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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)

Investor Psychology and Market Realities - 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 on Designing Organizations for Sustained Employability (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)

The Super CMO Show - Srinjoy Das (#018)

The Super CMO Show - Burzeen Bhathena (#017)

The Super CMO Show - Nitin Seth (#016)

Having A Job Vs Building A Career | Be Extraordinary | Episode #02

#060 Steven Puri on Doing Deep Work In A Distracted World

Take the Leap From Being Average to Extraordinary | Be Extraordinary | Pilot Episode

The Super CMO Show - Akhil Almeida (#015)

#059 Prof. Rohit Srivastava on Why India Needs 10x Innovation to Beat China

The Super CMO Show - Ep014 - Prof. Prasad Naik

#058 Sai Gaddam on How Micro Schools Can Transform Education

ContraMinds Recap 2024 - #Ultralearning, #Innovation, #Resilience, #Addiction, #Communication, #AI

The Super CMO Show - Legends of Advertising - R Sridhar(#013)

#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

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