Best Prabhaav Podcasts (2024)

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117: Harnessing the power of GEDI to build a more inclusive organisation: Kavneet Sahni, Dasra 38:34

21d ago38:34

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Kavneet Dasra Shownotes: In my second innings I have been intentional about working with the third sector. Through The Elephant in the Room, I am able to engage vicariously with the sector without being a part of it. To some extent I have been able deepen my understanding and engagement with the sector through PRADAN where I truly believe there is …

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116: Diversity and Inclusion in English Rugby: Conversation with Jatin Patel, Inclusion and Diversity Director RFU England 40:12

2M ago40:12

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Shownotes Nelson Mandela famously said, “Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. It has the power to unite people in a way that little else does”. There are examples the world over whether it is Cricket, Football, Athletics, Tennis ……. It brings together fans and inspires current and future generations. However, like t…

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115: A conversation with Taisha Nurse, Global Senior Director, Diversity Equity and Inclusion, McDermott 29:04

4M ago29:04

29:04

Shownotes On The Elephant in the Room podcast it has been my endeavour to spotlight leaders from the global majority. I recently had the privilege to speak with Taisha Nurse, Global Senior Director, Diversity Equity and Inclusion at McDermott. As a senior HR practitioner she has been responsible for building Centre’s of Excellence across multiple g…

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114: Steps to building an inclusive recruitment process, with Rohan Shah, Co-Founder and Managing Director, Ruben Sinclair 43:03

4M ago43:03

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Shownotes: People recruit people from the industry, but also people who look like them, behave like them, are from a similar background, use a similar language... Would you agree? If this is the reality, the question is how important is inclusive recruitment for the PR industry or businesses in general? And what does 'inclusive' recruitment actuall…

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113: The transformational power of 'Cultural Intelligence' in driving behaviour change and actions: Ritika Wadhwa, Founder Prabhaav Global 31:06

5M ago31:06

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Shownotes The Elephant in the Room podcast was in hibernation in December and January. We are back this week with our first episode of the year with the indomitable Ritika Wadhwa. Ritika Wadhwa is a strategic advisory board member for British Transport Police, is a Fellow at the Society of Leadership Fellows, Windsor Castle, a Board Director and Tr…

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112: The trailblazers fostering an inclusive culture: In conversation with Nicky Regazzoni and George Blizzard, Co-Founders, The PR Network 40:47

7M ago40:47

40:47

Shownotes: I talk a lot about women, mothers/carers, mid-career professionals, and leadership. Of course, these are intersecting identities that coalesce at different points in life to create additional barriers for working women. We are not even talking about race, disability, ethnicity, ageism etc. And I talk about these issues because I was sque…

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111: The role of HR in curating organisational purpose and culture: Marcia La-Rose, Group People & Diversity Director, Four Communications 26:02

8M ago26:02

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R7HlirRiUQqzThp7cBa8 Shownotes: A couple of months back I spoke with Marcia La Rose, Group People and Diversity Director, Four Agency Worldwide. Her story is uplifting - she has been at the agency for over 2 decades with over a decade in leadership roles and has been heavily involved in the agency’s acquisition of B-Corp status. In our freewheeling…

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109: The relevance of context, leadership and doing DEIB right: Akin Thomas CEO and Founder AKD Solutions Ltd 33:39

9M ago33:39

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SHOWNOTES: How does context help up define and be comfortable with who we are? In a recent conversation with Akin Thomas we spoke the role of context and how it helps us define our identity. We also spoke about his entrepreneurial streak, how the Johnson and Johnson credo inspired him to define it for his business. In this very thought provoking an…

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110: Building a purpose led, B-Corp business: A conversation with Kirsty Leighton, CEO and Founder Milk & Honey PR 29:15

9M ago29:15

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Shownotes I recently spoke with Kirsty Leighton Founder and Managing Partner of award winning consultancy Milk & Honey PR, the highest scoring B Corp global communications agency in the world. As someone who speaks so much about purpose, it is always a great learning opportunity for me to engage with people/founders who believe in the power of purp…

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108: Power and influence of top 2000 companies in achieving the SDGs: Samantha Ndiwalana, World Benchmarking Alliance 21:27

10M ago21:27

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Shownotes A while ago I invited Samantha Ndiwalana, a Senior Researcher at World Benchmarking Alliance to talk about the pivotal role of the private sector in meeting the SDGs. The WBA maps 2000 of the worlds most influential companies. The influence is staggering, the companies have over $36.5 trillion in revenue and employ more than 97 million pe…

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107: Championing accessible tourism: Neha Arora, Founder, Planet Abled 35:35

10M ago35:35

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Shownotes: As a podcast host I meet so many inspiring people - I recently met with Neha Arora, who quit her job after working for nearly a decade in the private sector to set up Planet Abled (2016) with a vision to make travel/tourism accessible and inclusive for people with disabilities. Today, Planet Abled has grown to become a destination develo…

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106: State of Black and Ethnic Minority leaders in Board rooms and the C-Suite: Barbara Philips, Chair REEB, PRCA a 29:42

10M ago29:42

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Shownotes After the initial high of 2020/21 DEIB/A or whatever you would like to call it, is facing rough going - budgets are being cut, dedicated DEI staff are being sacked or are leaving in droves. Organisations are using the cost of living crisis and economic slowdown as an excuse which doesn’t really make sense - are they easily expendable? Wha…

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105: Sustainability in practice: In conversation with Serbjeet Kohli, Sustainability Practice Lead, Steer 36:25

11M ago36:25

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Shownotes What does it mean for a business to be Carbon Neutral? Did you know that the buildings businesses inhabit can sometimes have the highest impact on their carbon footprint? When businesses set ambitions to be Net Zero, what are the steps they take to get there? Does taking positive climate action mean sacrificing growth? According to @Serbj…

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104: Tips for women to be successful in the workplace with Mohana Talapatra 34:24

11M ago34:24

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Shownotes I don’t have to be a crystal gazer to say that we have a long way to go before we achieve gender equality and even longer before we get to gender equity. This is not something unique to one part of the world, this is a reality across geographies in developed and developing countries. After decades of advocacy the only thing we can say wit…

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103: Project Mumbai: Harnessing kindness to build India's kindness capital - In conversation with Shishir Joshi Founder and CEO Project Mumbai 29:08

11M ago29:08

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Shownotes In the midst of all the doom and gloom, here is a heart warming story and wonderful initiative that taps into the ‘kindness bone’ of people. My guest on The Elephant in the Room podcast this week is Shishir Joshi, a veteran journalist and the Founder and Chief Executive of the award-winning not-for-profit Project Mumbai (www.projectmumbai…

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102: The Role of the Oil & Gas sector in a 'Just Transition' with Vicky Sins, World Benchmarking Alliance 31:52

12M ago31:52

31:52

Shownotes: I think it is safe to say that 2023 has brought climate consciousness to more people than ever before. Extreme climate events across the world - forest fires, extreme heat, intense droughts, flooding, melting polar ice, changes in the weather pattern, rising air pollution, declining biodiversity have made it difficult for us to ignore cl…

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101: How HR leaders are leading on purpose and inclusion: Seetha Rani KP, Head of Human Resources at Philips Innovation Campus 24:23

12M ago24:23

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I can never say this enough - hosting my own podcast means I have had the privilege to meet so many wonderful people, some of whom have gone on to become friends and trusted advisors. My first meeting with Seetha Rani KP was last year when running a workshop for NASSCOM senior industry leaders in Bengaluru, we connected over our lived experiences (…

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100: Climate disclosure imperatives for India: Prarthana Borah, India Director, CDP 40:34

1y ago40:34

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Shownotes Most of the narrative around climate change, net zero, SDGs is framed from a global north perspective. Most of the studies (90% or more) on climate change are by academics and institutions based in the global north - primarily North America, Europe and Australia. Ironically the countries that have contributed most to global warming. Not o…

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99: Rosie Wainwright social justice ambassador: On her lived experiences, career, mentors....... 31:53

1y ago31:53

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Shownotes: According to the Social Mobility Commission Report from last year only 35% of adults in the UK believe that everyone has a fair chance to go as far as their hard work will take them and 46% said that where you end up in society is mainly determined by your background and who your parents were. It is hard to disagree with what the commiss…

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98: Benevolent leadership, purpose and fitting in with Sanjani Shah, the Global Head of PR, Body Shop 41:09

1y ago41:09

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Shownotes: The angst associated with the imposter syndrome is something that a lot of us have felt or continue to feel at various points of our life. This angst is different to the fear that comes with not being a ‘culture fit’. For decades organisations have weaponised ‘culture fit’ to exclude those who do not conform to the dominant cultural norm…

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97: DATTALION: How Ukrainian women are collaborating to capture stories of war for posterity: Dina Nemyrovych 36:57

1y ago36:57

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Shownotes: TRIGGER WARNING: I have mental fatigue because I live between two countries, I feel unsettled, cannot plan too far into the future and there is a constant sense of restlessness, a journey not completed……..But, all of this I do out of choice (difficult though it may be). This is not about me but about perspective. Most of us cannot even b…

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96Discussing social mobility with two role models: Victoria Ayodeji and Marley Ahmed; Career Ready Youth Advisory Board Members 42:13

1y ago42:13

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According to a Deloitte Report from last year, “The UK has one of the poorest rates of social mobility in the developed world. This means that people born into low-income families, regardless of their talent, or their hard work, do not have the same access to opportunities as those born into more privileged circumstances”. Charities like The Nation…

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95: A conversation with Farzana Baduel, Co-Founder, Curzon PR on PR, Purpose and Leadership 23:21

1y ago23:21

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Shownotes Not all Asians have the same stories and experiences. My guest on The Elephant in the Room podcast this week Farzana Baduel, a successful entrepreneur and Co-Founder of Curzon PR was inspired by her mother and her aunts who ran their own successful businesses in Pakistan. She also considers her identity as a British Asian to be her streng…

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94: Advancing the equity & inclusion agenda in 2023: In conversation with Leela Stake, Global Lead FH4Inclusion, Co-Lead True MOSAIC DE&I Practice 28:18

1+ y ago28:18

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Shownotes: One of the best things about hosting my podcast is that I get to spotlight some incredible people from across the world, especially people from previously underrepresented groups and communities. A couple of weeks back I spoke with @Leela Stake, Global Lead FH4Inclusion, Co-Lead True MOSAIC DE&I Practice. Out side of work she is Vice Cha…

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93: Mapping India's journey to Net Zero: A conversation with Shailesh Haribhakti 33:51

1+ y ago33:51

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In November 2021 Indian announced its updated NDC - to achieve net zero carbon emission by 2070. And to meet 50% of its electricity requirements from renewable energy sources by 2030. This was a bold and significant moment not just for India, but for the fight against climate change. India is the third largest emitter of CO2 in the world, though CO…

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92: Building an inclusive fintech organisation: Karoline Raets, and Laurent Jacquemin 35:31

1+ y ago35:31

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Shownotes: Everybody wants to talk about fintech - apparently it is the new normal. I recently learnt that a staggering 95% of the founders of the FinTech 50 list are male. Not difficult to do the math here - it means women founders make an abysmal 5%. An International Monetary Fund Report from Dec 2022 - Digital Gender Gap, says that women represe…

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91: A conversation on enabling culture change with Ricky Forde, Senior Director, EMEA Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging, FTI Consulting 33:42

1+ y ago33:42

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It has not been long since the PR/Comms Industry started to be conscious about the impact of inherent racism, prejudice and discrimination on employees from black, and ethnic minority groups. Moving from talk to taking action for change has been painfully slow. It is important to acknowledge that organisations in the industry are at different stage…

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90: Aspiring women in tech: A conversation with Aarushi Nair, Ambassador & Community Volunteer AnitaB.org | #GHC22 #NextIsNow | #GirlsWhoCode 23:17

1+ y ago23:17

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Shownotes 36 %: No of women employees In the Indian tech sector (the biggest employer by far) 51%: Women entry level recruits 🤩🤩🤩 25%: Women in managerial positions 😕☹️ (how bad or unsupportive does the culture need to be to get educated women to leave) 1% : Women in the C-Suite 🤷🏾‍♀️🤷🏾‍♀️ (This cannot happen without entrenched and systemic biases)…

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89: Driving stakeholder well being through sustainable development: Anirban Ghosh, Head for Center for Sustainability, Mahindra University 34:46

1+ y ago34:46

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Shownotes: India was ranked 121 out of 163 countries in the 2022 Global Index of SDGs. It has also been identified as a global hotspot by the IPCC in terms of geographical and socio-economic vulnerabilities. In 2023 India is expected to become the most populous country in the world. As a rapidly growing economy with decades of infrastructure growth…

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88: Doing Social Mobility Better: Tokunbo Ajasa Oluwa, CEO of Career Ready 29:31

1+ y ago29:31

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Shownotes: According to a report from last year by a leading consulting firm - compared with the other developed countries, the most disadvantaged in the UK are less likely to climb the income ladder and economically advantaged tend to stay at the top. No surprise there… It is no secret that, the on going impact of the pandemic, cost of living cris…

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87: Kwame Senou: Reclaiming and redefining the Africa narrative 50:13

1+ y ago50:13

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Shownotes: 👉🏾 How many of you know that Africa is home to approximately one third of the world’s languages? 👉🏾 That there are at least 75 languages in Africa which have more than one million speakers 👉🏾 That it has a combined landmass of China, US, India, Japan and much of Europe (11.7 million sq mi)? 👉🏾 Considering its size, demographic dividend, …

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86: Spotlight: Mental Health, the hidden crisis amongst Indian students: A conversation with Dr Dr Lata Dhir Prof of Organisational Behaviour & Leadership SPJIMR 31:50

1+ y ago31:50

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WARNING: THE INFORMATION BELOW MAY BE TRIGGERING 1.64 lakhs, a daily average of 450 or 18 per hour….. That is the number of deaths due to suicides in India in 2021 The statistics for death by suicide amongst young people is worse. Not surprising then that this is the third leading cause of death amongst young adults and a significant problem amongs…

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85: Tehseen Zaidi: Advocating for gender diversity in the workplace 24:29

1+ y ago24:29

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Shownotes: What is it like to be brought up in a conservative, small town where girls are groomed from their childhood to just be good daughters, wives and mothers? For the 85th episode of The Elephant in the Room podcast I spoke with Tehseen Zaidi, Head Communications, Syngenta India. Growing up in a small town in UP, Tehseen was unlike her peers,…

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84: Building sustainable livelihoods in rural India: A conversation with Dhruvi Shah, CEO Axis Bank Foundation 25:13

1+ y ago25:13

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Shownotes: In the 84th Episode of The Elephant in the Room Podcast, I spoke with Dhruvi Shah, Executive Trustee and CEO of Axis Bank Foundation about her journey as a banker and transitioning to working for the foundation. In the episode we talked about the work being done by Axis Bank Foundation in the ‘sustainable livelihoods’ in rural India, pri…

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83: The building blocks of an inclusive organisation with Sushma Uthappa-Schwerdt 22:07

1+ y ago22:07

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Shownotes: Racism/casteism comes in various forms across the world, sometimes it is overt and sometimes it is coded. In either form it negatively impacts the life and life chances of millions of people who move to a different country to seek a better or more stable future. Sometimes it can break people and other times it makes them more resilient a…

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82: Are DEI efforts stalling globally? Nadach Musungu, Inclusion Lead at Kantar and Abhijeet Roy, Senior Growth Leader at Kantar 34:41

1+ y ago34:41

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At the first PRCA EIAC Conference in September this year, Kantar launched its 2022 Inclusion Index. The Inclusion Index covers 24 industries across 14 countries and 18000 respondents. For Kantar a key purpose of the report, is to enable organisations to understand, measure and track and their own progress in developing an inclusive workplaces. Inte…

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81: Conversations with DEI leaders: Richa Singh (she/her) VP HR - D&I and CSR at Max Life Insurance 44:33

1+ y ago44:33

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Shownotes: We all know that countries and cultures are not monolithic and homogeneous. That when we speak about diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI), we are at different points in our journey; sensitivity and awareness levels may wildly differ from country to country within a region or a continent. So, the drivers for DEI will differ from one geog…

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80: A conversation with Sheeraz Gulsher, Co-Founder People Like Us on building a fairer industry 20:50

2y ago20:50

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Shownotes For the 80th episode of The Elephant in the Room podcast, I met with the amazing Sheeraz Gulsher, one of the co-Founders of People Like Us. People Like Us is an award winning not-for-profit that celebrates and supports media, marketing and communications professionals from Black, Asian, Mixed Race and minorities ethnic backgrounds. Accord…

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79: End of Bossism: Servant Leadership Comes of Age with David Thomas Guerra , Transformist 40:04

2y ago40:04

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Shownotes In several episodes of The Elephant in the Room podcast I have spoken with CEOs, academics, influencers on what leadership means. This is a part of my own quest to understand leaders and leadership by listening to others and to redefine it through the lens of my own experience. In this episode of the podcast I speak with @Dave Guerra the …

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78: Rich world view, poor Adivasi: Status of Adivasi Livelihoods Report: Dibyendu Chaudhuri and Parijat Ghosh, PRADAN 31:48

2y ago31:48

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Shownotes “I would say that this report presents a contradictory picture, which is probably a feature of this report. And this contradiction is about rich Adivasi and poor Adivasi. Rich Adivasi in terms of their world view and cultural practices, but poor Adivasi in terms of the deprivation” The 78th episode of The Elephant in the Room podcast, is …

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77: A conversation with Rachita Vora, Co-Founder, India Development Review - The contribution of social sector to India's growth agenda 28:49

2y ago28:49

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Shownotes My guest on The Elephant in the Room podcast this week took the path less trodden. After a BA in History from Yale and an MBA from Judge Business School - she didn’t follow the path of her peers to investment banking but decided to pursue a career in the social sector in spite of the disapproval of family and friends. Rachita Vora is co-f…

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76: Building a clean label brand - the highs and lows of being a female entrepreneur: Anusha Bhushan, CEO and Co-Founder, Smoodies 26:36

2y ago26:36

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“And it is really hard, I think, especially when imposter syndrome sort of plays on your mind saying, do I deserve to be so audacious with my dreams. And actually, for some time, I think I used to say the right thing, so I used to say that I'm playing a go big strategy, but when it came to actually making decisions, I would take a slightly safer ro…

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75: Prison reforms: Decongesting Indian Prisons: Justice Madan B Lokur and Sugandha Mathur 49:58

2y ago49:58

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Shownotes: For the 6th episode of The Elephant in the Room podcast in partnership with India Justice Report - we focused on the overburdened Indian prisons. For a very long time India’s prison system has been known for overcrowding, unhygienic conditions and the disproportionate number of under trials in the prison population. The covid-19 pandemic…

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74: How leaders lead? A conversation with Liz Sweigart, Chief Product & Strategy Officer, Safe Kids AI 43:17

2y ago43:17

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Shownotes: My guest on The Elephant in the Room podcast this week is Liz Sweigart, PhD Chief Product & Strategy Officer, Safe Kids AI. Liz serves on several boards, is a frequent author and speaker on mental wellness and mental health. In the episode we explore leaders, leadership, conscious, moral, ethical, moral leadership. We also spoke about he…

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73: Reclaiming my identity and life a conversation with Ruchika Singh 20:08

2y ago20:08

20:08

Shownotes: What do people think of as they are coming to the end of their college/University degree? The future, a new life, new job, new friends, travel, and new adventures. And most people step into this beautiful but messy world full of hopes and dreams. My guest this week on The Elephant in the Room podcast Ruchika Singh, had to press pause on …

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72: Building a humane prisons in India: A case for reform: Prof Murali Karnam and Mr Somesh Goyal, 54:58

2y ago54:58

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Shownotes: The core purpose of the partnership between The Purpose Room and The India Justice Report is about helping raise awareness and understanding of the Indian justice system and also getting ordinary citizens to understand, be aware and curious about the justice system. The aim of course is to discuss how the delivery of quality justice must…

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71: Using gender sensitive communications as a tool to build an inclusive culture 42:55

2y ago42:55

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Shownotes The language we use often reflects the widely accepted socio-cultural values, norms, and beliefs that society holds, including roles men/women and non binary people play. For as long as we know language has been used to undermine people making them seem less competent, confident and places an expectations on what people can aspire too. Th…

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70: A conversation on Gihan Hyde on ESG communications 31:41

2y ago31:41

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Shownotes: It is phenomenal to meet with women who refuse to conform to stereotypes, are not averse to risks and are very confident of the space they occupy (or seek to occupy). As a Black, Arab, female founder of an ESG Consultancy Communique. Gihan A.M Hyde جيهان هايد wants to use her skills to work on what she is passionate about, challenging st…

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69: What ails Indian policing? A conversation with Jacob Punnose and Jayanto Choudhury 53:52

2y ago53:52

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Shownotes “Policing is a service to the citizen, when citizen needs the policemen, the policemen should be there at the police station. This is the responsibility of a democratically elected government, this is a guarantee given under the constitution to protect the life and property of every citizen.” Maintaining law and order is a state subject i…

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68: Roma Balwani: The leadership journey 29:48

2y ago29:48

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Shownotes What makes a good leader? Who is a good leader? Are women better leaders? What or who shapes our leadership styles? Why do women continue to be underrepresented at the C-Suite level across the world? These are some of the questions I have been asking my guests on The Elephant in the Room podcast - in an attempt to demystify leadership and…

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