The October 2021 edition of CTQ's top picks of the month for podcasts, books, articles and interesting tidbits.

This month: What is Axolotl; the importance of cultural debt; hybrid work arrangements; how elimination can be a force of change; and book recommendation on the life and learnings of Richard Feynman.

For links to the picks, see the shownotes for this episode on https://choosetothinq.com/blog

Max Haining is the founder of 100DaysOfNoCode, which is an educational and community platform with a vision to democratise software creation by helping people build websites and apps without code. This Smartcast conversation with BV Harish Kumar is a great opportunity to understand no-code, its trends and how building a community can help one learn something better.

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Smart Levers are short conversations around themes, topics, ideas, terms, models that everyone should know about. In this episode, learn how you can be more deliberate about what you consume in order to channel your effort towards achieving your goals. 

Discover wisdom with CTQ Smart Levers, alongside CTQ founders BV Harish Kumar & J Ramanand.

Watch all Smart Levers here: http://www.choosetothinq.com/smartlevers

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Sumeet Pai is currently serving as Vice President (Sales) at streamingo.ai. He has previously served the Indian Cricket Team in the capacity of a Computer Analyst between 2001 and 2004 and oversaw the massive transformation that the cricket team underwent. This Smartcast conversation with BV Harish Kumar is a great opportunity to witness stories of transformation and change which can help one in staying future relevant.

For shownotes, go to http://choosetothinq.com/smartcast

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Smart Levers are short conversations around themes, topics, ideas, terms, models that everyone should know about. In this episode, learn about this technique to work backwards in order to determine and prepare for what can go wrong. 

Discover wisdom with CTQ Smart Levers, alongside CTQ founders BV Harish Kumar & J Ramanand.

Watch all Smart Levers here: http://www.choosetothinq.com/smartlevers

Keep updated with the latest wisdom to keep you smart on the CTQ Telegram channel: http://t.me/choosetothinq

Ria Shroff Desai leads the People and Culture function at Blume Ventures, where she works closely with founders of their portfolio companies to create a progressive workplace driven by growth, support, innovation, and purpose. In this Smartcast conversation with BV Harish Kumar, we learn about the importance that people’s function and culture hold in an organization and why and how founders should codify it.

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Smart Levers are short conversations around themes, topics, ideas, terms, models that everyone should know about. In this episode, become aware of the human tendency to seek and notice information that confirms or supports one's prior beliefs or values. 

Discover wisdom with CTQ Smart Levers, alongside CTQ founders BV Harish Kumar & J Ramanand.

Watch all Smart Levers here: http://www.choosetothinq.com/smartlevers

Keep updated with the latest wisdom to keep you smart on the CTQ Telegram channel: http://t.me/choosetothinq

Ravina is currently working with the Tata Administrative Services. She is also the president of an NGO called Tahaan which works in the field of water conservation. In this CTQ Smartcast conversation with BV Harish Kumar, we learn about scenario planning, pursuing multiple interests, and how to think about sustainability while thinking about future relevance.

For shownotes, go to http://choosetothinq.com/smartcast

Prefer a video version? Watch it on https://www.youtube.com/c/choosetothinq

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Smart Levers are short conversations around themes, topics, ideas, terms, models that everyone should know about. In this episode, find out how be deliberately plan interventions in order to get the outcomes you desire.

Discover wisdom with CTQ Smart Levers, alongside CTQ founders BV Harish Kumar & J Ramanand.

Watch all Smart Levers here: http://www.choosetothinq.com/smartlevers

Keep updated with the latest wisdom to keep you smart on the CTQ Telegram channel: http://t.me/choosetothinq

Amit Paranjape is the Co-Founder of ReliScore and Chair MCCIA IT/ITeS Committee. But he is much more than that. He has close to 70k followers on Twitter and that’s because of the prolific nature of his interests. In this CTQ Smartcast conversation with BV Harish Kumar, we learn about how his curiosity fuels his public persona. Also, he has some great tips to improve one’s networking skills.

For shownotes, go to http://choosetothinq.com/smartcast

Prefer a video version? Watch it on https://www.youtube.com/c/choosetothinq

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