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ContraMinds Podcast - Unlocking Personal Growth and Professional Excellence — 107 episodes
Jeremy Stevenson on The 12 Levers for a Better Life (#071)
Kelly Swingler on How to Stay Ambitious Without Burning Out (#070)
Scott Desgrosseilliers on AI Rewriting Attribution: Are Marketers Ready? (#021)
Logan Yonavjak on Why Great Strategies Fail Without Ready Leaders #069
Nick Petrie on Why High Performers Burn Out And How To Stop It #068
Megha Agarwal on Why CMOs Need To Think Like Growth Architects (#020)
The Entrepreneur's Guide to Growth and Wealth - ContraMinds Timeless Wisdom Edition 2 with Shyam Sekhar (Ep03)
Learn To Align Risk With Personality - ContraMinds Timeless Wisdom Edition 2 with Shyam Sekhar (Ep02)
Rethinking Capital: First Principles for Entrepreneurs - ContraMinds Timeless Wisdom Edition 2 with Shyam Sekhar (Ep01)
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)
#040 Ravishankar Iyer on Storytelling: The Catalyst to Influence People and Business Growth
The Super CMO Show - Sukumar Muthya (#005)
The Super CMO Show - Amit Tiwari (#004)
The Super CMO Show - Prof. Tanvi Gupta (#003)
#039 Pooja Jauhari on Leadership Lessons in Building a Disruptive and Value Driven Marketing Firm
The Super CMO Show - Prof. Peter Fader (#002)
#038: Dr. Aniruddha Malpani on The State of Indian Education - Outdated Systems, Flawed Teaching Methods and Myopic Parenting
#037: Prem Kumar Gokuladasan on How Technology Can Transform India’s Rural Education
The Super CMO Show - Marc de Swaan Arons (#001)
The Best Advice Our Guests Ever Received | 2022 Recap
What advice would you give to an 18-Year Old at University? | 2022 Recap
What Does Success Mean To You? | 2022 Recap
#036: Rupal Patel on Identity-Driven Leadership: Lessons Learnt from the CIA, to being a CEO
#035: The Chris Yeh Experience: On Design, Leadership and Blitzscaling
#034: Thales Teixeira on Digital Disruption Through Decoupling
#033: B Joseph Pine II on Want to Win Customers? Sell Them Experiences.
#032: Prasad Mangipudi on Building a World-Class Sports Ecosystem in India
#031: Paul Zak on Applying Neuroscience in Engagement, Immersion and Brand Interactions
#030: Connor Joyce on How Behavioral Science is shaping the core of Product Development
#029: Shyam Sekhar on The Founder's Guide to Finance
#028: Sunder Madakshira on The Power of Connecting Data, Brands, and Strategy
#027: Adrian Gropper on The Intersection of Data, Technology, and Individual Rights
#026: Prof. Y. Narahari on Seeking Wisdom in the Theory of Games
#025: Dr. Annapurni Subramaniam on Reaching for the Stars with Grace and Humility
#024: Neil Hoyne on Managing Relationships in the Age of Data
#023: Roger Forsgren on Knowledge Management Lessons from NASA
#022 : Amit Ranjan on The Source Code for Building World-Class Products
#021: Col. Vijay Chadda on Leadership Lessons from a Life of Service
#020: Allison Hartsoe on Transforming Businesses by Understanding Customers
#019: Radhika Dutt on Leading Change through Radical Product Thinking
#018: Bipindra N.C. on Exploring the Defence Tech Landscape
#017: Suresh Shankar on A Founder-CEO's Guide to Company Building
#016: Narayan Parasuram on Building a Business on the Power of Stories
#015: Thomas Kolster on The Unmarketing Code for Meaningful Brands
#014: Kumar Vembu on Building a Culture of Happiness and Zero Follow-Ups
#013: Prof. Manish Jain on How to Enhance Learning Through Creativity
#012: Karthik Srinivasan on Using Your Personal Brand to Escape the Rat Race
#011: Dr. Ashwin Mahalingam on Bringing Interdisciplinary Thinking to Project Management
#010: Prof. Vidita Vaidya on a Neuroscientist's Guide to Managing Stress, Depression, and Emotions
#009: Karthik Sundaram on Approaching Life as a Collection of Journeys
#008: Srikant Sastri on Entrepreneurship and Building World-Class Products in India
#007: Malaksingh Gill on Meta-Discipline and Sustainable Architecture
#006: Ashwin Damera on The Art and Pursuit of Disciplined Entrepreneurship
#005: Samit Malkani on Brand Marketing Lessons from Google and the DNA of Creative Teams
#004: Alex Lange on Leaders as Humans
#003: Badri Seshadri on his journey from a small-town in Tamil Nadu to IIT Chennai, Cornell, and Cricinfo
Mediocrity Epidemic
Difference between a professional and an employee mindset