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The Change Alchemist
by Shobhana Viswanathan
The Change Alchemist is a future of work podcast, bringing together conversations from thought leaders, scientists, professors and business leaders on AI, neuroscience, psychology and business .WEBSITE: www.thechangealchemist.com Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/shobhana-viswanathan/support
Episodes
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Using The Born Method To Make Decisions with Ipek Gray
This isn’t manifestation—it’s probability. In this episode of The Change Alchemist, I’m joined by İpek (pronounced E-pek), founder of The Born Method™—a data-driven guidance system that blends mathematics, behavioral patterns, and ancient wisdom rooted in birth dates. Raised in Turkey, İpek grew…
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Why Most Products Fail (and How JTBD Fixes It) with Tony Ulwick
Why do most products fail? Tony Ulwick, CEO of Strategyn and pioneer of Jobs-to-be-Done theory, shares how his experience with IBM's billion-dollar PC Junior flop sparked a 30-year obsession with innovation. Discover Outcome-Driven Innovation (ODI), a proven framework that helps companies create...
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How How Marketers Can Thrive in the Age of AI – with Alina Vandenberghe, Co-CEO of Chili Piper
In this episode, I sit down with Alina Vandenberghe, co-founder and co-CEO of Chili Piper. Alina shares her journey on scaling Chili Piper into a category-defining platform trusted by some of the world’s fastest-growing organizations. We dive into: How to design products that feel truly agentic…
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Sangram Vajre, CMO turned CEO, WSJ Best-Selling Author of MOVE, Co-Founder GTM Partners talks about GTM Frameworks and how to succeed in 2023
Sangram Vajre is currently CEO and founder of GTM Partners, a data-driven analyst firm advising companies on their go-to-market strategies. Sangram was also the co-founder and CMO at Terminus and is the author of Account-Based Marketing for Dummies, MOVE and ABM is B2B. Previously, Vajre was head...
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Jeff Schwartz On the Future of Work in 2023
Jeff Schwartz is the VP of Insights and Impact at Gloat. He is the also the author of WORK DISRUPTED (Wiley 2021) and the forthcoming WORKFORCE ECOSYSTEMS (MIT Press 2023) and Adjunct Professor at Columbia Business School. Gloat Research on the Great Resignation 2.0 Orchestrating Workforce...
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Jenny Wood, Google Executive, Author and Speaker on Owning Your Career.
Jenny Wood has grown from entry-level to an executive role at Google over her 16 years with the company, and she leads a large operations team that helps drive tens of billions of revenue per year. In 2021, she started a passion project within Google called Own Your Career. Through the program…
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Anthony Kennada, CEO at Audience Plus talks about What's Next In Category Creation
Anthony Kennada is Co-Founder and CEO at Audience Plus. He was the founding CMO of Gainsight where he is credited with creating the Customer Success category along with his team-- a novel business imperative, profession and software category that helps subscription companies grow sustainably by...
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David Allen, the Original Productivity Guru on Getting Things Done(GTD)
David Allen is an author, consultant, and Founder of the David Allen Company. He is widely recognized as the world's leading authority on GTD(Getting Things Done) a system of personal and organizational productivity. His thirty years of pioneering research, coaching and education of some of the...
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Zoe Chance, Yale Professor and Speaker on Influence and why it's your Superpower
Dr. Zoe Chance is a writer, teacher, researcher, and climate philanthropist obsessed with the topic of interpersonal influence. Powerful concepts that you will learn in this podcast: - The Magic Question - Gator and Judge Thinking - The Power of No Dr. Zoe Chance earned her doctorate in…
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Rita McGrath, Author and Professor at Columbia Business School on Why Snow Melts From The Edges, Lessons from Seeing Around Corners: How To Spot Inflection Points in Business Before They Happen
Rita McGrath is a best-selling author, sought-after speaker, and longtime professor at Columbia Business School. As one of the world’s top experts on innovation and growth, Rita’s work is regularly published in the Harvard Business Review. She is consistently ranked among the Top 10 management...
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April Dunford, Author Of Obviously Awesome: How to Nail Product Positioning
Today’s guest is April Dunford, positioning expert and the author of the book Obviously Awesome. April Dunford is an executive consultant, speaker, and author who helps companies make complicated products easy for customers to understand and love. She is a globally recognized expert in…
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Andrew J Taggart, Practical Philosopher, PH.D. : Meditation as a leadership practice in the future of work
Andrew J Taggart is a practical philosopher who works with executives and entrepreneurs. He challenges them to look at life with a "first principles" approach. In this podcast, we discuss the benefits of meditation in leading a "more examined life", and not merely to increase work productivity.…
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Sylvia Gallusser, Founder @Silicon Humanism on the intersection of technology and humanism
Sylvia is an inquirer of our future, conducting foresight research on the future of work and life-long learning, the future of health, well-aging, and social interaction, as well as transformations in mobility and retail. She closely monitors the future of the mind and transhumanism. Sylvia also...
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Steph Smith on remote work, creating an anti-fragile career and identity
Steph Smith is a creator, marketer and remote work thought leader. Six years ago, she left consulting and a 2+ hour commute to redesign her life as an indie-maker and creator. Most recently, she works for the Hustle acquired by Hubspot (you may know them for running one of the largest newsletters...
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Bill Davidow on the Autonomous Revolution, Virtual Spaces and Why Only The Paranoid Survive
Bill Davidow has been a high-technology industry executive and a venture investor for more than 30 years. In 1985, he founded Mohr Davidow Ventures, a venture capital firm and continued as an active advisor after stepping down as a general partner. Davidow is the author of Marketing High…
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Nithya Ruff, Chair of The Linux Foundation & Head of Comcast’s Open Source Program Office on Open Source Software and Community Building
Nithya A. Ruff is the Head of Comcast's Open Source Program Office. She is responsible for growing Open Source culture inside of Comcast and engagement with external communities. Nithya has been director-at-large on the Linux Foundation Board for the last 3 years and was recently elected to be...
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Todd Kashdan Ph.D., Author, Professor of Psychology and Founder of the Well-Being Lab at George Mason University: Leveraging curiosity to supercharge your career
Todd Kashdan - Personality/Clinical Psychologist, Best-Selling Author, Keynote Speaker. His latest book is The Art of Insubordination: How To Dissent & Defy Effectively. Preorder at: toddkashdan.com. Kashdan is Professor of Psychology at George Mason University. He is a leading authority on...
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Rebecca Seal, Author of "Solo" on how to work alone and not lose your mind
Rebecca Seal is the Author of SOLO: How To Work Alone (And Not Lose Your Mind). Writer and TV presenter. Host of The Solo Collective podcast. She writes about the things which make us human: food, family, work, home. In the process of writing "Solo", she interviewed organizational psychologists,...
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Monica Ortiz | Speaker @ TEDx, Google, Stanford University | Published Author on Mindful Leadership
Monica Ortiz is a Mindfulness, Communication, and Leadership Coach Themes covered in this podcast: -Mindfulness, and why it is increasingly important -Ebb and flow in communication -Communicating in an increasingly virtual world She helps executives build high-performing teams by establishing a…
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Eddie Yoon, Founder, EddieWouldGrow, Author of Superconsumers, Contributor @ HBR, Co-Creator of Category Pirates, the newsletter talks about Category Creation, Solopreneurship and Personal IPOs
Eddie Yoon is a growth strategist who has helped drive $8B+ in profitable growth for brands, companies and categories. He has done significant research, writing and speaking on the topic of Category Growth and Category Creation. He is also the Co-creator of Category Pirates, the newsletter...
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Nancy Hauge, CHRO at Automation Anywhere on Automation and the Future of Work
Nancy Hauge, CHRO at Automation Anywhere, one of the fastest growing companies in the world, oversees all "people" functions worldwide, including talent acquisition, communication, total rewards, learning and development, and employee engagement. She brings more than 30 years of experience in...
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Exploring "The Exponential Age" with Azeem Azhar
Azeem Azhar is an award-winning entrepreneur, analyst, strategist, investor. He produces Exponential View, the leading newsletter and podcast on the impact of technology on our future economy and society. In addition, Azeem hosts the Exponential View podcast, distributed by Harvard Business…
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Season 2 Trailer
In Season 2 I interview authors, thought leaders and practitioners and provide actionable insights on how you can navigate your careers in the changing future of work.
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Daniel Burrus, Futurist and Business Strategist on how to be an anticipatory leader and change disruption into opportunity
In this episode, Shobhana sits down with Daniel Burrus, Technology Futurist, Disruptive Innovation Expert, Keynote Speaker, and Best Selling Author, to discuss how trends can help you predict the future and become a positive disruptor. Daniel Burrus is considered one of the World’s Leading…
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Frank Cottle - Founder and CEO | Keynote Speaker | Flexible Work Expert | Investor on why virtual offices are here to stay
Frank Cottle is a serial entrepreneur and an expert on the future of work. Frank has been building flexible workspace companies under the Alliance brand since 1992, establishing himself as a timeless futurist who is more digitally connected than Gen Z and has a better beard than most Millennials....
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Dr. Robin Rosenberg, Founder and CEO of Live in Their World, on Superheroes and Cultivating Civility and Culture through Virtual Reality
Robin is the CEO and Founder of Live in Their World, a company built to help improve workplace culture utilizing a modern virtual reality method, this fully immerses an individual in workplace scenarios teaching diversity, equity, and inclusion. This allows for open and honest conversation which...
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Reenita Das, Healthcare Evangelist, Partner and SVP of Global Healthcare and Lifesciences at Frost and Sullivan talks about the future of health
Reenita Das is an evangelist and thought leader with over 25 years of healthcare marketing and consulting experience, working toward using technology to change healthcare and improve connectivity and engagement.She is currently working as Transformational Health Partner and Senior Vice President,...
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Eric Ressler, Founder and Creative Director at Cosmic, a Social Impact Creative Agency on driving change through design
Eric Ressler is the Founder and Creative Director at Cosmic, a Social Impact creative agency. Eric got his start in design early, and and cut his teeth running a freelance business in the digital design space. After organically building a strong roster of clients, he discovered a passion for the...
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Madeline Ashby on science fiction, AI, automation and prototyping futures
Madeline Ashby is a science fiction writer, futurist, speaker, teacher, and immigrant living in Toronto. Madeline Ashby has worked with Intel Labs, the World Health Organization, the Institute for the Future, SciFutures, Nesta, Data & Society, The Atlantic Council, Changeist, and others. She has...
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Anthony Hayes, Founder and President of the Hayes Initiative on the future of PR, crisis communications and the power of a well communicated message
Anthony Hayes has spent more than 18 years in communications, crisis and issue management and political and legislative campaigns. He founded The Hayes Initiative, a boutique, certified LGBTQ-owned and operated public affairs and strategic communications firm in NYC, to apply his experience...
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Raja Rajamannar, CMO at Mastercard: Insights from his new book "Quantum Marketing, trends in marketing and advice to marketers
Raja Rajamannar is a transformative business leader with substantial senior management experience across different geographies around the world. Managed large-scale businesses at Fortune 500 companies across financial services, consumer-packaged goods and healthcare, including at Unilever,...
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Rishad Tobaccowala: Marketing Innovator, Business Leader and Author of "Restoring the Soul of Business: Staying Human in the Age of Data" on leadership, navigating the future and staying relevant
Rishad is an author, speaker and advisor whose key skill is getting people to see, think and feel differently about how to grow themselves, their teams and their company. He does this through distilling 40 years of global learning and wisdom and communicating in a way that is provocative…
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Robin Daniels - CMO @Matterport | Ex @LinkedIn @Salesforce @WeWork @Box | Endless Enthusiast | Purpose-Driven | Seeking The Epic | on why positivity and collaboration matter in the future of work
Robin Daniels is a business and marketing leader focused on delivering epic results through innovative, fun, and highly differentiated go-to-market activities, while empowering people and teams to do the best work of their lives. He is the Chief Marketing Officer at Matterport, the leader in 3D...
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Dr. Julie Albright - Digital Sociologist | 2020 IMasons Education Champion Award Winner | Author | Board Member - Infrastructure Masons on the untethering of America and reshaping the American dream
Dr. Julie M Albright is a digital sociologist with counseling degrees and a faculty member in the Depts. of Applied Psychology and the Electrical Engineering at the University of Southern California. Her book - Left to Their Own Devices: How Digital Natives are Reshaping the American Dream - on…
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Khemaridh Hy, "Wall Street Guru" and "Oprah for Millennials" deconstructs productivity, lifestyle design and frameworks to lead an intentional life
Khemaridh(Khe) Hy worked on Wall Street for 15 years and thought he had fulfilled dreams he had held since childhood: Income. Status. A nice apartment. But deep inside, he felt comfortably numb and was afraid he'd spend the rest of his life going through the motions. 🤳 Khe has been called “Oprah...
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Ryan Gariepy, CTO of Clearpath Robotics talks about the future of robotics, automation and space
Ryan Gariepy is the CTO and founder of Clearpath Robotics (2009). He is also on the board of the Open Source Robotics Foundation (OSRF), the governing body for ROS, since its inception in 2012. He's also been involved in numerous Canadian and international robotics advisory roles and led…
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Ziad Ahmed, CEO @ JUV Consulting | Let's Talk Gen Z/Purpose/Storytelling 🤞🏽| Forbes #30Under30 on marketing to Gen Z, social media and leadership
Ziad Ahmed (@ziadahmed) is a 22-year-old student, entrepreneur, and speaker. He has spoken for international audiences everywhere from Moscow to Mexico to major Fortune 500 companies, has appeared on networks such as CNN to commentate on politics, has established himself as a voice on Generation…
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Mythili Sankaran CEO and Co-founder of Neythri, a global community of professional South Asian women and Co-founder and Managing Partner of The Neythri Futures Fund talks about her journey
Mythili Sankaran is the CEO and Co-founder of Neythri, a global community of professional South Asian womxn and the Co-founder and Managing Partner of The Neythri Futures Fund I, a venture fund for and by South Asian women. Mythili has been a consulting CXO to early-stage startups, product...
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Robin Purohit, CEO of Peritus.ai on product leadership, AI and more
Robin Purohit is the co-founder and CEO of Peritus.ai, the AI recommendation engine for support automation. He has been an entrepreneur throughout his career, building and marketing IT products at both high growth innovators and established industry leaders including Griddable (acquired by...
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Rahul Rana, author of “Making Moonshots" talks about moonshot mindsets, radical creativity and strategies to build moonshot companies
Rahul Rana is the author of “Making Moonshots" - a deep-dive into the mindsets, philosophies, and strategies that are conducive to building moonshot companies. Rahul is currently a sophomore at Rutgers Business School and works at Lux Capital venture capital firm. LinkedIn:...
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Elias Rubel, CEO of Mattermade talks about the role of marketing in high-growth SaaS companies
Elias Rubel is the CEO of Matter Made, Marketing Advisor at Dropbox and Calm Matter Made's B2B clients range from post-IPO enterprises, to fast growing scale-ups backed by Sequoia Capital, True Ventures, NEA, Redpoint, and just about every other big name in the valley. Companies like Dropbox…
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Chandar Pattabhiram, CMO of Coupa Software talks about his CMO journey and the future of marketing
Chandar is a results-driven senior executive with more than 25 years of experience in strategic marketing and management consulting. In 2019, he was recognized as one the Ten Most Influential Marketing Leaders in 2019 - https://rb.gy/dmg4gx. In 2017, he wasrated by LinkedIn as one of the top 5…
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Samira Khan, Global Impact Engagement leader at Salesforce.org talks about her work, and why social innovation is more important than ever
Samira Khan, Senior Manager, Global Impact Engagement at Saleforce.org, stops by to talk to us about her journey and the work that she and her teammates at Salesforce.org are doing to make an impact using technology. She is a social impact changemaker and intrapreneur passionate about...
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Yvonne Wassenaar, CEO of Puppet talks about digital innovation, leadership and gender diversity in high-tech companies
Yvonne Wassenaar is the CEO of Puppet, a trusted enterprise provider of pervasive automation across traditional and cloud-native environments. She has more than 25 years of experience scaling companies globally and driving enterprise transformation with technology. Prior to Puppet, Yvonne served…
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Jayshree Seth, 3M Corporate Scientist and Chief Science Advocate - on innovation, the role of science in our daily lives, her new book "The Heart of Science", STEM equity and the pandemic
In this episode Dr. Jayshree Seth, Corporate Scientist and Chief Science Advocate at 3M talks about the role of science in our lives and the inspiration behind her new book, "The Heart of Science", innovation and how everyone can innovate, and the importance of diversity in STEM. Resources: 3M...
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Sacha Thompson, CEO of The Equity Equation on why diversity, equity and inclusion will be important in the future of work
Sacha Thompson is a DEI professional with over 20 years in the non-profit and tech industries. Over this time, she has seen the challenges faced by executives with good intentions struggling to make decisions around diversity. Where executives are motivated to do the ‘right thing’ when it comes…
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Jeff Schwartz, Deloitte’s Future of Work leader, author of WORK DISRUPTED with action plans for 2021
Jeff Schwartz, Principal, Deloitte Consulting provides insights from his new book "Work Disrupted" in this episode. Schwartz teaches everyone invested in the future of work how to: Welcome AI: Historically, technology has created more jobs than it has taken; it’s time to embrace this and create...
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Bryan Kramer, TED Speaker and Best-selling author: There's no B2B or B2C, Why Human to Human(#H2H) is important in a world of AI and automation
Bryan Kramer is a renowned business strategist, TED speaker,global keynote speaker, executive trainer and coach, two-time bestselling author and Forbes contributor. As former President and Co-Owner of PureMatter, a Silicon Valley global marketing agency since 2001, he sparked the Human-to-Human…
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Sanjay Swamy, Co-Founder/ Managing Partner at Prime Venture Partners: On Entrepreneurship, Revolutionizing Fintech/Mobile/Healthcare Ecosystems, and Insights from his new book
Key takeaways from podcast: Startup lessons from a CEO/Entrepreneur turned VC - the Future of Work will be global, the best product will win in an increasingly flat, global marketplace Future of Fintech, Mobile. Healthcare - how India has led the mobile payments space, Aadhar and the importance…
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The Change Alchemist Year in Review - 10 Questions on the Future of Work
This episode is a solo episode and explores 10 questions around the future of work that the host Shobhana Viswanathan answers.
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The Change Alchemist is a future of work podcast, bringing together conversations from thought leaders, scientists, professors and business leaders on AI, neuroscience, psychology and business .WEBSITE: www.thechangealchemist.com Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/shobhana-viswanathan/support
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