ICT Podcast

Diversity and Inclusion are not just HR topics anymore. They affect every functional area in the organization. And, when any topic has such a widespread impact, it is imperative to understand it further. Not only to understand but see it from a practical point of view.
 
To discuss this crucial topic this week, our guest is Sarah Tabet. As Sarah puts it, "Inclusion is not the same as diversity. Diversity is easy; inclusion isn't."

We talk about:

• Why does D&I interest you? 
• How does it help in making an organization more innovative? 
• How does it help in a technology focussed environment? 
• Any examples from your work at Schneider that could support your thoughts? 
• People talk a lot (rather too much) about D&I, but very little change happens in reality - why do you think it is so? 
• What is your suggestion to improve it and have D&I in practice? 
• What can an individual do by themselves, or is it only organizations to do anything? 
• Why did you write the book?

Sarah is an HR professional with more than a decade of international experience across the Middle East and Africa, based in Dubai. In addition to her current HR Director global role within Schneider Electric, she has been an active advocate of Diversity and Inclusion in the HR and D&I space to influence and promote change in our world.

She has been invited to speak locally and regionally on topics that include the Future of the workplace, HR Digital Transformations, Diversity and Inclusion, HR, and Women empowerment. In January 2020, she was granted the Women in Leadership Award (WIL) award for Diversity and Inclusion from the MICE quotient. Sarah recently published the book Inclusion Starts with U to promote the message and need for a diverse, inclusive and more tolerant world. The book aims to deliver her ambition of helping individuals realize the true term of Diversity and Inclusion and encourage them to join the conversation.

About the Podcast:
ICT Podcast all about innovation, communication, and technology – a few key areas that are super important in today’s world. 

If you want to know what it takes to be a better innovator, better communicator, and leverage technology to make this world a better place, please subscribe. Every week, I bring new perspectives, ideas, tips, and techniques so that you can improve all these aspects of your life.

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We all know how IQ plays an important role in professional as well as personal growth. And most of us also accept the importance of EQ, too. While IQ and EQ are complementary to each other, did you know that there is a third Q that is in play now?

As our guest for this week, John Spence says, AQ is the need of an hour and is a must in the current environment for everyone. Not only for leaders but for everyone.

We talk about:

• What is the future of leadership?
• Where are the gaps in leadership communication?
• What's the story behind AQ?
• How do IQ, EQ, and AQ work in a leadership context?
• Why some people strive for personal growth and others don't?
• A few futuristic leadership qualities you must pay attention to.
• How do you develop AQ?
• Why discipline is important along with AQ?

John is an author, international executive coach, professional development educator, virtual trainer, strategic planning facilitator, keynote speaker, and developer of online learning programs. He is recognized as one of the top business thought leaders and leadership development experts in the world and was named by the American Management Association as one of America’s Top 50 Leaders to Watch along with Sergey Brin and Larry Page of Google and Jeff Bezos of Amazon.

As a consultant and coach to organizations worldwide, from startups to the Fortune 10, John is dedicated to helping people and businesses be more successful by “Making the Very Complex… Awesomely Simple.”

About the Podcast:
ICT Podcast all about innovation, communication, and technology – a few key areas that are super important in today’s world. 

If you want to know what it takes to be a better innovator, better communicator, and leverage technology to make this world a better place, please subscribe. Every week, I bring new perspectives, ideas, tips, and techniques so that you can improve all these aspects of your life.

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What happens when a born introvert stands in front of audiences ranging from 400 to 8,000 people? Conventional wisdom states that he will freeze. Yet that did not happen to Sudhir in the last 10-15 years. It indicated that he had plenty of wonderful mentors who transformed him over the years from a recluse to someone comfortable with medium to large audiences.

The learnings over the years were hard and he also saw many people struggling to overcome the barrier between management and leadership. That is when he decided to move from a career in the IT leadership field to become a leadership coach and a growth catalyst!

I thought it would be prudent to take some leadership lessons and so the guest for this episode is Sudhir Rao.

We talk about:

• Why people falter in communication despite having so much information accessible on the topic?
• What is the importance of preparation in communication?
• A few examples of real-life leaders and influencers.
• How two leaders can negotiate the course of action when both are right and fair?
• Why there are so many exotic types of leadership?
• What has always worked, and hasn't worked?
• Three things you must do to become a better leader.

Sudhir started his journey in the IT sector in 1991 and has worked with Cognizant for a long time. Working across 3 continents he performed several roles including global delivery leadership.

A Certified Marshall Goldsmith Leadership Coach, he also holds a Life Coaching Certification from CCA (Certified Coaches Alliance) based in Canada. After leaving Cognizant, Sudhir has coached over 300 future leaders through self-inquiry workshops.

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ICT Podcast all about innovation, communication, and technology – a few key areas that are super important in today’s world. 

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One of the most talked-about topics these days is "The Future of Work." Especially now that work from home or work from anywhere is getting predominant.

However, the future of work does not only entail technology and work from home or anywhere. It is more than that. It is how the definition of a career is changing. It is how the way we need to approach our work, experience, and career is changing.

So what's going on? How do you navigate with this new and different normal? Our guest this week, Petra Zink, has some ideas.

We talk about:

• What does the best way to work now really mean?
• What is driving what - tech driving work, or is it the other way round?
• What does digital literacy mean nowadays? Is there a checklist?
• How do you see learning and unlearning working now?
• Any suggestions for distinguishing between good information and bad one?
• When it comes to certifications and micro-credentials, how much is enough?
• The new shape of inch-wide and mile-deep expertise.
• What is a portfolio career?
• What happens without LinkedIn?

Petra Zink is a certified Personal Branding & Digital Strategist, Speaker, Career Coach & Consultant - specialized in the Future of Work.
 
She is the Founder of impaCCCt and The360Talent.Co - both companies are designed to future-proof individuals and organizations through re-inventing careers and business models and building Brands that are agile to change.
 
Petra recently launched the Future of Work Campus, a podcast and a monthly membership for driven corporate professionals who want to not only survive but thrive in this fast-changing world of work.

About the Podcast:
ICT Podcast all about innovation, communication, and technology – a few key areas that are super important in today’s world. 

If you want to know what it takes to be a better innovator, better communicator, and leverage technology to make this world a better place, please subscribe. Every week, I bring new perspectives, ideas, tips, and techniques so that you can improve all these aspects of your life.

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If you are talking about the future, then you need the language of the future. The language of the future is vision. But no matter what your vision is, it has to be practical. So, what is a vision?

If you ask a hundred people, you will get a hundred answers or maybe more. I was surprised when Dr. Oleg Konovalov said that only 0.1% have a vision as per his research. Many others are either faking it, or they simply don't have it!

I had to find out more. So, I invited him to the ICT Podcast.

We talk about:

• What is vision, and why is it important?
• What is the difference between vision and wishful thinking?
• Personal ambitions are not a vision; why?
• Why many leaders falter when executing their vision?
• Important parameters that strengthen vision.
• About his book, "The Vision Code."

Oleg is a thought leader, author, business educator, consultant, and coach with over 25 years of experience operating businesses and consulting Fortune 500 companies both in the UK and internationally.

Oleg is on the Thinkers50 Radar, recognized as #1 Global Thought Leader on Culture by Thinkers 360, is #1 Global Leading Coach (Marshall Goldsmith Thinkers50), and has been named one of the Top 10 most inspiring global thought leaders by The Excellent.

Having been named ‘the da Vinci of Visionary Leadership’ by many leading authorities of our time, Oleg Konovalov helps companies create and execute their vision, diagnose and treat organizational diseases, and maintain a strong, productive corporate culture and achieve superior business performance.

He is the author of The Vision Code (2021), LEADEROLOGY (2019), Corporate Superpower (2018), Organisational Anatomy (2016), and Hidden Russia (2014).

His research identifies entrepreneurs’ and managers’ strategic needs in corporate culture, leadership, and he uses corporate diagnostics to enable them to drive their companies to success.

Oleg received his doctoral degree from the Durham University Business School. He is a visiting lecturer at several business schools, a Forbes contributor, and a high-demand speaker at major conferences worldwide.

About the Podcast:
ICT Podcast all about innovation, communication, and technology – a few key areas that are super important in today’s world. 

If you want to know what it takes to be a better innovator, better communicator, and leverage technology to make this world a better place, please subscribe. Every week, I bring new perspectives, ideas, tips, and techniques so that you can improve all these aspects of your life.

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There are many ways to categorize or define the type of a business. One of the ways I prefer to do that is by putting them into two categories. The first type is faceless business. It mainly operates on a brand name. The second type of business is with a face. Their brand is a person, owner, or the founder of that business.

And you will notice that our affinity or attraction is less towards faceless businesses and more towards businesses with a face attached to them. It is one of the key reasons why many people are fans of Apple because of Steve Jobs, or Tesla because of Elon Musk, or Disney because of Walt Disney.

The key here is to understand one important thing. And it is this: even if you have a great product, service, or idea, but if you can't communicate it remarkably at scale to the right audience, you are quite simply underperforming with what is possible. Unless you are the key person of influence, things could be quite difficult for you.

So how do you become a key person of influence? That is what my guest this week, Glen Carlson, is talking about.

We talk about:

• Why pitch?
• What does a great pitch mean? 
• Different types of pitches and what are the key elements of each of them
• Importance of mission or ideology business.
• How and why the book is not the only thing that you need to focus on.
• The concept of 7-11-4
• About 5P, the importance of each and the sequence.
• The fallacy of profile before product.

Glen is an award-winning entrepreneur and co-founder of Dent. Dent is a multi-award-winning business and leadership development company with structured training programs facilitated by successful business speakers and mentors. Glen and his team are best known for helping business owners develop an unfair advantage in their industry by effectively creating what he calls a ‘personal monopoly.’ Dent believes there has never been a better time to build a thriving business and a respected personal brand doing something you love.

About the Podcast:
ICT Podcast all about innovation, communication, and technology – a few key areas that are super important in today’s world. 

If you want to know what it takes to be a better innovator, better communicator, and leverage technology to make this world a better place, please subscribe. Every week, I bring new perspectives, ideas, tips, and techniques so that you can improve all these aspects of your life.

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When a mountaineer is scaling a mountain, the amount of weight they carry directly impacts how quickly they reach the summit.
 
The same goes for communication. Whether it is cluttered or simplistic will decide its effectiveness.
 
But clutter can come in many shapes or forms. It may be physical, as in having a lot of stuff. Or it may be a shunned confrontation that you are carrying as a burden or baggage for too long.

It may also be present in the form of undue assumptions and biases. When we approach a conversation with a negative state of mind or assumption, it can be problematic.
 
So, how do we identify this clutter? And once we identify it, how do we stay in control. Is it possible to get rid of it, and if yes, how do we do that? To talk about all this, I had a conversation with Saahil Mehta.

We talk about:

• What is de-cluttering?
• How does a cluttered mind affect communication?
• Why picking up your mobile phone right after you wake-up is bad for your mental space and overall communication?
• How do you take control of your day and mental state?
• What does clutter result in? Why? 
• The horse and horse-rider analogy; how it applies to your mind and you?
• How to identify clutter in your mind and work on it to remove it?
• About Saahil's book, "Breaking Free."

Saahil is an Entrepreneur, author, and a Passionate Mountaineer.

Over the last decade, Saahil scaled 4 of the world's tallest mountains - a dream he harbored since childhood. But only once he was able to conquer his self-limiting mindsets & habits could he re-invent the complete spectrum of life- from mental focus to physical excellence and from beautiful relationships to efficient environments.

Paradoxically, on the one hand, Saahil leads his life with absolute ‘ahimsa,’ the art of non-violence, and evangelizes this virtue for all human beings. Still, when it comes to personal mastery & performance, he loves to destroy his limits and consistently conquer himself. With his debut book BREAK-FREE, he shares his personal journey of how he transcended all odds to scale the summits of his dreams, and how you too, can dream up new personal summits every day, once you have mastered the art of decluttering life by adopting his fool-proof process of breaking-free…

About the Podcast:
ICT Podcast all about innovation, communication, and technology – a few key areas that are super important in today’s world. 

If you want to know what it takes to be a better innovator, better communicator, and leverage technology to make this world a better place, please subscribe. Every week, I bring new perspectives, ideas, tips, and techniques so that you can improve all these aspects of your life.

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All the progress and innovation rely on at least some level of appropriation. Because innovation happens when two or more unrelated ideas collide and something new is created.

But, innovation demands both the quality as well as quantity of collisions.

Quality is driven by knowledge, diversity, intelligence, inclusion, entrepreneurship, type of stimuli, and appropriate criticism level. Quantity, on the other hand, is all about frequency and volume.

So, when there more people in a physical space, more interactions happen. If you spend more time communicating, there is more stimulus and more collisions. Although physical office space is an excellent way to increase collisions' frequency and quality, it is not the only way.

To discuss innovation, transformation, and the future of work this week, we have Robert Hillard as our guest.

We talk about:

• Virtual office practice at Deloitte.
• Some of the challenges in virtual working environments.
• What does human-centered design mean?
• How does a virtual working environment affect the innovation quotient?
• Ideas around "collision innovation."
• What would and should change in innovation space post-pandemic?
• How are SMEs adapting to the future of work? What are some challenges and solutions?

Robert is widely recognized as a leading thinker concerning the information economy. His many years of experience as an innovator and leader in consulting in Australia and overseas have seen him play a leading role in the technology profession with a particular focus on information.

Robert has held many eminent roles, including leading Deloitte Consulting in Australia, serving on Deloitte’s global board (Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited), serving as Chair of the Australian Information Industry Association, and being appointed to the Digital Expert Advisory Committee advising Prime Minister & Cabinet in Australia.

He has been involved in many public forums and presentations related to the information economy. He has written extensively, including:
– Authoring Information-Driven Business (Wiley 2010), and
– Co-authoring Information Development using MIKE2.0 (Motion 2013).

Robert’s contributions to the Australian technology industry were recognized in late 2014 with his admission as a Fellow of the Australian Computer Society.

About the Podcast:
ICT Podcast all about innovation, communication, and technology – a few key areas that are super important in today’s world. 

If you want to know what it takes to be a better innovator, better communicator, and leverage technology to make this world a better place, please subscribe. Every week, I bring new perspectives, ideas, tips, and techniques so that you can improve all these aspects of your life.

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Some of the most overused terms, and probably misused terms on social media platforms are - personal branding and authenticity. What do these words really mean? How can someone actually show authenticity? Can you really spot inauthentic behavior?

Well, these are some real heavy questions, aren't they?

To answer some of these questions, this week, we have Maria Papacosta as our guest.

We talk about:

• A few common things that influential and talented people have or do?
• Difference between a better communicated versus an average one.
• What is presence? Why isn't it the same as executive presence?
• Personal branding and some of the myths around it.
• Can you spot an inauthentic person?
• Top 3 common mistakes people make when building their presence, authority, or leadership?
  
  

Maria is the co-founder of the MSC Marketing Bureau. She works as a speaker manager with selected thought leaders and speakers. She also works with senior executives and leaders as a Presence, Inspired Leadership & Personal Branding Coach, helping them bring forth their authentic leadership qualities and inspire their teams and audiences.

Maria has over 20 years of business experience, holds an MSc in Strategic Marketing from Aston University, a BSc in Social Policy and Marketing from London Metropolitan University, and is a TEDx speaker coach and content curator. PeopleHum recognized Maria as one of the Top100 global thought leaders that will inspire you in 2021.

About the Podcast:
ICT Podcast all about innovation, communication, and technology – a few key areas that are super important in today’s world. 

If you want to know what it takes to be a better innovator, better communicator, and leverage technology to make this world a better place, please subscribe. Every week, I bring new perspectives, ideas, tips, and techniques so that you can improve all these aspects of your life.

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We all know that a picture is worth a thousand words. And a metaphor can be worth a thousand pictures. It is one of the reasons why the best presenters use images instead of text and stories instead of statistics.

If you want to excel in communication, excelling in visual thinking is necessary. The foundation of any communication is getting others to "see" what you’re saying. Communicating visually – whether through the use of visual imagery, mental models, metaphor, or storytelling – will enable you to more effectively get an idea from your "mind’s eye" and into the head of another.

Our guest this week is Todd Cherches, who is the author of "VisuaLeadership."

We talk about:

• Importance of visual thinking.
• Connection of visual thinking with the visual-leadership.
• When visual thinking works, and when it doesn't.
• Power of metaphors and side-effects.
• Todd's book on visual leadership.

Todd is the CEO and co-founder of BigBlueGumball, a New York City-based management consulting firm specializing in leadership development, public speaking, and executive coaching. 

He is also a Founding Partner of the Global Institute For Thought Leadership, a member of Marshall Goldsmith's "MG100 Coaches" group, a three-time award-winning Adjunct Professor of leadership at NYU, and a Lecturer on leadership at Columbia University.

Todd has been a TEDx speaker and the author of the new book, "VisuaLeadership: Leveraging the Power of Visual Thinking in Leadership and Life" (Post Hill Press/Simon & Schuster, 2020).

Learn more about Todd and his work from his website, and feel free to connect with him on LinkedIn.

About the Podcast:
ICT Podcast all about innovation, communication, and technology – a few key areas that are super important in today’s world. 

If you want to know what it takes to be a better innovator, better communicator, and leverage technology to make this world a better place, please subscribe. Every week, I bring new perspectives, ideas, tips, and techniques so that you can improve all these aspects of your life.

Web: https://www.anandtamboli.com
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Books: https://www.anandtamboli.com/amazon

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