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