First Principles
First Principles
The Ken
First Principles is a weekly interview podcast comprising authentic, candid, and insightful conversations between some of India's most accomplished founders and business leaders. From personal philosophies, mental models and decision making frameworks, to reading habits, parenting styles or personal interests, each episode will delve into what makes each of these leaders unique.
Angad Bedi the MD of BCD group and how he is transforming the Indian real-estate industry?
This is my conversation with Mr. Angad Bedi the MD of BCD group. With a career that spans across prestigious consulting firms to transforming a 70-year-old construction company into a global real estate conglomerate, Mr. Bedi's journey is nothing short of inspiring. Apply for the Young Business Leadership Programme! What is it? It is an ambitious and exciting role where we take a handful of talented, ambitious and eager-to-learn graduates from India's top colleges and put them through a two-year program where they will work in different roles and functions at The Ken. And throughout the two years they will learn virtually all key aspects of building, innovating and scaling a modern "journalism as a product" organization, well, from first principles. If you want to understand the "why" of why we're doing this, you'll find the details to that here, but if you're just excited about the opportunity from the little I have told you and you're just thinking about "how" do I apply, here's the link for that. ---------- Also, have you listened to the latest episode of The First Two Years(or TFTY)—The Early Careers podcast from The Ken? In the latest episode of TFTY, host Akshaya Chandrasekaran goes on a quest to explore how to solicit feedback as requested by a listener of the podcast. Akshaya directed the listener's question to guests on the episode who shared surprising tips and pragmatic ways to ask for feedback. What exactly did they have to say? Listen to the episode here to find out. ---------- If you haven't already, subscribe to the First Principles newsletter. It's free. All you need to do is sign up, and you'll find a thoughtfully curated newsletter capturing unique insights on the mental models and first principles, along with a curate
Sep 15, 2024
40 min