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SHINY HAPPY PEOPLE with Vinay Kumar
In this business podcast that is all about people, Vinay Kumar, a Leadership Coach, Certified Professional Facilitator, OD Consultant, Podcaster, Global Nomad, Wildlife Stalker and Records Collector, interviews leaders, thinkers, strategists, and doers to reveal actionable insights, first-hand experiences, smart strategies, brilliant tips and lesser-known best practices on a range of subjects in business leadership and people management, from innovation, DEI, facilitation, technology, future of…
Episodes
SHINY HAPPY PEOPLE with Vinay KumarEp 137: Ken Honda on the Art of ‘Happy Money’
Send us Fan Mail Is your money smiling? Find out from our very special guest today, money and happiness expert – the one and only Ken Honda, author of the…
SHINY HAPPY PEOPLE with Vinay KumarEp 136: Harshita Chandra of Upcycleluxe on Sustainable Fashion
Send us Fan Mail Sustainability is a subject close to our heart and we are pleased to bring you the story of another sustainability warrior. Meet the…
SHINY HAPPY PEOPLE with Vinay KumarEp 135: Samuel H Kim of Center for Asia Leadership
Send us Fan Mail On today’s episode, meet Samuel H Kim, Founding President of the Center for Asia Leadership Initiatives (CALI), whose early work in diplomacy…
SHINY HAPPY PEOPLE with Vinay KumarEp 134: IAF Chair, Gerardo de Luzenberger on Future of Facilitation
Send us Fan Mail A passionate and pragmatic facilitator and trainer with a dynamic personality, a great sense of humour and the warmth of real humanity –…
SHINY HAPPY PEOPLE with Vinay KumarEp 133: Power of Advanced Facilitation with Rosanna von Sacken
Send us Fan Mail She has been working with groups, organizations and communities in strategic group process facilitation and coaching in the public, private…
SHINY HAPPY PEOPLE with Vinay KumarEp 132: Award-winning Wildlife Conservationist, Sanjay Gubbi of Holematthi
Send us Fan Mail Meet the award-winning wildlife biologist and conservationist, Sanjay Gubbi who works extensively on the conservation of large carnivores like…
SHINY HAPPY PEOPLE with Vinay KumarEp 131: ‘Ironman’ Kapil Arora on Fitness & Sports Entrepreneurship
Send us Fan Mail An incredible journey from working 21 years as a corporate honcho to becoming a sports and fitness entrepreneur – that’s the story of…
SHINY HAPPY PEOPLE with Vinay KumarEp 130: Rigzin Lachic on Sustainability in Business
Send us Fan Mail At the height of the excitement for the 2nd edition of #TheLastRun ‘Pangong Frozen Lake Marathon’ in Ladakh happening this February 20, to…
SHINY HAPPY PEOPLE with Vinay KumarEp 129: Ben Renshaw on How to Be a CEO
Send us Fan Mail This exciting episode, meet Ben Renshaw, considered one of today’s foremost leadership thinkers, whose innovative work with leading…
SHINY HAPPY PEOPLE with Vinay KumarEp 128: Dhruv Joshi of Cloud Physician on Remote ICU Management
Send us Fan Mail A very exciting year 2024 to you! Welcome back to Shiny Happy People podcast and here’s kick-starting the new year with a first – our guest…
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Ep. 127: Best of Shiny Happy People in 2023!
Send us Fan Mail 2023 is almost over and in keeping with our tradition, the SHP team - our host, Vinay Kumar, the host of the limited series ‘The Resilient…
SHINY HAPPY PEOPLE with Vinay KumarEp 126: Manal Sayid on Facilitation for Social Change
Send us Fan Mail “Facilitation is possibly the most powerful tool for change.” And that’s exactly what she’s doing – leveraging the power of facilitation for…
SHINY HAPPY PEOPLE with Vinay KumarEp 125: Dhanpat Jain (DJ) on New Future of Learning & Development
Send us Fan Mail “The need now is to see learning as a journey, instead of training as an event,” articulates the man that’s leading learning and development…
SHINY HAPPY PEOPLE with Vinay KumarEp. 124: Supriya Donthi on ‘The Resilient Entrepreneur’, a Shiny Happy People special
Send us Fan Mail A new story of resilience, a new Shiny Happy personality every month! This is a Shiny Happy People special limited podcast series, ‘The…
SHINY HAPPY PEOPLE with Vinay KumarEp 123: Amy Diehl and Leanne Dzubinski on Workplace Gender Biases
Send us Fan Mail “Organizations have come a long way when it comes to recognizing and attempting to stamp out gender bias. But gender bias stubbornly persists…
SHINY HAPPY PEOPLE with Vinay KumarEp. 122: Karan Bahadur on ‘The Resilient Entrepreneur’, a Shiny Happy People special
Send us Fan Mail A new story of resilience, a new Shiny Happy personality every month! This is a Shiny Happy People special limited podcast series, ‘The…
SHINY HAPPY PEOPLE with Vinay KumarEp 121: Chris Brown, the Sustainability Warrior of Pemuteran, Bali
Send us Fan Mail In one of our most exciting conversations yet, Vinay traces the inspiring story behind the sustainably thriving community in the scenic…
SHINY HAPPY PEOPLE with Vinay KumarEp. 120: Vineet Saxena on ‘The Resilient Entrepreneur’, a Shiny Happy People special
Send us Fan Mail A new story of resilience, a new Shiny Happy personality every month! This is a Shiny Happy People special limited podcast series, ‘The…
SHINY HAPPY PEOPLE with Vinay KumarEp 119: Andrea T Edwards, CSP, on Uncommon Climate Courage
Send us Fan Mail The Digital Conversationalist. A professional speaker, social leadership trainer & mentor, personal branding & employee advocacy trainer…
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Ep. 118: Divya Bafna & Anusha Reddy on ‘The Resilient Entrepreneur’, a Shiny Happy People special
Send us Fan Mail A new story of resilience, a new Shiny Happy personality every month! This is a Shiny Happy People special limited podcast series, ‘The…
SHINY HAPPY PEOPLE with Vinay KumarEp 117: LinkedIn Learning's Sameer Aggarwal on Evolution of e-Learning
Send us Fan Mail From selling ‘email-as-a-service’ as a dot-com entrepreneur in college to now heading sales for LinkedIn Learning’s biggest market, India!…
SHINY HAPPY PEOPLE with Vinay KumarEp 116: Arvind Nair: ‘The Resilient Entrepreneur’, a Shiny Happy People special
Send us Fan Mail A new story of resilience, a new Shiny Happy personality every month! This is a Shiny Happy People special limited podcast series, ‘The…
SHINY HAPPY PEOPLE with Vinay KumarEp 115: NeuroGifted's Joel Godi on Neurodiversity Inclusion & Practice
Send us Fan Mail Social psychologist, social entrepreneur and coach, Joel Godi first discovered that he was neurodivergent, ADHD & Autistic (ASD1) when he was…
SHINY HAPPY PEOPLE with Vinay KumarEp. 114: Guillaume Wiatr on Crafting Your ‘Strategic Narrative’
Send us Fan Mail “People will pay for a story, but people will die for a narrative.” That’s Guillaume Wiatr, the author of ‘Strategic Narrative’, a simple…
SHINY HAPPY PEOPLE with Vinay KumarEp 113: Nupur Hemant on ‘The Resilient Entrepreneur’, a Shiny Happy People special
Send us Fan Mail A new story of resilience, a new Shiny Happy personality every month! This is a Shiny Happy People special limited podcast series, ‘The…
SHINY HAPPY PEOPLE with Vinay KumarEp 112: Maria Morukian on Fostering DEI in the Workplace
Send us Fan Mail Our guest today is on a mission to help organizations create a more equitable and inclusive global workforce, and fuel lasting change. Meet…
SHINY HAPPY PEOPLE with Vinay KumarEp 111: Ankit Aggarwal as ‘The Resilient Entrepreneur’, a Shiny Happy People special
Send us Fan Mail A new story of resilience, a new Shiny Happy personality every month! This is a Shiny Happy People special limited podcast series, ‘The…
SHINY HAPPY PEOPLE with Vinay KumarEp 110: All about Yoga with Priya Nair
Send us Fan Mail “I truly believe that Yoga can transform your life.” A woman of many hats, Priya Nair is an Electronics Engineer by education who has worked…
SHINY HAPPY PEOPLE with Vinay KumarEp 109: Azran Osman-Rani as ‘The Resilient Entrepreneur’, a Shiny Happy People special
Send us Fan Mail A new story of resilience, a new Shiny Happy personality every month! We are thrilled to bring you a Shiny Happy People Special, the limited…
SHINY HAPPY PEOPLE with Vinay KumarEp 108: Meet the 25-time Snooker & Billiards World Champion, Pankaj Advani
Send us Fan Mail Right on cue! He’s shiny, he’s happy, and he’s on our podcast this week. India’s biggest name in cue sports with 25 world championship titles…
SHINY HAPPY PEOPLE with Vinay KumarEp 107: ‘Insights 10 in 10’ Leading Multi-Generational Hybrid Workforce with Dhruti Shah
Send us Fan Mail Welcome to a new episode of our ‘Insights 10 in 10’, with Dhruti Shah guest-hosting for Sanjay this month. Today, Dhruti brings you her top…
SHINY HAPPY PEOPLE with Vinay KumarEp 106: At the World’s Highest Frozen Lake Half Marathon with Chamba Tseten in Pangong, Ladakh
Send us Fan Mail #TheLastRun is finally here! Five months ago, we brought you a very special episode in conversation with Chamba Tseten, founder of Adventure…
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Ep 105: Are podcasts dying? Far from it, we find out!
Send us Fan Mail Today, we bring you a special episode where we chat about what’s happening in the world of podcasts. We’ve been hearing about it some, reading…
SHINY HAPPY PEOPLE with Vinay KumarEp 104: ‘Insights 10 in 10’ Negotiation Skills with Sanjay Dugar
Send us Fan Mail “Negotiation is often described as the art of letting the other side have your way.” Christopher Voss, an American businessman, author, and a…
SHINY HAPPY PEOPLE with Vinay KumarEp 103: The Art of Healing Trauma with Natalia Rachel
Send us Fan Mail We kick off this year’s guests’ line-up with Natalia Rachel, author, speaker and trauma-informed therapist and consultant who brings an…
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Refresh 2023
Send us Fan Mail It's always a good day to start something new! Hope you all had a great start to the new year 2023 - we are thrilled to be back with an…
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Best of Shiny Happy People in 2022!
Send us Fan Mail The end is near – well, the end to the year 2022, we mean! And in keeping with tradition, Shiny Happy People podcast team brings you their top…
SHINY HAPPY PEOPLE with Vinay KumarEp 100: Celebrating our 100th with guests and listeners!
Send us Fan Mail It' finally here! Our 100th episode, YAY! What a journey it's been since we first started with Episode One in June 2020. This special episode…
SHINY HAPPY PEOPLE with Vinay KumarEp 99: Ira Wolfe, The Workplace Futurist
Send us Fan Mail If there was a crystal ball for what the future of jobs, work, and the workplace would look like, it would lie in the head of Ira S. Wolfe…
SHINY HAPPY PEOPLE with Vinay KumarEp 98: High-Performing, Future-Ready Hybrid Teams with Dhruti Shah and Pia Lee
Send us Fan Mail Most of us today are working in hybrid teams, but how effectively are we as a team in the hybrid mode? What are some of the not-so-obvious…
SHINY HAPPY PEOPLE with Vinay KumarEp 97: Trendspotting 'Building Transformational Capabilities' with Anant Krishnan and Sanjay Dugar
Send us Fan Mail Transformation - it's not just a matter of success but that of survival for organizations today. Welcome to this month’s episode of our…
SHINY HAPPY PEOPLE with Vinay KumarEp 96: International Conflict Management with David Nevin
Send us Fan Mail It’s not often that we have someone who has not only worked on but is an expert on managing ocean/island jurisdictional disputes. Meet the…
SHINY HAPPY PEOPLE with Vinay KumarEp 95: Srikanth Iyer, the Serial Entrepreneur
Send us Fan Mail What makes a serial entrepreneur? We get behind the scenes with someone who has done it and done it well. Meet Srikanth Iyer, Co-Founder and…
SHINY HAPPY PEOPLE with Vinay KumarEp 94: Trendspotting 'Return to Office: To Mandate or Not To Mandate' with Shaleel Nalakath and Sanjay Dugar
Send us Fan Mail To mandate or not to mandate employees’ return to office – that’s a question leaders and employers find themselves asking more frequently than…
SHINY HAPPY PEOPLE with Vinay KumarEp 93: Bringing Curiosity to the Workplace with Stefaan van Hooydonk
Send us Fan Mail The amazing work being done by this week’s guest could not be better timed in today’s business environment. Curious yet? Meet the man who…
SHINY HAPPY PEOPLE with Vinay KumarEp 92: ‘The Last Run’ against Climate Change, at Pangong, Ladakh with Chamba Tsetan
Send us Fan Mail Have you heard? The glaciers are melting! To spring us all into action is Chamba Tsetan joining us from Kargyam in eastern Ladakh, Founder of…
SHINY HAPPY PEOPLE with Vinay KumarEp 91: Trendspotting ‘Experiential Leadership' with Amit Nagpal and Sanjay Dugar
Send us Fan Mail Welcome to a new episode of our 'Trendspotting' series of podcasts where we deep-dive into a hot topic or trend, to bring you insights and…
SHINY HAPPY PEOPLE with Vinay KumarEp 90: Talent Development & Future of Learning with Dr. Aman Jain
Send us Fan Mail This week, we explore a nuanced understanding into the world of talent development with Lead - Talent Development CoE at AB InBev India, Dr…
SHINY HAPPY PEOPLE with Vinay KumarEp 89: Future of Organizational Culture with Arthur Carmazzi
Send us Fan Mail This week, we bring you a high energy conversation with Arthur Carmazzi, Founder of Directive Communication Psychology and a leading thought…
SHINY HAPPY PEOPLE with Vinay KumarEp 88: Trendspotting ‘Leadership Coaching Now and the Future' with Mrunal Lamge and Sanjay Dugar
Send us Fan Mail Even before the pandemic, coaching had already started to become a buzzword. Today, its need is being felt more than ever as organizations and…
SHINY HAPPY PEOPLE with Vinay KumarEp 87: Piloting Aircraft to Piloting Group Facilitation with Nitin Welde
Send us Fan Mail This week, we bring you the story of a one-of-a-kind facilitator. Meet Group Captain (Retd.) of the Indian Air Force, Nitin Welde, a highly…
SHINY HAPPY PEOPLE with Vinay KumarEp 86: Inside ‘The Resilient Entrepreneur’ with Dhruti Shah
Send us Fan Mail We continue the theme of resilience this week, with a special guest interview to mark a special occasion. With just one day to go for the book…
SHINY HAPPY PEOPLE with Vinay KumarEp 85: Trendspotting ‘Sustainable Resilience' with Pat Chang and Dhruti Shah
Send us Fan Mail It’s all about resilience today! Welcome to this special edition of our ‘Trendspotting’ series of podcasts with guest-host Dhruti Shah (more…
SHINY HAPPY PEOPLE with Vinay KumarEp 84: Of Immigration and Second Passports with Brandon Miller
Send us Fan Mail A Second Passport is not just nice-to-have, but a life-transforming investment! If you are curious to find out more, then join Vinay for this…
SHINY HAPPY PEOPLE with Vinay KumarEp 83: The Mastery of Virtual Team Engagement with Rupert Picardo
Send us Fan Mail Meet Rupert Picardo, a Team Engagement specialist, TEDx Speaker and the co-founder of Tryitowl, a virtual engagement agency helping…
SHINY HAPPY PEOPLE with Vinay KumarEp 82: Trendspotting ‘Career Transitioning' with Shivani Bhagi and and Sanjay Dugar
Send us Fan Mail Never has the workforce seen so much flux – close on the heels of the Great Resignation comes the Great Reshuffle! People are not only…
SHINY HAPPY PEOPLE with Vinay KumarEp 81: All About Organizational Development with Dr. Douglas O’Loughlin
Send us Fan Mail Best known for his work on organizational development (OD) spanning over three decades, the illustrious Dr. Douglas O’Loughlin shares from his…
SHINY HAPPY PEOPLE with Vinay KumarEp 80: Doubling the Impact of Facilitation with Malin Morén and Trevor Durnford
Send us Fan Mail This week, Vinay talks to the powerhouse facilitator duo, Malin Morén and Trevor Durnford, Co-Founders of Facil Profundo, who have helped…
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Ep 79: Trendspotting ‘The Return of Outbound Training' with Yateen Gharat and Sanjay Dugar
Send us Fan Mail With the return to face-to-face work comes the return of our need to re-establish that human connect. And playing a big role in helping teams…
SHINY HAPPY PEOPLE with Vinay KumarEp 78: Cory McGowan, the Transformational Coach, Adventurer, and Bear Dancer!
Send us Fan Mail In an all-new guest interview this week, meet the wonderful Cory McGowan, half adventurer, half transformational coach, half bear dancer!…