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Security BreachAI Is Exposing Your Most Vulnerable Attack SurfaceAccording to Fortinet’s 2024 State of Operational Technology and Cybersecurity Report, 43 percent of those surveyed reported a loss of business critical data or intellectual property so far in 2024– a number this is up nearly 10 percent from last year. And we all know what happens with this hijacked data. Per the World Economic Forum’s May 2024 white paper, the number of ransomware attacks on industrial infrastructure doubled in 2023, boosting ransomware to the leading concern for manufacturers, with 40 percent citing it as their top issue. While that may not surprise you, this might - due to the many cha...2024-12-0935 min
Defense in DepthManaging the Risk of GenAI ToolsAll links and images for this episode can be found on CISO Series. Check out this post for the discussion that is the basis of our conversation on this week’s episode co-hosted by me, David Spark (@dspark), the producer of CISO Series, and Steve Zalewski. Joining us is our sponsored guest Karthik Krishnan, founder and CEO, Concentric AI. In this episode: Meet the new risk, same as the old risk Understanding where your risks are coming from Identifying best practices Know what you’re getting into Thanks to our podcast sponsor, Concentric AI2024-10-3129 min
Play to Potential Podcast103.00 Ricardo Sunderland on The Energy AdvantageGUEST:
Ricardo Sunderland is an author and a CEO Transformational Coach with Egon Zehnder, a global leadership advisory firm. In this podcast, we discuss his latest book, "The Energy Advantage, How to go from managing your time to mastering your energy,"
Ricardo's life’s purpose is to help leaders connect to and manage their energy to become humane leaders. He coaches senior leaders to help them bring coherence to the way they lead, and to help them reach their full societal impact. In addition to his coaching work, Ricardo collaborates with Board’s Chairs and Nominating Comm...2024-09-121h 23
Let‘s Clear the Air! All Things Allergy, Asthma & ImmunologyOur Man, Sterl The PearlVFL professional athlete, DJ, motivational speaker, actor...Sterling Henton, aka Sterl The Pearl, exudes a huge amount of strength and stamina to "keep it movin'" on ballfields, basketball courts, and other venues around the world. So when an intense moment of fatigue forced him to a full stop, he knew something wasn't right. Listen to how Sterl's visit with board-certified allergist Dr. Karthik Krishnan rejuvenated this iconic man and what advice he has to give to others who may not be listening to their bodies or their friends.
2024-08-0815 minLet‘s Clear the Air! All Things Allergy, Asthma & ImmunologyOur Man, Sterl The PearlVFL professional athlete, DJ, motivational speaker, actor...Sterling Henton, aka Sterl The Pearl, exudes a huge amount of strength and stamina to "keep it movin'" on ballfields, basketball courts, and other venues around the world. So when an intense moment of fatigue forced him to a full stop, he knew something wasn't right. Listen to how Sterl's visit with board-certified allergist Dr. Karthik Krishnan rejuvenated this iconic man and what advice he has to give to others who may not be listening to their bodies or their friends.
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The Madras Podcastபார்த்திபன் கனவு (பாகம் 3) - சிரசாக்கினை , கனவு நிறைவேறியது 39,40. பார்த்திபன் கனவு நிறைவுற்றது!Send us a textThe rruth unviels about the Shivanadiyar and the judgement of Vikrama Cholan is pronounced. Listen to the Finale episode of PARTHIBAN KANAVU.Song Credits :‘Veera Raja Veera’ interpreted and performed by The Blue Trio feat. Shreya Devnath, Praveen Sparsh and Navneeth Sundar / shreya_devnath / praveensparsh / navneethsundarmusic Mixed and Mastered by Ishit Kuberkar / ishitk86For enquiries, contact: +91 9884782574 or email tuneintoshreyadevnath@gmail.com and : Vocal: Chimmu JayakumarViolin : Vishnu R VarmaMridangam, kanjira and additional per...2024-08-0317 min
First PrinciplesThe Final Supercut Part 2: Founders 21-41Hello, we're back again with part 2 of our final, final supercut where we’ve spliced together one interesting bit of conversation from the last 21 guests I interviewed on First Principles. And like the last episode where we covered founders 1 to 20, you’ll hear super sharp slices of a few minutes each which are reflections on their approach to organization building, risk taking, decision making and life living.Here are the guests you’ll get listen to in this episode: Krish Subramanian, co-founder and CEO of Chargebe...2024-07-111h 29
Immersive Cinema PodcastSeason 04 Episode 06 - Exploring "Sleepwalker's Archive" with Photographer Karthik SubramanianThis episode is something special and belongs to a different zone considering the previous episodes we have did so far. The "Sleepwalker’s Archive" is a captivating art experience at the Institut Français de Pondichéry (IFP), blending archival photographs, herbarium specimens, card catalogues, maps, and more into a unique form of storytelling. Curated by Karthik Subramanian, Devarati Chakrabarti, and Sujeet George, this project includes a documentary film by Subramanian and is supported by India Foundation for the Arts (IFA) and Tata Trust. Running from May 16 to June 2, 2024, it explores the connections between archival objects and the worlds they enca...2024-06-132h 21
The Learning Bridge with Richard GerverKarthik Krishnan — Former Britannica Group CEO, Investor, and NYU Adjunct Business Professor on Tech Innovation, Healthcare Reform, and the Impact of AIKarthik Krishnan is a global game changer.He started life in India and has gone on to become one of the world’s most influential leaders and thinkers. In this episode, we talk about his childhood and his rise to becoming CEO of Britannica Group, leading to extraordinary innovations and technological advancements in one of the world’s oldest and proudest publishing brands. He is now devoting his time to reforms in the healthcare sector and also is an adjunct professor at Stern School of Business at New York Unive...2024-05-0153 min
Venture with GraceSecuring Data with AI: Karthik Krishnan's Journey at ConcentricKarthik Krishnan is the Founder/CEO of Concentric AI. He is a veteran of the security industry, having held leadership position for over 20 years at diverse cybersecurity companies such as Symantec, Juniper Networks, HPE, and PGP Corporation. He holds a Bachelors in engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India and an MBA with distinction from the Kellogg School of Management, where he was an F.C. Austin Scholar. He has been featured in articles from leading publications such as eWeek, Dark Reading, Security Today, is a featured speaker at industry leading conferences such as RSAC, and is...2024-03-3056 min
Immersive Cinema PodcastSeason 04 Episode 01 - Sapta Sagaradaache Ello - Side B Ft. Advaitha Gurumurthy & Team [English]*This episode contains heavy spoilers for the movie*
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Cinematographer Advaitha Gurumurthy joins again along with his associate cinematographers - Karthik, Sagar, Achyuth and Keerthi to discuss Sapta Sagaradaache Ello - Side B movie. He gives us a breakdown of many cool shots while also delving deeply into the technicalities like lighting, lens composure, framing, etc. If you haven't heard our SSE Side A episode, give that also a listen.
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His Instagram: https://instagram.com/advaithaambara?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
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A very special thanks to Curiouser Adhithiyan for helping me with the inputs.2024-02-041h 48
First PrinciplesSoumya Rajan of Waterfield Advisors on turning a 'sceptical' idea into a resilient business“What is something you believe in, that no one else around you does?”If you’ve heard episode 30 with Ritesh Agarwal, the founder and CEO of OYO Rooms, then you’ll recognize this as a question that he had to answer while applying for the Thiel Fellowship.It’s a simple but powerful question that usually differentiates motivated, passionate and unreasonable founders from other equally capable professionals. Because what is a startup if not a mere belief in something that should exist?This question is also equally apt for our guests today. Because Soumya Raj...2023-12-211h 06
DaybreakForward-thinking alone may not guarantee the success of India's indigenous mobile OSA few days ago Karthik Ayyar, the founder of an IIT Madras-incubated company that developed India’s first indigenous mobile operating system, BharOS, said his company is considering providing this technology for routers. BharOS is being launched as an alternative at a time when the tech giants like Google are under the scanner for anti-trust practices in India.However, this is not the first time India is trying to develop an indigenous operating system, both for mobile and computer devices.The failure of the OS projects in the past may hold some important lessons for an...2023-12-1814 min
First PrinciplesPart 2: Karthik Jayaraman of WayCool looks back on his career, starting up at 40 and building leadersWelcome to to episode 31 of First Principles! If you’ve been listening to us for a while, you’ll notice that this was supposed to be an off week for us as a fortnightly show. We used to release new episodes every other Thursday. And last Thursday was our episode with Ritesh Agarwal of OYO Rooms. But starting this week, First Principles is now a weekly podcast. We’re going to bring you a fresh conversation every Thursday. But in a slightly different way. Well, the...2023-12-1442 min
First PrinciplesKarthik Jayaraman of WayCool Foods on why disruption isn't always necessary for innovationWelcome to Episode 29 of First Principles.Our guest for this episode is Karthik Jayaraman, the co-founder and MD of WayCool Foods.Karthik's leadership style and philosophies differ from many of the earlier leaders and founders featured in the last 28 episodes of First Principles. Perhaps it's because he started WayCool, an agri-tech startup, after turning 40. Karthik jokes that some people buy a Ferrari as a response to their midlife crisis. Instead, he decided to start up.WayCool was last valued at over $700 million. It's headquartered in Chennai and focused on South India. I...2023-11-091h 22
Immersive Cinema PodcastSeason 03 Episode 16 - Sapta Sagaradaache Ello - Side A Ft. Advaitha Gurumurthy DOP [English]*This episode contains heavy spoilers for the movie*
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Cinematographer Advaitha Gurumurthy recollects his experiences while shooting Sapta Sagaradaache Ello - Side A movie. We also discuss our favourite shots in the movie, the colour palette, the nature metaphors, movies that inspired him and so much more interesting snippets.
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A very special thanks to Curiouser Adhithiyan for helping me with the inputs and to Karthik for making this possible.2023-10-151h 13
First PrinciplesBillDesk’s MN Srinivasu on building quietly and sustainablyBillDesk does not have a CEO.Instead, it just has three co-founders: MN Srinivasu, Ajay Kaushal and Karthik Ganapathy. And they don’t have separate designations.In fact, BillDesk has no formal hierarchies or designations. People are hired as members of a team. That’s it.More than two decades after they started the company, the three co-founders continue to work from a single desk in the same room.For a 23-year-old organisation that handles over $150 billion in payments, BillDesk is surprisingly lean...2023-08-311h 31Let‘s Clear the Air! All Things Allergy, Asthma & ImmunologyThe Dog Days of Summer and AsthmaIf you have asthma, doing any activity outdoors during July and August can be hazardous. Host Kaylie Plemens talks with Dr. Karthik Krishnan about the steps you can take to stay safe during our hottest summer days. From exercising only in the morning or evening to trying a breathing technique used by elite athletes, Dr. Krishnan provides some helpful tips to keep you healthy, safe and active.
2023-08-1008 minLet‘s Clear the Air! All Things Allergy, Asthma & ImmunologyThe Dog Days of Summer and AsthmaIf you have asthma, doing any activity outdoors during July and August can be hazardous. Host Kaylie Plemens talks with Dr. Karthik Krishnan about the steps you can take to stay safe during our hottest summer days. From exercising only in the morning or evening to trying a breathing technique used by elite athletes, Dr. Krishnan provides some helpful tips to keep you healthy, safe and active.
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Genealogy of Cybersecurity - Startup PodcastEp 9. Concentric AI on NLP, ChatGPT, and Data Security Posture ManagementConcentric AI Founder Karthik Krishnan discusses the new Data Security Posture Management market and answers the age-old questions of what data you have, where is it, and who’s accessing it. Karthik discusses advances in AI, natural language processing (NLP), Open AI ChatGPT, Large Language Models (LLMs), and what it all means to data classification and society.Karthik Krishnan explains the incredible expenses and human power required to classify and govern data, and how Concentric AI’s DSPM product reduces costs. Paul and Karthik discuss why the cloud native and AI DSPM products differ from...2023-07-1121 min
Play to Potential Podcast102.00 David Noble & Carol Kauffman on Real-time LeadershipGUEST
Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. This quote is attributed to Viktor Emil Frankl, an Austrian neurologist, psychiatrist and Holocaust survivor, devoted his life to studying, understanding and promoting “meaning.” Carol Kaufman and David Noble give us practical tools that we can use to make the ‘space’ count.
Carol and David have authored Real-Time Leadership - Find Your Winning Moves When the Stakes Are High. In the podcast conversation they expand on the 4 step MOVE framework which lays out the various ways in which lead...2023-05-201h 17
Play to Potential Podcast101.00 - Stephen M.R. Covey on Trust and InspireGUEST
Stephen M. R. Covey is an American writer and public speaker and the author of the books: The SPEED of Trust, Smart Trust, and Trust & Inspire: How Truly Great Leaders Unleash the Greatness in Others. He is the co-founder and CEO of a company called CoveyLink Worldwide and former President and CEO of Covey Leadership Center. He happens to be the son of Stephen Covey, the author of the pathbreaking book - 7 Habits of Highly Effective People.
In our conversation, we spoke about how Stephen broke away from his father’s shadows and created an ide...2023-04-131h 32
Play to Potential Podcast100.00 Christopher Clarey on Roger Federer's journeyGUEST
Roger Federer is somebody who needs no introduction. While, Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal have overtaken him in terms of the overall Grand Slams won, when there is a discussion about the Greatest of All Time (GOAT), all fingers very often still point to Roger. One could attribute that to his fluidity, his charm on and off court, his longevity, his stable family life, and much more.
I had a unique opportunity to engage with Christopher Clarey, a veteran New York Times Correspondent who has been covering Sports at an Elite level for more than 30 y...2023-03-231h 26
Play to Potential Podcast99.00 Michiel Kruyt on Deliberate Calm - How to Learn and Lead in a Volatile WorldGUEST
Michiel Kruyt is CEO of IMAGINE, an advisory boutique helping executive teams develop future fit leadership and company vision. He had a fifteen-year career at McKinsey and Co, where he was a partner focusing on top team effectiveness, large-scale transformations and culture change. He helped many top teams around the world increase their ability to lead with impact. Michiel has co-founded and led Aberkyn, a change-facilitation firm, now owned by McKinsey. Before joining McKinsey & Co, he had a 15-year career at Unilever.
Michiel, along with Aaron De Smet and Jacqueline Brassey of McKinsey has Co-Authored t...2023-02-251h 10
Voices For WaterWater Quality: A Ground-UP View Ft. Dr. Sunderrajan KrishnanThe first episode of season two of Voices for Water promises to be a captivating and informative listen as host Karthik Nagarajan welcomes Dr. Sunderrajan Krishnan, the Executive Director of INREM Foundation. Sunderrajan is a well-respected figure in the field of water management, having served as a member of the Indian Planning Commission's 12th five-year plan working groups. With a wealth of knowledge and experience in this area, he is here to offer valuable insights and perspectives on the state of water quality in India that continue to impact the population. All this and much...2023-02-1437 minLet‘s Clear the Air! All Things Allergy, Asthma & ImmunologyExercise-induced AsthmaDo you cough or wheeze when you exercise? Does your chest feel tight, making it hard to breathe? You may have exercise-induced asthma.
This condition affects people of all ages, whether they're on the playground or on the soccer field. Host Kaylie Francis talks with Dr. Karthik Krishnan about the triggers, the symptoms, and his best tips for keeping it at bay.
2023-02-0209 minLet‘s Clear the Air! All Things Allergy, Asthma & ImmunologyExercise-induced AsthmaDo you cough or wheeze when you exercise? Does your chest feel tight, making it hard to breathe? You may have exercise-induced asthma.
This condition affects people of all ages, whether they're on the playground or on the soccer field. Host Kaylie Francis talks with Dr. Karthik Krishnan about the triggers, the symptoms, and his best tips for keeping it at bay.
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Play to Potential Podcast98.00 Jeffrey Pfeffer on 7 Rules on of PowerGUEST
Jeffrey Pfeffer has been teaching at Stanford since 1979. He has Co-Authored or Authored 16 books, the last one being, 7 Rules of Power. He is in the Thinkers 50 Hall of Fame, a list that celebrate the all-time greats in the world of Business that are moving the world forward with their original ideas.
We spoke at length about his recent book on Power. More specifically, we spoke about the tension between Power and various other concepts that are doing the rounds in “pop wisdom” - Power vs Autonomy, Power vs Humility, Power vs Vulnerability, Power vs Authenticity and m...2023-01-201h 08
Play to Potential Podcast98.01 Jeffrey Pfeffer - Autonomy vs PowerNUGGET CONTEXT
Jeffrey speaks about how he came around to studying Power. He also goes on to speak about the kinds of career choices he has made and what he has said No to over time as his Power increased over time.
This is a “sampler” of what a nugget looks like in our podcast. While we have a few nuggets on popular podcast platforms, entire library of Nuggets (Categorised by themes) is available at www.playtopotential.com in the Members section. To understand more about membership benefits such as Curated Nuggets, Hand edited Transcripts, Customizable play...2023-01-2006 min
Thoughtworks Technology PodcastTackling system complexity with domain-driven designDespite the term being coined two decades ago by Eric Evans, domain-driven design has arguably become more relevant than ever in software engineering, thanks to the rise of cloud and highly complex distributed systems. In this episode of the Technology Podcast, Alexey Boas and Ashok Subramanian are joined by Prem Chandrasekaran and Karthik Krishnan — authors of the new book Domain-Driven Design with Java — to discuss DDD and how it has developed over the last 20 years. They explore how DDD can help us respond to complexity and talk about the perspectives they put forward in their book.2023-01-1235 min
Play to Potential Podcast97.00 David Bradford on Connect - Building Exceptional Relationships with Family, Friends and ColleaguesGUEST
David has been teaching the landmark Interpersonal Dynamics course (informally called as Touchy Feely by many) at Stanford for over 50 years. He has distilled some of his learnings and insight from these five decades in a recently published book titled – Connect: Building Exceptional Relationships with Family, Friends and Colleagues. It is always a pleasure to speak to somebody who has spent decades honing a certain craft.
We start with discussing the six markers of an exceptional relationship, then move on to talking about the criticality of the right language, then we talk about the notion of...2022-12-031h 19
Play to Potential Podcast96.00 Ethan Kross on Chatter – The voice in our headGUEST
Ethan is one of the world’s leading experts on controlling the conscious mind. He is an award-winning professor in the University of Michigan’s Psychology Department. His research has been featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The New Yorker, The New England Journal of Medicine, and Science. He has recently published the book – Chatter. The book goes deep into talking about the voice in our heads and how we can harness it. Through the book he shows that instead of trying to silence your monkey mind, you can learn to educate it, motiva...2022-11-171h 02
The Seen and the Unseen - hosted by Amit VarmaThe Loneliness of the Indian ManWomen are not the only victims of patriarchy -- men are also diminished by it. Nikhil Taneja joins Amit Varma in episode 303 of The Seen and the Unseen to discuss what he has learnt about mental health, young people in India, the epidemic of loneliness in our country -- and the enormous power of storytelling. (For full linked show notes, go to SeenUnseen.in.) Also check out: 1. The Loneliness of the Indian Woman — Episode 259 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Shrayana Bhattacharya). 2. Nikhil Taneja on Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, IMDb and HT Brunch. 3. Yuvaa. 4. The internet—a toxic love story -- Nikhil...2022-11-147h 23
Play to Potential Podcast95.00 Manjari Jaruhar - The story of Bihar’s first Woman IPS officerGUEST
Manjari Jauhar is Bihar’s first IPS officer and one of the first five IPS officer in India (Kiran Bedi being the first).
After an unexpected turn of events upended the homemaker role her parents had planned for her, Manjari Jaruhar overcame extraordinary odds to become the first woman from Bihar to join the country’s elite police cadre. Her journey is a masterclass in courage, resilience and leadership by a woman who broke new ground and thrived despite being viewed with disbelief and derision by her colleagues. She has recently authored the book - Madam Sir...2022-11-031h 57
All About Sports - The PodcastS02E56: Asia Cup Review | Why are India struggling?UAE comes off hosting yet another successful cricket tournament- this time the Asia Cup! And a shocking turnaround from their first game to the last, Sri Lanka end up as champions!!
On this week's episode we do an all round coverage of the Asia Cup and review each (almost every) team's performance:
- What's gone wrong with India's bowling attack? What are our biggest weaknesses heading into the T20 World Cup? And how do we solve the Pant-Karthik dilemma?
- What was the X-Factor for the Sri Lankan team this Asia Cup? Is this truly a recovery for Sri Lankan...2022-09-1834 min
Play to Potential Podcast93.00 Raghu Ananthanarayanan on Leadership lessons from The MahabharataGUEST
Raghu is formally trained as an engineer with an MS in Bio-Medical Engineering from IIT, Madras, He has been in immersive involvement in questions of human life.
He says that three extraordinary teachers mentored him when he was going through a very difficult phase of life, namely, J Krishnamurti, Yogacharya Krishnamacharya and Pulin K Garg. He was intimately involved with them for more than a decade from his late twenties. This engagement not only transformed him, it gifted him with the path that he has walked, his sAdhana.
He has been Cofounder of th...2022-08-252h 10
LekhVidya Krishnan - The Phantom PlagueIn the 28th episode, I speak to Vidya Krishnan, journalist and author of The Phantom Plague: How Tuberculosis shaped History published by Hachette. The book’s a comprehensive and compelling social history of Tuberculosis ranging from the 19th century to its recent resurgence, especially across the developing world. The conversation begins by asking what prompted Vidya to begin working on the book and whether it began as a book on TB. Next, we cover the book’s critical framing that places and explains TB’s rise and resurgence through the emergence and perpetuation of systems of power that allows this s...2022-08-0148 min
Dream Malayalam podcastThe Humble Musician and the Freedom of Choice (Malayalam Podcast Ep #25)Have you heard of the Kalyanam Rap or Gender Roles Rap, or Aan Rap or Sthreedanam Rap? These are few of the Malayalam rap songs sung by Karthik Krishnan popularly known as “The Humble Musician”. Through his Malayalam rap songs, Karthik has made the younger generation of Malayalees to rethink some of the social norms of Kerala. This Malayalam Podcast is interlaced with his power packed Rap song and super sweet melodies.2022-07-3139 min
Play to Potential Podcast92.00 Thomas Wedell-Wedellsborg on The Art of framing the problems to solveGUEST
Thomas Wedell-Wedellsborg is the author of What’s Your Problem? (Harvard Business Press, 2020), a book on how to solve the right problems. His research has been featured in Harvard Business Review, The Economist, The Sunday Times, The Telegraph, BBC Radio, Bloomberg Businessweek and the Financial Times. His work on innovation led HR Magazine to recognize him as a “Top 20 International Thinker”.
I believe that we are taught how to solve problems in our growing up years but one of the distinctive elements of leadership is about knowing which problems to solve and which ones not to sol...2022-07-071h 16
Play to Potential Podcast91.00 Ayelet Fishbach on her book - "Get It Done": Surprising Lessons from the Science of MotivationGUEST
Ayelet Fishbach, Ph.D., is the Jeffrey Breakenridge Keller Professor of Behavioral Science and Marketing at the University of Chicago, Booth School of Business and the author of Get It Done: Surprising Lessons from the Science of Motivation. She is the past president of the Society for the Study of Motivation and the International Social Cognition Network. She is an expert on motivation and decision making.
In the podcast conversation, we start with her journey from the sharing economy of the Israeli Kibbutz which is based on the principles of equality, public ownership and voluntariness. F...2022-06-081h 18
Play to Potential Podcast90.00 Alisa Cohn on her book - From Start-Up to Grown-UpGUEST
Alisa has been coaching startup Founders to grow into world-class CEOs for nearly 20 years. She has recently authored the book - From Start-Up to Grown-Up.
Alisa is a guest lecturer at Harvard and Cornell Universities, Henley Business School and the Naval War College. She serves on the board of the Cornell Advisory Council. Her articles have appeared in HBR, Forbes, and Inc and she has been featured as an expert on Bloomberg TV, the BBC World News and in the New York Times.
In our conversation, we spoke about how Start-up founders should p...2022-05-181h 03
Play to Potential Podcast88.00 Pradeep Chakravarthy on Lessons from Indian HistoryGUEST
Pradeep Chakravarthy is a behaviourist who uses Indian models of L&D to alter behaviour. He has recently published the book - Leadership Shastra which looks at some of the rulers of the past and culls out lessons in leadership and culture. He has written a book - Thanjavur - a Cultural History (2010) and A Road Less Travelled - A Historian’s Guide to lesser known temples in Tamil Nadu (2012).
In our conversation, we speak about how Kings and Queens were groomed for their roles, how they thought about expansion and consolidation at various times, Jah...2022-04-0658 min
Play to Potential Podcast87.00 Ravi Venkatesan on his book - What the heck do I do with my lifeGUEST
Ravi Venkatesan has been on the podcast about 5 years back. In that conversation we spoke about his journey and his transition from Cummins to Microsoft to Board Roles. In this conversation, we dive into his recently published book - What the Heck Do I Do with My Life.
Some of the topics we cover include the notion of a punctuated equilibrium and the implication on how we adapt, being intentional about life, cultivating an abundance mindset (irrespective of how much we have), different forms of capital that we can work with, specialisation versus generalisation (do y...2022-03-161h 31
Play to Potential Podcast86.00 Ayse Birsel on Bringing Design Thinking principles in creating a life we loveGUEST
Ayse is an accomplished Industrial Designer and has worked with Brands like Herman Miller, IKEA, Amazon and Toyota. She is the author of Design the Life You Love and gives lectures on Design the Work You Love to corporations. She was on the Fast Company’s list of Most Creative People in 2017 and on the Thinkers50 Radar list of the 30 people that are likely to shape the future of organizations. Her work can also be found in the Permanent Collection at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York.
Today, she gives talks, lead wo...2022-02-251h 15
Play to Potential Podcast85.00 Dorie Clark on Playing the Long GameGUEST
Dorie Clark is an American author and executive education professor at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business. She has recently published her 4th book - The Long Game - How to be a Long-Term Thinker in a Short-Term World. Her previous books include Reinventing You (2013), Stand Out (2015), Entrepreneurial You (2017).
She completed her Master in Theological Studies at Harvard Divinity School, and has had a career in Journalism and as a Political Speech Writer before creating a niche around helping people reinvent themselves and create compelling personal brands. She has been on the Thinkers 50 list in...2022-01-121h 07
Play to Potential Podcast84.00 Rajiv Vij on his book - Inside Out LeadershipGUEST
Rajiv Vij is a life and executive coach, author and speaker. He works with senior leaders of several Fortune 500 companies and other large organisations across Asia and India and has been a coach to industry leaders. He also voluntarily coaches a number of founders and leaders of social-sector organisations.
He is the author of Discovering Your Sweet Spot: A Soul-searching Guide for Creating the Life You Really Want. Prior to finding his calling and starting his coaching practice in 2006, he served as Managing Director, Asia for Franklin Templeton.
Published in December 2021.
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Play to Potential Podcast83.00 Harsh Mariwala on his book - Harsh RealitiesGUEST
Harsh Mariwala is Founder and Chairman of Marico, an FMCG giant well known for brands like Parachute and Saffola. He has recently Co-Authored the book - Harsh Realities (Published by Penguin Random House) along with Management Guru, Ram Charan. The book is a story of how Harsh broke away from the shackles of family-run Bombay Oil Industries Ltd, which was a commodities business to set up a professionally run Marico including all the trials and tribulations along the way.
Some of the themes we covered included how he tactfully separated from his family business, how h...2021-11-281h 11
Play to Potential Podcast82.00 Sukhinder Sing Cassidy on her book - Choosing Possibility - How to master risk and thriveGUEST
Sukhinder Singh Cassidy is one of Google’s and Silicon Valley’s most respected leaders. She has worked at various tech and media companies including Google, Amazon, NewsCorp, Yodle and Polyvore. At one stage she was heading Latin America and Asia Pacific in Google in 2008. She is credited with building Google’s presence across 103 countries in LATAM and APAC.
She has recently authored the book – Choosing Possibility where she speaks about embracing micro-risks as a process to unlock growth and professional fulfilment. Some of the themes we spoke about included the notion of the myth of a sin...2021-11-101h 04
Play to Potential Podcast81.00 Lloyd Reeb on Half-Time: Transitioning from a life of Success to SignificanceGUEST
Lloyd Reeb is a successful real estate developer and owner of retirement housing who made a mid-life transition, looking for greater meaning, joy and impact in his second half. He has had the privilege of investing 20 years helping leaders plan their second half. He helped launch the Halftime Institute, a global team that teach, coach and connect successful men and women in pursuit of significance. Lloyd has taken the Halftime message around the world: speaking, teaching and coaching individuals through the journey.
In our conversation we spoke about a range of themes including being a...2021-10-251h 24
Play to Potential Podcast80.00 Harish Bhat on his journey, the Tata Group, Leadership, Social Impact and moreGUEST
Harish Bhat is the Brand Custodian of Tata Sons. He has had a ~35 year career at the Tata Group and has held several leadership roles including COO - Watches and Accessories Business at Titan, MD & CEO of Tata Consumer Products, Chairman of the Board at Tata Coffee Limited and more.
He is the Author of four books. "#Tata Stories", 40 timeless tales to inspire you. "An extreme love of coffee", an exciting novel about coffee and magic. "Tata Log", inspiring stories from the contemporary history of the Tata Group. "The Curious Marketer", a free-flowing exploration of c...2021-10-151h 25
Play to Potential Podcast79.00 Katy Milkman on her book - How to Change - science of getting from where you are to where you want to beGUEST
Katy Milkman is the James G. Dinan Professor at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and holds a secondary appointment at Penn’s Perelman School of Medicine. Her research explores ways that insights from economics and psychology can be harnessed to change consequential behaviors for good, such as savings, exercise, vaccination take-up and discrimination. She has also recently authored the Book - How to Change - The Science of Getting from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be.
In 2018, she began hosting Charles Schwab’s popular podcast “Choiceology with Katy Milkman”, which exp...2021-09-231h 15
Play to Potential Podcast78.00 Amy Edmondson on Psychological Safety and LeadershipGUEST
Amy C. Edmondson is the Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management at the Harvard Business School.
Amy has been recognized by the biannual Thinkers50 global ranking of management thinkers since 2011, and most recently was ranked #3 in 2019. She studies teaming, psychological safety, and organizational learning, and her articles have been published numerous academic and management outlets Her most recent book, The Fearless Organization: Creating Psychological Safety in the Workplace for Learning, Innovation and Growth (Wiley, 2019), offers a practical guide for organizations serious about success in the modern economy.
She has been studying Psychological Safety fo...2021-09-021h 14
THE ONE'S CHANGING THE WORLD -PODCASTNEURO-TECH/BRAIN COMPUTER INTERFACE - KARTHIK RAGHAVENDRAN FOUNDER- NEUROSTELLAR#deeptech #futuretech #bci #braincomputerinterface #neurotech
Karthik Raghavendran is the Founder & Ceo of Neurostellar a neurotech startup leveraging the potential of a brain-computer interface to diagnose & treat neurological disorders plus the Co-Founder & Chapter lead for NeurotechX India. One in four people in the world is affected by mental or neurological disorders at some point in their lives, around 450 million people currently suffer from such conditions, placing mental and neurological disorders among the leading causes of ill-health and disability worldwide. Imagine a world where technology can solve this problem.
Neurostellar envisions a reality where you could interact...2021-07-2031 min
Play to Potential Podcast76.00 Tom Vanderbilt on his book - Beginners: Embracing challenges and the joy of learning at any ageGUEST
For many of us, the last time we learned a new skill was during childhood. We live in an age which reveres expertise but looks down on the beginner. Upon entering adulthood and middle age, we begin to shy away from trying new things, instead preferring to stay nestled firmly in our comfort zones.
Beginners asks the question: why are children the only ones allowed to experience the inherent fun of facing daily challenges? And could we benefit from embracing new skills, even if we're initially hopeless? Bestselling author Tom Vanderbilt sets out to find...2021-07-081h 33
Play to Potential Podcast75.00 Dan Cable on Unlocking Our Best Self: Reflections through Life's HighlightsGUEST
Dan Cable is Professor of Organisational Behaviour at London Business School. Dan’s research and teaching focus on employee engagement, change, organizational culture, leadership mindset, and the linkage between brands and employee behaviors. Dan was selected for the 2018 Thinkers50 Radar List, The Academy of Management has twice honored Dan with “Best article” awards, and The Academy of Management Perspectives ranked Dan in the “Top 25 most influential management scholars.”
In our conversation, we spoke about his journey including a cancer diagnosis which led him to examine his life and make pivotal choices. We go deep into his book “...2021-06-251h 22
Play to Potential Podcast73.00 Dr. Jennifer Goldman Wetzler on embracing Healthy Conflict and finding our styleGUEST
Dr. Jennifer (Jen) Goldman Wetzler is a leading expert on Conflict and Organizational psychology. For two decades, she has advised senior leaders at global corporations in a wide range of industries as well as at large non-profit and governmental institutions. She is the author of Optimal Outcomes - Free yourself from conflict at Work, at Home and in life. Earlier in her career, she was Director of Negotiation Programs at Mediation Works Incorporated, and a facilitator at the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School. A former counterterrorism research fellow with the U.S. Department of Homeland S...2021-05-071h 17
The Higher Ed Geek PodcastEpisode #123: Karthik Krishnan on MentorWorks and Alternative College Student Financing ModelsGo find tons of cool gear and support the show at our storefront. --- Support the show on Patreon to get exclusive perks! --- Our guest for this week’s episode is Karthik Krishnan, CEO and Co-founder at MentorWorks who gives a glimpse at how his team is helping to reshape the landscape of how students pay for college and the support they get throughout their studies. --- Subscribe and listen via Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, or Spotify. Find the full show notes at higheredgeek.com/podca...2021-04-2132 min
Play to Potential Podcast72.00 Bill Carr on the Amazonian WayGUEST
Bill Carr is the Co-Author (along with Colin Bryar) of the recently published book Working Backwards - Insights, Stories and Secrets from Inside Amazon.
In Working Backwards, these two long-serving Amazon executives reveal and codify the principles and practices that drive the success of one of the most extraordinary companies the world has ever known. With twenty-seven years of Amazon experience between them, much of it in the early 2000s―a period of unmatched innovation that brought products and services including Kindle, Amazon Prime, Amazon Studios, and Amazon Web Services to life. The book offers unp...2021-04-021h 29
Utilizing Tech: The Podcast Series About Emerging Technology2x11: Using AI to Assess Unstructured Data with ConcentricMost organizations have a vast amount of so-called unstructured data, and this poses a major risk for operations. But what if there was an AI-powered application that could sift through all this data, categorize it, and determine the risk profile for everything? That’s the promise of Concentric IO, and the premise for this episode of Utilizing AI with their CEO, Karthik Krishnan. The company uses a deep learning model trained on a vast pool of data from the Internet to create “Concentric Mind” which can identify documents across many business verticals, and this is continually tuned based on the re...2021-03-1636 min
Play to Potential Podcast71.00 Sanjeev and Hari on their book: From Pony to UnicornGUEST
Sanjeev Aggarwal and Hari TN have seen the "scale-up movie” in different contexts. Sanjeev was the Founder CEO of Daksh that he eventually sold to IBM. He is now an investor at Helion Ventures and Fundamentum Partnership. The have recently co-authored the book - From Pony to Unicorn - Scaling a Start-up sustainably. From Pony to Unicorn lucidly describes the X-to-10X journey that every start-up aspiring to become a unicorn has to go through. The book effortlessly narrates the fundamental principles behind scaling. Peppered with anecdotes, insights and practical wisdom, the book is a treasure trove of...2021-03-111h 15
Couch Pundits SportsEp. 13: Part 2 | IND v ENG Review Preview, IPL 2021 Auction, BTS with Subramaniam Ganesh | Couch PunditsSubramaniam Ganesh, our guest for today has worked for Adidas India as Head of Sports Marketing and Corporate Communications. He handled various players including Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, Leander Paes, Mahesh Bhupathi, Ramesh Krishnan, Zaheer Khan, Ashish Nehra, Murali Karthik, Robin Singh, Baichung Bhutia, Nirupama Vaidyanathan, Jyoti Randhawa, Rajyavardhan Rathore, and many tennis players who were associated with Adidas India. He was the Manager for PR & Promotions for the Kings XI Punjab team.In this episode, Aakash Mehta, Dhaval Shethia, and Subramaniam Ganesh talk about different pitch conditions in India, teams coming to India to play, changes...2021-02-231h 14Couch Pundits SportsEp. 13: Part 1 | IND v ENG Review Preview, IPL 2021 Auction, BTS with Subramaniam Ganesh | Couch PunditsSubramaniam Ganesh, our guest for today has worked for Adidas India as Head of Sports Marketing and Corporate Communications. He handled various players including Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, Leander Paes, Mahesh Bhupathi, Ramesh Krishnan, Zaheer Khan, Ashish Nehra, Murali Karthik, Robin Singh, Baichung Bhutia, Nirupama Vaidyanathan, Jyoti Randhawa, Rajyavardhan Rathore, and many tennis players who were associated with Adidas India. He was the Manager for PR & Promotions for the Kings XI Punjab team. In this episode, Aakash Mehta, Dhaval Shethia, and Subramaniam Ganesh talk about different pitch conditions in India, teams coming to India to play, changes...2021-02-231h 14
Teaching Learning Leading K-12Karthik Krishnan - Global CEO of Britannica Group - Reshaping Learning, Key Trends in Education, & Tools for Learning - 353Karthik Krishnan - Global CEO of Britannica Group - talks with me about reshaping learning, key trends in education, addressing inequities, and equipping kids with the tools for learning. This is episode 353 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast.Karthik Krishnan is the Global Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Britannica Group. He is also an Adjunct Professor at New York University’s Stern Business School and is on the World Economic Forum Network as a recognized expert in education, healthcare and media. Karthik has previously collaborated with the William J. Clinton Foundation and was recognized by forme...2021-02-2257 min
Play to Potential Podcast70.00 Bruce Feiler on his book - Life is in the TransitionsGUEST
Bruce Feiler is an American writer and television personality. He is the author of 15 books, including Council of Dads, a book that describes how he responded to a diagnosis of a rare cancer by asking a group of men to be present in the lives of his young daughters. His latest work explores the power of life stories. Drawing on interviews with Americans in all 50 states, he offers strategies for coping with life's unsettling times in his new book, Life Is In The Transitions, published in May 2020. Informed by the sifting and coding of life story interviews...2021-02-181h 22
Play to Potential Podcast69.00 Ramesh Srinivasan on dealing with Lifequakes and LeadershipGUEST
Ramesh is a Senior Partner at McKinsey & Company, and a leader in the Pharmaceutical and Organization practices. He is the Global Dean of the Bower Forum, McKinsey's program for CEO learning. He is a member of McKinsey's Global Social Responsibility Council, and sits on a few non-profit Boards in the Education sector in India. He also has been through the unimaginable trauma of losing two young children to cancer. I was keen to speak to him to get his perspectives on leadership given his experiences at McKinsey and how we can all deal with lifequakes when they...2021-02-031h 15
Play to Potential Podcast68.00 Tenzin Priyadarshi on his book - Running toward mystery - a life of leaning into the unknownGUEST
Venerable Tenzin Priyadarshi is the president and CEO of the Dalai Lama Center for Ethics and Transformative Values at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). In 2020, Priyadarshi released his book "Running Toward Mystery: The Adventure of an Unconventional Life”. In the book, he speaks about his walking away from his school at the age of 10 based on some dreams he had been having from the age of 6. He speaks about the various twists and turns in his journey that has now brought him to MIT.
In 2009, Priyadarshi founded the Dalai Lama Center for Ethics and Tra...2021-01-161h 24
The Filter Koffee PodcastThe Business of Nostalgia with Hari KrishnanIn this episode, Karthik discusses both the emotion and the science behind Nostalgia, with one of its biggest practitioners - Hari Krishnan. Hari is an artist, meme-maker, life coach and also an adman. Hari is a unique commentator of popular culture, in the way he uses real life memories of a certain era in his creations. In this episode, Karthik and Hari analyze why nostalgia is such a 'seductive liar'. They talk about concepts like the reminiscence bump - the science behind why certain memories are fonder and also the business around it in art, advertising and product design.2021-01-071h 21
Play to Potential Podcast67.00 Ashley Whillans on her book - Time Smart - How to reclaim your time and live a happier lifeGUEST
Dr. Ashley Whillans is the Volpert Family Associate Professor at the Harvard Business School. Professor Whillans earned her PhD in Social Psychology from the University of British Columbia. Her research seeks to understand the associations between time, money, and subjective wellbeing. She is particularly interested in understanding how individual, organizational and societal factors like gender, workplace policies, and income inequality predict how people value and spend time and money, with possible implications for well-being.
Published in December 2020
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Deepak Jayaraman, the host of this podcast series, works with Leaders and Organizations...2020-12-211h 31
Play to Potential PodcastEP2.00 Vinay Sitapati on the Jugalbandi between LK Advani and AB Vajpayee and lessons in LeadershipGUEST
Vinay Sitapati returns to the Play to Potential Podcast on the back of his recently published book - Jugalbandi - The BJP before Modi. The book begins with the creation of Hindu nationalism as a response to British-induced elections in the 1920s and moves on to the formation of the BJP in 1980 and ends with its first national government, from 1998 to 2004.
The book also traces the entangled lives of its founding leaders Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Lal Krishna Advani. Vinay digs into various moments to really understand what made their six decade relationship tick. He t...2020-12-081h 21
Play to Potential Podcast65.00 Ashish Dhawan on transitioning from Private Equity to Social Impact and Leadership in the Social SectorGUEST
Ashish Dhawan is the Founder and Chairman of Central Square Foundation (CSF) and Ashoka University. He worked for twenty years in the investment management business and ran one of India’s leading private equity funds, ChrysCapital. In June 2012, he left his full time role at ChrysCapital to focus on philanthropic work in education. Ashish is an MBA with distinction from Harvard University and a dual bachelor’s (BS/BA) holder with Magna Cum Laude honors from Yale University. Central Square Foundation works on system reform in school education in India. The foundation has 60 team members who work on g...2020-11-101h 35
Play to Potential Podcast64.00 Marshall Goldsmith - A masterclass on Executive CoachingGUEST
Marshall Goldsmith helps successful people achieve positive, lasting change in behavior; for themselves, their people, and their teams. He has four decades of experience of helping top CEOs and executives overcome limiting beliefs and behaviours to achieve greater success. He has received several accolades over the years. Thinkers 50 ranked him as World's most influential leadership thinker (2015 and 2011), top ten business thinker, top rated executive coach (2015, 2013, and 2011).
In our conversation, we spoke about staying relevant over the long term, ROI in Coaching, the path to excellence, getting behaviours to stick, the art of asking good questions...2020-10-301h 01
Play to Potential Podcast63.00 Venkat Krishnan on Philanthropy and GivingGUEST
Venkat is the Founder of GiveIndia, a platform that strives to bridge the gap between two sets of people - People who want to give, who want to try and make a difference along with those that are doing phenomenal work but don’t know how to reach out to the people that want to support them.
GiveIndia was born on April 28, 2000 out of the belief that equal opportunity is the cornerstone of civilization. All human beings must have the same opportunity to succeed in life, irrespective of the circumstances they were born into.However, thi...2020-10-032h 19
SABF podcastS1E05 - Karthik Krishnan [EN]Today, we speak with Karthik Krishnan about how the media industry will stay profitable in the digital era, the crisis in the education system, and the abilities we will need to adapt to the 21st century world.2020-08-1027 min
SABF podcast05 - Karthik Krishnan [EN]Today, we speak with Karthik Krishnan about how the media industry will stay profitable in the digital era, the crisis in the education system, and the abilities we will need to adapt to the 21st century world.2020-08-1000 min
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