SHINY HAPPY PEOPLE with Vinay Kumar
By Vinay Kumar
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Episodes: 187
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In this business podcast that is all about people, Vinay Kumar, a Leadership Coach, Certified Professional Facilitator, OD Consultant, Podcaster, Global Nomad, Wildlife Stalker and Records Collector, interviews leaders, thinkers, strategists, and doers to reveal actionable insights, first-hand experiences, smart strategies, brilliant tips and lesser-known best practices on a range of subjects in business leadership and people management, from innovation, DEI, facilitation, technology, future of the workforce and sustainability to evolution of leadership, storytelling, negotiation, digital learning, mental wellbeing, the art of staying positive and even water wars! Plus each episode features curated recommendations from Vinay and his guest for your own RWL (Read Watch Listen) list to keep you shinier and happier!
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Episode 187: Alison Lucas and Lizzie Bentley Bowers on ‘Goodbye’, the Art of Leading Change Better
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Jun 11, 2026 |
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Episode 186: Ash Sedeek on Strategic Leadership Communication
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May 28, 2026 |
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Episode 185: Laura Best on ‘Born to Buzz’ and Passion-Driven Leadership
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May 14, 2026 |
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Episode 184 (Collab): Culture Matters podcast with Subbu Kalpathi featuring Vinay Kumar on The Leader As Facilitator
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Apr 30, 2026 |
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Episode 183: Douglas O’Loughlin on Future-Ready Organizational Development (OD)
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Apr 16, 2026 |
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Episode 182: Alain Bejjani on Leading through War, Disorder & Disruption
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Apr 02, 2026 |
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Episode 181: Natalie ‘Nats’ Lim-Ang on Growth of GCCs in The Philippines
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Mar 12, 2026 |
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Episode 180: Patrick Hardy on Designing any Disaster
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Feb 26, 2026 |
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Ep 179: Steve Brown on the AI Ultimatum
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Feb 12, 2026 |
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Ep 178: Sara Daw on the Growth of Fractional Leadership
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Jan 29, 2026 |
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Ep 177: Cindy Huggett on High Impact Virtual Facilitation
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Jan 15, 2026 |
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Ep 176: Best of Shiny Happy People in 2025
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Dec 18, 2025 |
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Ep 175: Rick DeLisi on AI and Customer Service
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Dec 04, 2025 |
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Ep. 174: Kate Lowry on Thriving Under Fear-Based Leadership
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Nov 20, 2025 |
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Ep. 173: Isobel Rimmer on ‘Present with Presence’ and Overcoming Glossophobia
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Nov 06, 2025 |
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Ep. 172: Did They Get It Right? SHP Special: Past Guests' Predictions!
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Oct 23, 2025 |
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Ep. 171: Dr. Myriam Hadnes on Facilitation Evangelism, ‘Unprofessionalism’ and ‘Workshops Work’
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Oct 09, 2025 |
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Ep. 170: Karen Ansen of Ignite on Workplace HR & Employment Law
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Sep 25, 2025 |
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Ep. 169: Pushkar Bidwai on People Matters & HR Talent in India-APAC
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Sep 11, 2025 |
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Ep. 168: Radhika Dutt on ‘Radical Product Thinking’
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Aug 28, 2025 |
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Ep. 167: Oscar Trimboli on ‘How to Listen’
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Aug 14, 2025 |
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Ep. 166: Nathy Ravez of ‘There’s a Workshop for That’ Podcast: A Shiny Happy People Collab
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Jul 31, 2025 |
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Ep. 165: Nik Kinley on Rewriting Your Leadership Code and the Power Trap of Leadership
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Jul 17, 2025 |
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Ep. 164 (Re-Release): Marie Skelton, the Resilience and Happiness Expert
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Jul 03, 2025 |
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Ep. 163: Dr. Marcus Ranney on the ‘Human Edge’ to Longevity
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Jun 19, 2025 |
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Ep. 162: Dr. Cecelia Herbert on Workplace Behavioral Science & Organizational Psychology
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Jun 05, 2025 |
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Ep. 161: Silvia Damiano of About My Brain on Neuroleadership
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May 22, 2025 |
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Ep. 160: Linmin (Michelle) Zhang on Facilitating Leadership Transformation through Inclusion
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May 08, 2025 |
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Ep 159: Dr. David Sweet on HR & Recruitment in Japan
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Apr 24, 2025 |
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Ep 158: Marga Hoek on Business for Good
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Apr 10, 2025 |
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Ep 157: Moe Poirier on the Evolving Future of Masterful Facilitation
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Mar 27, 2025 |
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Ep 156: Dr. Ravi R. Iyer on People First Leadership & Wellbeing
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Mar 13, 2025 |
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Ep 155: Startup Junkie & Kiva’s Claudia P Scott on Inclusive Entrepreneurship
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Feb 27, 2025 |
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Ep 154: Rangineh Azimzadeh Tehrani on Peace and Conflict Resolution through Facilitation
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Feb 13, 2025 |
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Ep 153: IMD’s Julia Binder and Knut Haanaes on Leading Sustainable Business Transformation
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Jan 30, 2025 |
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Ep 152: Mirjami Sipponen-Damonte on Facilitating High Impact Strategy & Leadership Development
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Jan 16, 2025 |
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Ep 151: Best of Shiny Happy People in 2024
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Dec 19, 2024 |
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Ep 150: Alex Bailey on Humanising the World of Work
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Dec 05, 2024 |
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Ep 149: Paul Dupuis and the launch of Future Ready Leadership Gym©
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Nov 21, 2024 |
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Ep 148: IAF’s Tamara Živadinović on Facilitation and Rural Community Development
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Nov 07, 2024 |
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Ep 147: A Special Tribute: Joel Godi of NeuroGifted® on Neurodiversity
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Oct 24, 2024 |
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Ep 146: Learning Effectiveness the Kirkpatrick Way, with Vanessa Alzate and Jawad Ahmed
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Oct 10, 2024 |
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Ep 145: Paul McLean on Making ‘Dreams For Life’ a Reality
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Sep 26, 2024 |
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Episode 144: Update on Upcoming Episodes from Vinay Kumar
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Sep 19, 2024 |
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Ep. 143: Aneace Haddad on Unlocking Leadership Superpowers & ‘Soaring Beyond Midlife’
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Aug 22, 2024 |
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Ep 142: Melissa Indot on Music and Life Journey
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Aug 08, 2024 |
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Ep 141: Jack ‘Mr. Toilet’ Sim of World Toilet Org
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Jul 25, 2024 |
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Ep 140: Sunitha Srinivasan of EIBS on Sustainable Chemicals
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Jul 11, 2024 |
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Ep 139: Smarter Dharma’s Sriram Kuchimanchi on Smarter Sustainability
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Jun 27, 2024 |
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Ep 138: Kayleigh Fazan on Revolutionizing Global Retail
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Jun 13, 2024 |
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Ep 137: Ken Honda on the Art of ‘Happy Money’
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May 30, 2024 |
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Ep 136: Harshita Chandra of Upcycleluxe on Sustainable Fashion
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May 16, 2024 |
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Ep 135: Samuel H Kim of Center for Asia Leadership
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Apr 25, 2024 |
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Ep 134: IAF Chair, Gerardo de Luzenberger on Future of Facilitation
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Apr 11, 2024 |
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Ep 133: Power of Advanced Facilitation with Rosanna von Sacken
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Mar 28, 2024 |
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Ep 132: Award-winning Wildlife Conservationist, Sanjay Gubbi of Holematthi
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Mar 14, 2024 |
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Ep 131: ‘Ironman’ Kapil Arora on Fitness & Sports Entrepreneurship
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Feb 29, 2024 |
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Ep 130: Rigzin Lachic on Sustainability in Business
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Feb 15, 2024 |
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Ep 129: Ben Renshaw on How to Be a CEO
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Jan 25, 2024 |
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Ep 128: Dhruv Joshi of Cloud Physician on Remote ICU Management
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Jan 11, 2024 |
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Ep. 127: Best of Shiny Happy People in 2023!
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Dec 14, 2023 |
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Ep 126: Manal Sayid on Facilitation for Social Change
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Nov 16, 2023 |
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Ep 125: Dhanpat Jain (DJ) on New Future of Learning & Development
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Nov 02, 2023 |
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Ep. 124: Supriya Donthi on ‘The Resilient Entrepreneur’, a Shiny Happy People special
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Oct 12, 2023 |
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Ep 123: Amy Diehl and Leanne Dzubinski on Workplace Gender Biases
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Sep 28, 2023 |
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Ep. 122: Karan Bahadur on ‘The Resilient Entrepreneur’, a Shiny Happy People special
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Sep 14, 2023 |
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Ep 121: Chris Brown, the Sustainability Warrior of Pemuteran, Bali
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Aug 31, 2023 |
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Ep. 120: Vineet Saxena on ‘The Resilient Entrepreneur’, a Shiny Happy People special
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Aug 17, 2023 |
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Ep 119: Andrea T Edwards, CSP, on Uncommon Climate Courage
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Aug 03, 2023 |
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Ep. 118: Divya Bafna & Anusha Reddy on ‘The Resilient Entrepreneur’, a Shiny Happy People special
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Jul 20, 2023 |
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Ep 117: LinkedIn Learning's Sameer Aggarwal on Evolution of e-Learning
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Jul 06, 2023 |
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Ep 116: Arvind Nair: ‘The Resilient Entrepreneur’, a Shiny Happy People special
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Jun 22, 2023 |
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Ep 115: NeuroGifted's Joel Godi on Neurodiversity Inclusion & Practice
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Jun 08, 2023 |
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Ep. 114: Guillaume Wiatr on Crafting Your ‘Strategic Narrative’
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May 25, 2023 |
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Ep 113: Nupur Hemant on ‘The Resilient Entrepreneur’, a Shiny Happy People special
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May 11, 2023 |
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Ep 112: Maria Morukian on Fostering DEI in the Workplace
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Apr 26, 2023 |
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Ep 111: Ankit Aggarwal as ‘The Resilient Entrepreneur’, a Shiny Happy People special
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Apr 13, 2023 |
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Ep 110: All about Yoga with Priya Nair
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Mar 30, 2023 |
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Ep 109: Azran Osman-Rani as ‘The Resilient Entrepreneur’, a Shiny Happy People special
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Mar 16, 2023 |
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Ep 108: Meet the 25-time Snooker & Billiards World Champion, Pankaj Advani
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Mar 02, 2023 |
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Ep 107: ‘Insights 10 in 10’ Leading Multi-Generational Hybrid Workforce with Dhruti Shah
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Feb 23, 2023 |
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Ep 106: At the World’s Highest Frozen Lake Half Marathon with Chamba Tseten in Pangong, Ladakh
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Feb 16, 2023 |
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Ep 105: Are podcasts dying? Far from it, we find out!
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Feb 02, 2023 |
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Ep 104: ‘Insights 10 in 10’ Negotiation Skills with Sanjay Dugar
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Jan 26, 2023 |
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Ep 103: The Art of Healing Trauma with Natalia Rachel
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Jan 12, 2023 |
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Refresh 2023
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Jan 05, 2023 |
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Best of Shiny Happy People in 2022!
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Dec 15, 2022 |
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Ep 100: Celebrating our 100th with guests and listeners!
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Dec 08, 2022 |
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Ep 99: Ira Wolfe, The Workplace Futurist
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Nov 24, 2022 |
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Ep 98: High-Performing, Future-Ready Hybrid Teams with Dhruti Shah and Pia Lee
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Nov 09, 2022 |
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Ep 97: Trendspotting 'Building Transformational Capabilities' with Anant Krishnan and Sanjay Dugar
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Nov 03, 2022 |
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Ep 96: International Conflict Management with David Nevin
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Oct 27, 2022 |
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Ep 95: Srikanth Iyer, the Serial Entrepreneur
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Oct 13, 2022 |
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Ep 94: Trendspotting 'Return to Office: To Mandate or Not To Mandate' with Shaleel Nalakath and Sanjay Dugar
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Oct 06, 2022 |
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Ep 93: Bringing Curiosity to the Workplace with Stefaan van Hooydonk
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Sep 22, 2022 |
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Ep 92: ‘The Last Run’ against Climate Change, at Pangong, Ladakh with Chamba Tsetan
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Sep 08, 2022 |
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Ep 91: Trendspotting ‘Experiential Leadership' with Amit Nagpal and Sanjay Dugar
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Sep 01, 2022 |
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Ep 90: Talent Development & Future of Learning with Dr. Aman Jain
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Aug 25, 2022 |
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Ep 89: Future of Organizational Culture with Arthur Carmazzi
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Aug 11, 2022 |
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Ep 88: Trendspotting ‘Leadership Coaching Now and the Future' with Mrunal Lamge and Sanjay Dugar
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Aug 04, 2022 |
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Ep 87: Piloting Aircraft to Piloting Group Facilitation with Nitin Welde
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Jul 28, 2022 |
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Ep 86: Inside ‘The Resilient Entrepreneur’ with Dhruti Shah
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Jul 14, 2022 |
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Ep 85: Trendspotting ‘Sustainable Resilience' with Pat Chang and Dhruti Shah
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Jul 07, 2022 |
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Ep 84: Of Immigration and Second Passports with Brandon Miller
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Jun 23, 2022 |
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Ep 83: The Mastery of Virtual Team Engagement with Rupert Picardo
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Jun 09, 2022 |
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Ep 82: Trendspotting ‘Career Transitioning' with Shivani Bhagi and and Sanjay Dugar
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Jun 02, 2022 |
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Ep 81: All About Organizational Development with Dr. Douglas O’Loughlin
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May 26, 2022 |
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Ep 80: Doubling the Impact of Facilitation with Malin Morén and Trevor Durnford
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May 12, 2022 |
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Ep 79: Trendspotting ‘The Return of Outbound Training' with Yateen Gharat and Sanjay Dugar
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May 05, 2022 |
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Ep 78: Cory McGowan, the Transformational Coach, Adventurer, and Bear Dancer!
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Apr 21, 2022 |
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Ep 77: Update: Format Change in ‘Trendspotting’ series
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Apr 14, 2022 |
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Ep 76: Vidyun Hebbar, the Award-Winning Photography Prodigy
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Apr 07, 2022 |
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Ep 75: Trendspotting ‘What has changed in L&D Today?' with Jyothi Dass and Sanjay Dugar
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Mar 31, 2022 |
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Ep 74: Marie Skelton, the Resilience and Happiness Expert
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Mar 24, 2022 |
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Ep 73: Trendspotting 'Changing Style of Performance Conversations' with Jawad Ahmed and Sanjay Dugar
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Mar 17, 2022 |
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Ep 72: Jyotsna Ramachandran on How to Write and Publish Your Book
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Mar 10, 2022 |
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Ep 71: Trendspotting 'To Innovate Or Not To Innovate' with Dhruti Shah and Sanjay Dugar
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Mar 03, 2022 |
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Ep 70: Neha Saxena Shenoy and Rohit Shenoy on the Future of Talent Management
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Feb 24, 2022 |
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Ep 69: Trendspotting 'Pandemic & Women in the Workplace' with Preethi B Rao and Sanjay Dugar
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Feb 17, 2022 |
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Ep 68: Héctor Villarreal Lozoya on Technology for Facilitation
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Feb 10, 2022 |
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Ep 67: Trendspotting 'The Hybrid Workplace' with Shaleel Nalakath and Sanjay Dugar
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Feb 03, 2022 |
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Ep 66: Dr. Lakshmi Kumar & Sangeeta Kapoor on Evolution of K-12 Education
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Jan 27, 2022 |
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Ep 65: Trendspotting 'The Great Resignation' with Jawad Ahmed and Sanjay Dugar
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Jan 20, 2022 |
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Ep 64: Lowell Sheppard, the 'Never-Too-Later'!
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Jan 13, 2022 |
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Ep 63: Refresh 2022
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Jan 06, 2022 |
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Ep 62: Shiny Happy People in 2021!
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Dec 16, 2021 |
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Ep 61: Ronnie Teja, the Global Entrepreneur
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Dec 02, 2021 |
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Ep 60: Chaitsi Ahuja on ‘Brown Living’ for a Greener Tomorrow
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Nov 18, 2021 |
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Ep 59: Tyler Crowley, the Technologist
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Nov 04, 2021 |
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Ep 58: Ingrid Bens on ‘Facilitating with Ease!’
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Oct 21, 2021 |
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Ep 57: Chevonne Hassan on Making Meaningful Connections, Creating Safe Spaces
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Oct 07, 2021 |
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Ep 56: Alessandra Pollina, the Quotable Female Millennial Entrepreneur
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Sep 23, 2021 |
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Ep 55: Steve Gamlin, the Motivational Firewood™ Guy
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Sep 09, 2021 |
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Ep 54: Cat Janisko on Lights, Camera, Confidence!
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Aug 26, 2021 |
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Ep 53: Angel Ribo, the CEO Confidant
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Aug 12, 2021 |
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Ep 52: Abhimanika Yadav on Making The World A Fitter Place
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Jul 29, 2021 |
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Ep 51: Susan RoAne on How To Work A (Virtual) Room
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Jul 15, 2021 |
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Ep 50: Vinay Kumar on ‘Facilitation Stories’ with Helene Jewell and Pilar Orti
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Jul 01, 2021 |
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Ep 49: Kelli McLoud-Schingen on Creating a More Inclusive and Equitable World, One Step At a Time
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Jun 17, 2021 |
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Ep 48: Paul Dupuis on the Year That Wasn't!
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Jun 03, 2021 |
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Ep 47: Van Lai-DuMone on Reimagining Creativity
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May 20, 2021 |
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Ep 46: Arundhati Kumar on Planet and People: From HR Pro to Sustainability Entrepreneur
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May 06, 2021 |
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Ep 45: Insight into 'Insights 10 in 10'
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Apr 29, 2021 |
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Ep 44: Joeri Schilders on the Magic Sauce of Innovation
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Apr 22, 2021 |
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Ep 43: Insights 10 in 10: Innovation
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Apr 15, 2021 |
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Ep 42: Douglas Ferguson, the Human-Centered Technologist
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Apr 08, 2021 |
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Ep 41: Insights 10 in 10: Stakeholder Management
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Apr 01, 2021 |
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Ep 40: Adrian C Bazemore on ‘Learning Never Stops’: The L&D Paradigm
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Mar 25, 2021 |
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Ep 39: Insights 10 in 10: Networking
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Mar 18, 2021 |
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Ep 38: Anjali Raghuvanshi on HR - Looking Beyond 2021
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Mar 11, 2021 |
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Ep 37: Insights 10 in 10: Influencing Skills
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Mar 04, 2021 |
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Ep 36: Dr. Dennis Reina on Trust, the Foundation of Effective Relationships
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Feb 25, 2021 |
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Ep 35: Insights 10 in 10: Trust in Leadership
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Feb 18, 2021 |
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Ep 34: Ethan Jerry Mings on Facilitating Strategy and Effectiveness
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Feb 11, 2021 |
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Ep 33: Insights 10 in 10: Building a Personal Brand
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Feb 04, 2021 |
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Ep 32: Srikanth ND on Leadership in the Future Workplace
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Jan 28, 2021 |
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Ep 31: Insights 10 in 10: Resilience
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Jan 21, 2021 |
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Ep 30: Sara Ness on Authentic Leadership
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Jan 14, 2021 |
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Ep 29: Refresh 2021
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Jan 07, 2021 |
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Ep 28: Shiny Happy People in 2020!
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Dec 17, 2020 |
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Ep 27: Ramkrishna Mukkavilli on Stopping Water Wars, the AWG Way
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Dec 03, 2020 |
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Ep 26: Arihant Jain on Meme Marketing
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Nov 26, 2020 |
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Ep 25: Bhavneet Singh on Redefining K-12 Digital Learning
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Nov 19, 2020 |
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Ep 24: Sudeep Ralhan on How HR is Evolving - Part 2
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Nov 12, 2020 |
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Ep 23: Shalini Nair on How HR is Evolving - Part 1
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Nov 05, 2020 |
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Ep 22: Snapshots from Facilitation Week 2020
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Oct 29, 2020 |
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Ep 21: Sanjay Dugar on Celebrating Facilitation Week with Kavitha Talreja, Shalaka Gundi & Shalu Bhuchar
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Oct 22, 2020 |
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Ep 20: David Wetton on Conscious Leadership
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Oct 15, 2020 |
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Ep 19: Paul Zelizer on Being An Awarepreneur
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Oct 08, 2020 |
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Ep 18: Lance Peppler on Growing Your Organization Exponentially
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Oct 01, 2020 |
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Ep 17: Barbara Mackay on Making Virtual Meetings Pop!
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Sep 24, 2020 |
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Ep 16: Martin Gilbraith on Re-Tooling for Virtual Facilitation
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Sep 17, 2020 |
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Ep 15: Dr. Bee Leng Seow on the Evolution of Customer Service
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Sep 10, 2020 |
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Ep 14: Mark Gordon on the Art of Negotiating
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Sep 03, 2020 |
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Ep 13: Joe Sutton on the Digital Workplace
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Aug 27, 2020 |
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Ep 12: Leela Kirloskar on Mental Wellbeing in A Pandemic
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Aug 20, 2020 |
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Ep 11: Noel Tan on the Journey of an Independent Consultant to Employee
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Aug 13, 2020 |
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Ep 10: Pia Lee on Where Leadership Development is Going
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Aug 06, 2020 |
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Ep 9: Kavi Arasu on Stories in the Digital World
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Jul 30, 2020 |
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Ep 8: Narasimhan 'Narsi' on the Journey and Reflections of a Facilitative Leader
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Jul 23, 2020 |
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Ep 7: Sanjay Dugar on the Power of Facilitative Leadership in a Pandemic
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Jul 16, 2020 |
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Ep 6: Gillian Chambers & Dr. Rebecca Sutherns on Facilitation in a Pandemic - What has Changed?
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Jul 09, 2020 |
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Ep 5: Kay Machado 'RJ Kay' on the Art of Staying Positive
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Jul 02, 2020 |
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Ep 4: Dr. Vasanthi Srinivasan on the Future of the Workforce
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Jun 25, 2020 |
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Ep 3: Dr. Sameer Hariani on Cultivating the Spirit of Giving
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Jun 18, 2020 |
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Ep 2: Rashmi Mandloi on Diversity & Inclusion in the time of COVID-19
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Jun 11, 2020 |
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Ep 1: Paul Dupuis on Having a Vision, In Business and At a Personal Level
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Jun 03, 2020 |