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ContraMinds Podcast - Unlocking Personal Growth and Professional Excellence
Hosted by Sivaraman Swaminathan (Swami), this show decodes what goes on behind the minds of people who strive to achieve mastery, excellence, and success in their business or profession. It explores their life purpose, motivations and inspiration, and attempts to understand their personal growth journey. We try to understand the why behind what they do and how they are successfully accomplishing what they set out to do in their lives.
You can discover the mental models of these high performers…
Episodes
ContraMinds Podcast - Unlocking Personal Growth and Professional ExcellenceProf. David Nutt on Alcohol Addiction and Beating Depression (#054)
Let's know what you liked and learnt! Professor David Nutt, a renowned Neuropsychopharmacologist, specializes in researching the effects of drugs on the brain…
ContraMinds Podcast - Unlocking Personal Growth and Professional ExcellenceBrandon Hendrickson on Making Education Engaging (#053)
Let's know what you liked and learnt! Making Education Engaging: A Journey of DiscoveryBrandon Hendrickson credits Kieran Egan as a significant influence on…
ContraMinds Podcast - Unlocking Personal Growth and Professional ExcellenceScott H. Young on How to Build Mastery in Anything (#052)
Let's know what you liked and learnt! Build Mastery Through Deliberate Practice and Varied Experiences To build true mastery in any skill or profession, it's…
ContraMinds Podcast - Unlocking Personal Growth and Professional ExcellenceThe Super CMO Show - Ricky Afrianto (#011)
Let's know what you liked and learnt! Ricky Afrianto is a Global Marketing Head/Director - Mayora Group. Previously he was Marketing Director and managed 21…
ContraMinds Podcast - Unlocking Personal Growth and Professional ExcellenceDr. Vignesh Devraj on Ayurveda’s Holistic Approach for Modern Living (#051)
Let's know what you liked and learnt! Holistic Living in this Stressful Modern World Modern living has wired us to overeat when we’re stressed. Nature on one…
ContraMinds Podcast - Unlocking Personal Growth and Professional ExcellenceThe Super CMO Show - Mahek Shah (#010)
Let's know what you liked and learnt! The AirAsia Media Playbook: Integrating Travel Experiences About The Guest: Mahek Shah is the Global Head of Media at…
ContraMinds Podcast - Unlocking Personal Growth and Professional Excellence#050 Prof. Vasant Dhar on The Evolving Role of Humans in the Age of AI
Let's know what you liked and learnt! Prof. Vasant Dhar is an AI researcher who pioneered machine learning applications in finance. His research examines how…
ContraMinds Podcast - Unlocking Personal Growth and Professional ExcellenceThe Super CMO Show - Moses Gorrepati (#009)
Let's know what you liked and learnt! From Disability to Ability: How Enable India Unlocks Potential About The Guest: Moses Gorrepati has over 15 years of…
ContraMinds Podcast - Unlocking Personal Growth and Professional ExcellenceKhyati Bhatt on Understanding Body Language, Decoding Non-Verbal Cues (#049)
Let's know what you liked and learnt! Khyati Bhatt is the Founder, Senior Coach, and Head Consultant at Simply Body Talk specializing in nonverbal…
ContraMinds Podcast - Unlocking Personal Growth and Professional ExcellenceAnton Howes on Lessons from History on Innovation and Invention (#048)
Let's know what you liked and learnt! Anton Howes (www.antonhowes.com) is the Head of Innovation Research at the UK-based think-tank, The Entrepreneurs…
ContraMinds Podcast - Unlocking Personal Growth and Professional ExcellenceBest of 2023 | ContraMinds Podcast
Let's know what you liked and learnt! Welcome to a very special year-end episode of the Contra Minds Podcast. In 2023, we had a phenomenal line-up of guests…
ContraMinds Podcast - Unlocking Personal Growth and Professional ExcellenceBest of 2023 | The Super CMO Show
Let's know what you liked and learnt! We launched The Super CMO Show in January this year and it has been a truly rewarding journey so far.This episode is a…
ContraMinds Podcast - Unlocking Personal Growth and Professional ExcellenceBharath MS and Madhura Shanthini on Navigating India’s Evolving Data Privacy Ecosystem (#047)
Let's know what you liked and learnt! Bharath MS is an accomplished IP litigator and strategist, slated to become the INTA Board of Director for 2024-2026…
ContraMinds Podcast - Unlocking Personal Growth and Professional ExcellenceThe Super CMO Show - Srikanth Ramachandran (#008)
Let's know what you liked and learnt! Building Digital Out-Of-Home Experiences using Data, Automation and Algorithms Srikanth Ramachandran is the Founder of…
ContraMinds Podcast - Unlocking Personal Growth and Professional ExcellenceJames Bellerjeau on The Career Success Playbook: How to Balance Personal and Professional Ambition (#046)
Let's know what you liked and learnt! James Bellerjeau is a researcher, lecturer and he is the ACC docket career path columnist. In this episode…
ContraMinds Podcast - Unlocking Personal Growth and Professional ExcellenceMatt Abrahams on Thinking Faster, Talking Smarter (#045)
Let's know what you liked and learnt! Matt Abrahams is a Larsen Lam Family Lecturer in Organizational Behavior at the renowned Stanford University's Graduate…
ContraMinds Podcast - Unlocking Personal Growth and Professional ExcellenceRajesh Jain on “Unicorns vs. 'Proficorns' : The Pragmatic Path to building Private, Bootstrapped, Profitable and Valuable Businesses (#044)
Let's know what you liked and learnt! Rajesh Jain is a technology entrepreneur based out of Mumbai, India. Rajesh was a pioneer in Asia's dot-com revolution…
ContraMinds Podcast - Unlocking Personal Growth and Professional ExcellenceThe Super CMO Show - David Fradin (#007)
Let's know what you liked and learnt! Building a Toolkit for Product Success Management David Fradin is the president of Spice Catalyst. He's a product…
ContraMinds Podcast - Unlocking Personal Growth and Professional ExcellenceRoger Forsgren on Professional Skills To Rewire the Engineer’s Mindset (#043)
Let's know what you liked and learnt! Roger Forsgren is a retired Chief Knowledge Officer of NASA. He was a director of Academy of Program, Project and…
ContraMinds Podcast - Unlocking Personal Growth and Professional ExcellenceSridhar Ramasamy on How Digital Factories are Transforming the Future of Manufacturing (#042)
Let's know what you liked and learnt! Sridhar Ramasamy is an industry veteran with interdisciplinary knowledge across the pharmaceutical and manufacturing…
ContraMinds Podcast - Unlocking Personal Growth and Professional ExcellenceRajat Kumar Agarwal on Transforming Medical Outcomes With Knowledge Centric IT Platforms (#041)
Let's know what you liked and learnt! Rajat Kumar Agarwal is the Chief Executive Officer of Jagriti InnoHealth Platforms - a tech startup creating knowledge…
ContraMinds Podcast - Unlocking Personal Growth and Professional ExcellenceThe Super CMO Show - Prof. Venkatesh (Venky) Shankar (#006)
Let's know what you liked and learnt! Marketing Accountability: Elevating the role of the CMO and Value of Marketing in an Enterprise Prof. Venkatesh (Venky)…
ContraMinds Podcast - Unlocking Personal Growth and Professional ExcellenceRavishankar Iyer on Storytelling: The Catalyst to Influence People and Business Growth (#040)
Let's know what you liked and learnt! Ravishankar Iyer is a Story Coach and Founder of Story Rules (storyrules.in), a startup that offers training and coaching…
ContraMinds Podcast - Unlocking Personal Growth and Professional ExcellenceThe Super CMO Show - Sukumar Muthya (#005)
Let's know what you liked and learnt! Inside the Mind of a Technology-Driven Marketer Sukumar Muthya is a seasoned marketing technology executive with over 27…
ContraMinds Podcast - Unlocking Personal Growth and Professional ExcellenceThe Super CMO Show - Amit Tiwari (#004)
Let's know what you liked and learnt! Amit Tiwari is a Martech Leader with a new-age marketing approach for new marketing technology enablement. His experience…
ContraMinds Podcast - Unlocking Personal Growth and Professional ExcellenceThe Super CMO Show - Prof. Tanvi Gupta (#003)
Let's know what you liked and learnt! Dr. Tanvi Gupta is an Associate Professor of Marketing at the Indian Institute of Management Udaipur (IIMU) and a…
ContraMinds Podcast - Unlocking Personal Growth and Professional ExcellencePooja Jauhari on Leadership Lessons in Building a Disruptive and Value Driven Marketing Firm (#039)
Let's know what you liked and learnt! Pooja Jauhari is the former Group CEO of VMLY&R India, and former CEO of The Glitch. Over her two-decade-long career…
ContraMinds Podcast - Unlocking Personal Growth and Professional ExcellenceThe Super CMO Show - Prof. Peter Fader (#002)
Let's know what you liked and learnt! Prof. Peter Fader is the Frances and Pei-Yuan Chia Professor of Marketing at The Wharton School of the University of…
ContraMinds Podcast - Unlocking Personal Growth and Professional ExcellenceDr. Aniruddha Malpani on The State of Indian Education - Outdated Systems, Flawed Teaching Methods and Myopic Parenting (#038)
Let's know what you liked and learnt! Dr. Aniruddha Malpani is a pioneering IVF Specialist, Angel Investor and Social Impact Entrepreneur. Through his firm…
ContraMinds Podcast - Unlocking Personal Growth and Professional ExcellencePrem Kumar Gokuladasan on How Technology Can Transform India’s Rural Education (#037)
Let's know what you liked and learnt! Prem Kumar is the founder of Kalvi40, a mobile educational technology app that is transforming the way education is…
ContraMinds Podcast - Unlocking Personal Growth and Professional ExcellenceThe Super CMO Show - Marc de Swaan Arons (#001)
Let's know what you liked and learnt! HUMANIZED GROWTH: A NEW BLUEPRINT FOR MARKETING Mark de Swaan Arons is a thought leader in global marketing leadership…
ContraMinds Podcast - Unlocking Personal Growth and Professional ExcellenceThe Best Advice Our Guests Ever Received | 2022 Recap
Let's know what you liked and learnt! Is it Your life is your responsibility or Just keep going. No matter what or pay yourself first. It does not matter how…
ContraMinds Podcast - Unlocking Personal Growth and Professional ExcellenceWhat advice would you give to an 18-Year Old at University? | 2022 Recap
Let's know what you liked and learnt! What advice would you give to an 18-year-old in university? Is it Getting out of the bubble of your Majors? Developing…
ContraMinds Podcast - Unlocking Personal Growth and Professional ExcellenceWhat Does Success Mean To You? | 2022 Recap
Let's know what you liked and learnt! What Does Success Mean To You? Is it about how much money you make for yourself, or is it in being able to give back to…
ContraMinds Podcast - Unlocking Personal Growth and Professional ExcellenceRupal Patel on Identity-Driven Leadership: Lessons Learnt from the CIA, to being a CEO (#036)
Let's know what you liked and learnt! Rupal Patel is an ex-CIA agent turned entrepreneur, international speaker and business consultant. She helps founders and…
ContraMinds Podcast - Unlocking Personal Growth and Professional ExcellenceThe Chris Yeh Experience: On Design, Leadership and Blitzscaling (#035)
Let's know what you liked and learnt! A writer, investor, and entrepreneur, Chris Yeh has had a ringside seat in the world of startups and scale-ups since…
ContraMinds Podcast - Unlocking Personal Growth and Professional ExcellenceThales Teixeira on Digital Disruption Through Decoupling (#034)
Let's know what you liked and learnt! Prof. Thales Teixeira is the co-founder of digital disruption consultancy Decoupling.co. Previously, he was the Lumry…
ContraMinds Podcast - Unlocking Personal Growth and Professional ExcellenceB Joseph Pine II on Want to Win Customers? Sell Them Experiences (#033)
Let's know what you liked and learnt! B. Joseph Pine II is an internationally acclaimed author, speaker, and management advisor to Fortune 500 companies and…
ContraMinds Podcast - Unlocking Personal Growth and Professional ExcellencePrasad Mangipudi on Building a World-Class Sports Ecosystem in India (#032)
Let's know what you liked and learnt! Prasad Mangipudi is one of the top sports development and marketing minds in India. Prasad is the Managing Director of…
ContraMinds Podcast - Unlocking Personal Growth and Professional ExcellencePaul Zak on Applying Neuroscience in Engagement, Immersion and Brand Interactions (#031)
Let's know what you liked and learnt! Intro Paul Zak is an American neuroeconomist. He is the co-founder of Immersion Neuroscience, which creates technologies…
ContraMinds Podcast - Unlocking Personal Growth and Professional ExcellenceConnor Joyce on How Behavioral Science is shaping the core of Product Development (#030)
Let's know what you liked and learnt! Connor Joyce is a behavioral science evangelist who writes extensively about the future of work, helping establish the…
ContraMinds Podcast - Unlocking Personal Growth and Professional ExcellenceShyam Sekhar on The Founder's Guide to Finance (#029)
Let's know what you liked and learnt! Shyam Sekhar is the Ideator and Founder of ithought Financial Consulting LLP. He is an active and renowned value investor…
ContraMinds Podcast - Unlocking Personal Growth and Professional ExcellenceSunder Madaakshira on The Power of Connecting Data, Brands, and Strategy (#028)
Let's know what you liked and learnt! In today's fast-paced digital landscape, connecting data with marketing strategy is crucial for building successful…
ContraMinds Podcast - Unlocking Personal Growth and Professional ExcellenceAdrian Gropper on The Intersection of Data, Technology, and Individual Rights (#027)
Let's know what you liked and learnt! Adrian Gropper, MD, is the CTO of Patient Privacy Rights, an organisation representing 10.3 million patients and is among…
ContraMinds Podcast - Unlocking Personal Growth and Professional ExcellenceProf. Y. Narahari on Seeking Wisdom in the Theory of Games (#026)
Let's know what you liked and learnt! Prof. Yadati Narahari's research work focuses on game theory, mechanism design, and artificial intelligence techniques to…
ContraMinds Podcast - Unlocking Personal Growth and Professional ExcellenceDr. Annapurni Subramaniam on Reaching for the Stars with Grace and Humility (#025)
Let's know what you liked and learnt! Dr. Annapurni Subramaniam serves as the Director of the Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore. Her research work…
ContraMinds Podcast - Unlocking Personal Growth and Professional ExcellenceNeil Hoyne on Managing Relationships in the Age of Data (#024)
Let's know what you liked and learnt! Neil Hoyne serves as the Chief Measurement Strategist at Google and is a Senior Fellow at The Wharton School. He is most…
ContraMinds Podcast - Unlocking Personal Growth and Professional ExcellenceRoger Forsgren on Knowledge Management Lessons from NASA (#023)
Let's know what you liked and learnt! Roger Forsgren served as the Chief Knowledge Office (CKO) of NASA from 2013 to 2021. As CKO, he led NASA’s Knowledge…
ContraMinds Podcast - Unlocking Personal Growth and Professional ExcellenceAmit Ranjan on The Source Code for Building World-Class Products (#022)
Let's know what you liked and learnt! Amit Ranjan is best known as the co-founder of Slideshare, the world's largest community for sharing professional content…
ContraMinds Podcast - Unlocking Personal Growth and Professional ExcellenceCol. Vijay Chadda on Leadership Lessons from a Life of Service (#021)
Let's know what you liked and learnt! Col. Vijay Chadda served in the Indian Armed Forces for more than two decades, following which, in 1992, he transitioned…
ContraMinds Podcast - Unlocking Personal Growth and Professional ExcellenceAllison Hartsoe on Transforming Businesses by Understanding Customers (#020)
Let's know what you liked and learnt! Allison Hartsoe is a three-time entrepreneur and is currently the CEO of Ambition Data. She is, most recently, the author…
ContraMinds Podcast - Unlocking Personal Growth and Professional ExcellenceRadhika Dutt on Leading Change through Radical Product Thinking (#019)
Let's know what you liked and learnt! Radhika Dutt is an Entrepreneur and Product Leader, who is most recently the author of "Radical Product Thinking: The New…
ContraMinds Podcast - Unlocking Personal Growth and Professional ExcellenceBipindra N.C. on Exploring the Defence Tech Landscape (#018)
Let's know what you liked and learnt! Bipindra N.C. is the Founder and Editor of Defence.Capital, a publication which tracks the business and politics of…
ContraMinds Podcast - Unlocking Personal Growth and Professional ExcellenceSuresh Shankar on A Founder-CEO's Guide to Company Building (#017)
Let's know what you liked and learnt! Suresh is the Co-Founder and CEO of Crayon Data, a Big Data and Artificial Intelligence company with a vision to simplify…
ContraMinds Podcast - Unlocking Personal Growth and Professional ExcellenceNarayan Parasuram on Building a Business on the Power of Stories (#016)
Let's know what you liked and learnt! Narayan Parasuram is the Co-Founder and Creative Director of the Karadi Tales Company. In this episode, Narayan speaks to…
ContraMinds Podcast - Unlocking Personal Growth and Professional ExcellenceThomas Kolster on The Unmarketing Code for Meaningful Brands (#015)
Let's know what you liked and learnt! Thomas Kolster is the Founder and Creative Director of Goodvertising Agency, one of the pioneers in turning…
ContraMinds Podcast - Unlocking Personal Growth and Professional ExcellenceKumar Vembu on Building a Culture of Happiness and Zero Follow-Ups (#014)
Let's know what you liked and learnt! Kumar is the Founder and CEO of GoFrugal, one of India’s leading Point-of-Sale solutions for Retail, Restaurant and…
ContraMinds Podcast - Unlocking Personal Growth and Professional ExcellenceProf. Manish Jain on How to Enhance Learning Through Creativity (#013)
Let's know what you liked and learnt! Prof. Manish Jain is an Associate Teaching Professor at Center for Creative Learning (CCL), a lab in IIT Gandhinagar…
ContraMinds Podcast - Unlocking Personal Growth and Professional ExcellenceKarthik Srinivasan on Using Your Personal Brand to Escape the Rat Race (#012)
Let's know what you liked and learnt! Karthik Srinivasan is one India’s leading Communications Strategy Consultants and an Expert in the field of Personal…
ContraMinds Podcast - Unlocking Personal Growth and Professional ExcellenceDr. Ashwin Mahalingam on Bringing Interdisciplinary Thinking to Project Management (#011)
Let's know what you liked and learnt! Dr. Ashwin Mahalingam is a Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at IIT Madras. He is also a co-founder of…