The Guiding Voice

In this episode #37, the hosts Naveen Samala & Sudhakar Nagandla have interacted with another guest Madhav.

Madhava Venkatesh is the Co-Founder and CTO of TrusTrace, a Deep tech company based on AI, Blockchain and IoT. TrusTrace is a Product Traceability and Transparency solution for the fashion, food and Pharma industry, headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden. 

Madhav has more than 20 years of experience in building large scale digital solutions for Online, Retail, Manufacturing and Pharma Industries.

In addition, he has 4 patents in the area of multi-tenancy and cloud. At TrusTrace he is responsible for the Technology and Engineering that is currently being used by more than 32 brands and 4000+ suppliers, across 20+ countries.

Listen to Madhav’s Tech Journey & Outlook:

• How IT Industry has evolved in last 2 decades
• Blockchain in simple terms and applications beyond bitcoin
• Limitations of Blockchain technology
• How IoT can disrupt the industry and world?
• Are Blockchain & IoT overhyped?
• Future technologies
• Day in life of a CTO, of a company with presence in 20+ countries

Madhav’s LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/madhavavenkatesh/

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Coaching and Growing Young Leaders | TGV Episode #36

Genre:

Leadership, Coaching, Learning, Motivation & Letting people grow

Description:-

Technology is less about your technology and more about the people who create and are behind the technology.

In the TGV episode #36 with Bharath Kalyanram, we had to follow insights, which we must share with you all.

Insights per Timeline:-

• Starting -0:00
• Software development-a people-oriented process- 04:20
• What's leadership -05:08
• Importance of Transparency and Leadership- 06:55
• Your team works for you and you also work for them -07:18
• When you grow up as a leader -07:45
• Strengthen your mind and character first to be a leader -08:40
• Lack of teaching incorporates - 10:00
• Each person's Why's and  How's are different. -14:38
• You need a base to reach the stars -21:45
• Ask yourself some questions- 23:34
• How to deal with the crisis and make the most of it -24:48

Know the Guest:-

Bharath Kalyanram is a coach, mentor, and advisor who has been a senior executive in Software Industry for 3+ decades around the world.

He is known across the world for letting people grow.

Connect with the Guest:

Bharath Kalyanram: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bharathkalyanram

Connect with the Hosts:

Naveen Samala: https://www.linkedin.com/mwlite/in/naveensamala

Sudhakar Nagandla: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nvsudhakar

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Tags:-

#Leadership

#Coaching

#Learning

#Motivation

#Letting people grow

#youngleaders

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Looking at problems through customers eyes | Saiprasad Potaraju | #TGV35

Genre:

Customer excellence, CTO, Technology Leadership, CXO, Customer service, Customer experience

Customer excellence, also known as customer success, begins with ensuring customers achieve their desired outcomes. 

To achieve success customers need to be certain of getting value from the products or services they have purchased. 

They need to have their expectations met, or surpassed

Customer Excellence can be defined as “A long-term, scientifically engineered, and professionally directed strategy for maximizing customer and company sustainable proven value”

Customer is the king and the king has many options these days. It is very important for the businesses to see problems through the customer’s eyes and resolve them proactively for long term/sustainable business

In this episode:

• 0:00:00 Speaker Introduction: 
• 0:02:41 How important is it to understand customers' problems? 
• 0:03:56 What exactly is do be done to Sunderland customers  
• 0:07:27 How can IT engineers improve the customer's experience?  
• 0:07:55 Does your solution solve any problem?  
• 0:08:52 Difference between Customer Experience and Customer Excellence  
• 0:14:00 Start wearing the hat of the industry to experience it  

About the Guest:

Saiprasad Potaraju is a Technologist by passion and continuous learner, Currently CTO/CDO and co-founder, leading Digital/Technology transformation & ecommerce - in one of the leading Industry sectors in India. 

A business Outcomes oriented Global leader with 24+ years of extensive experience leading technology-enabled solutions that result in high performance and measurable efficiency in different business environments, specializing in leading IT Strategy and digital transformation. 

Highly regarded for transparency, simplifying complexities, collaboration and passionate about leading, learning and coaching.

Connect with him on LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/sai-prasad-06a27664

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Naveen Samala: https://www.linkedin.com/mwlite/in/naveensamala

Sudhakar Nagandla: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nvsudhakar

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#customer excellence,  #internship, #startup, #naveensamala, #sudhakarnagandla, #customerexperience, #customerloyalty, #growth, #customermindset, #customerservice #customersatisfaction #customerappreciation, #business, #customerfeedback, #customer review, #cx, #marketing, #customer, #smallbusiness, #digitalmarketing #happy customer, #customer journey, #customers, #happy customers, #feedback, #reviews, #sales, #customer success, #customercare, #review, #entrepreneur, #customer reviews, #user experience, #customers first, #customer engagement, #customer loyalty, #cx, #customer experience, #customer excellence strategy, #customer excellence service 

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In this episode #34, the host Naveen Samala interacted with another guest Naseha.

Naseha Sameen has over 13 years of professional experience and is currently working as WFM and Biz Analytics Manager with Smart Drive, prior to that she worked with companies like Fidelity information Services, American Express, Yatra Online, Seven Solutions and Fare Portal.

Coming to her education, she has done her BSc from Utkal University and MA in Public Administration from Andhra university.

Certified Lean Six Sigma Blackbelt and DOE level A certified.

About her writing, she has authored 2 books, Amazon best seller Ruby Drops & Heir - End of Innocence. And co-authored, 4 more.

Listen to Naseha’s Analysis:

• Her Writing Journey
• Motivation for authoring “Heir - End of Innocence”
• What aspiring authors should focus on?
• Analytics for writers – how it helps in choosing/finalizing topics
• When to use Analytics models in writing journey
• How writing has changed over years?
• How her Favorite Books & Authors are ranked

Connect with Naseha via:

Emails: [email protected] Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/StoriesbyNaseha/Twitter:  http://twitter.com/nasehasameenYouTube: http://hyperurl.co/t775fzGoogle+: hyperurl.co/fxcjlkLinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/nasehaSlideshare: https://www.slideshare.net/nasehasameenPinups: https://in.pinterest.com/storiesbynaseha/

Visit her website:  http://naseha.world

Also, check out her latest books: 

Ruby Drops - hyperurl.co/tmpduh  

Rubaisha - hyperurl.co/0j4ble (Amazon) & hyperurl.co/px1zq7  (Flipkart)

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#careerguidance #mentorship #careerpath #management #leadership #crisis #job #midcareer #youngprofessionals #TGV #theguidingvoice #analyticsforwriters #heir #Analytics #Novels #Heir

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In this episode #33, the hosts Naveen Samala & Sudhakar Nagandla have interacted with another guest Neeraja

Neeraja Adusupalli has over 20 years of IT experience delivering large digital transformation and modernization programs in the integration space. 

She is presently working as a Delivery Head in Wipro. She has managed large accounts from Order to Invoice and adopted next generation delivery models ( like core-flex , shared services , crowdsourcing ) to drive efficiency, employee satisfaction and customer delight.

Listen to Neeraja’s insights:

• What is Crowdsourcing in Layman terms?
• Crowdsourcing vs Crowdfunding?
• Why and How to Contribute to Crowdsourced projects?
• Crowdsourcing platforms & their benefits
• Successful Crowdsourced projects and benefits to organizations…
• Can we learn new technologies through Crowdsourcing?

Neeraja’s LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/neerajaadusupalli/

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#crowdsourcing #crowdfunding #github #freelancer #upwork #careerguidance, #mentorship, #careerpath, #management, #leadership, #crisis, #job, #midcareer, #youngprofessionals, #TGV, #theguidingvoice, #transformation

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In this episode #32, the hosts Naveen Samala & Sudhakar Nagandla have interacted with another guest Sinjini.

Sinjini Sengupta is an Author, Columnist, TEDx Speaker, Distinguished Toastmaster and also an Actuary

She is the founder of Lighthouse, a company that focuses/specializes on Storytelling, Change management and Thought leadership. Working towards a world that works for all.

An alumna of Indian Statistical Institute, Sinjini Sengupta is an erstwhile Actuary and now an award winning author, columnist and professional speaker.

She is the author of the award winning book ELIXIR which was themed on womanhood and its alternate realities. 

That book was made into a short film in Bengali and it was screened at 69th Cannes Film Festival in the year 2016.

As a keynote speaker and columnist, she focuses on the areas of Conscious Leadership, Emotional Wellness, Gender Sensitivity and Creative Expressions in Written and Spoken Words.

Sinjini is regularly invited to various national and international conferences, literary and film festivals, educational institutes, business schools and corporate organizations to deliver keynotes, masterclasses and workshops.

She is also a Vipassana meditator and a seeker.

Listen to Sinjini’s stories:

• Origins of Story telling
• Story telling in parenting to board rooms
• Impact of story telling in professional world
• Techniques of writing and telling stories
• About her book Elixir and movie that got inspired
• Training on Professional story telling through “Light House”
• How Toastmasters journey helped in shaping her career?

Sinjini’s LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sinjini/

LightHouse’s website: https://lighthouse.co.in/

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#learning, #careerguidance, #mentorship, #careerpath, #management, #leadership, #crisis, #job, #midcareer, #youngprofessionals, #TGV, #theguidingvoice, #boardrooms #parenting #genderequality #transformation, #experientiallearning, #adultlearning, #storytelling, #toastmasters, #dtm, #publicspeaker, #publicspeaking, #glausophobhia #writing #elixir #cannesfilmfestival #director

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TGV Episode #31 Interview with Sanjeev on Master your data, Master your life

In this episode #31, the hosts Naveen Samala & Sudhakar Nagandla have interacted with another guest Sanjeev.

Sanjeev Upadhyay is a hands-on leader with a proven track record in process excellence, data management, data governance and master data management, and new technology adoption. 

He is a founder and flag-bearer of #MasterYourDataMasterYourLife initiative and created #DataKiBaat platform to strike meaningful conversation with humans behind data and bring global perspective on data governance and master data management. 

Sanjeev sees a great connection between life and data and believes that data and related discipline should be made so simple that it can become part of everyone’s day to day conversation.

He is very passionate about human aspects of data and runs a community of passionate data people that he respectfully named as GODS- Gang of Data Stewards.

Listen to Sanjeev’s insights:

• Roots for “Master your data, master your life initiative”
• Data is the new currency
• Importance of Data & Data Literacy
• How data helps in Digital Transformation
• Time management and dealing with passion
• Motivating children to dream big & achieve great heights

Sanjeev’s LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/upadhyaysanjeev/

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#AtmanirbharWithData hashtag#DataKiBaat hashtag#MasterYourDataMasterYourLife hashtag#GangOfDataStewards #careerguidance, #mentorship, #careerpath, #management, #leadership, #crisis, #job, #midcareer, #youngprofessionals, #TGV, #theguidingvoice, #transformation

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In this episode #30, the hosts Naveen Samala & Sudhakar Nagandla have interacted with another guest Aishwarya.

Aishwarya Vivek has always believed life offers more when we ourselves expand our boundaries to reach the horizon. 

From being a highly enthusiastic student who always topped in Maths to an Engineer who loved studying about Image Processing, she has come a long way in choosing her  profession as a Soft Skills and Leadership Trainer. 

Aishwarya holds a Computer Engineering degree from Pune University, a Diploma in Training and Development from the Indian Society of Training and Development and prestigious 'Train the Trainer' certification by Dale Carnegie. 

She has more than 6 years of industry experience out of which 3 years have been 

in training the college, school students and IT professionals. 

She is an avid reader and passionate Toastmaster who has mentored innumerable individuals and helped clubs grow in India. 

Listen to Aishwarya’s insights:

• Shifting from Lucrative IT career to Training
• Typical work day of a corporate trainer
• How Toastmasters journey helped in tuning herself
• Is it good to have a soft skills mentor?
• Pivoting one’s career and transitioning towards passion
• 3 skills that changed her life
• Two books that impacted…

Aishwarya’s LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kavitha-rao-8353132/

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In this episode #29, the hosts Naveen Samala & Sudhakar Nagandla have interacted with another guest Prasad.

Prasad Mopidevi is working as a CTO of a leading bank in the Middle East, driving  digital transformation and other IT initiatives.

In his illustrious career, Prasad has been associated with some of the major corporates like PWC, IBM &  TCS at various capacities.

In addition to his formal education which is MSc and PGDBA, Prasad also holds certifications in IBM Cloud space, ITIL, COBIT & TOGAF.

When he is not travelling, which is rare :), Prasad loves to mentor and coach the professionals on overall business strategy.

Listen to Prasad’s Insights on:

• What is Business strategy?
• Business strategy and its impact on company or the business unit
• How should employees get aligned to the overall business strategy?
• Strategic business decisions
• How typical conversations with CXOs look like?
• At what career stage can someone start learning about core business?
• Current situation in BFSI domain
• Importance of mentorship
• Career planning

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Prasad’s LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/prasadm/ 

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#cto #cxo #strategy #vision #mission #business #growth #businessstrategy #career #jobs #corona #pandemic #postpandemic #careerguidance #mentorship #careerpath #progression #management #leadership #crisis #job #midcareer #youngprofessionals #careergraph #TGV #theguidingvoice

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In this episode #28, the hosts Naveen Samala & Sudhakar Nagandla have interacted with another guest Kavitha.

Kavitha Rao is a Medical Psychiatrist by qualification, Armed with a HR specialization from California University, 

She is the CEO of Learners Route –An award-winning knowledge organization specializing in Talent Management Initiatives, Training, Assessment projects across Corporate houses in India and Abroad...

Learners Route  partners with 

FMCG, IT, Manufacturing, Educational and  Consulting  Giants 

for their talent development solutions..

In her professional journey, Kavitha has won numerous accolades including i  

- Asia Pacific Award winner for Organization Development in 2015,

- Headed one of India’s Top 100 Talented Training & Devt organization in 2016,

- Corporate Diva Title Winner in 2017 and

- Times Now Femina Exemplary Woman Leader Awardee in 2018

- Honorary Doctoral Degree in 2019.

Spirituality and Silence are her past time activities.

Listen to Kavitha’s insights on:

• How’s adult learning different from regular learning
• Core responsibilities of a L&D professional
• Prerequisites/certifications required for L&D professional
• Professional development through experiential learning
• Benefits of Simulations and activity-based learning
• How to reinforce learning & tips for retention
• Tips for the audience

Kavitha’s LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kavitha-rao-8353132/

Kavitha’s company website: http://learnersroute.com/

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#learning #careerguidance #mentorship #careerpath #management #leadership #crisis #job #midcareer #youngprofessionals #TGV #theguidingvoice #transformation

#experientiallearning #adultlearning #LandD #LearningandDevelopment

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