ContraMinds Podcast - Unlocking Personal Growth and Professional Excellence
Hosted by Sivaraman Swaminathan (Swami), this show decodes what goes on behind the minds of people who strive to achieve mastery, excellence, and success in their business or profession. It explores their life purpose, motivations and inspiration, and attempts to understand their personal growth journey. We try to understand the why behind what they do and how they are successfully accomplishing what they set out to do in their lives.
You can discover the mental models of these high performers, who are career achievers and leaders in their own right and seek to learn from their practices and experiences. The conversation dives deep into their lifelong learning methods, personal development and self-improvement strategies that they work on, their workplace rituals or practices that have made them successful in their business, startup, or entrepreneurial journey.
These conversations will inspire you, open your mind to new possibilities and help you reimagine your purpose, goals, and practices to become extraordinary in both your life and career.
- Update frequency
- every 19 days
- Average duration
- 71 minutes
- Episodes
- 87
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
The Super CMO Show - Sukumar Muthya (#005)
Inside the Mind of a Technology-Driven Marketer
Sukumar Muthya is a seasoned marketing technology executive with over 27 years of marketing experience across a variety of industries - from manufacturi…
The Super CMO Show - Amit Tiwari (#004)
Amit Tiwari is a Martech Leader with a new-age marketing approach for new marketing technology enablement. His experience includes a crucial role in the modernization and transformation of marketing …
The Super CMO Show - Prof. Tanvi Gupta (#003)
Dr. Tanvi Gupta is an Associate Professor of Marketing at the Indian Institute of Management Udaipur (IIMU) and a practicing semiotician. Her academic research focuses on brand language and consumer …
#039 Pooja Jauhari on Leadership Lessons in Building a Disruptive and Value Driven Marketing Firm
Pooja Jauhari is the former Group CEO of VMLY&R India, and former CEO of The Glitch. Over her two-decade-long career, Pooja has worked with some of the biggest brands in the country and the world, an…
The Super CMO Show - Prof. Peter Fader (#002)
Prof. Peter Fader is the Frances and Pei-Yuan Chia Professor of Marketing at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. His expertise centres on the analysis of behavioural data to underst…
#038: Dr. Aniruddha Malpani on The State of Indian Education - Outdated Systems, Flawed Teaching Methods and Myopic Parenting
Dr. Aniruddha Malpani is a pioneering IVF Specialist, Angel Investor and Social Impact Entrepreneur. Through his firm Malpani Ventures, Dr. Malpani has contributed immensely in promoting India's star…
#037: Prem Kumar Gokuladasan on How Technology Can Transform India’s Rural Education
Prem Kumar is the founder of Kalvi40, a mobile educational technology app that is transforming the way education is imparted to over 750 Government schools across 26 districts in Tamil Nadu.
A seasone…
The Super CMO Show - Marc de Swaan Arons (#001)
HUMANIZED GROWTH: A NEW BLUEPRINT FOR MARKETING
Mark de Swaan Arons is a thought leader in global marketing leadership. An experienced marketing hand, Marc had a successful 14-year career with Unileve…
The Best Advice Our Guests Ever Received | 2022 Recap
Is it Your life is your responsibility or Just keep going. No matter what or pay yourself first. It does not matter how good the advice is if you have benefited from it!
As Prof Annapurni says, W…
What advice would you give to an 18-Year Old at University? | 2022 Recap
What advice would you give to an 18-year-old in university? Is it Getting out of the bubble of your Majors? Developing communication skills or simply sticking to the basics?
As Prof Annapurni says…
What Does Success Mean To You? | 2022 Recap
What Does Success Mean To You? Is it about how much money you make for yourself, or is it in being able to give back to society? Is it a measure of happiness or in constantly striving to achieve your…
#036: Rupal Patel on Identity-Driven Leadership: Lessons Learnt from the CIA, to being a CEO
Rupal Patel is an ex-CIA agent turned entrepreneur, international speaker and business consultant. She helps founders and executives unlock their potential through a powerful new toolkit that reveals…
#035: The Chris Yeh Experience: On Design, Leadership and Blitzscaling
A writer, investor, and entrepreneur, Chris Yeh has had a ringside seat in the world of startups and scale-ups since 1995. His books help founders, venture capitalists, corporate leaders, policymaker…
#034: Thales Teixeira on Digital Disruption Through Decoupling
Prof. Thales Teixeira is the co-founder of digital disruption consultancy Decoupling.co. Previously, he was the Lumry Family Associate Professor at Harvard Business School, where he taught MBA, docto…
#033: B Joseph Pine II on Want to Win Customers? Sell Them Experiences.
B. Joseph Pine II is an internationally acclaimed author, speaker, and management advisor to Fortune 500 companies and entrepreneurial start-ups alike. He is the cofounder of Strategic Horizons LLP, …
#032: Prasad Mangipudi on Building a World-Class Sports Ecosystem in India
Prasad Mangipudi is one of the top sports development and marketing minds in India. Prasad is the Managing Director of Sportzlive - a company primarily focused on investing and creating Sports IPRs i…
#031: Paul Zak on Applying Neuroscience in Engagement, Immersion and Brand Interactions
Intro
Paul Zak is an American neuroeconomist. He is the co-founder of Immersion Neuroscience, which creates technologies that enable human flourishing. His specialities include neuroeconomics, neuroma…
#030: Connor Joyce on How Behavioral Science is shaping the core of Product Development
Connor Joyce is a behavioral science evangelist who writes extensively about the future of work, helping establish the field of behavioral science.
In this episode on The ContraMinds Podcast, Connor s…
#029: Shyam Sekhar on The Founder's Guide to Finance
Shyam Sekhar is the Ideator and Founder of ithought Financial Consulting LLP.
He is an active and renowned value investor with over 30 years of experience in financial markets.
His focus as an investor…
#028: Sunder Madakshira on The Power of Connecting Data, Brands, and Strategy
Sunder Madakshira currently serves as the CEO of Rezolve in India.
He has held leadership roles for over 26 years in Sales and Marketing with companies such as Adobe, Hindustan Unilever, VISA, SAP, WI…