Entrepreneurship, Podcast

PBTO39: The Importance of Serendipity and The Courage to Defy Conventions with Sairee Chahal

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http://traffic.libsyn.com/pushingbeyondtheobvious/39_PBTO39__The_Importance_of_Serendipity_and_The_Courage_to_Defy_Conventions_with_Sairee_Chahal.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Email | RSS Who is on the show today In this episode, we host Sairee Chahal. Sairee is currently the Founder & CEO of Sheroes.in. Why is she on the show Sairee is a finalist for the Cartier Women’s Award Initiative for 2012, a TED speaker. She was named one of the Most Powerful Women in Indian Business 2012 and has been featured on shows like Young Turks, Pioneering Spirit and What Women Want. What do we discuss on the show We discuss her career, how serendipity and the focus on defying the norms has […]

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PBTO38: Office Humour and lessons in Management with Sarah Cooper

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http://traffic.libsyn.com/pushingbeyondtheobvious/38_PBTO38__10_Tricks_to_Appear_Smart_in_Meetings_and_More_with_Sarah_Cooper.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Email | RSS Whom are we hosting in this episode: In this episode, we host Sarah Cooper, host of The Cooper Review. Why are we hosting her The Cooper Review is the satirical blog of Sarah Cooper. It features weekly original articles, videos and cartoons on corporate humor, news, and other stuff. She describes herself as demotivational speaker and the Chief Evangelist of Evangelism. She is an ex google employee and a standup comedian. Her work has appeared on The Washington Post, Fast Company, Business Insider, and Huffington Post. What do we discuss in […]

Entrepreneurship, Podcast

PBTO37: Surge – Identifying and riding Trends in Your Marketplace with Mike Mikhalowicz

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http://traffic.libsyn.com/pushingbeyondtheobvious/37_PBTO37__Surge__Identifying_and_Riding_trends_in_your_marketplace_with_Mike_Michalowicz.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Email | RSSIn this episode, we welcome Mike Mikhalowicz back to our podcast. This makes him the first guest to be on our show twice. This in itself is a testament to the fact that I find him and his insights particularly helpful to all of us entrepreneurs. In this episode, we talk about his latest book – Surge. He shares his thoughts and ideas on how entrepreneurs can identify an imminent trend (lots of Tesla electric cars in early 2018 on the road) and how we can use these trends to grow […]

Marketing, Podcast

PBTO36: Why Giving a Damn is Underrated and Caring is a Competitive Advantage with Bernadette Jiwa

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http://traffic.libsyn.com/pushingbeyondtheobvious/36_PBTO36__Giving_a_Damn_is_Seriously_Underrated_and_Caring_is_a_Competitive_advantage_with_Bernadette_Jiwa.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Email | RSS In this post, we host best selling author, Bernadette Jiwa. She has a blog “The Story of Telling” where she shares her thoughts on marketing and branding in general and brand story telling in particular. She is one of the top 100 marketing/branding experts to follow on Twitter. In this conversation, we dig deep into her latest book – Meaningful. She shares multiple stories that form the crux of her Story Strategy blueprint. You can find all the case studies that she mentions here. You can reach here on Twitter @BernadetteJiwa.

Innovation

Predictable Reasons Why Product Managers Fail & How to avoid them.. 

I was recently invited to deliver a talk on “Practical Design Thinking for Product Managers” at an event held by the ‘Institute of Product Leadership” in Bangalore.  While I cover the fundamentals of Design Thinking methodology and how it is applicable to product development in this talk, I also cover some fundamental flaws that product managers ignore which leads to their products to fail. I also share my thoughts on how this can be avoided.  A video recording of the session can be found below. I hope this is useful to you.  Practical Design Thinking for Product Managers – Prof. […]