The Change Alchemist

By Shobhana Viswanathan

The Change Alchemist is a future of work podcast, bringing together conversations from thought leaders, scientists, professors and business leaders on AI, neuroscience, psychology and business .

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The podcast currently has 57 episodes available.

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April 05, 2021 Dr. Julie Albright - Digital Sociologist | 2020 IMasons Education Champion Award Winner | Author | Board Member - Infrastructure Masons on the untethering of America and reshaping the American dream
Dr. Julie M Albright is a digital sociologist with counseling degrees and a faculty member in the Depts. of Applied Psychology and the Electrical Engineering at the University of Southern California. Her book - Left to Their Own Devices: How Digital Natives are Reshaping the American Dream - on the impact of digital technologies on society -published April 2019 by Prometheus Books, distributed by Penguin Random House - was chosen as a Top 30 Bloomberg Book of the Year.
She sits on the Board of Infrastructure Masons, a professional organization for IT and datacenter professionals. She is a sought after keynote speaker and consultant for large corporations, including eHarmony and have keynoted conferences from IBM Global to SAP for Utilities, to conferences like Distributech, the American Society of Petroleum Engineers, Data Center Dynamics, IoT North America, and DataCloud World, EU. She has appeared on NBC Nightly News, CNN, The Today Show, Nat Geo, The Wall Street Journal and many others.
Catch her new column in Arianna Huffington’s new online magazine Thrive Global. Her follow-on book, The Cloud Machine, co-authored by Mr. Dean Nelson, will give readers a peek behind the scenes of global digital infrastructure, its impacts, and implications, and where we're going as a connected world.
She is the Salonnière for The Reset Salon, alongside Mr. Ed Maguire and Mr. Brian Hayashi, where they bring together folks for meaningful discussions to find our way through this Covid moment.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drjuliealbright/
Twitter: @drjuliea
Website: https://devicesbook.com/
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43min
March 31, 2021 Khemaridh Hy, "Wall Street Guru" and "Oprah for Millennials" deconstructs productivity, lifestyle design and frameworks to lead an intentional life
Khemaridh(Khe) Hy worked on Wall Street for 15 years and thought he had fulfilled dreams he had held since childhood: Income. Status. A nice apartment. But deep inside, he felt comfortably numb and was afraid he'd spend the rest of his life going through the motions.
🤳 Khe has been called “Oprah for Millennials” by CNN and the “Wall Street Guru” by Bloomberg, and in this chapter of his life, he is continuing to work with a talented group of builders and tinkerers while always leading with “How can I be helpful?” He is deeply passionate about communities centered around generosity - both enabled by technology but also embracing in-person serendipity.
🤘Founder of Rad Reads - A guide to the examined and intentional life. Deconstructing our complicated relationship with status, time, and money. ✍️Founding editor at Quartz At Work - Covering management, office culture, productivity, workplace inclusion, career development, and the chaotic lives of working parents. Host of the FWD: Thinking podcast.
🎙Podcast host at Rad Awakenings - Telling the stories of individuals who are stuck, undergoing transitions, or embarking on new adventures. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/khehy/
Twitter: @khemaridh
RadReads: https://radreads.co/
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March 23, 2021 Ryan Gariepy, CTO of Clearpath Robotics talks about the future of robotics, automation and space
Ryan Gariepy is the CTO and founder of Clearpath Robotics (2009). He is also on the board of the Open Source Robotics Foundation (OSRF), the governing body for ROS, since its inception in 2012. He's also been involved in numerous Canadian and international robotics advisory roles and led Clearpath to be the first robotics company to sign the pledge to not make killer robots.
Clearpath is building robots to automate materials handling which is today a job function that can't hire fast enough. But, over time, a huge number of jobs will become redundant and that will be very disruptive if we don't start thinking about that future soon.
LinkedIn: https://www.LinkedIn.com/in/rgariepy/
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45min
March 18, 2021 Ziad Ahmed, CEO @ JUV Consulting | Let's Talk Gen Z/Purpose/Storytelling 🤞🏽| Forbes #30Under30 on marketing to Gen Z, social media and leadership
Ziad Ahmed (@ziadahmed) is a 22-year-old student, entrepreneur, and speaker.
He has spoken for international audiences everywhere from Moscow to Mexico to major Fortune 500 companies, has appeared on networks such as CNN to commentate on politics, has established himself as a voice on Generation Z, has been named a Top 15 Young Prodigy Changing the World by Business Insider, and has been featured by almost every major press outlet. He is passionate about marketing, social media, purpose, politics, technology, and social justice. He is proud to be learning and doing simultaneously, and he wouldn't have it any other way.
He is the CEO/Co-Founder of JUV Consulting, a Generation Z consultancy that works with clients to help them reach young people. The company has worked with over 20 Fortune 500 companies, has been profiled by the New York Times, and has established full-time offices. As a result of JUV, Ziad was named to the 2019 Forbes #30Under30 when he was 19-years-old.
Ziad is also a student at Yale University. Additionally, Ziad is the Founder of Redefy, which is a youth-run non-profit committed to furthering equality. He has also done significant work in the realms of advocacy, community service, creative expression, and beyond. He speaks often on the power of his generation, and he is constantly working towards fighting for a better tomorrow.
You can learn more about him via www.ziadahmed.me or @ziadahmed across social media platforms.
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March 08, 2021 Mythili Sankaran CEO and Co-founder of Neythri, a global community of professional South Asian women and Co-founder and Managing Partner of The Neythri Futures Fund talks about her journey
Mythili Sankaran is the CEO and Co-founder of Neythri, a global community of professional South Asian womxn and the Co-founder and Managing Partner of The Neythri Futures Fund I, a venture fund for and by South Asian women.
Mythili has been a consulting CXO to early-stage startups, product management specialist, dealmaker, entrepreneur and community builder. She comes with extensive experience in both, the corporate and nonprofit sectors. With over two decades of experience in the technology sector, Mythili brings a combination of strong startup, enterprise, product management and business development expertise to teams she works with. Previously, Mythili was the Senior Director & Head, Western Region for the U.S. India Business Council where she led the Council’s west coast practice and membership. Prior to USIBC, Mythili was the CEO of Koollage, a telecom/web startup. Early in her career, Mythili spent several years as a Research Staff Member at IBM Research Labs as well as AT&T Bell Labs and in product management roles at Lucent Technologies. Mythili recently founded Stratalens, an executive advisory firm to help early stage startups and advises them on all aspects from product ideation and investor pitch preparation to fundraising, marketing, business development, startup operations and business implementation. Additionally, Mythili is a member of several leading angel investment funds focused on women entrepreneurs such Portfolia, Pipeline Angels and Golden Seeds and is also a Fellow of the American Leadership Forum, Silicon Valley.
Mythili is also actively involved in several non-profits focused on girls education and empowerment. She serves on the Regional Board of Room to Read, a global nonprofit supporting girls’ education and literacy, is a mentor for the Duke Technology Scholars program, and Global Advisor to How Women Lead. Mythili has a MS degree in Physics from Texas Tech University and an Executive MBA certificate from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
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47min
March 02, 2021 Robin Purohit, CEO of Peritus.ai on product leadership, AI and more
Robin Purohit is the co-founder and CEO of Peritus.ai, the AI recommendation engine for support automation. He has been an entrepreneur throughout his career, building and marketing IT products at both high growth innovators and established industry leaders including Griddable (acquired by Salesforce), BMC and HP Software. In this podcast talks about his career journey, leadership lessons and about his company Pertius.ai
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robinpurohit/
Twitter: @RobinPurohit1
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22min
February 24, 2021 Rahul Rana, author of “Making Moonshots" talks about moonshot mindsets, radical creativity and strategies to build moonshot companies
Rahul Rana is the author of “Making Moonshots" - a deep-dive into the mindsets, philosophies, and strategies that are conducive to building moonshot companies.

Rahul is currently a sophomore at Rutgers Business School and works at Lux Capital venture capital firm.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rahul-rana-99b338169/
Twitter: @rrana03_
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32min
February 15, 2021 Elias Rubel, CEO of Mattermade talks about the role of marketing in high-growth SaaS companies
Elias Rubel is the CEO of Matter Made, Marketing Advisor at Dropbox and Calm
Matter Made's B2B clients range from post-IPO enterprises, to fast growing scale-ups backed by Sequoia Capital, True Ventures, NEA, Redpoint, and just about every other big name in the valley.
Companies like Dropbox, Calm for Business, Loom, Productboard and many others rely on Matter Made to smash their yearly growth targets through best in class Go-To-Market programs.
Their work ranges from championing high velocity digital campaigns, to driving Account Based Marketing programs, to diving deep into persona driven messaging & positioning, to launching Product Led Growth Initiatives, to full funnel conversion rate optimization.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elirubel/
Company Website: www.mattermade.co
Past Life:
- First SaaS business was acquired in late 2014. Took a motorcycle trip through all of Central America post acquisition.
- Acquired an eCommerce company in 2016 with the goal of branching out of the traditional startup ecosystem to learn something new. Grew the 10 year old business's revenue by 498% in the first 12 months. Sold to PE in 2019.
Two fun facts about Elias:
- He owns a motorcycle shop in CA (my passion project in an attempt to connect hobbies with work).
- He rowed for Team USA at the 2018 World Rowing Coastal Championships against 24 other nations and am currently ranked 15th in the world for Mi2x.
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23min
February 09, 2021 Chandar Pattabhiram, CMO of Coupa Software talks about his CMO journey and the future of marketing
Chandar is a results-driven senior executive with more than 25 years of experience in strategic marketing and management consulting. In 2019, he was recognized as one the Ten Most Influential Marketing Leaders in 2019 - https://rb.gy/dmg4gx. In 2017, he wasrated by LinkedIn as one of the top 5 CMOs in the world to follow for thought-leadership in the digital marketing domain - goo.gl/C5hNNc He has well-rounded experience across the breadth of the software industry ranging from applications to infrastructure, license to subscription & traditional to Cloud computing, and digital marketing businesses. He is a proven Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) with in-depth know-how and proven success in the main pillars of marketing: Go-to-market strategy, product marketing, demand generation, brand building, event marketing and corporate communications.. He has an extensive track record of recruiting & building dynamic teams of marketers including industry veterans & top business school graduates. He is a frequent Keynote speaker at the leading SaaS, marketing conferences & published author of many articles & white papers and has been quoted in more than 2000 press & analyst articles. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chandarp/
Support The Change Alchemist Podcast: https://anchor.fm/shobhana-viswanathan/support
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February 02, 2021 Samira Khan, Global Impact Engagement leader at Salesforce.org talks about her work, and why social innovation is more important than ever
Samira Khan, Senior Manager, Global Impact Engagement at Saleforce.org, stops by to talk to us about her journey and the work that she and her teammates at Salesforce.org are doing to make an impact using technology. She is a social impact changemaker and intrapreneur passionate about empathy-driven, innovative approaches to advancing societal wellbeing and solving global challenges — through tech, cross-sector business model innovation, education / skills, and engagement. She has a Master's in Public Policy from Harvard's Kennedy School Clubhouse: @samirakhan Twitter: @samiraakhan Recent publications: "Here's how business can be a platform for social change" - podcast: https://anchor.fm/shobhana-viswanathan/support
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FAQs about The Change Alchemist:

How many episodes does The Change Alchemist have?

The podcast currently has 57 episodes available.