PODCAST · business
Thinking on Thinking
by Joyus Studio
A bi-weekly production of the experience design studio Joyus, co-founders Divya Tak + Kahran Singh talk about behavior, its impact on work + life, the real-life applications + questions they've struggled with on their entrepreneurial journey — and the fascinating insights they've found at the edge of intent.
Episodes
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Alternatives to Capitalism with Nomaan X
Kahran and Nomaan discuss values & capitalism, public and private sectors, and higher education and scientific advacement from the perspective of society. Open, deeply interesting conversations on how to engage with the community, how to build a different kind of society, and the questions that...
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Spilling Some Tea on Writing as Communication and Art
Kahran and Divya talk about writing in all its different forms: as a craft, for communication, as a means of expression. We talk about writing how to leverage AI while keeping your voice, how the diversity of genres and institutions that have touched you influence your outputs. How can you grow…
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Balancing energy, expectations and perfectionism with Ambika Singh, Founder and CEO Armoire
In this special Singh siblings edition of thinking on thinking, Kahran gets deep with his sister and founder of Armoire about how she navigates expectations, keeps up her motivation, manages her brand all while driving a business with high values.
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When its Conforming to be Unique
Kahran and Divya explore how the efforts to be unique can lead to conforming. Exploring the role of ambition, artistic communities and how the costs and perceived costs drive noncomfority.
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Preeti Suri: Tips for Women Founders and Balancing Health & Work
Preeti Suri, founder of AdventureTripr and TripGenie, talks about building a company in the age of LLMs, how her body has signaled to her about burnout, and the signs that tell her when she needs to spend more time with the family and her son. Kahran and Preeti also talk about connecting with...
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Story vs. Telling Part 4
In the final part of our conversation about figuring out the story, Kahran and Divya get to the bottom of it all. How to actually create a story that people care about? The answer? "Find out why you care about this"
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Story vs Telling Part 3
Conclusions are found for Divya in how to tell her story in a resonant and authentic way in this workshop-style episode with Kahran and Divya
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Story vs Telling Part 2
In part 2 of this storytelling series, Kahran and Divya find Divya's story live on the air, or at least the parts that feel most important for her to highlight and share.
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Story Vs. Telling Part 1
In this episode, Kahran and Divya discuss why Divya doesn't feel like she is able to find her audience or this podcast's audience. Kahran goes deep into exploring different facets of the problem. This is part 1 of the series.
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Almora: Crafting Desire in Business
Divya and Kahran dive in to the luxury Ayurvedic brand Almora Botanica. How to build emotional connection? How do you engage beyond cognitively? How to choose where to reinforce ideas, where to simplify, and how to ground yourself in an investor deck? Also a jump into looking at colors and how…
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MachPhy: Cool Glide to Funding
MachPhy Solutions uses Advanced Thermal Material to transform the economics around cooling -- a revolution for many industries. As they kick off their fundraise, Divya and Kahran break down the strengths and areas for improvement in their investor deck. Curious about how the deck stands today or...
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Cranberry.Fit: Diving into Storytelling
Divya and Kahran look at the design, messaging, and user experience of Cranberry.Fit's website, the company co-founded and run by our guest from Season 4, Aditi Dimri. We explore the emotional aspects of marketing related to PMS, the importance of community, and how to build trust with users…
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Anuki Premachandra: Planting the Seeds for Understanding
Divya interviews Anuki on leadership, working with the development and corporate sectors and leading people to understanding through communication. Anuki talks about leveraging the public discourse, balancing clients while achieve advocacy goals, and how Anuki looks to build a leading creative...
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Thinking on the Smiqql Acquisition Deck
In this first video episode, Kahran and Divya break down the deck that Smiqql recently used for their acquisition, looking at what the different parts of the deck are doing and places they could be more successful. In this new running series, we invite listeners to submit artifacts (decks,...
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Building the Motivation for Success: Part 8
Divya and Kahran discuss externalizing motivation and particularly externalizing parts of the hard parts of the creative process, and speak of embodied versus cognitive thinking. And the difference between finding resonance and liking something. Mentions include: the book I'm Very Into You, which...
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Thinking on Absurdist Successes and 1000xResist - Success: Part 7
Divya and Kahran talk about how culture influences your expectations of absurdist elements in storytelling (and success, ofc) , using the discussion with Remy Siu about 1000xResist as a basis for the conversation. Internally consistent and logic are often prioritized by western authors unlike...
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Creating a Successful Game in 1000xResist with Remy Siu of Sunset Visitor - Success: Part 6
Remy Siu, Creative Director of 1000xResist, speaks with Divya about the how questions -- how they made such an incredible game that breaks so many molds, how Remy came to run a game studio with a background in composition and dance, how to exist as a performing artists in today, in Vancouver, in...
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Success through Achieving vs Authenticity - Success: Part 5
Kahran shares stories of his grandfather, SSH Rehman, former director of ITC Limited and leader of ITC Hotels, Divya discusses quality years and Bryan Johnson, Also featured: the graphic novel Sandman, success in academic vs success in life. And there is more unpacking of Pradeep Singh's chasing…
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Unraveling Purpose & Success: Part 4
Can you find a sense of purpose without pursuing success? In a fireside chat format, Kahran shares with Divya his surprise that his father, Pradeep, had never felt successful, as Pradeep shared in our last episode, and Kahran and Divya articulate some of the emulate-able parts of Pradeep's…
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After Success, with Pradeep Singh - Success: Part 3
What happens after you build a successful company, make a fortune, and achieve the goals you set out to achieve? What is success in the afterwards? In a conversation spanning success, purpose, motivation and satisfaction, Divya interviews Pradeep Singh, the founder and former CEO of Aditi...
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Expectations & Definitions of Success: Part 2
Kahran and Divya break down what it means to be successful -- and to have been successful and no longer be so. When do our cultural definitions permeate our feelings about successful? And when do they preclude achievement in success? What does it mean to have achievement in success? This second...
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The Confoundedness of Success: Part 1
Success: achieving it, the moving goalposts of it, the feeling of it, in a trait, the way we tell ourselves stories of it and, of course, what is it. This discussion deeply jumps into a topic where Divya and Kahran have spent a lot of time, and bring views from their previously divergent, and…
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Revisiting 402 - Careers & Creativity with Computational_Mama
As we wrap up this season of Thinking on Thinking, we revisit one of our favs from last season. Where we talked to Computational mama about her life and her creative process. Stay tuned we will be back in season 6 with some amazing things.
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Building GenAI for Visual Storytelling with Divya & Dashtoon Co-Founder, Soumyadeep Mukerjee
In this episode Divya talks to Soumyadeep, recently named Forbes 30 under 30 in Asia for Consumer Tech, about learning visual styles as he builds his AI models for his startup, Dashtoon, breaking down computer vision as a technology and the role of media in driving tech. You can check out…
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How to Make Hard Things Easier with Kahran & Divya
As our motivations change, and especially in doing new things, finding how you can make them slightly easier for yourself can be helpful in accomplishing them. Of course, some things are regardless just hard to do, but between Kahran and Divya there are some diverse approaches and stories abound…
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Satisfaction with Success with Kahran & Alva10's co-founder, Lena Chaihorsky
This week Kahran talks to Lena Chaihorsky, founder of Alva10 not about her business but about how her growth as an entrepreneur has helped her in other areas of her life, in feeling joy and satisfaction as well as how she sees herself as a citizen, and the importance of emotional growth.
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Trust vs Confidence, in yourself, your skills & your environment
In this episode, Kahran and Divya break down feelings of trust and feelings of confidence, and look at where they differ and where the nuance is important, especially thinking about consumer businesses and experiences.
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Caravaning across Africa with Divya & artists Shikhant and Shivi
Divya talks to Shikhant and Shivi about their travels, journey with the african caravan, teaching kids art, about collaborating with people who are special to you, and more, in this episode filled with interesting stories.
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How to Find Fair Compensation with Kahran & Divya
In this episode, Divya and Kahran have a meandering conversation starting around compensation and work into compensation for your life. How can you measure compensation beyond straight up money that you get in exchange for your work? How do you value that type of compensation? And why do tornado...
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Navigating Changing Dynamics & Relationships with Kahran and Prem & Andrew, co-founders of Humanly
Kahran chats with Prem and Andrew from Humanly about building the company together, growing, creating avenues for growth for themselves, each other and those who work with them. You can check out humanly here : https://www.humanly.io/
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Authenticity, Grace & Trust, in Work and with Yourself
Kahran and Divya talk about authenticity, and get into discussing grace, trust and more. This one is reminiscent of one of the earlier episodes of Thinking on Thinking where we talk in depth about the nuances of certain ideas.
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505- Building healthcare in India with RocketHealth's Abhineet and Ritika
Ritika and Abhineet, founders of RocketHealth, and sibling duo, talk about learnings on their journey of working together as siblings, to leveraging strengths of each other and how they have found a mission that aligns them both together.
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504 - Creating comics together with Kahran and Divya
How do you build things together, especially creative work. As Kahran and Divya embark on experimenting with new mediums and on new projects, they discuss their experience of working together for the first time on making comics. Like most conversations between them, the discussion meanders into...
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503 - Building and selling a food business with Smiqql's Dina Holzapfel
In this episode of thinking on thinking, Kahran talks to Dina Holzapfel about building a food business with her life partner and the intricacies of what you gain when you sell your business. Of lessons learnt from a long journey of entrepreneurship and much more. You can find more about Dina…
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Kahran & Divya on Continuing Projects
Topical for this season, co-founders and hosts Divya and Kahran find themselves in some tension, with Kahran questioning his commitment to the podcast, and wondering about how the rewards in doing something change over time. Also how preconceived notions influence our ability to see options.…
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Being Co-Travel Influencers with Divya & the Searats
Rashmee & Anant, aka the Searats, are married travel influencers. We talk about what it's like to build a business with your partner, being instinct-driven, and how happiness comes from being cringe. And how it feels create a space people feel they can judge you and your relationship, but also...
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Revisiting episode 29 : Thinking on LLMs and GenAI
As we take a break between the seasons, we revisit episode 29, where we discussed about generative AI and how it has changed out ways of thinking and doing work.
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Creating & Game Design with Kahran & Divya
We dive deep into the creative process, and our roadblocks and success there, before pivoting into game design, and the wealth of games that came up in Divya's conversation with Anurati Srivastva and the fascinating ideas from Kahran's conversation with Katieann Vogel. Theme music is by Akshay...
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Anurati Srivastva on Games and Game Design with Divya
A fascinating discussion of different games, game design, and approach to creation with Anurati Srivastva. You can find her collages @mixcontexcual and her website www.anuratisrinivastva.com. Theme music is by Akshay Ramuhalli, you find him @btrptmusic. Editing by @beatnyk.
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Katieann Vogel on Unblocking Yourself, Finding Fulfillment & Creating Art with Kahran
Katieann Vogel, an ocean poet, speaks with Kahran this week on the path from computer science to becoming an ocean poet, what it means to spend your life in nature and creating, and how to find a sense of stability and centeredness. You can find Katieann on her website, https://vogelian.com/…
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Kahran & Divya on the Learnings from Meghana Srinivas & Samhita Arni
Divya & Kahran come back together on the interesting ideas we learned from Meghana Srinivas & Samhita Arni in episodes 7 & 8 of this season 4: rituals, success, perception and identity. Theme music is by Akshay Ramuhalli, you find him @btrptmusic. Editing by @beatnyk.
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Meghana Srinivas on Rituals, Feeling Safe and Finding your Tribe
Divya and Meghana discuss about Meghana's journey from being a cancer researcher to a startup founder, and her experience of working in an industry that requires a lot of emotional labour and how she finds her balance through rituals. They also discuss her uncanny ability to bring the most...
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Thinking on Being Successful with Samhita Arni
When you write your first NY Times bestseller at the age of 8, do you feel successful all your life? Is there a successful identity? Or is chasing success a Sisyphean task? Kahran and Sam Arni have an incredible conversation, talking about culture, what it means to add value, and how you feel...
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Thinking on the Careers & Identity of Fran Dunaway and Aditi Dimri
Kahran and Divya come back together to share their thoughts on our two remarkable guests -- Aditi and Fran -- and how both seem to share a very different view of the notion of identity, and how that has shaped their lives. Theme music is by Akshay Ramuhalli, you can find him @btrptmusic
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Thinking on Finding your Path, Making a Startup & Walking Away from Academia with Aditi Dimri
Divya talks this week with Aditi Dimri, co-founder of http://cranberry.fit, about starting her career in academia and microeconomics before finding her desire to for fulfillment took her to more direct desires to help — first to more actionable projects, and then to starting a company herself!...
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Thinking on Careers & Work with Fran Dunaway
Kahran talks this week with Fran Dunaway about her careers before she she started her company, TomboyX, and how she has found her identity outside of her career, or perhaps, better said, found her identity in all of her careers. Theme music is by Akshay Ramuhalli, you can find him @btrptmusic
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Thinking on Manasi K & Computational Mama
Divya and Kahran come together to share their insights from the interviews with Manasi Khare in episode 31, and Computational Mama in episode 32. Theme music is by Akshay Ramuhalli, you can find him @btrptmusic
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Thinking on Coding, Creativity & Culture with Computational Mama
Divya talks with Computational Mama about her journey into coding; finding herself as a coder after being a designer; ideas of identity; how art, culture and coding intersect, as well as Computational Mama's journey in the moniker being born, having a son, and introducing coding and design to…
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Thinking on Patriotism, Law & Life with Manasi K
Kahran & Manasi Khare have a sweeping conversation about law, pretending to be someone else, systemic thinking in the Indian context, and what it means to be a patriot. Manasi Khare is an in-house advocate and formerly was a practicing litigator at a law firm. She has been involved in public…
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Revisiting Episode 16: Thinking on Designing Spaces (and changing your mind!)
In the interlude before starting Season 4, we pull ep 16 from the archive this week. There's some interesting ideas about how to think about sightless, how vignettes shape your experience, and, as always, the role of expectations in outcomes. We weren't quite as good at editing or audio…
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A bi-weekly production of the experience design studio Joyus, co-founders Divya Tak + Kahran Singh talk about behavior, its impact on work + life, the real-life applications + questions they've struggled with on their entrepreneurial journey — and the fascinating insights they've found at the edge of intent.
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