ContraMinds Podcast - Unlocking Personal Growth and Professional Excellence

By Swami, ContraMinds Labs

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Episodes: 92

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Hosted by Sivaraman Swaminathan (Swami), this show decodes what goes on behind the minds of people who strive to achieve mastery, excellence, and success in their business or profession. It explores their life purpose, motivations and inspiration, and attempts to understand their personal growth journey. We try to understand the why behind what they do and how they are successfully accomplishing what they set out to do in their lives. 


You can discover the mental models of these high performers, who are career achievers and leaders in their own right and seek to learn from their practices and experiences. The conversation dives deep into their lifelong learning methods, personal development and self-improvement strategies that they work on, their workplace rituals or practices that have made them successful in their business, startup, or entrepreneurial journey.


These conversations will inspire you, open your mind to new possibilities and help you reimagine your purpose, goals, and practices to become extraordinary in both your life and career.


Episode Date
2025 Recap Episode - 12 Questions Heading into 2026
Dec 26, 2025
Prof. Jeevanjyoti Chakraborty on Curiosity, Chaos & Real Education #064
Dec 11, 2025
Thinking With Machines: Sense-Making, AI Agents, Future of Work - Prof. Vasant Dhar (#063)
Nov 20, 2025
Be Wilful. Go Astray. Feel Your Way - Jillain Reilly (#062)
Oct 23, 2025
How To Make Marketing Attribution Work - Scott Desgrosseilliers (#019)
Sep 17, 2025
Neeraj Sagar on Why 50 is the Half Time of Your Professional Career (#061)
Aug 22, 2025
How to Market to Gen Z (The Ultimate Guide)- Srinjoy Das (#018)
Jul 29, 2025
Why Universities Need To Be Marketable Brands - Burzeen Bhathena, Marketing Director, NMIMS (#017)
Jul 16, 2025
Consent, Compliance And Conversational AI: Marketing's New Reality: Nitin Seth, CEO & Co-Founder, SMS Magic & Conversive
Jun 16, 2025
Having A Job Vs Building A Career: Scripting Your Journey To Being Extraordinary
May 30, 2025
Steven Puri On Doing Deep Work In A Distracted World
May 13, 2025
Take the Leap From Being Average to Extraordinary: Your Path To Being Extraordinary
Apr 23, 2025
Why Marketing Must Make People Believe, Not Just Buy: Akhil Almeida, Chief Marketing Officer, Bandhan Life Insurance
Mar 28, 2025
Why India Needs 10x Innovation to Beat China: Prof. Rohit Srivastava, IIT Bombay
Mar 06, 2025
Cross Media Orchestration For Creative Excellence with Prof. Prasad Naik, University of California Davis
Feb 20, 2025
How Micro Schools Can Transform Education With Sai Gaddam. Co-Founder,Comini Learning.
Jan 18, 2025
ContraMinds Recap: Best Of 2024 on Ultralearning, Innovation, Resilience, Overcoming Alcohol Addiction, Communication, and AI.
Dec 27, 2024
Legends of Advertising Series -Creative Excellence and Staying Relevant : Thoughts from R.Sridhar, An Advertising Legend from India
Nov 29, 2024
#057 Elena Aniere on The Slow Food Revolution
Oct 24, 2024
#056 Dr. Nigel Paine on Agile Learning for Today's Organisations
Sep 12, 2024
The Super CMO Show - Amita Mehra (#012)
Aug 20, 2024
#055 Rajendran Dandapani on Skills Over Scores: The Zoho Schools Approach
Aug 02, 2024
#054 Prof. David Nutt on Alcohol Addiction and Beating Depression
Jun 22, 2024
#053 Brandon Hendrickson on Making Education Engaging
May 31, 2024
#052 Scott H. Young on How to Build Mastery in Anything
May 15, 2024
The Super CMO Show - Ricky Afrianto (#011)
Apr 12, 2024
#051 Dr. Vignesh Devraj on Ayurveda’s Holistic Approach for Modern Living
Mar 26, 2024
The Super CMO Show - Mahek Shah (#010)
Mar 15, 2024
#050 Prof. Vasant Dhar on The Evolving Role of Humans in the Age of AI
Feb 21, 2024
The Super CMO Show - Moses Gorrepati (#009)
Feb 09, 2024
#049 Khyati Bhatt on Understanding Body Language, Decoding Non-Verbal Cues
Jan 26, 2024
#048 Anton Howes on Lessons from History on Innovation and Invention
Jan 09, 2024
Best of 2023 | ContraMinds Podcast
Dec 22, 2023
Best of 2023 | The Super CMO Show
Dec 20, 2023
#047 Bharath MS and Madhura Shanthini on Navigating India’s Evolving Data Privacy Ecosystem
Nov 23, 2023
The Super CMO Show - Srikanth Ramachandran (#008)
Nov 07, 2023
#046 James Bellerjeau on The Career Success Playbook: How to Balance Personal and Professional Ambition
Oct 27, 2023
#045 Matt Abrahams on Thinking Faster, Talking Smarter
Oct 17, 2023
#044 Rajesh Jain on “Unicorns vs. 'Proficorns' : The Pragmatic Path to building Private, Bootstrapped, Profitable and Valuable Businesses
Sep 22, 2023
The Super CMO Show - David Fradin (#007)
Aug 29, 2023
#043: Roger Forsgren on Professional Skills To Rewire the Engineer’s Mindset
Jul 28, 2023
#042 Sridhar Ramasamy on How Digital Factories are Transforming the Future of Manufacturing
Jul 06, 2023
#041 Rajat Kumar Agarwal on Transforming Medical Outcomes With Knowledge Centric IT Platforms
Jun 15, 2023
The Super CMO Show - Prof. Venkatesh (Venky) Shankar (#006)
May 24, 2023
#040 Ravishankar Iyer on Storytelling: The Catalyst to Influence People and Business Growth
May 05, 2023
The Super CMO Show - Sukumar Muthya (#005)
Apr 13, 2023
The Super CMO Show - Amit Tiwari (#004)
Mar 31, 2023
The Super CMO Show - Prof. Tanvi Gupta (#003)
Mar 20, 2023
#039 Pooja Jauhari on Leadership Lessons in Building a Disruptive and Value Driven Marketing Firm
Mar 02, 2023
The Super CMO Show - Prof. Peter Fader (#002)
Feb 23, 2023
#038: Dr. Aniruddha Malpani on The State of Indian Education - Outdated Systems, Flawed Teaching Methods and Myopic Parenting
Feb 13, 2023
#037: Prem Kumar Gokuladasan on How Technology Can Transform India’s Rural Education
Feb 02, 2023
The Super CMO Show - Marc de Swaan Arons (#001)
Jan 13, 2023
The Best Advice Our Guests Ever Received | 2022 Recap
Dec 24, 2022
What advice would you give to an 18-Year Old at University? | 2022 Recap
Dec 15, 2022
What Does Success Mean To You? | 2022 Recap
Dec 05, 2022
#036: Rupal Patel on Identity-Driven Leadership: Lessons Learnt from the CIA, to being a CEO
Nov 09, 2022
#035: The Chris Yeh Experience: On Design, Leadership and Blitzscaling
Oct 17, 2022
#034: Thales Teixeira on Digital Disruption Through Decoupling
Sep 21, 2022
#033: B Joseph Pine II on Want to Win Customers? Sell Them Experiences.
Sep 08, 2022
#032: Prasad Mangipudi on Building a World-Class Sports Ecosystem in India
Aug 26, 2022
#031: Paul Zak on Applying Neuroscience in Engagement, Immersion and Brand Interactions
Aug 16, 2022
#030: Connor Joyce on How Behavioral Science is shaping the core of Product Development
Jul 23, 2022
#029: Shyam Sekhar on The Founder's Guide to Finance
Jul 05, 2022
#028: Sunder Madakshira on The Power of Connecting Data, Brands, and Strategy
May 31, 2022
#027: Adrian Gropper on The Intersection of Data, Technology, and Individual Rights
May 02, 2022
#026: Prof. Y. Narahari on Seeking Wisdom in the Theory of Games
Apr 07, 2022
#025: Dr. Annapurni Subramaniam on Reaching for the Stars with Grace and Humility
Mar 21, 2022
#024: Neil Hoyne on Managing Relationships in the Age of Data
Feb 21, 2022
#023: Roger Forsgren on Knowledge Management Lessons from NASA
Jan 19, 2022
#022 : Amit Ranjan on The Source Code for Building World-Class Products
Jan 10, 2022
#021: Col. Vijay Chadda on Leadership Lessons from a Life of Service
Dec 13, 2021
#020: Allison Hartsoe on Transforming Businesses by Understanding Customers
Nov 25, 2021
#019: Radhika Dutt on Leading Change through Radical Product Thinking
Nov 11, 2021
#018: Bipindra N.C. on Exploring the Defence Tech Landscape
Oct 19, 2021
#017: Suresh Shankar on A Founder-CEO's Guide to Company Building
Oct 05, 2021
#016: Narayan Parasuram on Building a Business on the Power of Stories
Sep 16, 2021
#015: Thomas Kolster on The Unmarketing Code for Meaningful Brands
Aug 24, 2021
#014: Kumar Vembu on Building a Culture of Happiness and Zero Follow-Ups
Aug 05, 2021
#013: Prof. Manish Jain on How to Enhance Learning Through Creativity
Jul 23, 2021
#012: Karthik Srinivasan on Using Your Personal Brand to Escape the Rat Race
Jul 13, 2021
#011: Dr. Ashwin Mahalingam on Bringing Interdisciplinary Thinking to Project Management
Jul 01, 2021
#010: Prof. Vidita Vaidya on a Neuroscientist's Guide to Managing Stress, Depression, and Emotions
Jun 21, 2021
#009: Karthik Sundaram on Approaching Life as a Collection of Journeys
Jun 08, 2021
#008: Srikant Sastri on Entrepreneurship and Building World-Class Products in India
May 27, 2021
#007: Malaksingh Gill on Meta-Discipline and Sustainable Architecture
May 17, 2021
#006: Ashwin Damera on The Art and Pursuit of Disciplined Entrepreneurship
May 05, 2021
#005: Samit Malkani on Brand Marketing Lessons from Google and the DNA of Creative Teams
Apr 19, 2021
#004: Alex Lange on Leaders as Humans
Apr 06, 2021
#003: Badri Seshadri on his journey from a small-town in Tamil Nadu to IIT Chennai, Cornell, and Cricinfo
Mar 07, 2021
Mediocrity Epidemic
Nov 24, 2019
Difference between a professional and an employee mindset
Oct 24, 2019