The StoryBank
By Indranil Chakraborty (IC)
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Episodes: 157
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Stories have impact. When we use them in our business conversations, they make our messages clear and memorable. We are all great storytellers, but we can't be a one-story wonder. This podcast is designed to help you build your story collection.
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Episode 158 - He Should Be My Boss - Satya Nadella’s Unexpected Move
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Jun 01, 2026 |
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Episode 157 - The Rose That Changed History - Florence Nightingale’s Data Revolution
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May 25, 2026 |
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Episode 156 – Power without Mastery – The AI Blind Spot?
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May 18, 2026 |
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Episode 155 – No One Briefed The Gorilla – Prepare Then Let Go
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May 11, 2026 |
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Episode 154 – AI Needs Fresh Eyes – Walk out the door and come back in
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May 04, 2026 |
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Episode 153 – The Man Who Said No – Human in the loop
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Apr 27, 2026 |
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Episode 152 – The Bad News Office – Don’t trust good news
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Apr 20, 2026 |
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Episode 151 – The Streetlamp Trap – The Harder Question
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Apr 13, 2026 |
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Episode 150 – Consequence Gets Compliance – The Yo-Yo Test
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Apr 06, 2026 |
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Episode 149 – The Doctor Who Prescribed Parakeets – Purpose Changes Behaviour
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Mar 30, 2026 |
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Episode 148 – The Meter in the Basement – What Gets Measured Gets Managed
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Mar 23, 2026 |
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Episode 147 – Zoom In. Zoom Out. – When Details Aren’t Enough
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Mar 16, 2026 |
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Episode 146 - Six Feet of Land – The Wisdom of Knowing When to Stop
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Mar 09, 2026 |
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Episode 144 – Upstream
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Mar 02, 2026 |
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Episode 145 – The Dunning-Kruger Effect – Unskilled, and unaware of it
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Mar 02, 2026 |
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Episode 142 - The Two Monks
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Mar 02, 2026 |
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Episode 143 – The Woodcutter – When to sharpen the Axe
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Mar 02, 2026 |
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Episode 141 - The Zipper Trap - Explain It, Please
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Feb 23, 2026 |
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Episode 140 - Blind Faith - The Dangers of Outsourcing Judgement
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Feb 17, 2026 |
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Episode 139 - Are Humans Rational? Dice, Discount & Dishoom
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Feb 09, 2026 |
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Episode 138 - The Dancing Boxer - Mastering What Others Ignore
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Feb 02, 2026 |
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Episode 137 - United Breaks Guitars - When Brands Don’t Listen
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Jan 27, 2026 |
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Episode 136 - Eyes off The Target - Trust the process
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Jan 19, 2026 |
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Episode 135 - Bottom Ranked Hero - Last, But Not The Least
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Jan 12, 2026 |
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Episode 134 - The Real Win - When Silver Outweighed Gold
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Jan 05, 2026 |
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Episode 133 - How Dyson Outlasted Failure - When Grit Wins
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Dec 08, 2025 |
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Episode 132 - Lombardi Time - If You’re On Time, You’re Late
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Nov 17, 2025 |
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Episode 131 - The Humble Metal Box - Small Idea, Giant Impact
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Nov 10, 2025 |
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Episode 130 - Enough
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Nov 03, 2025 |
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Episode 129 - When You Don’t Know ASK - Clarity starts with a simple question
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Sep 29, 2025 |
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Episode 128 - The Royal Vegetable - Exclusivity drives adoption
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Sep 22, 2025 |
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Episode 127 – The Power of “What if” – Playfulness uncovers blind spots
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Sep 15, 2025 |
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Episode 126 – Churchill’s Hour to Wall Street’s Fall – Putting Out the Fire First
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Sep 08, 2025 |
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Episode 125 - The Power of Paying Attention - Seeing the unseen
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Sep 01, 2025 |
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Episode 124 - When “EMPTY” Exploded - The hidden cost of language
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Aug 25, 2025 |
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Episode 123 - When Enough is Plenty - Escaping the greed trap
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Aug 20, 2025 |
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Episode 122 – The Power Of A Framework – From Instinct to Impact
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May 12, 2025 |
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Episode 121 - Curiosity Beats Strategy - How attention to anomalies created the microwave oven
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Apr 28, 2025 |
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Episode 120 - The Story Behind the Data - Turning Observation Into Dominance
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Apr 14, 2025 |
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Episode 119 – The Birth of the GPS – How flipping the question worked wonders
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Apr 07, 2025 |
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Episode 118 - Stranded to Soaring - The Power of Bold Decisions
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Apr 01, 2025 |
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Episode 117 - Purpose - Putting a man on the moon
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Mar 22, 2025 |
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Episode 116 - The Power of One - Make a difference
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Mar 17, 2025 |
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Episode 115 - Stand Still, Watch, Transform - Step Inside the Circle
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Mar 10, 2025 |
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Episode 114 - Think Inside the Box - When Simplicity Wins
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Mar 03, 2025 |
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Episode 113 - The Billion-Dollar Dinner Question - From Rejection to Revenue
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Feb 24, 2025 |
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Episode 112 - Project Aristotle - Psychological Safety
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Jan 01, 2025 |
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Episode 111 - Small Changes, Big Results - The Art of Introductions
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Dec 22, 2024 |
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Episode 110 - The Performance Principle - Attention to Detail Defines Greatness
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Dec 15, 2024 |
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Episode 109 - From Bugs to Brilliance - Spotify’s Serendipitous Journey
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Dec 11, 2024 |
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Episode 108 - Why greatness cannot be planned - Was Johnny Depp just lucky
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Dec 08, 2024 |
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Episode 107 - A Keystone Habit - Paul O’Niell at Alcoa
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Dec 04, 2024 |
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Episode 106 - The Stuck Key - And the space shuttle Challenger
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Oct 13, 2024 |
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Episode 105 - The Race to the South Pole: A Story of Focus and Flexibility
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Oct 06, 2024 |
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Episode 104 - Missing the woods for the trees - Learning to see the bigger picture
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Sep 08, 2024 |
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Episode 103 - A Milkshake Story - What is the Job To Be Done?
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Sep 01, 2024 |
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Episode 102 - Half Now, Half Later
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Aug 18, 2024 |
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Episode 101 - Dream Big Start Small
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Aug 14, 2024 |
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Episode 100 - Hold on to your dreams
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Jul 26, 2024 |
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Episode 99 – Why does Messi walk?
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Jul 21, 2024 |
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Episode 98 – Tackling Misinformation
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Jul 19, 2024 |
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Episode 97 – Social Proof : Always a good thing?
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Jul 14, 2024 |
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Episode 96 – Pause and decide
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Jul 12, 2024 |
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Episode 95 - Bruce Springsteen: Cognitive reframing
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Jun 30, 2024 |
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Episode 94 - Machiavelli and my boss
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Jun 16, 2024 |
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Episode 93 - Is it just luck?
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Jun 09, 2024 |
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Episode 92 - Diffusion of Innovation
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Jun 02, 2024 |
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Episode 91 - Do it for the Sake of it
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May 26, 2024 |
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Episode 90 - Panenka and the action bias
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May 19, 2024 |
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Episode 89 - SUBTRACT In a World of Addition Bias
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May 12, 2024 |
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Episode 88: The Diderot effect - Why we want things we don't need
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May 05, 2024 |
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Episode 87 - Mitigated speech and an air crash
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Apr 28, 2024 |
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Episode 86 - Own Backyard
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Apr 21, 2024 |
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Episode 85 - The London Underground Map
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Apr 14, 2024 |
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Episode 84 - Nelson Mandela - Story Triggering
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Apr 07, 2024 |
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Episode E83 – “Don’t ever give up a good idea” – Stan Lee
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Mar 31, 2024 |
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Episode 82 – Alan Turing
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Mar 24, 2024 |
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Episode 81 - Think Small not Big
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Mar 16, 2024 |
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Episode 80 - The Wisdom of Crowds
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Mar 10, 2024 |
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Episode 79 - Do you trust your team?
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Mar 03, 2024 |
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Episode 78 – Bridge On the River Kwai
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Dec 24, 2023 |
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Episode 77 – We’ve always done it this way! – The most dangerous phrase in the English Language
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Dec 17, 2023 |
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Episode 76 – Penalty Shootout – Does Practice Make Perfect?
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Dec 10, 2023 |
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Episode 75 – How wolves changed the course of the rivers?
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Dec 03, 2023 |
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Episode 74 – The Oscar Fiasco Part 2
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Nov 26, 2023 |
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Episode 73 - The Oscar Fiasco Part 1
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Nov 19, 2023 |
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Episode 72 - Thomas Edison - The salt in his soup
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Nov 12, 2023 |
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Episode 71 - Stanley Milgram - Experiment on Obedience
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Nov 07, 2023 |
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Episode 70 – Michael Phelps – Preparing for Adversity
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Oct 29, 2023 |
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Episode 69 – The Power of A Positive Mindset
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Oct 22, 2023 |
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Episode 68 - Does Bureaucracy Work?
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Oct 15, 2023 |
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Episode 67 - The Dotties In Your Life
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Oct 08, 2023 |
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Episode 66 – Lionel Messi And His Left Foot
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Oct 01, 2023 |
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Episode 65 – Alan Mulally – The Ford Traffic Light
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Sep 15, 2023 |
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Episode 64 – The Bystander Effect
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Sep 08, 2023 |
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Episode 63 – Messi V Ronaldo
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Sep 01, 2023 |
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Episode 62 – The Average Man
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Aug 25, 2023 |
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Episode 61 – The Styrofoam Cup
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Aug 18, 2023 |
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Episode 60 - The Credential Boost
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Aug 11, 2023 |
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Episode 59 - Bias, Hidden in Snow?
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Aug 06, 2023 |
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Episode 58 - In the Night Club
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Aug 04, 2023 |
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Episode 57 - The Personnel Checklist
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Jul 30, 2023 |
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Episode 56 - The Dhoni Twist
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Jul 28, 2023 |
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Episode 54 - Talent Density
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Jul 21, 2023 |
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Episode 55 - The Perfect Want Ad
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Jul 21, 2023 |
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Episode 53 - The Power of Tiny Gains
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Jul 16, 2023 |
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Episode 52 - The Stanford 5$ Experiment
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Jul 14, 2023 |
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Episode 51 – The bridge to nowhere
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Jul 09, 2023 |
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Episode 50 - Is this your best?
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Jul 07, 2023 |
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Episode 49 - Relaxing For The Same Results
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Jul 02, 2023 |
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Episode 48 - Stories do work
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Jun 30, 2023 |
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Episode 47 - The Kick of Michael Phelps
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Jun 25, 2023 |
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Episode 46 - Jaws - The Unseen Fear
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Jun 23, 2023 |
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Episode 45 - Discipline: Sachin Tendulkar - 241*
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Jun 18, 2023 |
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Episode 44 - Apple 1984 - The ad that changed the world
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Jun 16, 2023 |
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Episode 43 - The Mars Climate Orbiter
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Jun 11, 2023 |
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Episode 42 - The Viking Warrior
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Jun 09, 2023 |
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Episode 41 - The best shooting hand
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Jun 02, 2023 |
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Episode 40 - The postcard
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May 19, 2023 |
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Episode 38 - Who packs your Parachute
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May 14, 2023 |
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Episode 37 - The Day Notre Dame Burned
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May 12, 2023 |
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Episode 36 - Persistence Pays
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May 07, 2023 |
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Episode 35 - Friction Is Good
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May 05, 2023 |
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Episode 34 - Fearlessness
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Apr 30, 2023 |
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Episode 33 - IQ Vs EQ
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Apr 28, 2023 |
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Episode 32 - Does your boss have your back?
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Apr 23, 2023 |
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Episode 31 - Human Computers
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Apr 21, 2023 |
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Episode 30 - Brown M&Ms
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Apr 16, 2023 |
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Episode 29 - The Battle of Taranto
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Apr 13, 2023 |
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Episode 28 - The Pygmalion Effect
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Apr 09, 2023 |
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Episode 27 - The Street Corner Experiment
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Apr 07, 2023 |
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Episode 26 - Watermelons Of Parra
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Apr 02, 2023 |
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Episode 25 - Miasma
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Mar 31, 2023 |
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Episode 22 - The Power OF BECAUSE
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Mar 26, 2023 |
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Episode 24 - Power Of Checklist
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Mar 26, 2023 |
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Episode 21 - Three Feet Away From Gold
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Mar 24, 2023 |
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Episode 23 - Curse of Knowledge
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Mar 24, 2023 |
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Episode 20 - The Importance of Clarifying Objectives
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Mar 19, 2023 |
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Episode 19 - Fighting Yellow Fever
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Mar 17, 2023 |
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Episode 18 - Breaking The 4 Minute Barrier
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Mar 12, 2023 |
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Episode 17 - Behind the White Screen
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Mar 10, 2023 |
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E16 - The Threat To Bono
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Mar 05, 2023 |
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Episode 15 - The Mann Gulch Fire
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Mar 03, 2023 |
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Episode 14 - Importance Of Context
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Feb 25, 2023 |
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Episode 13 - Positive Deviance
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Feb 24, 2023 |
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Episode 12 - Smell Of The Place
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Feb 19, 2023 |
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Episode 11 - The Power Of Metaphors
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Feb 17, 2023 |
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Episode 10 - ROI OF BUSINESS STORYTELLING
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Feb 12, 2023 |
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Episode 9 - Gloves
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Feb 10, 2023 |
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Episode 8 - Of Linux And Gold Mines
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Feb 05, 2023 |
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Episode 7 - What A First Day At Work!
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Feb 03, 2023 |
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Episode 6 - The Makeshift Leaderboard.
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Jan 29, 2023 |
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Episode 5 - Of Food Carts and Riots
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Jan 27, 2023 |
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Episode 4 - 'THE' Bruce Springsteen Concert
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Jan 22, 2023 |
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Episode 3 - The Creating an MRI adventure
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Jan 18, 2023 |
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Episode 2 - The One in Which Gillian Danced
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Jan 15, 2023 |
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Episode 1 - The Missing Holes
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Jan 10, 2023 |