Small Talk: Work | Play | Build
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Careers are rarely just one thing anymore. Small Talk: Work, Play, Build is a fortnightly conversation about the work we do, the things we play with for joy, and the things we build on the side. Hosts Subha Chandrasekaran (executive coach) and Hasita Krishna (brand strategist) talk with leaders, founders, and thinkers about ambition, mid-career pivots, women at work, first-time managers, AI and the workplace, and the passion projects that keep us whole.
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The Mind of an Indian Athlete: A Sports Psychologist Explains | Dr. Chaitanya Sridhar | S7E32
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May 09, 2026 |
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The Watercooler Gap: What Hybrid Work Quietly Killed | S7E31
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Apr 24, 2026 |
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S7E30 Career Transition: The Safe Career Lie Is Over
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Apr 10, 2026 |
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Inside India's Sports Industry: Careers, Funding & Pathways| Saumil Majmudar & Deepthi Bopaiah S7E29 [Sports Mini-Series]
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Mar 28, 2026 |
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The First-Time Manager Identity Crisis S7E28
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Mar 13, 2026 |
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S7E27 Mid-Career Crisis or Crossroads?
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Feb 27, 2026 |
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The Silent Crisis Among Men:Strong, Successful, Still Alone with Srini Ramaswamy & Nikhil Damle S7E26
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Feb 13, 2026 |
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S7E25 Who Are You Without Your Job Title?
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Jan 30, 2026 |
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Apparently, Women Ruined The Workplace! | Small Talk S7E24
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Jan 16, 2026 |
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Designing for Dignity: Inside Two Purpose-Led Careers | Diyaghar + Studio Decode | Saraswathi Padmanabhan & Meghana Dutta S7E23
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Jan 02, 2026 |
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Dear 2026: Here’s What We Want From Work, AI, and Life... S7E22
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Dec 12, 2025 |
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S7E21: Gen Z, Raised on Algorithms, Joins the Workforce!
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Nov 28, 2025 |
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S7E20: Power Meets Nurturing: A Blueprint for Leaders with Nirupama Subramaniam
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Nov 14, 2025 |
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S7E19: Money, Careers & Self-Worth: The Conversation No One Taught Us to Have
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Oct 31, 2025 |
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S7E18: What's Next In Your Career? How to Find Hidden Skills That Pay
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Oct 17, 2025 |
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S7E17: Teens, Tech & Turmoil: What AI is Doing to our Mental Health with Kashyap Kompella and Sujata Kelkar Shetty
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Oct 03, 2025 |
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S7E16: Workplace Communication- The Silent Superpower of Career Growth
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Sep 12, 2025 |
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S7E15 - Not All Bullies Shout: Spotting Toxic Spaces at Work
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Aug 29, 2025 |
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S7E14: How Stories Can Save a City: The Fight for Bengaluru’s Future? | Harini Nagendra
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Aug 15, 2025 |
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S7E13: Good, Bad, and Coldplay: How to avoid workplace fiascos
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Aug 01, 2025 |
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S7E12: Dance Like Everyone is Watching! - How to Thrive in a Creative Career
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Jul 18, 2025 |
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S7E11 - Stakeholder Blindspots: Why Good Work Still Gets Stuck
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Jul 04, 2025 |
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S7E10: Feeling Like a Fraud? Imposter Syndrome Hits Again!
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Jun 20, 2025 |
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S7E9: When Leadership Feels Personal - What It Takes to Build Creatively Today
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Jun 06, 2025 |
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S7E8: Why Networking Feels So Fake: Awkward, Overrated, and Absolutely Necessary?
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May 23, 2025 |
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S7E7: Saying No Without Guilt: Set Boundaries at Work and Home
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May 09, 2025 |
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S7E6: Why Engineering is the New Cool - Aerospace, Space Missions & Women on the Shop Floor
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Apr 25, 2025 |
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S7E5: Will AI Take Your Job? Truths You Need to Hear!
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Apr 11, 2025 |
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S7E4: Success Metrics Are Changing - Are You Keeping Up?
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Mar 28, 2025 |
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S7E3: Why Workplaces Need a New Playbook with Maya John - Small Talk Work| Play | Build
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Mar 14, 2025 |
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S7E2: Building a Business at the Bottom of the Ocean - Small Talk Work| Play| Build
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Feb 28, 2025 |
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S7E1: The Death of DEI after working 70 hours a week - Small Talk Work|Play|Build
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Feb 14, 2025 |
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Trailer - Small Talk: Work | Play | Build
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Feb 13, 2025 |
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Visibility Matters: How Sharing Achievements Fuels Growth
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Sep 13, 2024 |
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Gain Visibility at Work or be the Turkish Olympic Shooter!
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Aug 15, 2024 |
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Taking the First Step from Idea to Action
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Jul 24, 2024 |
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The Bridge Every Vision Needs
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Jul 10, 2024 |
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The Strategic Pivot: Seeing the Big Picture
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Jun 26, 2024 |
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Trailer: Careers are Curvy - a Small Talk production
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Jun 17, 2024 |
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Career Lift-Off: Best Moments from Small Talk in 2023
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Jan 08, 2024 |
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Choosing How to Shape Your Year
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Dec 25, 2023 |
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Job Search Strategies for Mid-Career Professionals
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Dec 11, 2023 |
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Brewing Flexibility: Decoding Coffee Badging at the Workplace
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Nov 27, 2023 |
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Redefining Failure and Embracing Growth
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Nov 13, 2023 |
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How to Influence with Impact - Answer the ‘So What?!’
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Oct 30, 2023 |
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Crisis Management: Who are you in a crisis?
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Oct 16, 2023 |
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What makes a great mentor, and how can you find one?
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Oct 02, 2023 |
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Silo-Busting Strategies: Building a Collaborative Workplace
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Sep 18, 2023 |
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Insights and Strategies to Navigate Career Transitions
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Sep 04, 2023 |
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The Best Career-lifting Conversations of the Season | Highlights of Small Talk Season 4 | Career Growth Podcast
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Apr 24, 2023 |
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S4E11 - How to ‘elevator pitch’ a good story about yourself
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Apr 03, 2023 |
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S4E10 - Why Startups Need a People Strategy
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Mar 20, 2023 |
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S4E9 - How to enhance your career by cultivating Executive Presence
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Mar 06, 2023 |
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S4E8 - Dealing with difficult bosses, clients, and colleagues
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Feb 20, 2023 |
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S4E7 - It's not always about the money!
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Feb 06, 2023 |
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S4E6 - What To Do When Your Manager Needs Managing
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Jan 23, 2023 |
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S4E5 - “Where do you see yourself in five years?”
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Jan 09, 2023 |
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Holiday Crossover: Damn Good Storytelling
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Dec 28, 2022 |
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S4E4 - Can we do goal setting differently this year?
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Dec 26, 2022 |
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S4E3 - How not to take a layoff personally
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Dec 12, 2022 |
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S4E2 - Why do I struggle to delegate? Here's a mindful approach for every busy professional
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Nov 28, 2022 |
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S4E1 - Your career doesn't need the pressure of being your passion!
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Nov 17, 2022 |
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Bonus - Serena and Sebastian and Identity Clarity
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Aug 21, 2022 |
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S3E21 - It's OK to Quit, Right?
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Jul 26, 2022 |
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S3E20- Small Talk with Neeraj Kakkar- Drinks, memories, and selling a story at scale
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Jul 19, 2022 |
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S3E19 - The Challenge of Building and Changing Careers
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Jul 11, 2022 |
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S3E18 - Being a multipotentialite and curating your digital presence - with Nandita Iyer
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Jul 04, 2022 |
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Bonus Episode - WeCrashed, Work Cultures, and where the best-laid plans go awry
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Jun 27, 2022 |
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S3E16 - Do you know how to say No?
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Jun 20, 2022 |
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S3E15 - Creating Organisational Resilience by Being a Perpetual Learner - with Srideep Kesavan
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Jun 13, 2022 |
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S3E14 - Are you a new face at the old workplace?
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Jun 06, 2022 |
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S3E13 - Why does a voice inside my head keep telling me I'm not good enough?
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May 23, 2022 |
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S3E12 - Getting Smart About Artificial Intelligence - with Kashyap Kompella
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May 16, 2022 |
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S3E11 - Going from Zoom to the Room
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May 09, 2022 |
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S3E10 - Building a Sustainable Business, One Toy At a Time - with Meeta Sharma Gupta
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May 02, 2022 |
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S3E9 - Why is giving and receiving feedback so difficult?
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Apr 25, 2022 |
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S3E8 - How to slow down and still grow your business with Shailaja Vishwanath
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Apr 18, 2022 |
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S3E7 - How to recognise and deal with burnout
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Apr 11, 2022 |
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S3E6 - How to hit your goals out of the park - with Yash Mishra
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Apr 04, 2022 |
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S3E5 - How many thoughts does it take to become a Thought Leader?
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Mar 28, 2022 |
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S3E4 - Law in the times of Social Justice - with Jayna Kothari
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Mar 21, 2022 |
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S3E3 - How to focus when you’re chronically distracted
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Mar 14, 2022 |
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S3E2 - How Positivity can be your Superpower - with Sonia Saini
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Mar 07, 2022 |
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S3E1 - How to be Curious and not Judgemental
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Feb 28, 2022 |
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S2E10 - With The Best of Intentions
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Dec 10, 2021 |
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S2E9 - Building A Team Without Hunting for Mini Versions of You!
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Sep 28, 2021 |
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S2 E8 - Where do you draw the line? Drawing boundaries in a virtual world.
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Aug 27, 2021 |
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S2 E7 - Connecting the Dots with Kartik Hosanagar
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Jul 22, 2021 |
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Notes to Self - Ep 3 - It's ok to not be ok
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May 07, 2021 |
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Notes to Self - Ep 2 - Letting grief remind me of his legacy
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Apr 30, 2021 |
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Notes to Self - Ep 1 - Why the CIA missed 9/11 and building teams that don't always agree.
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Apr 12, 2021 |
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S2E3 - Communication zen and the art of asking questions
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Apr 05, 2021 |
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S2E2 - Going impromptu, in the spirit of Clubhouse!
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Feb 27, 2021 |
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S2E1 - Own Your Productivity
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Jan 31, 2021 |
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S1E8 - Five Years Of RainKraft, and what we got right
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Dec 21, 2020 |
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S1E7 - Hiring Virtually: Lessons from dunnhumby India with Manoj Madhusudanan
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Nov 30, 2020 |
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S1E6 - Content Marketing 101 for Small Businesses and Solopreneurs
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Nov 17, 2020 |
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S1E5 - How to make LinkedIn worth your while
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Oct 26, 2020 |
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S1E4 - Getting Hiring & New Gigs Right In A Virtual World
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Oct 09, 2020 |
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S1E3 - What is really wrong with so many resumes today?
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Sep 25, 2020 |
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S1E2 - Are you tired of playing Meeting-Meeting?
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Sep 25, 2020 |
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S1E1- Starting Off with Small Talk!
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Sep 09, 2020 |
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S1E0 - The Small Talk About RainKraft
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Sep 08, 2020 |