ContraMinds Podcast - Unlocking Personal Growth and Professional Excellence
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ContraMinds Podcast - Unlocking Personal Growth and Professional Excellence is a business podcast hosted by Swami, ContraMinds Labs. It has 98 episodes, with the latest published April 2026.
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 r
business ·en-us ·98 episodes
Joseph Pine on the Transformation Economy: Don’t Just Serve Customers—Transform Them (#067)
Shekhar Natarajan on Why AI Needs a Trust Layer (#066)
Prof T Prasad on Why Markets Make The Best Classrooms #065
ContraMinds Timeless Wisdom - Kumar Vembu - Why Leaders Must Reinvent to Stay Relevant (Ep03)
ContraMinds Timeless Wisdom - Kumar Vembu - Culture is Engineered, not Announced (Ep02)
ContraMinds Timeless Wisdom - Kumar Vembu on People, Trust and Ownership (Ep01)
2025 Recap Episode - 12 Questions Heading into 2026
Prof. Jeevanjyoti Chakraborty on Curiosity, Chaos & Real Education #064
Thinking With Machines: Sense-Making, AI Agents, Future of Work - Prof. Vasant Dhar (#063)
Be Wilful. Go Astray. Feel Your Way - Jillain Reilly (#062)
How To Make Marketing Attribution Work - Scott Desgrosseilliers (#019)
Neeraj Sagar on Why 50 is the Half Time of Your Professional Career (#061)
How to Market to Gen Z (The Ultimate Guide)- Srinjoy Das (#018)
Why Universities Need To Be Marketable Brands - Burzeen Bhathena, Marketing Director, NMIMS (#017)
Consent, Compliance And Conversational AI: Marketing's New Reality: Nitin Seth, CEO & Co-Founder, SMS Magic & Conversive
Having A Job Vs Building A Career: Scripting Your Journey To Being Extraordinary
Steven Puri On Doing Deep Work In A Distracted World
Take the Leap From Being Average to Extraordinary: Your Path To Being Extraordinary
Why Marketing Must Make People Believe, Not Just Buy: Akhil Almeida, Chief Marketing Officer, Bandhan Life Insurance
Why India Needs 10x Innovation to Beat China: Prof. Rohit Srivastava, IIT Bombay
Cross Media Orchestration For Creative Excellence with Prof. Prasad Naik, University of California Davis
How Micro Schools Can Transform Education With Sai Gaddam. Co-Founder,Comini Learning.
ContraMinds Recap: Best Of 2024 on Ultralearning, Innovation, Resilience, Overcoming Alcohol Addiction, Communication, and AI.
Legends of Advertising Series -Creative Excellence and Staying Relevant : Thoughts from R.Sridhar, An Advertising Legend from India
#057 Elena Aniere on The Slow Food Revolution
#056 Dr. Nigel Paine on Agile Learning for Today's Organisations
The Super CMO Show - Amita Mehra (#012)
#055 Rajendran Dandapani on Skills Over Scores: The Zoho Schools Approach
#054 Prof. David Nutt on Alcohol Addiction and Beating Depression
#053 Brandon Hendrickson on Making Education Engaging
#052 Scott H. Young on How to Build Mastery in Anything
The Super CMO Show - Ricky Afrianto (#011)
#051 Dr. Vignesh Devraj on Ayurveda’s Holistic Approach for Modern Living
The Super CMO Show - Mahek Shah (#010)
#050 Prof. Vasant Dhar on The Evolving Role of Humans in the Age of AI
The Super CMO Show - Moses Gorrepati (#009)
#049 Khyati Bhatt on Understanding Body Language, Decoding Non-Verbal Cues
#048 Anton Howes on Lessons from History on Innovation and Invention
Best of 2023 | ContraMinds Podcast
Best of 2023 | The Super CMO Show
#047 Bharath MS and Madhura Shanthini on Navigating India’s Evolving Data Privacy Ecosystem
The Super CMO Show - Srikanth Ramachandran (#008)
#046 James Bellerjeau on The Career Success Playbook: How to Balance Personal and Professional Ambition
#045 Matt Abrahams on Thinking Faster, Talking Smarter
#044 Rajesh Jain on “Unicorns vs. 'Proficorns' : The Pragmatic Path to building Private, Bootstrapped, Profitable and Valuable Businesses
The Super CMO Show - David Fradin (#007)
#043: Roger Forsgren on Professional Skills To Rewire the Engineer’s Mindset
#042 Sridhar Ramasamy on How Digital Factories are Transforming the Future of Manufacturing
#041 Rajat Kumar Agarwal on Transforming Medical Outcomes With Knowledge Centric IT Platforms
The Super CMO Show - Prof. Venkatesh (Venky) Shankar (#006)
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