All Episodes
SHINY HAPPY PEOPLE with Vinay Kumar — 192 episodes
Episode 192: Avy Leghziel on Navigating Chaos
Episode 191: Saurabh Mehta on Evolution & Future of GCCs in India
Episode 190: Dane Hudson on Discipline in Leadership
Episode 189: Winnie da Silva on Transformative Leadership
Episode 188: Mona Momtazian on Change Capability in Leadership Today
Episode 187: Alison Lucas and Lizzie Bentley Bowers on ‘Goodbye’, the Art of Leading Change Better
Episode 186: Ash Sedeek on Strategic Leadership Communication
Episode 185: Laura Best on ‘Born to Buzz’ and Passion-Driven Leadership
Episode 184 (Collab): Culture Matters podcast with Subbu Kalpathi featuring Vinay Kumar on The Leader As Facilitator
Episode 183: Douglas O’Loughlin on Future-Ready Organizational Development (OD)
Episode 182: Alain Bejjani on Leading through War, Disorder & Disruption
Episode 181: Natalie ‘Nats’ Lim-Ang on Growth of GCCs in The Philippines
Episode 180: Patrick Hardy on Designing any Disaster
Ep 179: Steve Brown on the AI Ultimatum
Ep 178: Sara Daw on the Growth of Fractional Leadership
Ep 177: Cindy Huggett on High Impact Virtual Facilitation
Ep 176: Best of Shiny Happy People in 2025
Ep 175: Rick DeLisi on AI and Customer Service
Ep. 174: Kate Lowry on Thriving Under Fear-Based Leadership
Ep. 173: Isobel Rimmer on ‘Present with Presence’ and Overcoming Glossophobia
Ep. 172: Did They Get It Right? SHP Special: Past Guests' Predictions!
Ep. 171: Dr. Myriam Hadnes on Facilitation Evangelism, ‘Unprofessionalism’ and ‘Workshops Work’
Ep. 170: Karen Ansen of Ignite on Workplace HR & Employment Law
Ep. 169: Pushkar Bidwai on People Matters & HR Talent in India-APAC
Ep. 168: Radhika Dutt on ‘Radical Product Thinking’
Ep. 167: Oscar Trimboli on ‘How to Listen’
Ep. 166: Nathy Ravez of ‘There’s a Workshop for That’ Podcast: A Shiny Happy People Collab
Ep. 165: Nik Kinley on Rewriting Your Leadership Code and the Power Trap of Leadership
Ep. 164 (Re-Release): Marie Skelton, the Resilience and Happiness Expert
Ep. 163: Dr. Marcus Ranney on the ‘Human Edge’ to Longevity
Ep. 162: Dr. Cecelia Herbert on Workplace Behavioral Science & Organizational Psychology
Ep. 161: Silvia Damiano of About My Brain on Neuroleadership
Ep. 160: Linmin (Michelle) Zhang on Facilitating Leadership Transformation through Inclusion
Ep 159: Dr. David Sweet on HR & Recruitment in Japan
Ep 158: Marga Hoek on Business for Good
Ep 157: Moe Poirier on the Evolving Future of Masterful Facilitation
Ep 156: Dr. Ravi R. Iyer on People First Leadership & Wellbeing
Ep 155: Startup Junkie & Kiva’s Claudia P Scott on Inclusive Entrepreneurship
Ep 154: Rangineh Azimzadeh Tehrani on Peace and Conflict Resolution through Facilitation
Ep 153: IMD’s Julia Binder and Knut Haanaes on Leading Sustainable Business Transformation
Ep 152: Mirjami Sipponen-Damonte on Facilitating High Impact Strategy & Leadership Development
Ep 151: Best of Shiny Happy People in 2024
Ep 150: Alex Bailey on Humanising the World of Work
Ep 149: Paul Dupuis and the launch of Future Ready Leadership Gym©
Ep 148: IAF’s Tamara Živadinović on Facilitation and Rural Community Development
Ep 147: A Special Tribute: Joel Godi of NeuroGifted® on Neurodiversity
Ep 146: Learning Effectiveness the Kirkpatrick Way, with Vanessa Alzate and Jawad Ahmed
Ep 145: Paul McLean on Making ‘Dreams For Life’ a Reality
Episode 144: Update on Upcoming Episodes from Vinay Kumar
Ep. 143: Aneace Haddad on Unlocking Leadership Superpowers & ‘Soaring Beyond Midlife’
Ep 142: Melissa Indot on Music and Life Journey
Ep 141: Jack ‘Mr. Toilet’ Sim of World Toilet Org
Ep 140: Sunitha Srinivasan of EIBS on Sustainable Chemicals
Ep 139: Smarter Dharma’s Sriram Kuchimanchi on Smarter Sustainability
Ep 138: Kayleigh Fazan on Revolutionizing Global Retail
Ep 137: Ken Honda on the Art of ‘Happy Money’
Ep 136: Harshita Chandra of Upcycleluxe on Sustainable Fashion
Ep 135: Samuel H Kim of Center for Asia Leadership
Ep 134: IAF Chair, Gerardo de Luzenberger on Future of Facilitation
Ep 133: Power of Advanced Facilitation with Rosanna von Sacken
Ep 132: Award-winning Wildlife Conservationist, Sanjay Gubbi of Holematthi
Ep 131: ‘Ironman’ Kapil Arora on Fitness & Sports Entrepreneurship
Ep 130: Rigzin Lachic on Sustainability in Business
Ep 129: Ben Renshaw on How to Be a CEO
Ep 128: Dhruv Joshi of Cloud Physician on Remote ICU Management
Ep. 127: Best of Shiny Happy People in 2023!
Ep 126: Manal Sayid on Facilitation for Social Change
Ep 125: Dhanpat Jain (DJ) on New Future of Learning & Development
Ep. 124: Supriya Donthi on ‘The Resilient Entrepreneur’, a Shiny Happy People special
Ep 123: Amy Diehl and Leanne Dzubinski on Workplace Gender Biases
Ep. 122: Karan Bahadur on ‘The Resilient Entrepreneur’, a Shiny Happy People special
Ep 121: Chris Brown, the Sustainability Warrior of Pemuteran, Bali
Ep. 120: Vineet Saxena on ‘The Resilient Entrepreneur’, a Shiny Happy People special
Ep 119: Andrea T Edwards, CSP, on Uncommon Climate Courage
Ep. 118: Divya Bafna & Anusha Reddy on ‘The Resilient Entrepreneur’, a Shiny Happy People special
Ep 117: LinkedIn Learning's Sameer Aggarwal on Evolution of e-Learning
Ep 116: Arvind Nair: ‘The Resilient Entrepreneur’, a Shiny Happy People special
Ep 115: NeuroGifted's Joel Godi on Neurodiversity Inclusion & Practice
Ep. 114: Guillaume Wiatr on Crafting Your ‘Strategic Narrative’
Ep 113: Nupur Hemant on ‘The Resilient Entrepreneur’, a Shiny Happy People special
Ep 112: Maria Morukian on Fostering DEI in the Workplace
Ep 111: Ankit Aggarwal as ‘The Resilient Entrepreneur’, a Shiny Happy People special
Ep 110: All about Yoga with Priya Nair
Ep 109: Azran Osman-Rani as ‘The Resilient Entrepreneur’, a Shiny Happy People special
Ep 108: Meet the 25-time Snooker & Billiards World Champion, Pankaj Advani
Ep 107: ‘Insights 10 in 10’ Leading Multi-Generational Hybrid Workforce with Dhruti Shah
Ep 106: At the World’s Highest Frozen Lake Half Marathon with Chamba Tseten in Pangong, Ladakh
Ep 105: Are podcasts dying? Far from it, we find out!
Ep 104: ‘Insights 10 in 10’ Negotiation Skills with Sanjay Dugar
Ep 103: The Art of Healing Trauma with Natalia Rachel
Refresh 2023
Best of Shiny Happy People in 2022!
Ep 100: Celebrating our 100th with guests and listeners!
Ep 99: Ira Wolfe, The Workplace Futurist
Ep 98: High-Performing, Future-Ready Hybrid Teams with Dhruti Shah and Pia Lee
Ep 97: Trendspotting 'Building Transformational Capabilities' with Anant Krishnan and Sanjay Dugar
Ep 96: International Conflict Management with David Nevin
Ep 95: Srikanth Iyer, the Serial Entrepreneur
Ep 94: Trendspotting 'Return to Office: To Mandate or Not To Mandate' with Shaleel Nalakath and Sanjay Dugar
Ep 93: Bringing Curiosity to the Workplace with Stefaan van Hooydonk
Ep 92: ‘The Last Run’ against Climate Change, at Pangong, Ladakh with Chamba Tsetan
Ep 91: Trendspotting ‘Experiential Leadership' with Amit Nagpal and Sanjay Dugar
Ep 90: Talent Development & Future of Learning with Dr. Aman Jain
Ep 89: Future of Organizational Culture with Arthur Carmazzi
Ep 88: Trendspotting ‘Leadership Coaching Now and the Future' with Mrunal Lamge and Sanjay Dugar
Ep 87: Piloting Aircraft to Piloting Group Facilitation with Nitin Welde
Ep 86: Inside ‘The Resilient Entrepreneur’ with Dhruti Shah
Ep 85: Trendspotting ‘Sustainable Resilience' with Pat Chang and Dhruti Shah
Ep 84: Of Immigration and Second Passports with Brandon Miller
Ep 83: The Mastery of Virtual Team Engagement with Rupert Picardo
Ep 82: Trendspotting ‘Career Transitioning' with Shivani Bhagi and and Sanjay Dugar
Ep 81: All About Organizational Development with Dr. Douglas O’Loughlin
Ep 80: Doubling the Impact of Facilitation with Malin Morén and Trevor Durnford
Ep 79: Trendspotting ‘The Return of Outbound Training' with Yateen Gharat and Sanjay Dugar
Ep 78: Cory McGowan, the Transformational Coach, Adventurer, and Bear Dancer!
Ep 77: Update: Format Change in ‘Trendspotting’ series
Ep 76: Vidyun Hebbar, the Award-Winning Photography Prodigy
Ep 75: Trendspotting ‘What has changed in L&D Today?' with Jyothi Dass and Sanjay Dugar
Ep 74: Marie Skelton, the Resilience and Happiness Expert
Ep 73: Trendspotting 'Changing Style of Performance Conversations' with Jawad Ahmed and Sanjay Dugar
Ep 72: Jyotsna Ramachandran on How to Write and Publish Your Book
Ep 71: Trendspotting 'To Innovate Or Not To Innovate' with Dhruti Shah and Sanjay Dugar
Ep 70: Neha Saxena Shenoy and Rohit Shenoy on the Future of Talent Management
Ep 69: Trendspotting 'Pandemic & Women in the Workplace' with Preethi B Rao and Sanjay Dugar
Ep 68: Héctor Villarreal Lozoya on Technology for Facilitation
Ep 67: Trendspotting 'The Hybrid Workplace' with Shaleel Nalakath and Sanjay Dugar
Ep 66: Dr. Lakshmi Kumar & Sangeeta Kapoor on Evolution of K-12 Education
Ep 65: Trendspotting 'The Great Resignation' with Jawad Ahmed and Sanjay Dugar
Ep 64: Lowell Sheppard, the 'Never-Too-Later'!
Ep 63: Refresh 2022
Ep 62: Shiny Happy People in 2021!
Ep 61: Ronnie Teja, the Global Entrepreneur
Ep 60: Chaitsi Ahuja on ‘Brown Living’ for a Greener Tomorrow
Ep 59: Tyler Crowley, the Technologist
Ep 58: Ingrid Bens on ‘Facilitating with Ease!’
Ep 57: Chevonne Hassan on Making Meaningful Connections, Creating Safe Spaces
Ep 56: Alessandra Pollina, the Quotable Female Millennial Entrepreneur
Ep 55: Steve Gamlin, the Motivational Firewood™ Guy
Ep 54: Cat Janisko on Lights, Camera, Confidence!
Ep 53: Angel Ribo, the CEO Confidant
Ep 52: Abhimanika Yadav on Making The World A Fitter Place
Ep 51: Susan RoAne on How To Work A (Virtual) Room
Ep 50: Vinay Kumar on ‘Facilitation Stories’ with Helene Jewell and Pilar Orti
Ep 49: Kelli McLoud-Schingen on Creating a More Inclusive and Equitable World, One Step At a Time
Ep 48: Paul Dupuis on the Year That Wasn't!
Ep 47: Van Lai-DuMone on Reimagining Creativity
Ep 46: Arundhati Kumar on Planet and People: From HR Pro to Sustainability Entrepreneur
Ep 45: Insight into 'Insights 10 in 10'
Ep 44: Joeri Schilders on the Magic Sauce of Innovation
Ep 43: Insights 10 in 10: Innovation
Ep 42: Douglas Ferguson, the Human-Centered Technologist
Ep 41: Insights 10 in 10: Stakeholder Management
Ep 40: Adrian C Bazemore on ‘Learning Never Stops’: The L&D Paradigm
Ep 39: Insights 10 in 10: Networking
Ep 38: Anjali Raghuvanshi on HR - Looking Beyond 2021
Ep 37: Insights 10 in 10: Influencing Skills
Ep 36: Dr. Dennis Reina on Trust, the Foundation of Effective Relationships
Ep 35: Insights 10 in 10: Trust in Leadership
Ep 34: Ethan Jerry Mings on Facilitating Strategy and Effectiveness
Ep 33: Insights 10 in 10: Building a Personal Brand
Ep 32: Srikanth ND on Leadership in the Future Workplace
Ep 31: Insights 10 in 10: Resilience
Ep 30: Sara Ness on Authentic Leadership
Ep 29: Refresh 2021
Ep 28: Shiny Happy People in 2020!
Ep 27: Ramkrishna Mukkavilli on Stopping Water Wars, the AWG Way
Ep 26: Arihant Jain on Meme Marketing
Ep 25: Bhavneet Singh on Redefining K-12 Digital Learning
Ep 24: Sudeep Ralhan on How HR is Evolving - Part 2
Ep 23: Shalini Nair on How HR is Evolving - Part 1
Ep 22: Snapshots from Facilitation Week 2020
Ep 21: Sanjay Dugar on Celebrating Facilitation Week with Kavitha Talreja, Shalaka Gundi & Shalu Bhuchar
Ep 20: David Wetton on Conscious Leadership
Ep 19: Paul Zelizer on Being An Awarepreneur
Ep 18: Lance Peppler on Growing Your Organization Exponentially
Ep 17: Barbara Mackay on Making Virtual Meetings Pop!
Ep 16: Martin Gilbraith on Re-Tooling for Virtual Facilitation
Ep 15: Dr. Bee Leng Seow on the Evolution of Customer Service
Ep 14: Mark Gordon on the Art of Negotiating
Ep 13: Joe Sutton on the Digital Workplace
Ep 12: Leela Kirloskar on Mental Wellbeing in A Pandemic
Ep 11: Noel Tan on the Journey of an Independent Consultant to Employee
Ep 10: Pia Lee on Where Leadership Development is Going
Ep 9: Kavi Arasu on Stories in the Digital World
Ep 8: Narasimhan 'Narsi' on the Journey and Reflections of a Facilitative Leader
Ep 7: Sanjay Dugar on the Power of Facilitative Leadership in a Pandemic
Ep 6: Gillian Chambers & Dr. Rebecca Sutherns on Facilitation in a Pandemic - What has Changed?
Ep 5: Kay Machado 'RJ Kay' on the Art of Staying Positive
Ep 4: Dr. Vasanthi Srinivasan on the Future of the Workforce
Ep 3: Dr. Sameer Hariani on Cultivating the Spirit of Giving
Ep 2: Rashmi Mandloi on Diversity & Inclusion in the time of COVID-19
Ep 1: Paul Dupuis on Having a Vision, In Business and At a Personal Level