Thinking on Thinking

Kahran and Nomaan discuss values & capitalism, public and private sectors, and higher education and scientific advacement from the perspective of society.

Open, deeply interesting conversations on how to engage with the community, how to build a different kind of society, and the questions that make life worth living.

Nomaan works with the Saint John Community Coalition: https://sjcommunity.ca/

Kahran and Divya talk about writing in all its different forms: as a craft, for communication, as a means of expression. We talk about writing how to leverage AI while keeping your voice, how the diversity of genres and institutions that have touched you influence your outputs. How can you grow and evolve as a writer?

In this special Singh siblings edition of thinking on thinking, Kahran gets deep with his sister and founder of Armoire about how she navigates expectations, keeps up her motivation, manages her brand all while driving a business with high values.

Kahran and Divya explore how the efforts to be unique can lead to conforming. Exploring the role of ambition, artistic communities and how the costs and perceived costs drive noncomfority.

Preeti Suri, founder of AdventureTripr and TripGenie, talks about building a company in the age of LLMs, how her body has signaled to her about burnout, and the signs that tell her when she needs to spend more time with the family and her son. Kahran and Preeti also talk about connecting with people very different than you, how to use different leadership styles, and ideas for other brown women looking to raise money for their startups.

In the final part of our conversation about figuring out the story, Kahran and Divya get to the bottom of it all. How to actually create a story that people care about? The answer? "Find out why you care about this"

Conclusions are found for Divya in how to tell her story in a resonant and authentic way in this workshop-style episode with Kahran and Divya

In part 2 of this storytelling series, Kahran and Divya find Divya's story live on the air, or at least the parts that feel most important for her to highlight and share.

In this episode, Kahran and Divya discuss why Divya doesn't feel like she is able to find her audience or this podcast's audience. Kahran goes deep into exploring different facets of the problem. This is part 1 of the series.

Divya and Kahran dive in to the luxury Ayurvedic brand Almora Botanica. How to build emotional connection? How do you engage beyond cognitively? How to choose where to reinforce ideas, where to simplify, and how to ground yourself in an investor deck? Also a jump into looking at colors and how the different components of the form reinforce the storytelling.