2023

6:04
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Jeffrey speaks about how he came around to studying Power. He also goes on to speak about the kinds of career choices he has made and what he has said No to over time as his Power increased over time.

671: 98.02 Jeffrey Pfeffer - Power and Value Neutrality

January 20th, 2023

4:44
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Jeffrey speaks about how nuclear energy can be a boon if used to generate electricity but could be a bane if it is used to make a …

671: 98.03 Jeffrey Pfeffer - Implication of being judgmental

January 20th, 2023

4:48
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Jeffrey speaks about how being judgmental comes in the way of learning and can drive people away from us. He speaks about how Steve …

671: 98.04 Jeffrey Pfeffer - Projecting Power vs Humility

January 20th, 2023

9:49
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Jeffrey speaks about how the opposite of humility might be something like Narcissism. He also speaks about Jim Collins work around …

671: 98.05 Jeffrey Pfeffer - Higher Power and Poorer Signals

January 20th, 2023

8:35
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Jeffrey speaks about how, when people become more powerful, they stop getting meaningful feedback given the power dynamic. He also …

671: 98.06 Jeffrey Pfeffer - Vulnerability and Power

January 20th, 2023

4:56
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Jeffrey speaks about how one needs to be careful about showing vulnerability while climbing the Corporate Ladder.

GUEST

Jeffrey …

671: 98.07 Jeffrey Pfeffer - True to which Self?

January 20th, 2023

3:28
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Jeffrey speaks about being true to oneself as a limiting construct. He says that by being true to some version of self in the past, we might be limiting our possibilities.

GUEST

Jeffrey Pfeffer has …

671: 98.08 Jeffrey Pfeffer - Warmth Vs Competence

January 20th, 2023

3:12
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Jeffrey speaks about how we need to be careful about how we signal our warmth vs how we project our competence especially in …

671: 98.09 Jeffrey Pfeffer - IKEA effect and Escalation of Commitment

January 20th, 2023

3:34
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Jeffrey speaks about how one could think about engaging people and creating a certain stickiness to the commitment they make as a …

670: Top 10 Insights from 2022

December 23rd, 2022

40:34
Merry Christmas and Best wishes for 2023! 

As we wind down 2022, we share the Highlights from the year gone by. If you have been following the …

669: 97.00 David Bradford on Connect - Building Exceptional Relationships with Family, Friends and Colleagues

December 3rd, 2022

1:19:02
GUEST

David has been teaching the landmark Interpersonal Dynamics course (informally called as Touchy Feely by many) at Stanford for over 50 years. He has distilled some of his learnings and insight from these five …

669: 97.01 David Bradford - Markers of an "exceptional" relationship

December 3rd, 2022

9:47
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David shares 6 markers of what he calls as “Exceptional Relationship”. 1) You can be more fully yourself and so can the other …

669: 97.02 David Bradford - Healthy feedback - not crossing the net

December 3rd, 2022

8:54
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David speaks about how there are three realities in any conversation between A and B. 1) A’s intent 2) A’s behaviour 3) Impact of A’s behaviour on B. A can see 1 and 2 and B can see 2 and 3. The …

669: 97.03 David Bradford - Idea to behavioural change

December 3rd, 2022

3:57
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David speaks about why it is often so hard for us to stay on the same side of the net. He links that to our tendency to go for the simple plausible story and build misplaced conviction around it.

GUEST

669: 97.04 David Bradford - Building an emotional vocabulary

December 3rd, 2022

10:33
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David speaks about how critical it is for us to tune into what we are feeling at various points in the day. Not just for the surges in emotions but the mild emotions that are often humming in us through …

669: 97.05 David Bradford - Deepening the trust in a relationship

December 3rd, 2022

3:45
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David speaks about how he starts with a trusting posture in a relationship and how that could help us build a positive spiral of …

669: 97.06 David Bradford - Nuances in giving good feedback

December 3rd, 2022

9:41
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David speaks about the limitations of the feedback sandwich where the detailed negative feedback is often sandwiched between cursory positive feedback. He speaks about a better way of delivering direct …

669: 97.07 David Bradford - Leaning into the messiness to move forward

December 3rd, 2022

7:10
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David speaks about how we can quick get embroiled in a conflict situation and we need to wade past the swamp to move to a better …

669: 97.08 David Bradford - Repair and restoration of relationships

December 3rd, 2022

6:32
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David speaks about how at least one of the individuals needs to take responsibility to drive the repair and restoration and rejuvenation of the relationship.

GUEST

David has been teaching the landmark …

669: 97.09 David Bradford - Personality vs Behaviour - Understanding change

December 3rd, 2022

5:51
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David speaks about personality (which is often hard-wired) and behaviour (often in the realm of growth and change). He speaks about how we cannot use our personality as an excuse for our behaviour.

GUEST

669: 97.10 David Bradford - Helping kids learn interpersonal skills

December 3rd, 2022

5:09
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David speaks about the few things we need to bear in mind as we help build the Interpersonal muscle with the kids. He underscores a …

669: 97.11 David Bradford - Displaying the right kind of vulnerability

December 3rd, 2022

5:34
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David speaks about how it is important to signal the right kind of vulnerability when we work with others. He makes the distinction …

668: 96.00 Ethan Kross on Chatter – The voice in our head

November 17th, 2022

1:02:52
GUEST

Ethan is one of the world’s leading experts on controlling the conscious mind. He is an award-winning professor in the University of …

668: 96.01 Ethan Kross - Going 'inside' as a child

November 17th, 2022

4:26
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Ethan speaks about the role of his father in shaping his interests. He speaks about his father’s interest in the Bhagavad Gita and …

668: 96.02 Ethan Kross - Defining Chatter

November 17th, 2022

7:14
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Ethan defines the term Chatter. He uses Chatter as a term to capture the breadth of the different experiences all of which the common feature is looping over the negative thoughts, going down the rabbit …

668: 96.03 Ethan Kross - Rafael Nadal and Rituals

November 17th, 2022

7:33
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Ethan speaks about the role of rituals in helping us manage chatter. He goes on to speak about how Champions like Rafael Nadal take …

668: 96.04 Ethan Kross - Inner voice vs Inner chatter

November 17th, 2022

3:29
NUGGET CONTEXT

Ethan speaks about the line between having negative thoughts (which can help us move forward) and Negative Chatter that get us into an unproductive never-ending loop that can prevent us from making …

668: 96.05 Ethan Kross - Time travel, Distancing and Awe

November 17th, 2022

12:23
NUGGET CONTEXT

Ethan speaks about some of the strategies that he uses to manage Chatter. He speaks about effectively undertaking time travel and how we can ensure that while we undertake time travel, we don’t get stuck …

668: 96.06 Ethan Kross - Inner voice - Zooming feature of our minds

November 17th, 2022

5:32
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Ethan suggests that our Mind is often functions like a lens when it looks at a situation while our Inner Voice functions like a Zoom button. We have a choice of whether we want to stay Zoomed In our Out …

668: 96.07 Ethan Kross - Journaling and Chatter

November 17th, 2022

6:31
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Ethan speaks about how Journaling, more specifically, Expressive Writing can act as a distancing mechanism, provide closure and act as a meaning making mechanism to some of the Chatter we experience in …

668: 96.08 Ethan Kross - Allowing Venting Vs Coaching

November 17th, 2022

7:59
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Ethan speaks about how we could be effective in helping people deal with Chatter. He suggests that while we need to play a role of …

667: 95.00 Manjari Jaruhar - The story of Bihar’s first Woman IPS officer

November 3rd, 2022

1:57:41
GUEST
Manjari Jauhar is Bihar’s first IPS officer and one of the first five IPS officer in India (Kiran Bedi being the first). 

After an unexpected …

667: 95.01 Manjari Jaruhar - Leaving the past behind

November 3rd, 2022

13:59
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Manjari speaks about the challenges she experiences in her first marriage and how she had the courage to walk out of the relationship …

667: 95.02 Manjari Jaruhar -Raising an independent girl child

November 3rd, 2022

6:43
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Manjari speaks about what it takes to raise an independent girl child. We specifically touch upon the notion of ensuring that the girl makes choices that make her financially independent which in turn …

667: 95.03 Manjari Jaruhar -The art of investigation

November 3rd, 2022

10:47
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Manjari speaks about the art of investigation and interrogation. She first speaks about how the approach of investigation is often very different depending on the context of the crime. She goes on to …

667: 95.04 Manjari Jaruhar -Dealing with grey

November 3rd, 2022

8:15
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Manjari speaks about some of the situations at work where she had to balance the multiple egos and agendas and find an approach that …

667: 95.05 Manjari Jaruhar -Staying positive

November 3rd, 2022

10:11
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Manjari speaks about how she manages to stay positive despite the nature of her profession that brings her in touch with a lot of human suffering. She also speaks about how she has managed to …

667: 95.06 Manjari Jaruhar -Managing dual careers

November 3rd, 2022

9:27
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Manjari speaks about how she and her husband (also a batchmate from National Police Academy) juggled their careers and personal lives …

667: 95.07 Manjari Jaruhar -Taking charge in a new role

November 3rd, 2022

9:23
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Manjari speaks about some of her insights around how she would settle into a new role. She specifically speaks about how her approach …

667: 95.08 Manjari Jaruhar -Driving human transformation

November 3rd, 2022

6:23
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In my experience of having worked with leaders, I have realized that outcomes often depend on the mindset of the coachee than the skill-set of the coach.

GUEST
Manjari Jauhar is Bihar’s first IPS …

667: 95.09 Manjari Jaruhar -Finding your style as a woman

November 3rd, 2022

10:54
NUGGET CONTEXT
Manjari speaks about how she embraced her femininity as a Police Officer rather than trying to develop a cold exterior to fit into a …

666: 94.00 Tarun Khanna on Leadership to Last

September 14th, 2022

1:14:09
GUEST

Tarun Khanna is the Jorge Paulo Lemann Professor at the Harvard Business School (HBS), where he has sought for two decades to study the …

666: 94.01 Tarun Khanna - Leaders that build to last

September 14th, 2022

6:00
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Tarun speaks about the traits that separate the entrepreneurs that Build to Last from the rest. He calls out three elements. 1) Audacity of intent 2) Humility of demeanour 3) Steadfastness of Purpose.

666: 94.02 Tarun Khanna - Playing the long game

September 14th, 2022

8:32
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Tarun speaks about what keeps the entrepreneurs going over the long term. He speaks about how family businesses have a fabric and provide a safety net that ensures that businesses endure over the long …

666: 94.03 Tarun Khanna - Passing the Baton

September 14th, 2022

9:38
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Tarun speaks about how family businesses think about the next generation coming into the family business. He speaks about how sometimes the next-gen wants to pursue a different path and how they walk the …

666: 94.04 Tarun Khanna - Driving self-discovery with Next-gen

September 14th, 2022

13:04
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Tarun speaks about how enduring families think of dealing with the question of the next generation entering the business. He speaks …

666: 94.05 Tarun Khanna - Professional CEOs in Family Businesses

September 14th, 2022

9:11
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Tarun speaks about how Entrepreneurs think about the Principal Agency problem when it comes to recruiting CEOs. Entrepreneurs are often playing the “infinite game” with the enterprise while the leaders …

666: 94.06 Tarun Khanna - Compassionate Capitalism

September 14th, 2022

5:22
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Tarun speaks about how Family businesses in emerging economies proactively fill in to take care of elements of Public Good that are …

666: 94.07 Tarun Khanna - Growing thoughtfully

September 14th, 2022

4:01
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Tarun speaks about how companies that have a self-imposed constraint (focusing on values, lower corruption or something similar) are likely to grow at a slower pace than a company that is focusing on …

666: 94.08 Tarun Khanna - In Summary - Playing to Potential

September 14th, 2022

4:13
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Tarun expands on what the term Play to Potential means to him. He speaks about how given the human condition only about 7/8th of our potential is being tapped. He speaks about the significant unlock if …

665: 93.00 Raghu Ananthanarayanan on Five Seats of Power

August 25th, 2022

2:10:37
GUEST

Raghu is formally trained as an engineer with an MS in Bio-Medical Engineering from IIT, Madras, He has been in immersive involvement in …

665: 93.01 Raghu Ananthanarayanan - Listening to stories as a child

August 25th, 2022

3:39
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Raghu reflects on his childhood and how his grandfather would read the Mahabharata or the Ramayana and also use those stories as an …

665: 93.02 Raghu Ananthnarayanan - Key choices in the journey

August 25th, 2022

10:21
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Raghu speaks about some of his choices post his undergraduate degree from IIT Madras. He speaks about how he was influenced by the times he was in and the people he came in touch with (Student …

665: 93.03 Raghu Ananthanarayanan - Being Dharmic

August 25th, 2022

5:56
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Raghu speaks about the notion of being Dharmic and how it can be simply defined using three filters – 1) How is it enlivening you? 2) How is it enlivening the person you are interacting with? 3) How is …

665: 93.04 Raghu Ananthanarayanan - Five Pandava archetypes

August 25th, 2022

5:56
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Raghu speaks about the distinction between Archetypes and Stereotypes when it comes to relating to some of the historical characters like the Pandavas. He goes on to talk about the defining …

665: 93.05 Raghu Ananthanarayanan - Counterpoints to each archetype

August 25th, 2022

13:58
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Raghu goes into depth about how for every Pandava Archetype, there is a Counterpoint on the Kaurava side who has similar set of skills but the difference is the orientation (dharmic vs adharmic). He also …

665: 93.06 Raghu Ananthanarayanan - Resolving Dharmasankatas

August 25th, 2022

9:18
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Raghu speaks about the notion of resolving Dharmasankatas – the double bind situations where there are no easy answers. He speaks …

665: 93.07 Raghu Ananthanarayanan - Karna and Krishna - the conversation that never happened

August 25th, 2022

11:28
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Raghu makes an interesting observation. He says that while Bhagwad Gita was a discussion between Krishna and Arjuna on the various …

665: 93.08 Raghu Ananthanarayanan - Accessing Equanimity

August 25th, 2022

8:34
NUGGET CONTEXT

Raghu expands on the notion of Shantham and calls it the state of quiet high potential but something that is completely silent. He likens it to some one like a Roger Federer who is in “flow”. He calls it …

665: 93.09 Raghu Ananthanarayanan - Evolving Leadership Paradigms

August 25th, 2022

10:48
NUGGET CONTEXT

Raghu speaks about the evolving paradigm of leadership and how that is likely to look like a combination of Arjuna, Nakula and …

665: 93.10 Raghu Ananthanarayanan - Doing versus Being

August 25th, 2022

13:51
NUGGET CONTEXT

Raghu speaks about the distinction between DOING and BEING. He speaks about BEING as a regenerative process, something that heals and nurtures. He also speaks about the need for coherence between what we …

665: 93.11 Raghu Ananthanarayanan - Creating the emotional infrastructure

August 25th, 2022

11:46
NUGGET CONTEXT

Raghu speaks about the Nakula archetype that often creates the emotional infrastructure in an organization. He speaks about how such …

665: 93.12 Raghu Ananthanarayanan - Balam and Shakti - External and Internal forces

August 25th, 2022

5:35
NUGGET CONTEXT

Raghu spells out the distinction between Shakti (internal forces) and Balam (external forces). He expands on each and discusses them. He speaks about three types of Balam – Asana Balam (Position, Status, …

665: 93.13 Raghu Ananthanarayanan - Journey as an action researcher

August 25th, 2022

11:50
NUGGET CONTEXT

Raghu speaks about his journey on three fronts as an action researcher – Understanding how Systems work, Study of Yoga in depth with …

664: 92.00 Thomas Wedell-Wedellsborg on The Art of framing the problems to solve

July 7th, 2022

1:16:36
GUEST

Thomas Wedell-Wedellsborg is the author of What’s Your Problem? (Harvard Business Press, 2020), a book on how to solve the right problems. …

664: 92.01 Thomas Wedell-Wedellsborg - Elevator problem and reframing

July 7th, 2022

6:31
NUGGET CONTEXT

Thomas speaks about the context behind the fact that we have mirrors in elevators and speaks about the criticality of not taking …

664: 92.02 Thomas Wedell-Wedellsborg - Myth of the false binary

July 7th, 2022

9:40
NUGGET CONTEXT

Thomas speaks about the myth of the False Binary and how that can lead us to choosing from a limited set of options. It is a very …

664: 92.03 Thomas Wedell-Wedellsborg - Framing existential questions

July 7th, 2022

8:27
NUGGET CONTEXT

Thomas speaks about the challenges in framing questions that are specific to our journeys. Philosopher Rene Descartes asked the question – Who am I? Is that the right question? Or is it something else? …

664: 92.04 Thomas Wedell-Wedellsborg - Presented vs Open-ended problems

July 7th, 2022

11:23
NUGGET CONTEXT

Thomas speaks about presented problems versus open-ended problems. He says that there are three types of open-ended problems, …

664: 92.05 Thomas Wedell-Wedellsborg - Focusing on the underlying

July 7th, 2022

10:35
NUGGET CONTEXT

Thomas says that designers distinguish between features and benefits, negotiators distinguish between positions and interests and …

664: 92.06 Thomas Wedell-Wedellsborg - Teaching Reframing to kids

July 7th, 2022

5:45
NUGGET CONTEXT

Thomas speaks about how we can teach reframing to kids, something that we don’t explicitly discuss with children. He speaks about …

664: 92.07 Thomas Wedell-Wedellsborg - Eliciting authentic responses

July 7th, 2022

7:25
NUGGET CONTEXT

Thomas speaks about what we could do in the way we frame the questions so that we can elicit candid responses from the other side.

664: 92.08 Thomas Wedell-Wedellsborg - Labeling emotions

July 7th, 2022

8:21
NUGGET CONTEXT

Thomas speaks about the criticality of labelling emotions that the other person is experiencing and that could be an opportunity to …

664: 92.09 Thomas Wedell-Wedellsborg - Problem framing and Coaching

July 7th, 2022

11:39
NUGGET CONTEXT

Thomas speaks about the power of problem framing in the context of Coaching. The way we frame a problem can have a profound implication on the path we undertake.

GUEST

Thomas Wedell-Wedellsborg …

663: 91.00 Ayelet Fishbach on How to "Get It Done": Surprising Lessons from the Science of Motivation - UNCUT

June 8th, 2022

1:18:46
GUEST

Ayelet Fishbach, Ph.D., is the Jeffrey Breakenridge Keller Professor of Behavioral Science and Marketing at the University of Chicago, Booth …

663: 91.01 Ayelet Fishbach - Goal setting - a Goldilocks balance

June 8th, 2022

7:03
NUGGET CONTEXT

Ayelet speaks about the four steps involved in Goal setting and what it takes in getting the right balance between inspiration and …

663: 91.02 Ayelet Fishbach - Goals and the long game

June 8th, 2022

4:27
NUGGET CONTEXT

Ayelet speaks about how we should think about Goals for the long term. They need to be enough of a stretch but at the same time, …

663: 91.03 Ayelet Fishbach -Parenting and Psychological reactance

June 8th, 2022

6:56
NUGGET CONTEXT

Ayelet speaks about the notion of Psychological reactance – the tendency to “not do” what you are told to do. She speaks …

663: 91.04 Ayelet Fishbach -Choices post financial independence

June 8th, 2022

8:22
NUGGET CONTEXT

Ayelet speaks about how having clear goals can show us the path but our ability to stick to the path is determined by our intrinsic motivation in walking that journey and the joy we experience in it.

663: 91.05 Ayelet Fishbach -Connecting with our future self

June 8th, 2022

10:52
NUGGET CONTEXT

We normally think of empathy when we think of the way we connect with others. Ayelet speaks about how we could build a deeper …

663: 91.06 Ayelet Fishbach -Glass half full or half empty

June 8th, 2022

6:29
NUGGET CONTEXT

Ayelet speaks about how we should think about “glass half full or empty” when it comes to motivating ourselves or others around us. …

663: 91.07 Ayelet Fishbach -Motivating ourselves during the long middle

June 8th, 2022

8:02
NUGGET CONTEXT

Ayelet speaks about the fact that we often have celebrations at the beginning of a journey and at the end of the journey and it is the long messy middle during which we often struggle to find the …

663: 91.08 Ayelet Fishbach -Mining the silent graveyard

June 8th, 2022

11:14
NUGGET CONTEXT

Ayelet speaks about how there is much more information in failures and in us mining the graveyards of failure than trying to overanalyze the factors behind success. Her assertion is that there is …

663: 91.09 Ayelet Fishbach -Identity and Optimizing vs Satisficing

June 8th, 2022

5:00
NUGGET CONTEXT

Ayelet speaks about the link between our approach to optimizing or satisficing in a certain domain and our identity. She goes on to say that our identity often helps us prioritize across different …

663: 91.10 Ayelet Fishbach -Marie Curie and power of joint goals

June 8th, 2022

5:25
NUGGET CONTEXT

Ayelet speaks about the case of Marie Curie. She wins the Nobel Prize in 1903 with her husband Pierre Curie for discovering …

662: 90.00 Alisa Cohn on From the Start-Up to Grown-Up - UNCUT

May 18th, 2022

1:03:43
GUEST

Alisa has been coaching startup Founders to grow into world-class CEOs for nearly 20 years. She has recently authored the book - From Start-Up to Grown-Up. 

Alisa is a guest lecturer at Harvard and Cornell …

662: 90.01 Alisa Cohn - Triggers and Dopamine Hits

May 18th, 2022

7:10
NUGGET CONTEXT

Alisa speaks about how she gets every Founder to reflect on 4 things – Strengths, Development Areas, Triggers and Dopamine Hits. She goes on to expand on the notion of Triggers and Dopamine Hits and …

662: 90.02 Alisa Cohn - Giving away your Legos

May 18th, 2022

8:49
NUGGET CONTEXT

Alisa speaks about the phenomenon where the Founder, as the company scales up, has to give away some part of the job that he or she really really enjoyed. As the company scales up the Founder often …

662: 90.03 Alisa Cohn - Policing your passion

May 18th, 2022

2:56
NUGGET CONTEXT

Alisa speaks speaks about how with certain Founders, their passion can lead to them turning into a “bully” when they lead teams. …

662: 90.04 Alisa Cohn - Imposter syndrome as a founder

May 18th, 2022

6:19
NUGGET CONTEXT

Alisa speaks about how lonely it is to be a Founder and to manage multiple expectations across a range of stakeholders and when you …

662: 90.05 Alisa Cohn - Stress and Depression

May 18th, 2022

4:28
NUGGET CONTEXT

Alisa speaks about some of the mental health challenges of Entrepreneurship. She says that stress is the child of a start up and depression is the child of stress. She says that Founders are depressed …

662: 90.06 Alisa Cohn - Economics of praise

May 18th, 2022

7:04
NUGGET CONTEXT

Alisa speaks about how authentic praise is such an unused tool in Leadership. She speaks about how the team sometimes can start …

662: 90.07 Alisa Cohn - Handling Leadership transitions

May 18th, 2022

10:09
NUGGET CONTEXT

Alisa speaks about how Entrepreneurs need to be thoughtful about assimilating new leaders and equip the incoming leaders with …

662: 90.08 Alisa Cohn - Co-founder dynamics

May 18th, 2022

10:58
NUGGET CONTEXT

Alisa speaks about some of the elements that Founders overlook when they look for Co-Founders. She also speaks about some of the conflicts that ensue between Co-Founders as the journey carries on.

661: 89.00 Dan Pink on The Power of Regret

April 18th, 2022

1:17:38
GUEST

Daniel H. Pink is the author of five New York Times bestsellers, including his latest, The Power of Regret: How Looking Backward Moves Us Forward, published in February. His other books include the New York …

661: 89.01 Dan Pink - Lawyer to Leadership Thinker

April 18th, 2022

11:22
NUGGET CONTEXT

Dan speaks about his journey from qualifying as a lawyer to what he does now. He also shares his insights around what drives his wide arc of curiosity which has led to him writing about the Mind, the …

661: 89.02 Dan Pink - Regret - The photographic negative

April 18th, 2022

3:18
NUGGET CONTEXT

We all are familiar with the phrase – No regrets! Dan speaks about why it may not be a good idea to say that we do not have regrets. In the book, he actually speaks about an individual who got a Tattoo …

661: 89.03 Dan Pink - Four Core Regrets

April 18th, 2022

6:29
NUGGET CONTEXT

Dan speaks about the Four core regrets that often lie below the surface of the regrets which we often experience – Foundation regrets (I wish I had done the work to lay the foundation when I was …

661: 89.04 Dan Pink - Regrets and Choice

April 18th, 2022

8:22
NUGGET CONTEXT

Dan speaks about the work of Barry Schwartz around regret and teases out the distinction between regret and FOMO (Fear of missing out). He also speaks about how we call can undertake “time travel” to …

661: 89.05 Dan Pink - Counterfactual thinking

April 18th, 2022

6:58
NUGGET CONTEXT

Dan speaks about an interesting piece of research where the study shows that Bronze Medallists are often happier (for being on the podium) than Silver Medallists (who are often upset about missing the …

661: 89.06 Dan Pink - Goldilocks balance in handling regret

April 18th, 2022

8:16
NUGGET CONTEXT

Dan makes the point that a lot of us are not quite taught to cope effectively with negative emotion. He says that we need to be …

661: 89.07 Dan Pink - Inward Outward Forward

April 18th, 2022

7:34
NUGGET CONTEXT

Dan discusses three phases that we might want to go through when we deal with regret. The first step is going inward with self-compassion while processing the regret. The second step is about sharing …

661: 89.08 Dan Pink - Regrets and Transitions

April 18th, 2022

8:29
NUGGET CONTEXT

Dan speaks about the role of regret especially around transitions. He refers to the Japanese art form of Kintsugi which is about …

661: 89.09 Dan Pink - Rifts and Drifts

April 18th, 2022

12:43
NUGGET CONTEXT

Dan speaks about two types of Connection regrets – rifts (an event happens and people separate) and drifts (where people move away from each other slowly). He speaks about having a bias for action when …

660: 88.00 Pradeep Chakravarthy on Lessons from Indian History (Uncut)

April 6th, 2022

58:08
GUEST

Pradeep Chakravarthy is a behaviourist who uses Indian models of L&D to alter behaviour. He has recently published the book - Leadership …

660: 88.01 Pradeep Chakravarthy - How Kings and Queens were groomed

April 6th, 2022

11:37
NUGGET CONTEXT

Pradeep speaks about how potential rulers were encouraged to patronize the arts and the humanities. He refers to the Hitopadesha …

660: 88.02 Pradeep Chakravarthy - Council of Advisors

April 6th, 2022

6:47
NUGGET CONTEXT

Pradeep speaks about how some of the kings assembled the right council of advisors around them to help them through complex situations. He refers to Malik Ambar, Ahilyabai, Serfoji and Aurangzeb in how …

660: 88.03 Pradeep Chakravarthy - Chhatrapati Shivaji and strategic patience

April 6th, 2022

3:34
NUGGET CONTEXT

Pradeep speaks about how kings thought about expansion and consolidation at various points in their reign. It is a little akin to …

660: 88.04 Pradeep Chakravarthy - Journaling

April 6th, 2022

5:27
NUGGET CONTEXT

Pradeep speaks about how some of the greatest rulers had the habit of keeping a journal and touches upon some of the benefits of …

660: 88.05 Pradeep Chakravarthy - Jahanara and her political savviness

April 6th, 2022

3:11
NUGGET CONTEXT

Pradeep speaks about Jahanara Begum who was Shah Jahan’s daughter. Pradeep speaks about how, despite not holding an official title, …

660: 88.06 Pradeep Chakravarthy - Serfoji and Social Development

April 6th, 2022

4:05
NUGGET CONTEXT

Pradeep speaks about Serfoji and how he could have chosen a comfortable life but he decided to go ahead and commit his time and …

660: 88.07 Pradeep Chakravarthy - Content Marketing in the olden days

April 6th, 2022

3:49
NUGGET CONTEXT

Pradeep speaks about Srimanta Sankardev who was a 15th-16th century polymath from Assam. He was a saint-scholar, poet, playwright, …

660: 88.08 Pradeep Chakravarthy - Decline of the Mughal Empire and Corporate Office

April 6th, 2022

6:49
NUGGET CONTEXT

Pradeep speaks about the parallels between how a kingdom expands and the dynamic between the Corporate Office and the various branches. He speaks about the criticality of having a connect with the …

659: 87.00 Ravi Venkatesan on his book - What the heck do I do with my life (Uncut)

March 16th, 2022

1:31:48
GUEST

Ravi Venkatesan has been on the podcast about 5 years back. In that conversation we spoke about his journey and his transition from Cummins …

659: 87.01 Ravi Venkatesan EP 2 - Key choices post the Corporate path

March 16th, 2022

7:15
NUGGET CONTEXT

Ravi speaks about some of the choices he has made post his corporate career spanning Cummins and Microsoft. He speaks about how he …

659: 87.02 Ravi Venkatesan EP 2 - Punctuated Equilibrium

March 16th, 2022

7:28
NUGGET CONTEXT

Ravi speaks about the notion of punctuated equilibrium where long periods of stability are punctuated with occasional periods of extreme change. He speaks about such periods of extreme change can lead …

659: 87.03 Ravi Venkatesan EP 2 - Three roles in the future of work

March 16th, 2022

9:09
NUGGET CONTEXT

Ravi refers to the work of Charles Handy and says that in the future, there will be three broad kinds of work – Creatives, Caregivers and Custodians. He goes on to say that it is critical that we map …

659: 87.04 Ravi Venkatesan EP 2 - Being intentional about life

March 16th, 2022

8:53
NUGGET CONTEXT

Ravi speaks about how it is very easy to drift through life and it is critical for us to be deliberate about the various choices we make. He urges to pay attention to what we are paying attention to.

659: 87.05 Ravi Venkatesan EP 2 - Cultivating an abundance mindset

March 16th, 2022

9:53
NUGGET CONTEXT

Ravi speaks about how we can create a mindset of abundance even if we are in a situation where we might face material scarcity. He speaks about the link with Philanthropy and makes the distinction …

659: 87.06 Ravi Venkatesan EP 2 - Different forms of Capital

March 16th, 2022

8:16
NUGGET CONTEXT

Ravi speaks about the different forms of Capital that we possess and how we can deploy that in the context of a situation. He specifically refers to the conversations at Social Venture Partners, a …

659: 87.07 Ravi Venkatesan EP 2 - Specialization vs Generalization

March 16th, 2022

7:09
NUGGET CONTEXT

Ravi speaks about how he thinks about Specialization and Generalization. He uses the metaphor of Birds and Frogs to talk about the ability to adapt to new environments. He urges us to be a Swiss Army …

659: 87.08 Ravi Venkatesan EP 2 - Unlocking Entrepreneurship

March 16th, 2022

8:19
NUGGET CONTEXT

Ravi speaks about his work with GAME and with Udhyam Foundation along with Mekin Maheshwari and how they have gone about creating a …

659: 87.09 Ravi Venkatesan EP 2 - Leadership next door

March 16th, 2022

8:43
NUGGET CONTEXT

Ravi speaks about what Leadership looks like in daily life. He speaks about instances of people around him that have taken initiative and have assumed Leadership. He says that Leadership is not a Noun, …

659: 87.10 Ravi Venkatesan EP 2 - How will you measure your life

March 16th, 2022

13:27
NUGGET CONTEXT

Ravi speaks about how we could think about measuring our life. He speaks about how he has gone about discovering what makes him …

659: 87.11 Ravi Venkatesan EP 2 - Develop your voice not your brand

March 16th, 2022

6:22
NUGGET CONTEXT

Ravi refers to the phenomenon of Stotting found in the jungles where quadrupeds, especially gazelles, spring in the air and lift all four legs off their ground often to signal their fitness to the …

658: 86.00 Ayse Birsel on Bringing Design Thinking principles in creating a life we love (Uncut)

February 25th, 2022

1:15:53
GUEST

Ayse is an accomplished Industrial Designer and has worked with Brands like Herman Miller, IKEA, Amazon and Toyota. She is the author of Design the Life You Love and gives lectures on Design the Work You Love …

658: 86.01 Ayse Birsel - Journey to becoming a Life Designer

February 25th, 2022

10:40
NUGGET CONTEXT

Ayse speaks about her origins growing up in Turkey in a family of lawyers. She speaks about how she moved towards architecture and subsequently into Industrial Design. She goes on to describe how the …

658: 86.02 Ayse Birsel - Nelson Mandela - a Master Life Designer

February 25th, 2022

8:23
NUGGET CONTEXT

Ayse speaks about why she thinks Nelson Mandela is one of the Master Designers of Life she admires. She speaks about how he evolved …

658: 86.03 Ayse Birsel - Deconstruction and Reconstruction - The 4 step process

February 25th, 2022

12:19
NUGGET CONTEXT

Ayse speaks about her four step deconstruction and reconstruction process that she uses in Life Design. She uses the metaphor of a Chicken Soup to make the point about deriving inspiration to create a …

658: 86.04 Ayse Birsel - Life Design Vs Product Design

February 25th, 2022

8:16
NUGGET CONTEXT

Ayse reflects on the distinction between Life Design and Product Design. She speaks about the fact that in the case of Life Design, there is no “3rd party consumer” which makes it a pure process. We …

658: 86.05 Ayse Birsel - Getting playful about Life Design

February 25th, 2022

7:13
NUGGET CONTEXT

Ayse speaks about how it is critical for us to get playful when we think about coming up with ideas for Life Design. She speaks …

658: 86.06 Ayse Birsel - Life Redesign - How long does it take?

February 25th, 2022

5:38
NUGGET CONTEXT

Ayse speaks about how long it takes for somebody to design their life. She touches upon the benefit of leveraging others’ perspectives and how we can accelerate our design process. We connect the dots …

658: 86.07 Ayse Birsel - The Power of Metaphors

February 25th, 2022

9:11
NUGGET CONTEXT

Ayse speaks about the power of having creative metaphors to help us unearth possibilities. She says that sometimes thinking logically and linearly may not produce the same effect as an “Out of the box” …

658: 86.08 Ayse Birsel - Helping Children Design their life

February 25th, 2022

5:47
NUGGET CONTEXT

Ayse speaks about how we can equip our children to design their life as they set sail on their respective journeys in a world filled with twists and turns. We connect the dots with an insight from …

658: 86.09 Ayse Birsel - Bringing ideas to life

February 25th, 2022

7:16
NUGGET CONTEXT

Ayse speaks about how we move from getting some of these ideas cognitively to making real change happen. She speaks about the …

657: 85.00 Dorie Clark on Playing the Long Game (Uncut)

January 12th, 2022

1:07:57
GUEST

Dorie Clark is an American author and executive education professor at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business. She has recently …

657: 85.01 Dorie Clark - Winding journey to entrepreneurship

January 12th, 2022

5:35
NUGGET CONTEXT

Dorie speaks about how she started with a degree in Theology from Harvard Divinity School and then tried her hand at Journalism, …

657: 85.02 Dorie Clark - Prioritizing sharply

January 12th, 2022

6:29
NUGGET CONTEXT

Dorie speaks about how she has prioritized her time and attention as her practice has picked up over time. She urges us to raise the bar on meeting people as one builds a brand and more and more people …

657: 85.03 Dorie Clark - Beyond retailing time

January 12th, 2022

8:08
NUGGET CONTEXT

Dorie speaks about how Marshall Goldsmith (inspired by Paul Hersey) moved from being an effective Coach to start thinking about his …

657: 85.04 Dorie Clark - Riding an S curve

January 12th, 2022

7:51
NUGGET CONTEXT

Dorie speaks about the life cycle of becoming an expert in an area. She speaks about 4 waves involved here – Learning, Creating, …

657: 85.05 Dorie Clark - Infinite horizon networking

January 12th, 2022

7:44
NUGGET CONTEXT

Dorie speaks about networking over an infinite time horizon which often means connecting with people that are seemingly in a …

657: 85.06 Dorie Clark - Value based pricing

January 12th, 2022

5:34
NUGGET CONTEXT

Dorie speaks about some of the principles around indexing the Pricing to Value which can be quite nebulous when it comes to …

657: 85.07 Dorie Clark - Metrics to measure green shoots

January 12th, 2022

8:09
NUGGET CONTEXT

Dorie speaks about how we should think about situations where the green-shots might take a while to appear especially when we …

657: 85.08 Dorie Clark - Experimenting on the sides

January 12th, 2022

5:24
NUGGET CONTEXT

Dorie speaks about how we can experiment in adjacent spaces with 20% of our time like they encourage in Google.

GUEST

Dorie Clark is an American author and executive education professor at Duke …

657: 85.09 Dorie Clark - Extending the horizon

January 12th, 2022

8:17
NUGGET CONTEXT

Dorie speaks about the time horizon with which we operate and says that if we are able to operate with a longer time horizons, the number of credible competitors around us drops significantly.

GUEST

657: 85.10 Dorie Clark - Being a Lesbian

January 12th, 2022

5:33
NUGGET CONTEXT

Dorie speaks about how she has handled the fact that she is a Lesbian ever since she came out as a teenager. She speaks about how people often take their cues from you and we have an opportunity to …

656: 84.00 Rajiv Vij - The full conversation

December 14th, 2021

1:41:49
GUEST

Rajiv Vij is a life and executive coach, author and speaker. He works with senior leaders of several Fortune 500 companies and other large organisations across Asia and India and has been a coach to industry …

656: 84.01 Rajiv Vij - Stepping off the corporate track

December 14th, 2021

14:12
NUGGET CONTEXT

Rajiv speaks about how he thought about stepping off the corporate track despite being on a very good wicket at Franklin Templeton. He speaks about the growing dissonance within and the quest for …

656: 84.02 Rajiv Vij - Attitude towards Money

December 14th, 2021

7:43
NUGGET CONTEXT

Rajiv speaks about how he thought about money when he decided to step off the financially lucrative corporate track. He also makes the distinction between foregoing future upside versus taking a cut on …

656: 84.03 Rajiv Vij - Key choices as a Coach

December 14th, 2021

6:48
NUGGET CONTEXT

Rajiv speaks about some of the key choices he has made along the way in his journey as a Coach. He speaks about how he kept his North Star front and centre as he thought about various options and …

656: 84.04 Rajiv Vij - Working with the leader as a whole

December 14th, 2021

7:07
NUGGET CONTEXT

Rajiv speaks about why he chooses to work with the leader as a whole and not limit himself to the professional elements. He speaks …

656: 84.05 Rajiv Vij - Building the Spiritual Quotient

December 14th, 2021

5:53
NUGGET CONTEXT

Rajiv speaks about IQ, EQ and SQ and expands on the notion of SQ (Spiritual Quotient). He goes on to talk about the criticality of building self-awareness, having a sense of purpose and taking greater …

656: 84.06 Rajiv Vij - Self acceptance before Self Improvement

December 14th, 2021

12:42
NUGGET CONTEXT

Rajiv speaks about why we need to be non-judgmental when it comes to reflection and journaling. He speaks about why self-acceptance is a prerequisite to self-improvement.

GUEST

Rajiv Vij is a …

656: 84.07 Rajiv Vij - Delegating thoughtfully

December 14th, 2021

5:52
NUGGET CONTEXT

Rajiv speaks about how leaders can be thoughtful about what they delegate thereby creating bandwidth and mind-space for themselves …

656: 84.08 Rajiv Vij - Decoding Executive Presence

December 14th, 2021

7:07
NUGGET CONTEXT

Rajiv breaks down the notion of Executive Presence and speaks about some of the elements that constitutes it. He speaks about importance of gravitas, credibility, quality of communication and …

656: 84.09 Rajiv Vij - Multiple levels of listening

December 14th, 2021

10:43
NUGGET CONTEXT

Rajiv speaks about the different levels of listening. Level 1 – Focusing on the message; Level 2 – Focusing on the emotions of the communicator; Level 3 – Staying tuned to our own emotions as we …

656: 84.10 Rajiv Vij - Being, not just doing

December 14th, 2021

6:03
NUGGET CONTEXT

Rajiv speaks about what it takes to move from a paradigm of doing things to that of being somebody. He says that very often we end up making the being contingent on an outcome or a series of outcomes …

656: 84.11 Rajiv Vij - Staying open to possibilities

December 14th, 2021

7:53
NUGGET CONTEXT

Rajiv elaborates on the benefits of mindfulness. One obvious benefit is that we are able to observe ourselves better. Rajiv goes on …

656: 84.12 Rajiv Vij - Coachee selection

December 14th, 2021

5:43
NUGGET CONTEXT

Rajiv speaks about some of the coachees where he has been able to make a difference and speaks about the commitment of the coachee to the process. He also speaks about the pros and cons of working with …

656: 84.13 Rajiv Vij - Unlocking our potential

December 14th, 2021

7:58
NUGGET CONTEXT

Rajiv interprets the term “Play to Potential” and shares his perspectives on how we should think about the full human potential and …

655: 83.00 Harsh Mariwala - The full conversation

November 28th, 2021

1:11:35
GUEST

Harsh Mariwala is Founder and Chairman of Marico, an FMCG giant well known for brands like Parachute and Saffola. He has recently …

655: 84.01 Harsh Mariwala - Formative years

November 28th, 2021

7:36
NUGGET CONTEXT

Harsh speaks about how his personality was shaped in the early years. He speaks about diverse interests his family members had …

655: 84.02 Harsh Mariwala - Tactful separation

November 28th, 2021

10:26
NUGGET CONTEXT

Harsh speaks about how he tactfully separated from the rest of the family. He speaks about the role that Mr. Bipin Shah (appointed …

655: 84.03 Harsh Mariwala - Remove Escape Buttons

November 28th, 2021

6:48
NUGGET CONTEXT

Harsh speaks about his belief in Prof Ram Charan’s maxim – Remove Escape Buttons. Harsh speaks about how he leveraged this insight in the way he went about pursuing the International Business and …

655: 84.04 Harsh Mariwala - Breaking the Catch-22 of mediocre talent

November 28th, 2021

8:31
NUGGET CONTEXT

Harsh speaks about how he broke the cycle of mediocre talent that a lot of companies struggle to do. He speaks about hiring his CHRO from XLRI and how he went about building the quality of talent from …

655: 84.05 Harsh Mariwala - Growing through feedback

November 28th, 2021

8:05
NUGGET CONTEXT

Harsh speaks about how he has grown as a leader over the years and how he has gone about seeking feedback from the people around him. He speaks about the criticality of setting the right climate for …

655: 84.06 Harsh Mariwala - Unlocking the power of the collective

November 28th, 2021

5:21
NUGGET CONTEXT

Harsh speaks about how he thinks about assembling a good quality Board and extracting value from them.

GUEST

Harsh Mariwala is Founder and Chairman of Marico, an FMCG giant well known for brands …

655: 83.07 Harsh Mariwala - Markers of good talent

November 28th, 2021

5:00
NUGGET CONTEXT

Harsh speaks about how he looks for good talent where it is at an Executive Level or at a Board level. He speaks about the mix of passion, determination and perseverance that he looks for in the …

655: 83.08 Harsh Mariwala - Thinking about Next Gen

November 28th, 2021

3:01
NUGGET CONTEXT

Harsh speaks about how his children are charting their journey. He goes on to say that he would like them to make choices on their …

655: 83.09 Harsh Mariwala – In Summary -Playing to Potential

November 28th, 2021

3:15
NUGGET CONTEXT

Harsh speaks about how he focuses on doubling down on his strengths than wallowing in the development areas. He also speaks about the criticality of seeking feedback as we go through our journeys.

654: 82.00 Sukhinder Cassidy - The full coversation

November 10th, 2021

1:04:44
GUEST

Sukhinder Singh Cassidy is one of Google’s and Silicon Valley’s most respected leaders. She has worked at various tech and media companies …

654: 82.01 Sukhinder Cassidy - Myth of the single choice

November 10th, 2021

7:52
NUGGET CONTEXT

Sukhinder speaks about the myth of the hero’s journey that often goes along with several successful people. She also goes onto say …

654: 82.02 Sukhinder Cassidy - Embracing risk as a discovery process

November 10th, 2021

6:40
NUGGET CONTEXT

Sukhinder speaks about the fact that we often make decisions once we have sized up all the risks and rewards. She says that “take risk and iterate” approach beats “plan and implement” as a strategy. …

654: 82.03 Sukhinder Cassidy - Managing work and life

November 10th, 2021

9:46
NUGGET CONTEXT

Sukhinder speaks about how she has built her self-awareness along the way. She goes on to say that she spends time figuring out …

654: 82.04 Sukhinder Cassidy - Decade long coaching journey

November 10th, 2021

8:57
NUGGET CONTEXT

Sukhinder speaks about her decade long journey with David Lesser and speaks about the different ways in which he added value to …

654: 82.05 Sukhinder Cassidy - Working with Bill Campbell

November 10th, 2021

6:43
NUGGET CONTEXT

Sukhinder speaks about her experiences working with Bill Campbell. She speaks about how he got her to be proud of her team and how he got she and her team to be proud of the “dirt underneath their …

654: 82.06 Sukhinder Cassidy - Moving from a Large Org to a Start up

November 10th, 2021

6:03
NUGGET CONTEXT

Sukhinder speaks about her transition from Google to Accel as a CEO in residence post which she moved in as a CEO at Polyvore. She …

654: 82.07 Sukhinder Cassidy - Discerning what is a good fit

November 10th, 2021

5:05
NUGGET CONTEXT

Sukhinder speaks how one could possibly discern some of the elements around values fit while considering an opportunity at the very …

654: 82.09 Sukhinder Cassidy - Inside out or Outside In

November 10th, 2021

6:34
NUGGET CONTEXT

Sukhinder speaks about the scene from the movie where Nemo’s father catches the East Australian Current to get to Sydney quickly to rescue his son. She speaks about how we can look for some of the …

654: 82.10 Sukhinder Cassidy - Going Deep Vs Broad

November 10th, 2021

6:49
NUGGET CONTEXT

Sukhinder speaks about how we should think about going Broad initially to explore different pathways and then once we know our …

653: 81.00 Lloyd Reeb – The full conversation

October 25th, 2021

1:24:37
GUEST

Lloyd Reeb is a successful real estate developer and owner of retirement housing who made a mid-life transition, looking for greater …

653: 81.01 Lloyd Reeb - Being a Chief Life Officer

October 25th, 2021

13:18
NUGGET CONTEXT

Bob speaks about the notion of a Chief Life Officer, and how each one of us can play that role for ourselves as we go through life. …

653: 81.02 Lloyd Reeb - Pausing after success

October 25th, 2021

11:34
NUGGET CONTEXT

Lloyd speaks about hitting the pause button in 1993 when he got to a position of success and influence. He also speaks about how he manages to build some deep reflection time in the middle of his busy …

653: 81.03 Lloyd Reeb - Deploying Time, Talent and Treasure

October 25th, 2021

9:59
NUGGET CONTEXT

Lloyd speaks about how we all can take stock of our resources (Time, Talent and Treasures) to discover the greatest impact one can make as we go through our journey.

GUEST

Lloyd Reeb is a …

653: 81.04 Lloyd Reeb - Measuring what Matters

October 25th, 2021

10:37
NUGGET CONTEXT

Lloyd speaks about how thinks about impact and makes the distinction between Asset items (things that endure) and Flow items (things that come and go). He speaks about the small things that we (can) do …

653: 81.05 Lloyd Reeb - From Interest to Identity

October 25th, 2021

11:16
NUGGET CONTEXT

Lloyd speaks about how we get interested in a certain topic or an area and how it slowly grows to becoming a part of our identity. He speaks about how we can look for some of the cues from the past to …

653: 81.06 Lloyd Reeb - Position in the team

October 25th, 2021

7:23
NUGGET CONTEXT

Lloyd throws some light on a question that a lot of leaders grapple with – What should be my role in the Social Sector?He speaks …

653: 81.07 Lloyd Reeb - Low Centre of Gravity

October 25th, 2021

9:00
NUGGET CONTEXT

Lloyd refers to the metaphor of Speedcar racing and suggests that the cars are able to be agile and nimble because of their low centre of gravity. He suggests that we take a leaf from that to reduce …

653: 81.08 Lloyd Reeb - Maintaining a Margin

October 25th, 2021

8:18
NUGGET CONTEXT

Lloyd speaks about how we need to think about maintaining a margin across four domains: physical, emotional, financial and …

653: 81.09 Lloyd Reeb - Success or Significance or Satisfaction?

October 25th, 2021

3:56
NUGGET CONTEXT

Lloyd speaks about how he has slowly moved from emphasizing success to significance to satisfaction. He lays out the distinction between these terms and speaks about what it takes to move towards …

652: 80.00 Harish Bhat - The full conversation

October 15th, 2021

1:25:43
GUEST

Harish Bhat is the Brand Custodian of Tata Sons. He has had a ~35 year career at the Tata Group and has held several leadership roles …

652: 80.01 Harish Bhat - Key choices along the way

October 15th, 2021

11:07
NUGGET CONTEXT

35 years after graduating with a Gold Medal in IIMA, Harish speaks about how he thought about some of the key career choices that …

652: 80.02 Harish Bhat - Perspectives on Navigating Career

October 15th, 2021

6:00
NUGGET CONTEXT

Harish speaks about the navigational principles that he has used in his journey. He speaks about how we all could explore for 5-10 …

652: 80.03 Harish Bhat - Taking a pause

October 15th, 2021

5:06
NUGGET CONTEXT

Harish speaks about him taking a sabbatical 25 years into his career. He reflects on the fact that he was in a good place in his career and there were enough forces that were urging him to continue. He …

652: 80.04 Harish Bhat - Art of storytelling

October 15th, 2021

11:49
NUGGET CONTEXT

Harish speaks about 4 elements that need to come together in a good story. It needs to evoke an emotion, involve human spirit, use …

652: 80.05 Harish Bhat - Profits with purpose

October 15th, 2021

9:48
NUGGET CONTEXT

Harish speaks about the three different levels at which the Tata Group tries to make a difference to the communities it operates in. One is at the level of the Tata Trusts and the organizations it …

652: 80.06 Harish Bhat - Identification with Labour and Capital

October 15th, 2021

7:39
NUGGET CONTEXT

Harish speaks about how Tata Group walks the tight rope in terms of focusing on Labour AND Capital. He speaks about how some of the benefits of the efficient use of capital flows back to the people who …

652: 80.07 Harish Bhat - Shaping culture through stories

October 15th, 2021

5:44
NUGGET CONTEXT

Harish speaks about how the Tata Group tries and uses Storytelling as a mechanism to reinforce the culture. He speaks about the …

652: 80.08 Harish Bhat - Competing with a collaborative spirit

October 15th, 2021

4:53
NUGGET CONTEXT

In one of the stories, Harish takes us back to 1930 when the competition was to see who could complete the fastest solo flight …

652: 80.09 Harish Bhat - In Summary - Playing to Potential

October 15th, 2021

2:41
NUGGET CONTEXT

Harish speaks about how we need to have not just focus, energy and discipline, but also creativity and lateral thinking coupled with purpose that we can work towards in our life.
GUEST

Harish Bhat …

651: 79.00 Katy Milkman – The full conversation

September 23rd, 2021

1:15:06
GUEST

Katy Milkman is the James G. Dinan Professor at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and holds a secondary appointment at …

651: 79.01 Katy Milkman - Agassi and Behaviour change

September 23rd, 2021

8:00
NUGGET CONTEXT

Katy speaks about Andre Agassi and the approach Brad Gilbert took with him when he was going through a slump. She says that Brad …

651: 79.02 Katy Milkman - The power of a fresh start

September 23rd, 2021

12:22
NUGGET CONTEXT

Katy speaks about how we all can leverage the power of a fresh start to drive behavioural change. She goes on to say that if we …

651: 79.03 Katy Milkman - Temptation bundling

September 23rd, 2021

8:47
NUGGET CONTEXT

Katy refers to the song “Spoonful of sugar makes the medicine goes down” and speaks about how kids naturally warm up to the notion …

651: 79.04 Katy Milkman - Entering the magic circle

September 23rd, 2021

6:06
NUGGET CONTEXT

Katy speaks about how gamification of something is an art and if done well can really draw people into activities that they might otherwise consider boring. But she also goes on to say that if such …

651: 79.05 Katy Milkman - Benefits of Commitment Devices

September 23rd, 2021

7:50
NUGGET CONTEXT

Katy speaks about the power of constraints and commitment devices which can help us move towards our goals. She refers to what Victor Hugo did when he was faced with a deadline in 1830 to publish his …

651: 79.06 Katy Milkman - Boosting morale instead of Unsolicited advice

September 23rd, 2021

11:17
NUGGET CONTEXT

Katy speaks about one of the attributes of Dr Max Bazerman, her advisor (who has a track record of having several of his students …

651: 79.07 Katy Milkman - Building a robust habit

September 23rd, 2021

8:25
NUGGET CONTEXT

Katy speaks about what it takes to build a robust habit. She speaks about two archetypes – Flexible Fernando and Robust Rachels to illustrate the point. She goes on to say that Fernandos end up …

651: 79.08 Katy Milkman - One goal at a time

September 23rd, 2021

5:16
NUGGET CONTEXT

Katy speaks about the magnitude of change that one can typically hope to undertake. She refers to the example of Ben Franklin who decides to make a fresh start after a phase of debauchery. He goes on …

650: 78.00 Amy Edmondson - The full conversation

September 2nd, 2021

1:14:13
GUEST

Amy C. Edmondson is the Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management at the Harvard Business School. 

Amy has been recognized by the …

650: 78.01 Amy Edmondson - Nuances of Psychological Safety

September 2nd, 2021

6:37
NUGGET CONTEXT

Amy speaks about the way she thinks about Psychological Safety - an environment where people feel free to take interpersonal risks. …

650: 78.02 Amy Edmondson - Implication on Learn-what vs Learn-how

September 2nd, 2021

4:43
NUGGET CONTEXT

Amy speaks about the implication of psychological safety on how team members learn. She makes the distinction between “Learn what” …

650: 78.03 Amy Edmondson - Impact on leadership transitions

September 2nd, 2021

9:21
NUGGET CONTEXT

Amy speaks about how psychological safety becomes even more critical in the context of a leadership transition. She speaks about …

650: 78.04 Amy Edmondson - Calculus of silence

September 2nd, 2021

4:52
NUGGET CONTEXT

Amy speaks about the asymmetry between silence and speaking up in the way people size up the trade offs. The upsides of speaking up are often felt (if at all) way down the line while the downsides of …

650: 78.05 Amy Edmondson - Traits that drive psychological safety

September 2nd, 2021

4:57
NUGGET CONTEXT

Amy speaks about what traits we should look for in leaders if we are solving for psychological safety in an organization. She …

650: 78.06 Amy Edmondson - Effective feedback processes

September 2nd, 2021

6:49
NUGGET CONTEXT

Amy speaks about the nuances involved in giving and receiving feedback so that it is productive. She speaks about the practices at …

650: 78.07 Amy Edmondson - Rituals that drive psychological safety

September 2nd, 2021

6:32
NUGGET CONTEXT

Amy speaks about how companies have to work hard to create a climate of risk taking. She alludes to failure parties at Eli Lilly and the Museum of Failure at Google X to talk about how companies have …

650: 78.08 Amy Edmondson - Miracle at Fukushima Daini

September 2nd, 2021

8:27
NUGGET CONTEXT

Amy speaks about the case at Fukushima Daini, where under the leadership of Naohira Masuda, 400 employees worked non stop for 48 …

650: 78.09 Amy Edmondson - Nuances in application - Google-X vs Walmart

September 2nd, 2021

5:53
NUGGET CONTEXT

Amy teases out some of the nuances involved in the way Psychological safety applies in different contexts. One end being the …

650: 78.10 Amy Edmondson - The "naïve realism" trap

September 2nd, 2021

4:47
NUGGET CONTEXT

Amy speaks about the term, Naïve Realism, that was coined by Lee Ross of Stanford. This is a phenomenon where we believe that we all see a certain version of reality but believe that that IS the …

650: 78.11 Amy Edmondson - In Summary - Playing to Potential

September 2nd, 2021

2:37
NUGGET CONTEXT

Amy speaks about the notion of Team Potential and the power of psychological safety coupled with good process and rituals and …

649: 77.00 Darleen DeRosa - The full conversation

August 12th, 2021

1:26:58
GUEST

Over the last year and a quarter, since March 2020, a lot of us have been thrown into this work from anywhere world without any prior …

649: 77.01 Darleen DeRosa - Relationships in a 2D world

August 12th, 2021

5:29
NUGGET CONTEXT

Darleen speaks about some the nuances in building and maintaining relationships in a remote world. A lot of things that we might do in the rhythm of an offline world don’t apply. She speaks about some …

649: 77.02 Darleen DeRosa - Driving Accountability virtually

August 12th, 2021

5:27
NUGGET CONTEXT

Darleen speaks about how leaders should walk the tight rope between letting people be, giving them autonomy and seeking …

649: 77.03 Darleen DeRosa - Communicating thoughtfully

August 12th, 2021

4:37
NUGGET CONTEXT

Darleen speaks about how leaders need to look at the way an organization works and the cadence to ensure that people are not overloaded with responsibilities and information. She goes on to say that it …

649: 77.04 Darleen DeRosa - Office of the future

August 12th, 2021

6:54
NUGGET CONTEXT

Darleen speaks about how organizations are beginning to think about the role of the office in the future. She provides her …

649: 77.05 Darleen DeRosa - Remote leadership with Boards

August 12th, 2021

11:11
NUGGET CONTEXT

Darleen speaks about how Boards have evolved in a Remote working context. She speaks about CEO succession coming back front and …

649: 77.06 Darleen DeRosa - Remote apprenticeship

August 12th, 2021

5:21
NUGGET CONTEXT

Darleen speaks about how leaders and organizations have thought about apprenticeship in these times. Rohit Kale (who leads SpencerStuart in India) speaks about how peer mentoring has been impacted in …

649: 77.07 Darleen DeRosa - Transitioning remotely

August 12th, 2021

11:12
NUGGET CONTEXT

Darleen sheds light on how leaders and organizations can get more thoughtful in the way they get the cultural assimilation right …

649: 77.08 Darleen DeRosa - Remote Leadership hiring

August 12th, 2021

8:21
NUGGET CONTEXT

Darleen speaks about the challenges in hiring effectively in the remote world. Atul Bhandari, Ritu Kochhar and Rohit also share …

649: 77.09 Darleen DeRosa - Managing your energy

August 12th, 2021

7:22
NUGGET CONTEXT

Darleen speaks about how we need to take care of physical, mental and spiritual energy in these times. Atul Bhandari and Sahiba …

648: 76.00 Tom Vanderbilt - The full conversation

July 8th, 2021

1:33:39
GUEST

For many of us, the last time we learned a new skill was during childhood. We live in an age which reveres expertise but looks down on the …

648: 76.01 Tom Vanderbilt - Learning 5 completely new skills

July 8th, 2021

10:26
NUGGET CONTEXT

Tom speaks about how we went about picking 5 skills that he wanted to learn from Ground Zero. He picks Singing, Surfing, Drawing, Juggling and Making a Ring. He speaks about the criteria he used to …

648: 76.02 Tom Vanderbilt - How learning works

July 8th, 2021

14:12
NUGGET CONTEXT

Tom speaks about how learning works and speaks about the distinction between conscious and sub-conscious learning. He also makes the distinction between the different parts of the brain and …

648: 76.03 Tom Vanderbilt - Misplaced pursuit of Mastery

July 8th, 2021

11:33
NUGGET CONTEXT

Tom speaks about how sometimes we get caught up in a race towards mastery on a topic where we are amateurs. But in our mind, there is often a misplaced sense of professionalism that can sometimes have …

648: 76.04 Tom Vanderbilt - Real meaning of baby steps

July 8th, 2021

10:42
NUGGET CONTEXT

Tom speaks about how kids learn and how they keep changing the nature of experiments they do to make the learning “less brittle”. He speaks about his insights from the Infant Action Lab in New York …

648: 76.05 Tom Vanderbilt - How unlearning works

July 8th, 2021

10:42
NUGGET CONTEXT

Tom speaks about the challenges we face in the unlearning process whenever we have spent a lot of time learning something. He speaks about a rocket scientist in Huntsville Alabama, who constructed a …

648: 76.06 Tom Vanderbilt - Learning Approach across the Learning curve

July 8th, 2021

8:12
NUGGET CONTEXT

Tom speaks about how our approach to learning shifts as we go through the various stages of learning something - Novice, Advanced beginner, Competent, Proficient and Expert. He speaks about how we …

648: 76.07 Tom Vanderbilt - Role of feedback loops

July 8th, 2021

8:11
NUGGET CONTEXT

Tom speaks about the limitations of learning a skill on an online platform like YouTube where there are several videos to learn …

648: 76.08 Tom Vanderbilt - Observing things the way they are

July 8th, 2021

12:05
NUGGET CONTEXT

Tom speaks about how drawing is an immersive and a meditative process and how it helps him see a situation with a lot of nuance and accuracy.

GUEST

For many of us, the last time we learned a new …

648: 76.09 Tom Vanderbilt - Friction in the learning process

July 8th, 2021

4:25
NUGGET CONTEXT

Tom speaks about how we should think about friction when we learn something. He uses the metaphor of travel versus tourism to say …

648: 76.10 Tom Vanderbilt - Depth of learning

July 8th, 2021

5:08
NUGGET CONTEXT

Tom speaks about how dabbling in a new area often provides a fresh perspective and a new energy to pursue mastery. He speaks about how some of the Nobel Prize scientists are statistically more likely …

648: 76.11 Tom Vanderbilt - In Summary - Playing to Potential

July 8th, 2021

5:09
NUGGET CONTEXT

Tom speaks about the notion of infinite potential and how people often fall victim to the end of history illusion where we feel we have become the person we are going to be. He goes onto say that we …

647: 75.00 Dan Cable - The full conversation

June 25th, 2021

1:22:41
GUEST

Dan Cable is Professor of Organisational Behaviour at London Business School. Dan’s research and teaching focus on employee engagement, …

647: 75.01 Dan Cable - Cancer and life-choices

June 25th, 2021

9:35
NUGGET CONTEXT

Dan speaks about how being diagnosed with Stage 4 Lymphoma brought him close to death and how that clarified a lot of things for him. He speaks about a phenomenan called “transience aversion” in that …

647: 75.02 Dan Cable - Crowd-sourcing your highlights reel

June 25th, 2021

8:05
NUGGET CONTEXT

Dan speaks about the notion of a “highlights reel” like in sports. He suggests that we reach out to people that we have interacted with across domains (not restricted to work) and get feedback on their …

647: 75.03 Dan Cable - Eulogy delay

June 25th, 2021

4:46
NUGGET CONTEXT

Dan speaks about why people find it extremely uncomfortable and awkward to talk about people strengths when they are around while …

647: 75.04 Dan Cable - Visualization and peak-performance

June 25th, 2021

5:17
NUGGET CONTEXT

Dan speaks about how elite athletes conjure up peak performance when it matters the most. He speaks about how even some of the Olympians experience imposter’s syndrome. He speaks about the notion of …

647: 75.05 Dan Cable - Developing directional clarity

June 25th, 2021

13:58
NUGGET CONTEXT

Dan speaks about how we can think about our strengths when we are at an inflection point. He goes on to say that recognizing our strengths is not about being stuck to the past but really about …

647: 75.06 Dan Cable - Emotional Labour

June 25th, 2021

12:52
NUGGET CONTEXT

Dan expands on the phrase “Emotional Labour”. This the effort that a lot of us put in where we feel we are not being our true selves and have to put on a mask. He speaks about the connection between …

647: 75.07 Dan Cable - Providing thoughtful feedback

June 25th, 2021

6:49
NUGGET CONTEXT

Dan speaks about the nuances in delivering feedback that could help people activate their best self. In organizations, feedback is …

647: 75.08 Dan Cable - Highlights - Big bang vs Drip feed

June 25th, 2021

5:11
NUGGET CONTEXT

Dan speaks about how the Highlights reel should ideally be consumed. He suggests a big-bang approach where we collect and …

647: 75.09 Dan Cable - Engaging different parts of our brain

June 25th, 2021

12:23
NUGGET CONTEXT

Dan speaks about engaging different parts of our brain in expressing ourself. He speaks about how he uses LEGO Serious Play to have participants in his course express themselves in the context of their …

647: 75.10 Dan Cable - When strengths become derailers

June 25th, 2021

8:37
NUGGET CONTEXT

Dan speaks about situations where we might get into trouble by overusing our strengths. He speaks about how we should watch out for …

647: 75.11 Dan Cable - In Summary - Playing to Potential

June 25th, 2021

2:36
NUGGET CONTEXT

Dan speaks about how we could play to our potential by keeping the concept of death close to us. He also speaks about how we can …

646: 74.00 Sally Helgesen - The full conversation

May 26th, 2021

1:34:01
GUEST

Sally Helgesen, cited in Forbes as the world’s premier expert on women’s leadership, is an internationally best-selling author, speaker and leadership coach.

Sally’s most recent book, How Women Rise, …

646: 74.01 Sally Helgesen - How women often respond to feedback

May 26th, 2021

7:22
NUGGET CONTEXT

Sally speaks about two phenomena which are often at play when it comes to feedback. She speaks about how women sometimes can take the developmental feedback to heart and start to question themselves in …

646: 74.02 Sally Helgesen - How women often think about ambition

May 26th, 2021

13:05
NUGGET CONTEXT

Sally speaks about how women often think about ambition slightly differently from men. She also goes onto to say that the paradigm …

646: 74.03 Sally Helgesen - Reluctance in accepting credit

May 26th, 2021

5:12
NUGGET CONTEXT

Sally speaks about the phenomenon where women, when given positive feedback, might unnecessarily divert it to other causes or shine the light on other team members without adequate acknowledgement of …

646: 74.04 Sally Helgesen - Downsides of pursuing mastery

May 26th, 2021

8:13
NUGGET CONTEXT

Sally speaks about how women need to think about recognition and mastery to move forward in their career. She goes onto say that women often assume that recognition will “just happen” and when it …

646: 74.05 Sally Helgesen - Leveraging relationships to move forward

May 26th, 2021

9:28
NUGGET CONTEXT

Sally speaks about how it is critical not just to build relationships but to leverage them in a non-transactional way. She goes on to say that a quid pro quo approach to asking for favours from others …

646: 74.06 Sally Helgesen - Delivering performance vs unlocking potential

May 26th, 2021

16:46
NUGGET CONTEXT

Sally speaks about how women often end up getting assessed for performance in their current role while men are seen for their …

646: 74.07 Sally Helgesen - Impact of COVID on Women vs Men

May 26th, 2021

6:48
NUGGET CONTEXT

Sally speaks about the impact of COVID on men and women over the last several months. She goes on to discuss the short term and the long term implications. She speaks about some of the mindset shifts …

646: 74.08 Sally Helgesen - Executive presence

May 26th, 2021

6:50
NUGGET CONTEXT

Sally speaks about the notion of Executive Presence and how that plays out for men and women. She alludes to a piece of research that suggests that women on average end up speaking 20,000 words a day …

646: 74.09 Sally Helgesen - Leakage in the leadership pipeline near the very top

May 26th, 2021

8:40
NUGGET CONTEXT

Sally speak about how maternity is a point of leakage when it comes to women rising to the top. She also speaks about another place where there is often a lot of leakage. She speaks about how women …

646: 74.10 Sally Helgesen - Changing the game vs playing by "club rules"

May 26th, 2021

6:15
NUGGET CONTEXT

Sally speaks about the notion of women “changing the game” rather than “playing by the club rules”. She speaks about the …

646: 74.11 Sally Helgesen - Insights for parents as they bring up boys and girls

May 26th, 2021

5:21
NUGGET CONTEXT

Sally shares some insights for parents as we bring up our boys and girls. She specifically speaks about how we could get boys to …

645: 73.00 Jennifer Wetzler - The full conversation

May 7th, 2021

1:17:17
GUEST

Dr. Jennifer (Jen) Goldman Wetzler is a leading expert on Conflict and Organizational psychology. For two decades, she has advised senior …

645: 73.01 Jennifer Wetzler - Understanding the 4 default conflict habits

May 7th, 2021

8:34
NUGGET CONTEXT

Jen speaks about 4 common conflict habits we gravitate to – Blame (externalize the problem), Shame (internalize the problem), Shut …

645: 73.02 Jennifer Wetzler - Why some conflict patterns are common

May 7th, 2021

4:40
NUGGET CONTEXT

In the previous nugget, Jen speaks about each of us defaulting to one of 4 conflict types. When we are in conflict with another …

645: 73.03 Jennifer Wetzler - Listening to understand the nuances

May 7th, 2021

8:04
NUGGET CONTEXT

Jen speaks about our tendency to look at conflict in simplistic and often binary terms. She speaks about a few techniques we could …

645: 73.04 Jennifer Wetzler - Engaging our senses

May 7th, 2021

6:06
NUGGET CONTEXT

Jennifer refers to the legendary “I have a dream” speech from Martin Luther King and speak about the criticality of engaging our various senses in the way we see a situation. She urges us to imagine a …

645: 73.05 Jennifer Wetzler - Reactive and a Proactive pause

May 7th, 2021

5:50
NUGGET CONTEXT

Jen speaks about how we should practice pausing in the moment (reactive) and otherwise (proactive) for us to be able to choose …

645: 73.06 Jennifer Wetzler - Down side of too much empathy and collaboration

May 7th, 2021

7:56
NUGGET CONTEXT

Jen speaks about the occasional downsides of some traits like empathy and collaboration. As they say, too much of a good thing …

645: 73.07 Jennifer Wetzler - Role of ideal and shadow values in conflict

May 7th, 2021

14:16
NUGGET CONTEXT

Jen speaks about how we all need to be cognizant of the values of the person we are dealing with. She goes on to categorize the values on the other side as ideal values and shadow values. Ideal values …

645: 73.08 Jennifer Wetzler - Real meaning of "take a walk"

May 7th, 2021

6:31
NUGGET CONTEXT

We often use phrases without often questioning where they come from or what the deeper meaning behind those might be. Jen here …

645: 73.09 Jennifer Wetzler - Pattern breaking behaviour and Camp David

May 7th, 2021

9:16
NUGGET CONTEXT

Jen shares her perspectives around how we can try different conflict breaking paths for us to get out of the loop. She specifically refers to what President Carter did to reframe the conversations in …

644: 72.00 Bill Carr - The full conversation

April 2nd, 2021

1:29:41
GUEST

Bill Carr is the Co-Author (along with Colin Bryar) of the recently published book Working Backwards - Insights, Stories and Secrets from …

644: 72.01 Bill Carr - Learnable elements from Jeff Bezos's leadership

April 2nd, 2021

19:01
NUGGET CONTEXT

Bill speaks about some of the elements of Jeff Bezos’s leadership that make him distinctive. While some of those elements are in-born and hard to replicate, he teases out some of the elements that we …

644: 72.02 Bill Carr - Bringing 14 leadership principles to life

April 2nd, 2021

7:51
NUGGET CONTEXT

Bill speaks about the story behind the evolution of the 14 leadership principles at Amazon. He speaks about how Amazon reinforces …

644: 72.03 Bill Carr - Raising the bar on recruitment

April 2nd, 2021

8:14
NUGGET CONTEXT

Bill speaks about how Amazon uses the Bar-Raiser process to ensure that it recruits great leaders into the company. He specifically …

644: 72.04 Bill Carr - Recognizing and developing good judgment

April 2nd, 2021

14:38
NUGGET CONTEXT

Bill decodes the Amazon Leadership Principle – Are right a lot. He speaks about how Amazon thinks about good judgment and the nuances between 1 way door decisions and 2-way door decisions. He speaks …

644: 72.05 Bill Carr - Disagree yet commit - bringing it to life

April 2nd, 2021

7:48
NUGGET CONTEXT

Bill speaks about how decisions are made and how well people are listened to which ensures that there is minimal dissonance post the decision leading to “passive aggression”. He links it back to the …

644: 72.06 Bill Carr - Written communication - a competitive advantage

April 2nd, 2021

13:40
NUGGET CONTEXT

Bill speaks about how Amazon uses written word as a source of differentiation and a competitive advantage. He speaks about how meetings are run in Amazon and the impact on productivity and …

644: 72.07 Bill Carr - Building a culture of learning from failure

April 2nd, 2021

4:14
NUGGET CONTEXT

Bill speaks about how Amazon drives a culture of risk taking by being open towards failures. He also goes onto speak about the …

644: 72.08 Bill Carr - "What" decisions versus "Who" decisions

April 2nd, 2021

5:13
NUGGET CONTEXT

Bill speaks about how Jeff Bezos made the distinction between “what” decisions and “who” decisions. He takes us back to 2004 when …

643: 71.00 Sanjeev and Hari - The full conversation

March 11th, 2021

1:15:39
GUEST

Sanjeev Aggarwal and Hari TN have seen the "scale-up movie” in different contexts. Sanjeev was the Founder CEO of Daksh that he eventually …

643: 71.01 Sanjeev and Hari - Journey and transitions till date

March 11th, 2021

12:41
NUGGET CONTEXT

Sanjeev and Hari speak about their respective journeys and talk about how they transitioned from one orbit to another. Sanjeev speaks about his journey from the corporate world to entrepreneurship at …

643: 71.02 Sanjeev and Hari - Three rhythms of a scale up

March 11th, 2021

5:22
NUGGET CONTEXT

Sanjeev speaks about the three rhythms with which organizations often need to operate – growth, efficiency and foundation. He mentions that the first comes naturally to entrepreneurs and what …

643: 71.03 Sanjeev and Hari - Being deliberate about culture building

March 11th, 2021

9:17
NUGGET CONTEXT

Sanjeev and Hari speak about how entrepreneurs can get intentional about building a certain culture in an organization. They speak …

643: 71.04 Sanjeev and Hari - Getting senior leader transitions right

March 11th, 2021

11:59
NUGGET CONTEXT

Hari and Sanjeev speak about how start-ups can be thoughtful about getting senior leadership transitions right. They speak about …

643: 71.05 Sanjeev and Hari - Intellect and clarity of thought - correlated?

March 11th, 2021

6:07
NUGGET CONTEXT

We often get confused with the notion of intellect and thinking clearly. Hari shares his perspectives here. He also speaks about how laziness might be a preferred attribute with founders as being busy …

643: 71.06 Sanjeev and Hari - Founder development and role of coaching

March 11th, 2021

11:19
NUGGET CONTEXT

Hari and Sanjeev share their perspectives around how founders can think about improving their self-awareness. They also speak about the effectiveness of Coaching in gathering nuanced feedback and …

643: 71.07 Sanjeev and Hari - Founder CEO or Professional CEO?

March 11th, 2021

4:56
NUGGET CONTEXT

Sanjeev speaks about how he thinks about Professional CEOs and Founder CEOs and speaks about why it is so hard to get the transition right. He also shares his take on what is the one thing he looks for …

642: 70.00 Bruce Feiler - The full conversation

February 18th, 2021

1:22:22
GUEST

Bruce Feiler is an American writer and television personality. He is the author of 15 books, including Council of Dads, a book that describes how he responded to a diagnosis of a rare cancer by asking a group …

642: 70.01 Bruice Feiler - The Power of stories

February 18th, 2021

7:48
NUGGET CONTEXT

Bruce speaks about how he was leading a reasonably successful and predictable life till his 40s where he experienced multiple …

642: 70.02 Bruice Feiler - Happy Families and Agile Development

February 18th, 2021

7:13
NUGGET CONTEXT

Bruce speaks about how families can learn from the Agile Development process and ensure that there is a ritual and a space for …

642: 70.03 Bruice Feiler - What is the shape of your story

February 18th, 2021

10:06
NUGGET CONTEXT

Bruce speaks about how his research led him to identifying 52 different disruptors that could change our life context across 5 …

642: 70.04 Bruice Feiler - Disruptors and Lifequakes

February 18th, 2021

9:58
NUGGET CONTEXT

Bruce speaks about how his research led him to identifying 52 different disruptors that could change our life context across 5 …

642: 70.05 Bruice Feiler - Midlife to Whenever life transition

February 18th, 2021

6:07
NUGGET CONTEXT

Bruce speaks about the notion that transitions happen to us all the time and not at a particular stage of life. He specifically …

642: 70.06 Bruice Feiler - Make sense from scars (not wounds)

February 18th, 2021

6:42
NUGGET CONTEXT

Bruce speaks about the criticality of not jumping too early into the process of meaning-making when we go through lifequakes. He says that only when we have completed the processs of transition and …

642: 70.07 Bruice Feiler - Shape-shifting instead of resilience

February 18th, 2021

5:19
NUGGET CONTEXT

Bruce speaks about how resilience as a term originates from the Industrial age where our lives where shaped by manufacturing and the paradigms around it. He says that it implies that we sprint back to …

642: 70.08 Bruice Feiler - Three phases of a transition

February 18th, 2021

6:34
NUGGET CONTEXT

Bruce speaks about the three stages of a transition (the long goodbye, the messy middle and the new beginning). He goes onto say that each one of us has a super-power in one of these three and are …

642: 70.09 Bruice Feiler - Taking a leap of faith

February 18th, 2021

8:29
NUGGET CONTEXT

Bruce speaks about the criticality of taking the plunge after shedding our past to explore new possibilities. He links it to what …

642: 70.10 Bruice Feiler - Role of money in transitions

February 18th, 2021

7:33
NUGGET CONTEXT

Bruce speaks about how we live in world today where there is an opportunity for us to architect a life that is resonant with what matters to us. He urges to be more open about taking cuts in …

642: 70.11 Bruice Feiler - Role of a Sounding Board/Coach

February 18th, 2021

4:11
NUGGET CONTEXT

Bruce speaks about the role of a Coach/Sounding Board/Therapist in helping people through a transition. He speaks about how Coaches …

642: 70.12 Bruice Feiler - In Summary - Playing to Potential

February 18th, 2021

4:50
NUGGET CONTEXT

Bruce speaks about how we all need to recognize that there are no linear paths to success or glory or happiness. He urges us to …

641: 69.00 Ramesh Srinivasan – The full conversation

February 3rd, 2021

1:15:24
GUEST

Ramesh is a Senior Partner at McKinsey & Company, and a leader in the Pharmaceutical and Organization practices. He is the Global Dean of the Bower Forum, McKinsey's program for CEO learning. He is a member …

641: 69.01 Ramesh Srinivasan - Leadership challenges during Covid-19

February 3rd, 2021

6:51
NUGGET CONTEXT

Ramesh speaks about how CEOs of companies have had to focus on 4 elements during this crisis over the last few months. 1) Using the …

641: 69.02 Ramesh Srinivasan - Discerning the "mandate"

February 3rd, 2021

9:49
NUGGET CONTEXT

Ramesh speaks about the construct of the Bower Forum – McKinsey’s program for CEO learning. He speaks about some of the themes that come up in the Bower Forum and specifically speaks about the notion …

641: 69.03 Ramesh Srinivasan - Being versus Doing

February 3rd, 2021

12:55
NUGGET CONTEXT

Ramesh speaks about the notion of Being versus Doing. He speaks about what it takes to create a safe space, and bringing down the anxiety level to establish a deep authentic connection with the leader …

641: 69.04 Ramesh Srinivasan - Evolution of the Consulting model

February 3rd, 2021

5:01
NUGGET CONTEXT

Ramesh speaks about how the Consulting model has evolved over the last several years. He specifically talks about how the teams …

641: 69.05 Ramesh Srinivasan - Reinventing self within McKinsey

February 3rd, 2021

3:50
NUGGET CONTEXT

Ramesh speaks about how he has stayed relevant over the 26 years in the Firm and how he has taken on different responsibilities to align his professional pursuits with his personal passion.

GUEST

641: 69.06 Ramesh Srinivasan - Personal Board of Advisors

February 3rd, 2021

9:17
NUGGET CONTEXT

Ramesh shares his perspectives around why he has chosen to stay with McKinsey. He also speaks about an informal Board of advisors/mentors that he has architected to stay relevant and to stay interested …

641: 69.07 Ramesh Srinivasan - Dealing with lifequakes

February 3rd, 2021

10:45
NUGGET CONTEXT

Ramesh speaks about how he and his wife Charuta dealt with the trauma after losing two of their children to cancer. Their daughter Shruti was 9 when she passed away in 2009 and their son Aditya was …

641: 69.08 Ramesh Srinivasan - Contributing to Education

February 3rd, 2021

4:47
NUGGET CONTEXT

Ramesh speaks about how he ended up getting involved with Education. He speaks about how his meeting with Shaheen Mistri galvanized …

640: 68.00 Tenzin Priyadarshi - The full conversation

January 16th, 2021

1:24:09
GUEST

Venerable Tenzin Priyadarshi is the president and CEO of the Dalai Lama Center for Ethics and Transformative Values at the Massachusetts …

640: 68.01 Tenzin Priyadarshi - Notion of identitylessness

January 16th, 2021

8:21
NUGGET CONTEXT

Venerable Tenzin Priyadarshi speaks about how we can sometimes get trapped in all kinds of labels around us. He speaks about how he has been guided by his curiosity and his quest for spirituality …

640: 68.02 Tenzin Priyadarshi - Limitations of the rational mind

January 16th, 2021

6:06
NUGGET CONTEXT

Venerable Tenzin Priyadarshi speaks about how he took the call to walk out his home into the unknown when he was 10. He speaks about the limitations of the rational mind and how we all tend to take …

640: 68.03 Tenzin Priyadarshi - Shaping one's journey

January 16th, 2021

11:32
NUGGET CONTEXT

Venerable Tenzin Priyadarshi speaks about how he has shaped his path and has made choices along the way. He speaks about how he has …

640: 68.04 Tenzin Priyadarshi - Mindfulness is not a hack

January 16th, 2021

6:38
NUGGET CONTEXT

Venerable Tenzin Priyadarshi speaks about how a lot of people have tried to make the practice of spirituality into a hack. He specifically speaks about how several people have tried to create apps for …

640: 68.05 Tenzin Priyadarshi - Deliberate practice of Spirituality

January 16th, 2021

7:20
NUGGET CONTEXT

Venerable Tenzin Priyadarshi speaks about the notion of curiosity and how we can all be truly aware of what is unfolding in front …

640: 68.06 Tenzin Priyadarshi - Opening the aperture of learning

January 16th, 2021

10:17
NUGGET CONTEXT

Venerable Tenzin Priyadarshi speaks about how we sometimes limit the learning opportunities by trying to look “within the box”. He suggests us to surrender to the teacher/coach/guide/mentor and the …

640: 68.07 Tenzin Priyadarshi - Pursuing self-awareness

January 16th, 2021

8:48
NUGGET CONTEXT

Venerable Tenzin Priyadarshi makes the link between pursuing self-awareness and building non-transactional relationships. He also speaks about the need for all of us to have virtuous friends (we may …

640: 68.08 Tenzin Priyadarshi - Covid-19 - a time-out for humans

January 16th, 2021

5:39
NUGGET CONTEXT

Venerable Tenzin Priyadarshi speaks about how Covid-19, in some ways, is like a time out that Mother Nature has given human beings …

639: 67.00 Dr. Ashley Whillans – The full conversation

December 21st, 2020

1:31:39
GUEST

Dr. Ashley Whillans is the Volpert Family Associate Professor at the Harvard Business School. Professor Whillans earned her PhD in Social …

639: 67.01 Dr. Ashley Whillans - Understanding the notion of time poverty

December 21st, 2020

10:40
NUGGET CONTEXT

Ashley speaks about the notion of Time Poverty and how it is structural and psychological. She goes on to say that while have more …

639: 67.02 Dr. Ashley Whillans - When money stops moving the needle

December 21st, 2020

16:51
NUGGET CONTEXT

Ashley speaks about research that suggests that above USD 60,000 money does not necessarily buy more happiness. She goes on to say that above USD 100,000, people might start to feel worse off because …

639: 67.03 Dr. Ashley Whillans - Are you a Taylor or a Morgan?

December 21st, 2020

11:32
NUGGET CONTEXT

Ashley speaks about two broad archetypes in the world – Morgans (people who prioritize money) and Taylors (people who prioritize time). She speaks about how this impacts some of our daily choices and …

639: 67.04 Dr. Ashley Whillans - Career choices in the future

December 21st, 2020

11:00
NUGGET CONTEXT

Ashley speaks about implication of valuing time (as a Taylor) or money (as a Morgan) on how we make career choices. She speaks about how it is all the important for us to self-select ourselves into a …

639: 67.05 Dr. Ashley Whillans - Consulting causing an adversarial relationship with time

December 21st, 2020

6:03
NUGGET CONTEXT

Ashley speaks about how having a number attached to a unit of time can sometimes lead us to optimize for money thereby leading to us …

639: 67.06 Dr. Ashley Whillans - Optimizing versus Satisficing mindset

December 21st, 2020

6:56
NUGGET CONTEXT

Ashley discusses how our approach towards getting the “best deal” in a situation can actually accentuate time poverty. She says that we end up finessing on getting the best deal but miss out on savouring …

639: 67.07 Dr. Ashley Whillans - Big why, Small why and Time Confetti

December 21st, 2020

10:30
NUGGET CONTEXT

Ashley speaks about the notion of how we should outsource the task of staying productive to tools and apps that are out there and not …

639: 67.08 Dr. Ashley Whillans - Changing our relationship with time

December 21st, 2020

7:30
NUGGET CONTEXT

Ashley speaks about how we should think about bringing time affluence in our lives. She speaks about the notion of time being a …

639: 67.09 Dr. Ashley Whillans - Relating to time during "Covid times"

December 21st, 2020

9:23
NUGGET CONTEXT

Ashley speaks about how the current context around COVID has really made it that much harder for us to switch off. People are feeling more and more overwhelmed despite having more time at their disposal …

638: EP2.00 Vinay Sitapati - The full conversation

December 8th, 2020

1:21:32
GUEST

Vinay Sitapati returns to the Play to Potential Podcast on the back of his recently published book - Jugalbandi - The BJP before Modi. The book begins with the creation of Hindu nationalism as a response to …

638: EP2.01 Vinay Sitapati - The uniqueness of the Advani-Vajpayee relationship

December 8th, 2020

10:46
NUGGET CONTEXT

Vinay puts the Vajpayee – Advani relationship in perspective. He speaks about how they had two occasions where the power equation flipped completely. He shares other examples to illustrate how special …

638: EP2.02 Vinay Sitapati - Managing transitions when power flips

December 8th, 2020

8:42
NUGGET CONTEXT

Vinay speaks about how the two phases of transition played out when the power shifted between Vajpayee and Advani. He speaks about the how the transitions were not sudden and how the two leaders …

638: EP2.03 Vinay Sitapati - What binds the RSS together

December 8th, 2020

7:15
NUGGET CONTEXT

Vinay speaks about how RSS has been able to create a tight bond amongst its members. He attributes it to the requirement of the RSS pracharaks to be Brahmacharyas (stay single) while their emphasis on …

638: EP2.04 Vinay Sitapati - RSS and McKinsey

December 8th, 2020

11:11
NUGGET CONTEXT

Vinay speaks about how RSS wires up its members in a certain way through the various things it does as an organization. He likens …

638: EP2.05 Vinay Sitapati - Managing diversity and handling disagreements

December 8th, 2020

10:06
NUGGET CONTEXT

Vinay speaks about how the RSS and BJP use the interpretation of history to create a certain purpose for the institution which is beyond the individual. He also speaks about some of the institutional …

638: EP2.06 Vinay Sitapati - Getting comfortable with contradictions

December 8th, 2020

4:32
NUGGET CONTEXT

Vinay speaks about the many layers of Vajpayee and how he had several contradictions within. He goes on to speak about great leaders and how we have to study them in a non-linear fashion for us to make …

638: EP2.07 Vinay Sitapati - The dynamics of Jugalbandi

December 8th, 2020

10:29
NUGGET CONTEXT

Vinay speaks about some of the nuances involved in the way Advani and Vajpayee handled their personal and professional …

638: EP2.08 Vinay Sitapati - Making sense of complexity

December 8th, 2020

6:20
NUGGET CONTEXT

Vinay speaks about how tactful politicians like Vajpayee understand the notion of an “Overton Window”, a skill that CEOs need more …

638: EP2.09 Vinay Sitapati - Managing hierarchy and merit

December 8th, 2020

3:44
NUGGET CONTEXT

Vinay speaks about how RSS balanced the notion of hierarchy (that is so prevalent in the Indian context across various …

637: 65.00 Ashish Dhawan - The full conversation

November 10th, 2020

1:35:50
GUEST

Ashish Dhawan is the Founder and Chairman of Central Square Foundation (CSF) and Ashoka University. He worked for twenty years in the investment management business and ran one of India’s leading private equity …

637: 65.01 Ashish Dhawan - Having career markers at 30 and 45

November 10th, 2020

5:59
NUGGET CONTEXT

Ashish speaks about how he had told himself that he would like to turn entrepreneur when he is 30 and do something else when he is …

637: 65.02 Ashish Dhawan - Taking the entrepreneurial plunge

November 10th, 2020

11:51
NUGGET CONTEXT

Ashish speaks about how he thought about entrepreneurship despite the high opportunity cost given his HBS education and employment …

637: 65.03 Ashish Dhawan - What it takes to be a good PE Investor

November 10th, 2020

10:27
NUGGET CONTEXT

Ashish speaks about a few elements of an effective PE investor. 1) Having the conviction and independence of opinion yet have your ears to the ground 2) Being an effective macroeconomist and a …

637: 65.04 Ashish Dhawan - From PE to Philanthropy

November 10th, 2020

6:42
NUGGET CONTEXT

Ashish speaks about the notion of controlled ambition which enabled him to stay detached from the material outcomes and also gave …

637: 65.05 Ashish Dhawan - Potential pathways post ChrysCapital

November 10th, 2020

11:58
NUGGET CONTEXT

Ashish speaks about the different pathways he considered at the point of leaving ChrysCapital. He speaks about his interest in academia and a desire to become a Professor in a University or a Teacher …

637: 65.06 Ashish Dhawan - Unanticipated challenges in driving Social Impact

November 10th, 2020

15:37
NUGGET CONTEXT

Ashish speaks about the challenges involved in leading in the Social Impact sector. He speaks about why the production function in …

637: 65.07 Ashish Dhawan - Metrics to measure progress

November 10th, 2020

5:44
NUGGET CONTEXT

 

Measurement of metrics in a Social Impact context can be complex. This is unlike the corporate world where there are established P&L and Balance Sheet metrics that can be used to measure …

637: 65.08 Ashish Dhawan - Educating ourselves for the future

November 10th, 2020

9:57
NUGGET CONTEXT

Ashish discusses his perspectives around how we should educate ourselves for the future. He speaks about STEM versus Liberal Arts …

637: 65.09 Ashish Dhawan - Planting seeds for the future

November 10th, 2020

7:46
NUGGET CONTEXT

Ashish speaks about how he is seeding some initiatives that could possibly prove to be pathways for him in a few years. He speaks …

637: 65.10 Ashish Dhawan - Leading a richer life

November 10th, 2020

3:35
NUGGET CONTEXT

Ashish speaks about how we all could spend some part of our life involving ourselves with the Social Sector. He specifically speaks …

636: 64.00 Marshall Goldsmith - The full conversation

October 30th, 2020

1:01:24
GUEST

Marshall Goldsmith helps successful people achieve positive, lasting change in behavior; for themselves, their people, and their teams. He …

636: 64.01 Marshall Goldsmith - Staying relevant over the long term

October 30th, 2020

13:27
NUGGET CONTEXT

Marshall speaks about how he has thought about staying relevant over the 40+ years in the profession. He speaks about the Buddhist concept of starting a new life with every breath. He speaks about how …

636: 64.02 Marshall Goldsmith - Choosing Coachees and link with ROI

October 30th, 2020

7:26
NUGGET CONTEXT

Marshall speaks about the advice that he once got from Alan Mulally about how he needs to be thoughtful about the clients he works …

636: 64.03 Marshall Goldsmith - The path to excellence

October 30th, 2020

4:41
NUGGET CONTEXT

Marshall speaks about how one could think about becoming the world’s best at something. He speaks about leveraging parallel experts …

636: 64.04 Marshall Goldsmith - Getting behaviours and habits to stick

October 30th, 2020

8:03
NUGGET CONTEXT

Marshall speaks about the challenges in getting behaviours to stick and the need for a Coach to keep you accountable and ensure that you be at it. He speaks about how he gets somebody to call him every …

636: 64.05 Marshall Goldsmith - Art of asking good questions

October 30th, 2020

8:39
NUGGET CONTEXT

Marshall speaks about the 6 questions that he often asks the leaders he works with. 1) Did you do your best to set clear goals 2) Did you do your best to make progress towards achieving your goals 3) …

636: 64.06 Marshall Goldsmith - What matters in the end

October 30th, 2020

4:42
NUGGET CONTEXT

Marshall speaks about how we should think about what matters in the end and use that to guide our actions and choices today. He says …

635: 63.00 Venkat Krishnan - The full conversation

October 3rd, 2020

2:19:10
GUEST

Venkat is the Founder of GiveIndia, a platform that strives to bridge the gap between two sets of people - People who want to give, who want to try and make a difference along with those that are doing …

635: 63.01 Venkat Krishnan - Formative years

October 3rd, 2020

12:00
NUGGET CONTEXT

Venkat speaks about the fact that he is a lucky recipient of the Ovarian Lottery and speaks about the environment in which he has grown up. He specifically speaks about the opportunity to interact with …

635: 63.02 Venkat Krishnan - The IIMA years

October 3rd, 2020

9:04
NUGGET CONTEXT

Venkat speaks about his years at IIMA and how his thoughts and beliefs got shaped by some of his friends (Sridhar Rajagopalan and Sunil Khairnar). He also speaks about how the course LEM (Laboratory in …

635: 63.03 Venkat Krishnan - Early career choices

October 3rd, 2020

9:43
NUGGET CONTEXT

Venkat speaks about how he considered different possibilities for a career in “making a difference”. He speaks about briefly toying with the idea of IAS as a career option. He speaks about his summer …

635: 63.04 Venkat Krishnan - Setting up Eklavya

October 3rd, 2020

7:39
NUGGET CONTEXT

Venkat speaks about how he transitioned from Sony to running Eklavya. He refers to Prof Sunil Handa (who takes the popular course …

635: 63.05 Venkat Krishnan - Eklavya to GiveIndia

October 3rd, 2020

24:54
NUGGET CONTEXT

Venkat speaks about how a trip to the US when he was Eklavya opened his minds to the involvement of the citizens in the running of …

635: 63.06 Venkat Krishnan - Misconceptions around giving

October 3rd, 2020

9:09
NUGGET CONTEXT

Venkat speaks about his observations around people’s journey in Philanthropy. He speaks about how people initially look for instant …

635: 63.07 Venkat Krishnan - Giving time versus Giving money

October 3rd, 2020

9:51
NUGGET CONTEXT

Venkat speaks about how individuals should think about giving money versus giving time to the Not for profit sector. He says that …

635: 63.08 Venkat Krishnan - Our relationship with money

October 3rd, 2020

11:33
NUGGET CONTEXT

Venkat speaks about the link between our relationship with money and our overall happiness and fulfilment. He speaks about the link …

635: 63.09 Venkat Krishnan - Raising “Giving children”

October 3rd, 2020

8:01
NUGGET CONTEXT

Venkat shares his perspectives around how we can raise kids with a concern for the world around. She shares some thoughts on how we can engage with the child when he/she asks us uncomfortable …

635: 63.10 Venkat Krishnan - Giving over the long term

October 3rd, 2020

5:12
NUGGET CONTEXT

Venkat speaks about how we can approach our journey in Giving as a marathon and not as a sprint. He speaks about how we need to take baby steps in a certain direction, reflect on our experience, make …

635: 63.11 Venkat Krishnan - Dreaming big

October 3rd, 2020

5:15
NUGGET CONTEXT

Venkat speaks about how he thinks about his vision – inculcating the spirit of giving in India. He sees it as a journey that gives …

635: 63.12 Venkat Krishnan - Givers that inspire

October 3rd, 2020

16:10
NUGGET CONTEXT

Venkat speaks about some of the givers that have inspired him. He speaks about mythological characters like Karna, Mahabali and …

635: 63.13 In Summary - Playing to Potential

October 3rd, 2020

6:28
NUGGET CONTEXT

Venkat speaks about the notion of playing to potential and why he feels him and a lot of us significantly underplay to our potential. He discusses the criticality of reflection as we go through our …

634: 62.00 Whitney Johnson – The full conversation

September 8th, 2020

1:07:58
GUEST

Whitney Johnson is the CEO of WLJ Advisors and one of the 50 leading business thinkers in the world as named by Thinkers50. She is an expert on helping high-growth organizations develop high-growth individuals. …

634: 62.01 Whitney Johnson – The S curve of personal disruption

September 8th, 2020

12:40
NUGGET CONTEXT

Whitney speaks about the application of the Theory of Disruptive Innovation (Courtesy Late Clay Christiansen) as applied to Careers. She speaks about why going up and up on the same curve starts yielding …

634: 62.02 Whitney Johnson – Picking the right S curve

September 8th, 2020

9:44
NUGGET CONTEXT

Whitney speaks about how we all should think about the next S curve we could get onto in our journeys. She speaks to the notion of …

634: 62.03 Whitney Johnson – Discovering our distinctiveness

September 8th, 2020

7:32
NUGGET CONTEXT

Whitney speaks about how we all need to tune into our “super-power” and discover our strengths and use that as a starting point to discover our next S curve. She speaks about the fact that we are often …

634: 62.04 Whitney Johnson – Leaning into constraints

September 8th, 2020

4:04
NUGGET CONTEXT

Whitney speaks about how sometimes constraints bring out the best in us and drive us to innovate – at some level, I guess that is …

634: 62.05 Whitney Johnson – Cutting our losses

September 8th, 2020

6:33
NUGGET CONTEXT

Whitney speaks about the dilemma that a lot of face at the foot-hills of a new S curve. Should I persist with the pain or should I …

634: 62.06 Whitney Johnson – Rethinking our metrics

September 8th, 2020

7:08
NUGGET CONTEXT

Whitney speaks about how we need to often rethink the metrics with which we need to measure ourselves as go from one S curve to another. Very often we are hardwired to think about metrics in a certain …

634: 62.07 Whitney Johnson – Handling our identity

September 8th, 2020

5:19
NUGGET CONTEXT

Whitney speaks about how we should think about our identity when we experience the free fall when we move from the top of an S curve …

634: 62.08 Whitney Johnson – Discovery driven career planning

September 8th, 2020

3:35
NUGGET CONTEXT
 
 Whitney speaks about how we can think about picking career paths in a world with abundant opportunity. She speaks about the notion of maximizing optionality especially early in the career when one …

633: 61.00 Atul Khatri - The Full Conversation

August 15th, 2020

1:56:34
GUEST

Atul Khatri is one of the top Stand up comedians in the country. In his previous avatar, he used to run a successful IT Business with his …

633: 61.01 Atul Khatri - The mid-life angst

August 15th, 2020

9:24
NUGGET CONTEXT

Atul speaks about his career in building out the IT business with his brother. He speaks about how he had gotten to a point where he …

633: 61.02 Atul Khatri - Seeds of a career in Stand up

August 15th, 2020

12:12
NUGGET CONTEXT

Atul speaks about how he got started in his career in Stand up. He traces it back to a New Year Resolution he made on 1 Jan 2012 that …

633: 61.03 Atul Khatri - Fertilizing a new possibility

August 15th, 2020

8:49
NUGGET CONTEXT

Atul speaks about how he straddled the two worlds concurrently – one in which he was running an IT business, the other where he was …

633: 61.04 Atul Khatri - Riding two horses

August 15th, 2020

7:44
NUGGET CONTEXT

Atul speaks about how had to straddle both the worlds concurrently – the world of business and stand up comedy. He had to ensure that …

633: 61.05 Atul Khatri - Finding your voice

August 15th, 2020

12:40
NUGGET CONTEXT

Atul speaks about the notion of staying authentic and the audience slowly finding you rather than trying to pander to the tastes of …

633: 61.06 Atul Khatri - Passion versus Pragmatism

August 15th, 2020

15:13
NUGGET CONTEXT

Atul speaks about how he had to be pragmatic about the cash flows given the lop-sided odds of success in this industry. He also …

633: 61.07 Atul Khatri - Writing evergreen material

August 15th, 2020

8:05
NUGGET CONTEXT
Atul speaks about how he derives inspiration from legends like Anand Bakshi and Kishore Kumar to ensure that he creates material that …

633: 61.08 Atul Khatri - Coping with Covid-19

August 15th, 2020

13:06
NUGGET CONTEXT

Atul speaks about how he is coping with the changed situation given Covid-19. He speaks about how he had to cancel several of his …

632: 60.00 Andrew Likierman – The full conversation

July 31st, 2020

1:26:38
GUEST
Sir Andrew Likierman is the former Dean of the London Business School. He has been researching the topic of Judgment for several years. He is …

632: 60.01 Andrew Likierman - Defining and measuring Judgment

July 31st, 2020

14:16
NUGGET CONTEXT
 
Andrew speaks about how he came up with a framework to measure judgment. He also speaks about the nature of research he did to get to what was judgment and the variables that go in there. He also speaks …

632: 60.02 Andrew Likierman - Listen attentively; learn critically

July 31st, 2020

6:59
NUGGET CONTEXT
 
Andrew speaks about the criticality of listening attentively to not just what is being said but also what is not being said. He says …

632: 60.03 Andrew Likierman - Seek diversity, not validation

July 31st, 2020

5:57
NUGGET CONTEXT
 
Andrew speaks about how we need to seek diverse inputs while going about a decision and not just look for people that reaffirm our …

632: 60.04 Andrew Likierman - Keeping track of judgment run-rate

July 31st, 2020

8:46
NUGGET CONTEXT
 
Andrew speaks about how leaders can keep track of the run rate of decisions they make. He speaks about how some sort of a reflection …

632: 60.05 Andrew Likierman - Identify, then challenge, biases

July 31st, 2020

8:43
NUGGET CONTEXT
 
Andrew speaks about how we all have intellectual and emotional biases when we make decisions and he speaks about how we can minimize being influenced by the biases during such moments. He speaks about …

632: 60.06 Andrew Likierman - Question the solution set offered

July 31st, 2020

9:39
NUGGET CONTEXT
 
One of the key elements of Judgment that Andrew speaks about is the notion of looking at the entire range of possibilities. Sometimes we fall into the bias of “what you see is what there is” during a …

632: 60.07 Andrew Likierman - Judgment during COVID times

July 31st, 2020

16:08
NUGGET CONTEXT
 
Andrew shares his perspectives around the criticality of the various steps involved in getting to a good judgment in these times. …

631: Vinita Bali On Coping with Covid-19

July 30th, 2020

38:36
NUGGET CONTEXT 

Vinita speaks about how executives and board members could navigate these choppy waters as the COVID 19 is playing out.  She …

630: 59.00 R Gopalakrishnan - The full conversation - INSIGHTS FROM CRASH: LESSONS FROM THE ENTRY AND EXIT OF CEOs

June 25th, 2020

1:22:44
GUEST
R Gopalakrishnan is a man of many identities. A Board Member, an author, an advisor, speaker and a teacher. Apart from having an illustrious career in Hindustan Lever and Tata Sons, he has been on several Boards …

629: 59.01 R Gopalakrishnan - Running your career like a marathon

June 25th, 2020

8:38
NUGGET CONTEXT

RG speaks about how he has thought about his career like a marathoner. He speaks about all of us having to refire rather than retire. He uses the metaphor of Lego to state that each one of us like a Lego …

628: 59.02 R Gopalakrishnan - Making robust hiring decisions

June 25th, 2020

15:42
NUGGET CONTEXT
RG speaks about his experiences from having made around 200 odd CEO appointments in his years as a mentor and as a Board Member. He goes onto say that his hit-rate might only be around 50-60% over the …

627: 59.03 R Gopalakrishnan - Settling in - Rock climbing versus Running

June 25th, 2020

9:19
NUGGET CONTEXT
RG speaks about how transitioning from one context to another is a bit like moving from driving a race car to rock climbing. You need to feel the surface before you transfer your weight and move …

626: 59.04 R Gopalakrishnan - Discerning the pecking order of stakeholders

June 25th, 2020

5:16
NUGGET CONTEXT
RG speaks about the fact that CEOs are measured not just on the objective performance metrics that have been laid out but also on how they perform with respect to the expectations of the pecking order …

625: 59.05 R Gopalakrishnan - Solving for efficiency versus effectiveness

June 25th, 2020

7:18
NUGGET CONTEXT
Gopal speaks about the criticality of focusing on not just efficiency (linearly moving from point A to point B) but effectiveness (moving according to the lay of the land much like how water comes down …

624: 59.06 R Gopalakrishnan - Having the right relationship with the Board

June 25th, 2020

6:41
NUGGET CONTEXT
RG speaks about the criticality having a healthy friendly relationship with the Board. He speaks about the narrative that CEOs often have around Board members being another “layer to manage”. He …

623: 59.07 R Gopalakrishnan - "Clementine Mirror" - the role of spouses

June 25th, 2020

7:44
NUGGET CONTEXT
RG speaks about the criticality of seeking and absorbing the feedback from the people around you. He speaks about the role of a …

622: 59.08 R Gopalakrishnan - Bringing in adequate porosity

June 25th, 2020

5:39
NUGGET CONTEXT
RG speaks about the role of the leader bringing in adequate open-ness and a prototyping mindset to the way he or she sculpts his or …

621: 59.09 R Gopalakrishnan - Getting cross-industry transitions right

June 25th, 2020

5:16
NUGGET CONTEXT
RG speaks about how leaders coming in from one context can effectively adapt to a completely new context especially when they do not have a working knowledge of the new space. He underscores the …

620: 58.00 BJ Fogg – The full conversation - TINY HABITS: SMALL CHANGES THAT CHANGE EVERYTHING

June 13th, 2020

1:15:49
GUEST   BJ Fogg is a behaviour scientist with deep experience in innovation and teaching. At Stanford University, he runs the Behaviour Design Lab (earlier called Persuasive Tech lab). He spends about 50% of his time to …

619: 58.01 BJ Fogg - The ABC of tiny habits

June 13th, 2020

8:11
NUGGET CONTEXT   BJ speaks about the ABC of tiny habits – Anchor, Behaviour and Celebration. He goes on to speak about the importance of having an …

618: 58.02 BJ Fogg - The MAP of behaviour change

June 13th, 2020

5:26
NUGGET CONTEXT   BJ speaks about the Motivation Ability curve which lies at the heart of his thinking around tiny habits. He speaks about how they complement each other and one way for us to take the vagary of …

617: 58.03 BJ Fogg - Prompts - the low hanging fruit of change

June 13th, 2020

9:26
NUGGET CONTEXT   BJ speaks about the role of a prompt in getting us to perform a habit. Prompt is often the trigger that ensures that we perform the …

616: 58.04 BJ Fogg - Action versus Context Prompt

June 13th, 2020

9:15
NUGGET CONTEXT   BJ makes the distinction between an Action Prompt (something that we do in our lives) versus a Context Prompt (an external trigger such as an Email, Pop-Up, Message etc). He speaks about how Product …

615: 58.05 BJ Fogg - Build ability to beat motivation cycles

June 13th, 2020

8:48
NUGGET CONTEXT   BJ speaks about how we could overcome the vagaries of our motivation by working on our abilities and by keeping the habit really …

614: 58.06 BJ Fogg - Celebrating to wire in a habit

June 13th, 2020

4:17
NUGGET CONTEXT   BJ speaks about the role of celebration in locking in a habit. He also makes the distinction between a reward that often comes …

613: 58.07 BJ Fogg - Tiny habits to big change

June 13th, 2020

9:15
NUGGET CONTEXT   BJ speaks about how we can sow the seed for a new habit but how we can ramp up and ramp down what we do as long as we are moderate in our expectations. He speaks about the trap that a lot of high …

612: 58.08 BJ Fogg - Untangle (not break) bad habits

June 13th, 2020

4:32
NUGGET CONTEXT
BJ speaks about the importance of language when we think about habits. He says that breaking habits is possibly a wrong metaphor …

611: 58.09 BJ Fogg - Getting out of screen addiction

June 13th, 2020

6:34
NUGGET CONTEXT

BJ speaks about some thoughts around how we can battle screen addiction both when we are by ourselves and when we are with others. He recommends screentime.standford.edu where there is an automated AI …

610: 58.10 BJ Fogg - The knowing-doing gap

June 13th, 2020

5:59
NUGGET CONTEXT BJ speaks about why several people cognitively “get” what they need to do but struggle to move the needle in that direction. He links it back to the early success some of them experience in their journey …

609: 57.00 Jennifer Garvey Berger - The full conversation - UNLOCKING LEADERSHIP MIND-TRAPS: THRIVING IN COMPLEXITY

May 30th, 2020

1:26:17
GUEST

Jennifer believes that leadership is one of the most vital renewable resources in the world. This might be more true than ever as organizations across sectors and around the world are facing an unprecedented …

608: 57.01 Jennifer Garvey Berger - Stages of human development

May 30th, 2020

4:34
NUGGET CONTEXT

Jennifer speaks about the 5 stages of Human Development. Stage 1 – Magical mind:  When we are a young child. Stage 2 – Self-sovereign mind: When we are the king or queen of the kingdom of 1 (teenage …

607: 57.02 Jennifer Garvey Berger - Transitions in mid-life

May 30th, 2020

15:06
NUGGET CONTEXT

Jennifer speaks at length about Stage 3 (Socialized mind) and Stage 4 (Self-authored mind) as these two account for ~90% of the …

606: 57.03 Jennifer Garvey Berger - Humans - an outdated OS

May 30th, 2020

7:04
NUGGET CONTEXT

Jennifer speaks about the fundamental disconnect between the human operating system that has evolved over thousands of years and …

605: 57.04 Jennifer Garvey Berger - 5 traps that leaders fall into

May 30th, 2020

7:55
NUGGET CONTEXT

Jennifer speaks about 5 traps that leaders often find themselves in as a result of the disconnect between the operating systems …

604: 57.05 Jennifer Garvey Berger - Trap1 - Looking for simple stories

May 30th, 2020

6:42
NUGGET CONTEXT

Jennifer speaks about how we grow up listening to linear stories that have a beginning, a middle and an end and there is often a very clear chain of causality. She mentions that this leads us to …

603: 57.06 Jennifer Garvey Berger - Trap 2 - Feeling right doesn’t mean it is right

May 30th, 2020

8:11
NUGGET CONTEXT

Jennifer speaks about the distinction between feeling something is right versus thinking that something is right. She mentions that the feeling of rightness often arrives a few milliseconds before the …

602: 57.07 Jennifer Garvey Berger - Trap 3 - Desire to agree

May 30th, 2020

3:08
NUGGET CONTEXT

Jennifer speaks about the risk of us going for a compromise and ending up in a “one size fits nobody” situation, as Late Prof Clay …

601: 57.08 Jennifer Garvey Berger - Trap 4 - Controlling instead of influencing

May 30th, 2020

11:39
NUGGET CONTEXT

Jennifer speaks about how the desire for control is an essential part of human-ness but unfortunately in complex situations, going …

600: 57.09 Jennifer Garvey Berger - Trap 5 - Shackled by the past

May 30th, 2020

4:50
NUGGET CONTEXT

Jennifer speaks about the tendency we all have to over-estimate the evolution we have had till date and underestimate the evolution …

599: 57.10 Jennifer Garvey Berger - Actively listening to your body

May 30th, 2020

11:08
NUGGET CONTEXT

Jennifer speaks about how we end up giving a lot of importance to our mind and brains and don’t listen enough to our bodies. She speaks about how bodily signals around hunger, sleep and anxiety can …

598: 57.11 Jennifer Garvey Berger - Leadership in a post COVID world

May 30th, 2020

4:48
NUGGET CONTEXT

Jennifer speaks about the need for a new leadership paradigm in the new normal that we are headed to. She speaks about how leaders …

597: 56.00 Raj Raghunathan - The full conversation - IF YOU ARE SO SMART, WHY AREN'T YOU HAPPY?

May 8th, 2020

1:42:42
GUEST

Raj Raghunathan is a professor of Marketing at the McCombs School of Business at The University of Texas at Austin, where he relies on …

596: 56.01 Raj Raghunathan – The journey till date

May 8th, 2020

9:23
NUGGET CONTEXT

Raj speaks about his journey to becoming a researcher of happiness. He speaks about how he thought about his journey after graduating from IIM Calcutta and how he came to the US. He also speaks about …

595: 56.02 Raj Raghunathan – Defining happiness

May 8th, 2020

7:46
NUGGET CONTEXT

Raj defines happiness and speaks about the common misconceptions people end up having around happiness. He speaks about the nuances around prioritizing (rather than pursuing) happiness and how one …

594: 56.03 Raj Raghunathan – Achievement and happiness

May 8th, 2020

6:18
NUGGET CONTEXT

Raj speaks about the link between levels of success and happiness. He goes on to speak about the relationship between happiness and education levels. He mentions that happiness rises till the …

593: 56.04 Raj Raghunathan – Abundance mindset and happiness

May 8th, 2020

12:40
NUGGET CONTEXT

Raj makes the connection between our mindsets (scarcity versus abundance) and our levels of happiness. He mentions that more than the amount of money we have, our relationship with the money we have is …

592: 56.05 Raj Raghunathan – Time scarcity and generosity burnout

May 8th, 2020

9:25
NUGGET CONTEXT

Raj speaks about the link between time affluence and an abundance mindset, two seemingly uncorrelated concepts. He also goes onto talk about the link between how much we load our plates and the link …

591: 56.06 Raj Raghunathan – Why we lose the plot with happiness

May 8th, 2020

7:04
NUGGET CONTEXT

Raj speaks about the habit of medium maximization (we forget the goals but start focusing on the means instead). He speaks about the paradox here and talks about how it shows up in the suboptimality in …

590: 56.07 Raj Raghunathan – Navigating mid-life

May 8th, 2020

10:57
NUGGET CONTEXT

Raj speaks about the valley of mid-life and how we can try to bring greater happiness by either job-crafting (look for adjacent spaces around what we do currently in our company), pursuing a vocation …

589: 56.08 Raj Raghunathan – Dealing with negative outcomes

May 8th, 2020

8:41
NUGGET CONTEXT

Raj speaks about how we could reframe the way we look at negative outcomes. He speaks about the phenomenon where we end up having …

588: 56.09 Raj Raghunathan – Pursuing flow than chasing superiority

May 8th, 2020

4:26
NUGGET CONTEXT

Raj speaks about the notion of pursuing flow rather than chasing superiority as we think about making key choices in our journey. He also speaks different kinds of flow and goes onto speak about the …

587: 56.10 Raj Raghunathan – Raising happy kids - love versus discipline

May 8th, 2020

9:36
NUGGET CONTEXT

Raj speaks about his thoughts around raising happy children and how parents need to walk the tight rope across discipline and love. He makes the case for leaning into love given a choice and speaks …

586: 56.11 Raj Raghunathan – Coping with COVID-19

May 8th, 2020

9:19
NUGGET CONTEXT

Raj speaks about how we all could think about solving for happiness given the strange times we are in. He speaks about three broad …

585: Sudhir Sitapati (Author - The CEO Factory) on coping with volatility

April 26th, 2020

27:32
NUGGET CONTEXT
Sudhir Sitapati is currently Executive Director, Foods and Refreshments at Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL). He recently published his first book - The CEO Factory, published by Juggernaut Books. While I …

584: Raj Raghunathan on raising happy children

April 17th, 2020

10:56

Raj Raghunathan speaks about how to trade-off love and discipline while raising children. As we go through lockdown in Covid-19 and home schooling, …

583: Insights from Raj Raghunathan - Staying Happy through COVID19

April 11th, 2020

11:18
Prof. Raj Raghunathan is a Professor at McCombs School of Business at University of Texas at Austin. He is the author of the book "If you're so …

582: 55.00 Matthew Walker - The full conversation - UNLOCKING THE POWER OF SLEEP AND DREAMS

March 6th, 2020

1:16:08
GUEST
Matthew Paul Walker is a British scientist and Professor of Neuroscience and Psychology at the University of California, Berkeley. He is the …

581: 55.01 Matthew Walker - Sleep - The Swiss army knife of wellness

March 6th, 2020

10:21
NUGGET CONTEXT
Matt speaks about the role of sleep in the wellness trinity – Diet, Exercise and Sleep. He goes onto say that not only is sleep one of …
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