Episodes

What do you remember - not the long messages and numbers - we only remember stories. Stories are a way to build brands. Paul Singh talks with Rajesh Setty; who has written 16 books and has been teaching this skill to entrepreneurs for the last 10 years.

Listen to our guest Alexandra Sasha Johnson, who is an entrepreneur, investor and thought leader in entrepreneurship in Eastern Europe and Russia in discussions with our co-host Paul Singh about the issues of entrepreneurship in general and the specific challenges faced by founders of tech companies from Eastern Europe and Russia.

Listen to the host for the episode Paul Singh in discussions with Naeem Zafar to provide a perspective from a Startup CEO doing business globally and the challenges and opportunities he is facing. Also we will discuss entrepreneurship education and how it differs globally.

Listen to our host for the episode R. Paul Singh in discussions with Jessica Hasson about how the field of public relations has changed and how startups can use it to grow their business globally. Jessica runs her own PR agency, Pulp PR and has been doing PR for the last 20 years and offers some practical advice

In the age of the Internet, startups are born global and find customers everywhere irrespective of their origin country. In fact, most modern startups have their teams distributed across the world. So in this season, we are going to talk to entrepreneurs, executives, investors, and consultants who are part of startups going global.

Dr Johri from Oxford explains how to enhance your leadership and management skills to operate efficiently in today’s fast evolving world and adjust to the environmental needs. How should the leaders navigate and be effective in these times. His efforts in this direction at OAMLP (Oxford advanced Management and Leadership Program) and guidance to global leaders from across the world has enabled the program to achieve Global Ranking of number 2 as per Financial Times.

Two prominent authors and intellectuals from Oxford discuss the impact of Kindness in Leadership. In a global climate of increasing complexity and uncertainty, there have been calls for a more responsible form of leadership in business and society. The relationship between kindness and leadership is therefore a topic of fundamental importance for our well-being as individuals, for the success of our organisations, and for the future of our global community. Kindness in Leadership is one of the f...

Storytelling is suddenly a hot skill, but it wasn’t so when our guest Sam Swaminathan started his leadership coaching journey with a card that read “Storyteller”. In his two decades as coach, Sam has inspired more than 400,000 people in more than 20 countries that worked for giant corporations like Fedex, 3M, Infosys, Accenture and Unilever. Our guest host, Gaurav Rastogi, discusses how storytelling is an essential leadership skill, as it connects the head and the heart. Hard technical skills ar...

We have attention deficit. The weaponization of the “technologies of mass distraction” has destroyed our ability to focus. At the same time, our work requires us to bring more emotional energy, focus and creativity. The future human worker needs to learn skill-- the ability to do deep work, the ability to learn, and the ability to find and learn from challenges at work. How can Meditation and Yoga bring these two together? We discuss with Gaurav Rastogi.

Wall Street is used to companies setting and meeting expectations. But recently, all too often companies that play this fail-safe game have begun to fail. What is going on? This week in Global Business, Mahesh Joshi and Gaurav Rastogi are discussing A New Kind of Math, and how today’s leaders should have the ability to build “belief” in a yet unseen future. This requires having the power to suspend skepticism. Just as algebra begins with “let there be an X such that”...today’s leaders must have ...

The future of work is continuous learning. How are the companies and employees computing their ROE, the Return on Education? We continue our discussion with Oxford's Prof Lalit Johri, and entrepreneur Gaurav Rastogi. We discuss, how educational institutions are adapting to the explosion in new learning technologies and methodologies, on the one hand, and to the need for a fast paced digestion of real-world learning needs on the other. Humanity's future depends on how well we transform the busine...

The term frontier markets was coined in 1992 by the International Finance Corporation (IFC), and it referred to a subset of emerging markets. Subsequently, frontier indices was established by major providers like Standard & Poor’s, MSCI, Russell Investments and FTSE. The number of frontier markets in these indices ranges from 25 in the MSCI index to 41 in the Russell Frontier Index. The criteria for inclusion, is that it should not already be a component of any emerging market or developed marke...

We have been discussing the Disruption in every industry in recent episodes. Today we have a very special guest, Professor Lalit Johri from the University of Oxford's Said Business School, talking with Global Business host Mahesh Joshi and our series guest, Gaurav Rastogi. Our guest this week brings us the perspective of a 1000+ years old University, and shows us how Universities must perform a dual role- one of transferring functional knowledge or technical skills, and another as seats of cultu...

Listen to an intriguing discussion on the role of failure on the road to success. Companies that try too hard to avoid failing inevitably crash and burn. Adopting a positive attitude towards work and failure allow us to make the most of opportunities. This week Gaurav Rastogi and the host, Mahesh Joshi, are talking about how to think of work as a “Failure Gym”. Just as we go to the gym to build our muscle tone and strength, we should use the power to fail as a way of building our strength. That’...

For peak performance as a leader, get out of the yoga studio, and learn to become a Corporate Yogi. The future of human work is the subject of this week’s discussion. In the age of distraction and destruction, as we discussed previously, the new model of the Corporate Yogi is filled with hope for the future of humanity. While others despair about the dystopia that technology will unleash, Gaurav and Mahesh are talking this week about how all the technology will finally give us time to pay attent...

Oil industry is under sharp focus. There is a lot of narrative for the increased role of renewable energy, and impact of Electric vehicles and self-driving vehicle on oil. All of these indicate a hard time for oil. With the focus on environmental issues and clean energy, is it the end of Oil? One could also say that Oil is also renewable energy. It just takes longer to renew.

Humans build culture and develop innovative technologies. What causes the distraction and disruptions which we are seeing now. Listen to the expert on March 21st 2018 at 9.00AM pacific time in discussion on the relationship of Human, culture, and Technology in causing disruption.

Leadership in the age of Distraction and Destruction has become very challenging with the old paradigms and time tested concepts being challenged, destroyed and replaced by new thinking. Several elements are creating a change in the management and leadership style. Rise of new media has created new media stars and a different and direct way of communication. It is allowing instant communication between the communicator and the receivers with open channel for communication both ways and that too ...

Goldman Sachs identified the “Next 11” (N-11), countries in 2005, as the next in line to become economic powerhouses. The main criteria used to identify these countries was the stability of the countries’ politics and fiscal and monetary policy. The other factors were the amount of trade barriers each country imposed and Quality of education in each country. They have large growing young population. In future can these eleven countries become as influential as the BRIC’S, particularly in the inv...

Destructions in the age of Distraction is becoming quite prominent. The old paradigms and time tested concepts are being challenged, destroyed and replaced by new thinking. Geo political shifts with rising Nationalism are creating a possible crises for Globalization. New Start-ups are replacing the Industrial giants as the top market companies. The question in every ones mind is What are these destructions and how they impact us all.

The Industrial Age is over. Some argue that we are entering the Fourth Industrial Revolution, while others call it the Information Age or Digital Age. But my guest today has convincing evidence that the right name for our times is “The Distraction Age”.

In 2001 the world began talking about the BRIC countries - Brazil, Russia, India and China - as potential powerhouses of the world economy. The term was coined by economist Jim O'Neill, who has now identified the Mint countries - Mexico, Indonesia, Nigeria and Turkey - as emerging economic giants. Another term in play is TIMP’s As was the case with BRICS, and is with MINT, term TIMP’s came from the investment community. Bob Turner, the chief investment officer at Turner Investment partners in US...

We live in an age of distraction and destruction. The old order is being destroyed before our eyes, whether it’s politics, technology, business or economics. But it’s the distractions that pose a larger threat. We are distracted by constant change, the frenetic news cycles and the weaponization of the technologies of mass distraction, such as social media and 24x7 communications. Listen to Corporate Yogi, Ekras Gorakh; Mr Gaurav Rastogi elaborate on what leaders need to do to balance Emotional, ...

The Medical Virtualist! Is It Time for a New Medical Specialty? As per WHO, In 2015 there were an estimated 43 million global health workers, including physicians and nurses/midwives. Basis a threshold of 4.45 skilled health professionals per 1000 population, estimated needs-based shortage of health-care workers globally would be about 17.4 million of which almost 2.6 million are doctors and over 9 million are nurses and midwives. Available statistics show that over 44% of WHO Member States repo...