Let's know what you liked and learnt! In this episode of the ContraMinds Podcast, Swami is in conversation with Logan Yonavjak, Co-founder and CEO of Readiness Engine, about a question that most organisations rarely ask: Are leaders truly ready for the roles they occupy? While organisations spend enormous effort perfecting strategy, Logan argues that execution often fails because leaders lack the internal capacity to handle complexity, pressure and change. Through behavioural science and peo...
Jul 2
56 min
Let's know what you liked and learnt! Burnout is often treated as a personal problem, but what if the real issue is the way modern work is designed? In this episode of ContraMinds, leadership researcher and author Nick Petrie unpacks the science behind stress, burnout, recovery, and sustainable high performance. Drawing from years of research and his upcoming book Burn Bright, Nick explains why our ancient brains struggle in today’s always-on world, how high performers can avoid burnout with...
Jun 12
49 min
Let's know what you liked and learnt! What does it really take to become a modern CMO? In this episode of The Super CMO Show with Swami, Megha Agarwal shares why she calls herself a “non-traditional CMO” — one who goes beyond brand campaigns to think about growth, monetization, P&L, consumer obsession, and business building. Drawing from her journey across Table Space, WeWork, Unilever and CavinKare Megha speaks about startup chaos, building categories from scratch, the future of agencie...
May 26
1 hr 7 min
Let's know what you liked and learnt! What does it really mean to build wealth as an entrepreneur? And more importantly, what happens after success? In this final episode of ContraMinds Timeless Wisdom Edition #2, investor and entrepreneur Shyam Sekhar explores the deeper philosophy behind entrepreneurship, capital, gratification, and long-term wealth creation. From understanding your own “world view of gratification” to learning why self-awareness matters more than speed, Shyam explains why...
May 14
27 min
Let's know what you liked and learnt! Markets don’t just test intelligence. They test temperament. In this Timeless Wisdom episode, Shyam Sekhar breaks down the psychological traps that quietly shape investor behaviour—virality, FOMO, imitation, hype cycles, and the dangerous tendency to copy other people’s conviction without understanding your own risk appetite. From Warren Buffett worship to crowd-funded investing and popular market trends, this conversation explores why successful invest...
May 7
23 min
Let's know what you liked and learnt! Most founders treat capital as the fuel that powers a business. But in this conversation, Shyam Sekhar flips that idea on its head—capital is not fuel, it is a bridge. A bridge that takes an idea to proof-of-concept. Beyond that, the real work lies in how intelligently you structure your business, not how aggressively you raise money. From equity dilution to early-stage funding decisions, Shyam breaks down the hidden traps founders walk into—raising more...
Apr 30
24 min
Let's know what you liked and learnt! In this conversation with Swami, B. Joseph Pine II explains the shift from the Experience Economy to the Transformation Economy, where the real value lies in helping customers become who they aspire to be. From “time well spent” to “time well invested,” he unpacks why outcomes matter more than effort, why customers themselves become the product, and how companies must rethink pricing, purpose, and value creation. If the future of business is about enabl...
Apr 9
46 min
Let's know what you liked and learnt! In this episode of ContraMinds, Shekhar Natarajan explains why the biggest challenge in AI today isn’t intelligence—it’s trust. As AI systems become more powerful, they remain inconsistent, unexplainable, and often misaligned with human values. Shekhar introduces the idea of a “trust layer” for AI—moving beyond efficiency and ethics to systems that actively do good. Through his concept of Angelic Intelligence, he lays out how future AI must embed human v...
Mar 26
1 hr 27 min
Let's know what you liked and learnt! In this episode, Swami is in conversation with Professor T Prasad of IIM Bombay also known as ‘Mandi’ Sir. Prof Prasad challenges the conventional model of higher education and argues that real learning happens not through lectures and exams, but through action, experimentation, and value creation. Drawing from decades of teaching experience, he explains how students can move from passive learning to entrepreneurial thinking by engaging directly with mar...
Mar 10
45 min
Let's know what you liked and learnt! In the final episode of the Contra Minds Timeless Wisdom series, Swami explores a radical idea from Kumar Vembu: leadership is not a role — it is a continuous act of relevance and reinvention. From building a “zero follow-up” organisation to eliminating full-time managers, Kumar shares how frictionless customer experience begins with frictionless internal culture. Empowerment, ownership, and clarity replace hierarchy, supervision, and anxiety-driven foll...
Feb 24
14 min
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