Manage Better with Anshuman Tiwari

Prof. Dr Monica Khanna is one of India's leading Management Educators and Director of the K J Somaiya Institue of Management. She is often invited to share her views on improving management education in India and has won several awards in a glittering career.

In this episode we explore the question -  Why do an MBA? And if you do, then how to make the most of it?

Listen in for Prof. Monica's thoughts around:

Why MBA is even more important today than it ever was. You get educated for life and build a world-view and confidence to explore the world.

You learn how to learn. And this skill is crucial for your career.  

How online courses only complement management education and are not a substitute. 

This and much more in this insightful 35 mins episode.

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In this masterclass, Ravi Arora, VP of Innovation at Tata Sons, talks about 

- Why Innovation needs to be defined by the organisation as they have the best context
- How and why product innovation takes the limelight and service innovation fails to
- Sherpa analogy on how to support innovative people

And, much more.

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In this episode, I summarise all key episodes of 2020 and invite you to re-visit some popular ones.  I had a fantastic guest list and am grateful to all for their kindness. 

Carmit Berdugo Cohen
Geetha Kannan
Shital Kakkar Mehra
Hemant Urdhwareshe
Nina Mulheisen
Nigel Adams
Debashis Sarkar
Satyendra Kumar
Pankaj Rai
Nirmala Peters Mehandale

I look forward to more guests in 2021. 

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Kindness is an often ignored virtue. It is for others. 

Nirmala Mehandale is the President of the World Kindness Movement and is trying to bring joy to people across through the world with sustained kindness. 

In a world full of negativity the kindness movement is trying to make a mark. You can help too. This Christmas be a Santa to Someone. Reach out to Nirmala for more.

In this episode Nirmala explains how she stumbled into making Kindness a passion for her and how is she taking this to more people. Some nuggets from the show:

1. Kindness is a bridge
2. Human race survived due to compassion, empathy, and kindness 
3. We can be kind everywhere. Even at work
4. Being kind is not a weakness. It's a strength. Your super power. 
5. First be kind to yourself though. 

For more such heartwarming messages and an inspirational message listen on. 

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Pankaj is a master networker with a difference. He seeks to help and give first. And there lies the key to networking!

Some nuggets from my interview with him:

1. Be of service but have a purpose to connect
2. Networking is not a maths exercise. Your give and take doesn't have to add up
3. Don't be too shy to reach out but just don't say Hi!
4. Connect to learn and grow not just gain
5. Don't be scientific and make a ritual out of it. Enjoy and have fun while you build a network.

Video coming on YouTube next week. 

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Satyendra Kumar (Kumar) is a legend in the Quality arena. There are very few people who can claim to have injected #Quality in the DNA of two leading organizations - Tata and Infosys.

He is globally respected leader famous for his insight into how companies work. His unique perspective of bringing Business Acumen to Quality is a legacy we all benefit from.

His true legacy however is a group of quality and  performance excellence professionals who are now helping large local and global companies take his message forward. 

Listen to this episode for an insight on what is the role of the quality profession, why it's not doing well, and what we can we do to repair it. 

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Aalok Gupta is a Partner with LSF Global and is based in Hong Kong. He is a speaker of international repute and one of the most effective communicators I know. He has straddled atleast five  career changes and mastered them all. His passion for helping people achieve their potential is unmissable when you talk to him. He is an award winning speaker and public speaking coach.

Listen in for tips and tricks to become a better communicator and speaking confidently. 

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In this episode Nina and I discuss Digital Transformation - why you don't need a definition but need action. Nina shares a roadmap that she uses with her clients and also shares examples of how to implement the roadmap. 

Get a window in the minds of one of Australia's finest Digital Transformation consultants when you listen to this episode. 

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Nigel is transformation professional of repute and is the Author of the excellent - Match Fit for Transformation. 

In this episode Nigel distills transformation for us and give an easy to understand step by step path to success. Listen in to understand how a world-class transformation expert approached thinks and works. 

Nigel's book recommendations are interesting. He has over 2000 of them in his library. You would have never met anyone who could recommend Checklist Manifesto and Alice in Wonderland as books for transformation professionals. 

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In this short 9 min episode I share some tips for early career candidates who are appearing for interviews shortly.

I spoke to students of my almamater recently and shared some tips. Sharing the same here in a condensed form.

Tips include suggestions on on setup/location and then three key pointers - preparing in advance, interview is an exchange, and the three sections of interviews. All the best.

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