Intersections Podcast

Listen to this episode of Intersections with Prof. Hitendra Wadhwa in conversation with Arthur Brooks, a luminary in the field of happiness research. They discuss the building blocks of happiness, and how to balance and nurture your happiness portfolio, the role of our present circumstances, and how to transcend its limitations and the secret to satisfaction derived from thousands of academic studies and ancient wisdom.

Listen to this episode of Intersections with Prof. Hitendra Wadhwa in conversation with Jamil Zaki, renowned Stanford professor of psychology, leading empathy researcher and author of The War for Kindness. They discuss (a) how to grow empathy, kindness and compassion for personal and collective success, (b) find common ground with people when norms, experiences and ideals clash and (c) make empathy and altruism central to organizational cultures.

Listen to this episode of Intersections with Prof. Hitendra Wadhwa in conversation with Angela Duckworth, a pioneering psychologist, professor, and bestselling author. They discuss new findings on the true qualities that lead to outstanding achievement, science-proven strategies to bring out the best in yourself and your people, and the limits of grit and how to overcome them as an individual and an organization.

Listen to this episode of Intersections with Prof. Hitendra Wadhwa in conversation with Fred Dust, a world-renowned expert of designing conversations that matter, and author of Making Conversation. Learn how to translate moments of conflict into collaborative, win-win exchanges and accelerate the process of bridging differences to forge meaningful relationships.

Listen to this episode of Intersections with Prof. Hitendra Wadhwa in conversation with Paul Ingram, the Kravis Professor of Business at Columbia Business School, on today's imperative of infusing corporate culture—and our personal lives—with the right values. Prof. Wadhwa invites Prof. Ingram to share his groundbreaking work on individual and collective values, and on how—as one example—the value of inclusion can be best practiced in organizational settings.

Listen to this episode of Intersections with Prof. Hitendra Wadhwa in conversation with Srinivas Rao (‘Srini’), a renowned storyteller and host of The Unmistakable Creative podcast. Over the last decade, Srini has interviewed over 500 individuals, ranging from bank robbers, happiness researchers, famous cartoonists, billionaire entrepreneurs, bestselling authors, and more, and decoded the craft of making your most ambitious creative projects happen.

Listen to this episode of Intersections with Prof. Hitendra Wadhwa in conversation with Dr. Bruce Greyson, one of the world’s leading medical experts of NDEs and Professor Emeritus Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences at the University of Virginia. His research over nearly half a century has reported remarkable consistencies across NDE accounts and accuracy of events that unfolded while these individuals were unconscious, leading to the publication of his latest book, After: A Doctor Explores What Near-Death Experiences Reveal About Life and Beyond.# #Near-DeathExperiences #After # #

Listen to this episode of Intersections with Prof. Hitendra Wadhwa in conversation with Mick Ebeling, renowned social change maker, and CEO of Not Impossible Labs—a multiple award-winning social innovation lab and production company, founded on the premise that nothing is impossible. Mick Ebeling has sparked a movement of pragmatic, inspirational innovation, harvesting the power of technology and story to change the world.

Listen to this episode of Intersections with Prof. Hitendra Wadhwa in conversation with Brad Stulberg, an expert on human performance, sustainable success, health, and well-being. Brad's books, Peak Performance and The Passion Paradox, have sold more than 250,000 copies worldwide and been translated into more than 15 languages.

Listen to this episode of Intersections with Prof. Hitendra Wadhwa in conversation with National Geographic Adventurer of the Year (2018) and Captain of the North Face Athlete Team, Hilaree Nelson. Hilaree is the first woman to summit two 8,000 meter peaks, Everest and Lhotse (fourth-highest) in one 24-hour push. She has climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro with a broken leg, and skied from the summit of the world’s sixth-highest mountain (26,906-foot Cho Oyu) without supplemental oxygen—leading Outside Magazine to name her “one of the most adventurous women in the world of sports” and Men’s Journal to name her “one of the most adventurous women of the last 25 years.”