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Stars of Learning, features interviews from eminent industry leaders, management experts, entrepreneurs, educator and many more who has vast experience and in-depth knowledge on the L&D topic. The host, Jyothi G discuss challenges, solutions, latest trends, tools & technology, leadership and their journey in the learning. Mission of Podcast - Engage, Enlighten & Empower, the L&D fraternity to grow and fast track the learning phase and not reinvent the wheel. Sign up @ www.prajvitaknowledge.com

Episodes

Sunday Jan 12, 2020

Ep 18: TALENT Discovery - Accelerating potential to infinite possibilities

Sunday Jan 12, 2020

TALENT Discovery - Accelerating potential to infinite possibilities!!

Subramanian Sivakumar - a Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Pratian Technologies and he is also the CEO of the World Research Centre, a deep tech global research and investment ecosystem of the future & the Member of Board Of Directors for many Research Centers across the globe.

Subbu is also a serial entrepreneur with over two decades of experience in the IT industry. He has extensive cross-cultural leadership experience having worked with Fortune 500 companies, across large Global Enterprises and startups in all major geographies. He has been a Digital Business Specialist, Innovator, Architect, Mentor, Strategy Consultant, and Investor.

Few questions I ask Subramanian Sivakumar on how to focus on Talent Discovery program and a whole spectrum view to the individuals based on each one’s potential, they discover and recommend the right fitment is as follows: Time Stamps: 5:03m to 56:30m

A little background about Subramanian Sivakumar? 5:03
Why it is important to focus on Talent Discovery? 9:03
How did Pratian benefit from Talent Discovery? 13:22
Will this discovery help to identify the right people? 15:41
How does the Talent Discovery Platform make hiring easier? 18:25
Will it deliver excellence to the individual as well as the organization? 20:39
From your experience, can you give insight on What Every organization should be mindful of… while looking out for talent ? 22:58
What is the approach and is there any model/framework you recommend? 27:57
What would be the roadblock? challenges in this journey and even the acceptance from the organization? 29:28
It’s just not the organization building this culture & the candidate getting scaled on the skill …There are managers ….what should they Know in this process & what is their role? 31:36
Is there an intent evaluation – what is the approach you follow? 33:52
Would you also give a career path for the individual? 35:15
How can one understand how the behaviors of the candidate will impact the performance of the candidate? 37:17
Would this also give the report and compares it to the benchmarked model of a particular job role? 38:06
Can you give an aerial view of the Skill Assure program & how it works? How that translates into business continuity? 39:14
What is the success ratio going through this model? 41:56
Is there any example that you want to share (maybe your client or employee) about SkillAssure where you delivered something truly unique? 45:34
Would this discovery help for reinforcement or continuous learning too? How about upskilling or cross-skilling? 47:49
Is there anything else you would like to add, that will be of value to my listeners? 50:45
Do you also want to share what Pratian is doing? 51:45
How do you see talent strategy trends in 2020 and what are the key elements of a successful talent strategy? 54:24

"Powerful question" to my guest to unveil for my listeners. to engage, enlighten and empower (& that’s the mission of my podcast too) Timestamp at 56:31 Mts to 1:03 hr.

According to you, what is the “STAR” moment?
What “inspires you” to do everything that you do?
If you owned the company, what’s one thing you would do differently in learning?
What are the three most important things you would like to accomplish right now?
if I may ask you, What are your strengths
What’s the best book you’ve read this year? or anytime you recommend for my listeners.
What are the characteristics of the best boss role models or mentors/coach you ever had? What made that person great?
Are there any tools that you use on a daily basis to be a better you?
In continuation, are there any habit you are practicing which has made you successful in whatever you do
Your advice to people who are new and want to accelerate their career, and are there any core skills you recommend?

Resources & Thought Leaders mentioned in this episode:

Connect with Subramanian Sivakumar@

LinkedIn

ss@pratian.com

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Please visit www.prajvitaknowledge.com/podcast for complete show notes of this episode. For questions, comments and guest suggestions, contact the host, Jyothi G at LinkedIn or email @ prajvitapro@gmail.com

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Saturday Jan 04, 2020

Ep 17: Essence of Journaling – One Habit can transform your life (Solo)

Saturday Jan 04, 2020

Topic: Essence of Journaling – One Habit can transform your life!!

My first Solo Episode – “Failing to plan is planning to fail. However, Taking action is an important step towards success”.

Time Stamps: 16:09m

Resources mentioned in this episode:

Journal I bought from Amazon

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Thursday Dec 05, 2019

Ep 16: Master Class in Healthcare Marketing with Rohit Gulati from Karl Storz

Thursday Dec 05, 2019

Rohit Gulati - Head Strategy & Group Marketing at KARL STORZ GmbH & Co KG - India and Sub-Continent who is a Senior Strategic Commercial Leader with a progressive experience of 14 years in the Healthcare Industry. Rohit has worked in leading healthcare MNCs like DePuy Synthes (A Johnson & Johnson Company), MSD (Merck Sharp and Dohme), Bausch & Lomb and Becton Dickinson across Sales, Strategy, and Marketing functions. He is passionate about building high-value brands to fuel rapid revenue growth for both established and start-up companies. He possesses an entrepreneurial mindset and employs strong team leadership to create an outsized impact with limited resources. As the Head Strategy and Group Marketing for KARL STORZ Endoscopy India (Leaders in Endoscopy, Imaging, and Operating Room Integration Solutions), he is responsible for the Corporate Strategy and Marketing of Imaging business in India and Subcontinent. A thorough team player with a keen eye for detail, he blends his learnings from digital, sales and marketing to deliver results and is always in pursuit of excellence.

Few questions I ask Rohit Gulati on how to focus on brand and build high-value brand/market opportunities in Healthcare is as follows: Time Stamps: 6:14m to 55:52m

A little background about Rohit Gulati? 06:14
What’s in a brand? What is your definition of Brand and Why do you say so? 07:52
What is the strategy in Building Big Brands? 09:11
How to enable leadership for brand focus? 11:07
How to measure the impact of brand in the organization growth? 12:51
Why branding is more important than ever? 17:13
Are there any examples that have positive as well as the negative brand image? 19:41
How to “Transform & Empower Marketing To Drive Change & Innovation? 22:35
What is Futuristic Marketing & what are Key Future technology trends? 23:54
What is the strategy you have applied in business practice or when working with a marketing team? 26:05
How does one understand the various segments/ value chain of Healthcare in India? 28:19
How to Become a Successful Marketer in Healthcare and How to make a Customer-Centric Brand Plan for your healthcare Product? 30:40
Are there Key Future technology trends in Healthcare too? like Blockchain, AI and VR & application? 34:42
How to bring in Digital Transformation in Companies & Basics of Digital to be successful in Healthcare? 37:14
What we cant miss is the Management Perspective. How do you tackle this? 40:06
What are the tools one has to use for brand during rollout or planning? 42:55
Can you share any one example or case study for my listeners to understand what goes into it and how one has to be mindful? 44:08
What would be the learning strategy & how do you focus on your skill? 46:20
Your perspective on creating a learning culture and How do you partner with L&D function to scale? 47:58
What are the challenges one encounter in any of the sectors in predicting marketing strategy? and how did you tackle to overcome these challenges? 49:20
Is there a benchmark that one can refer to be compliant and gear up? 51:30
How to Become a Successful Marketer and How to make a Customer-Centric Brand Plan for any of the Product? 53:03
Is there anything we’re leaving out here that needs to be addressed to my listeners? 55:24

"Powerful question" to my guest to unveil for my listeners. to engage, enlighten and empower (& that’s the mission of my podcast too) Timestamp at 56:36 Mts to 1:08 hr.

According to you, what is the “STAR” moment?
What “inspires you” to do everything that you do
If you owned the company, what’s one thing you would do differently in learning?
What are the three most important things you would like to accomplish right now?
if I may ask you…..What are your strengths
What’s the best book you’ve read this year? or anytime you recommend for my listeners.
What are the characteristics of the best boss role models or mentors/coach you ever had? What made that person great?
Are there any tools that you use on a daily basis to be a better you?
In continuation, are there any habit you are practicing which has made you successful in whatever you do
Your advice to people who are new and want to accelerate their career in marketing or healthcare, and are there any core skills you recommend?

Resources & Thought Leaders mentioned in this episode:

Elon Musk
David Ogilvy
Book - Catalyst by Chandramouli Venkatesan
MOOC
EdX
Coursera
Udemy
Linkedin

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LinkedIn

+91 9818396170

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Monday Nov 18, 2019

Ep 15: Millennials & Gamification - Don’t Teach me, Let me Learn!! by Aman Jain from VF Brands

Monday Nov 18, 2019

Topic: Millenials & Gamification: Don’t Teach me, Let me Learn!!

Aman Jain - a young, dynamic & dedicated HR professional currently working at VF brands India Pvt ltd as HR Manager, and his previous stint was as Lead Facilitator at Indus School of Leadership

+ presently pursuing Doctoral Program (OB & HRM) from IIM, and he is also the Founder & President of Zav Foundation.

Aman has shared greater insights on his research papers & a Couple of key Publications by Aman were on Millenials & Gamification, Learning makeover for Millenials, Gamification – Don’t teach me, let me learn! He has also received the Best Paper Award for his Case Study "Measuring of ROI in Retail Training & Shaping a New Learning Culture" @ Doctoral Consortium, Rajpura.

Few questions I ask Aman Jain on Millennials + changing generational behaviors and attributes of the workforce as that will be the key to future success is as follows: Time Stamps: 5:26m to 1:02 Hr

Aman’s background and how he got to where he is today?
Can you give a little insight into what made you do this research on `Millennials and Gamification: or why was this an interesting piece in the first place?
Why do we need to focus on Millennials?
What are the differences in outlook between the various generations?
What is your experience and what strategy the organization should use to collaborate and make use of the millennial workforce effectively?
Are there any Learning Principles and Millennial Learning Style you recommend for the organization/Hr/L&D need to adapt to the millennial’s preferences and styles?
How do learning and development professionals recognize and understand this new generation of learners and to educate, engage, work and lead them effectively?
How should Training managers modify their teaching strategies and course delivery methods to rein in the potential and the learning styles of millennials? How Do Millennials Learn Best? What works best?
How can we transition Learning and Development strategies to build a competitive millennial workforce that supports the organization’s future?
What do you propose for the organization to adopt a learning model for millennials which allows millennials to control what they learn, when, where and how they learn?
What are the Tools for Effective Learning for the Millennials?
What is gamification and why you need gamification for millennials Why’s that important? how is it relevant for the workforce?
what is your insight about Millennials Learning, Motivation and Gamification? Are there any models correlating motivating factors and gamification elements?
What are the ways of popularly gamify learning?
Do we also need to Empowering Millennials Through Leadership Development?

"Powerful question" to my guest to unveil for my listeners. to engage, enlighten and empower (& that’s the mission of my podcast too) Timestamp at 1:03 to 1:15 hr

My 1st Powerful question to you is… According to you, what is the “STAR” moment?
What “inspires you” to do everything that you do
If you owned the company, what’s one thing you would do differently in learning?
What are the three most important things you would like to accomplish right now?
if I may ask you…..What are your strengths
What’s the best book you’ve read this year? or anytime you recommend for my listeners.
What are the characteristics of the best boss role models or mentors/coaches you ever had? What made that person great?
Are there any tools that you use on a daily basis to be a better you?
In continuation, are there any habit you are practicing which has made you successful in whatever you do
Your advice to people who are new and want to accelerate their career in Learning & Development?

Resources & Thought Leaders mentioned in this episode:

The 7 habits of highly effective people by Stephen R Covey
Don’t Teach Me, Let me Learn! Millennial Learning
The Achieving Society by David C McClelland
Experiential Learning by David Kolb
The Adult Learner by Malcolm S. Knowles
Competing for the Future by Gary Hamel
Philip Kotler
Kirk Patrick
Debolina Dutta – Luminous Group
Anand David - Manford

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LinkedIn

+91 90088 66556

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Wednesday Nov 13, 2019

Ep 14: Season 2 Launch by Jyothi G

Wednesday Nov 13, 2019

I’m your host Jyothi G, & my passion and career is in engaging with People and focus on Talent Development. A hearty welcome to season 2 of SOL podcast. I’m super duper excited to begin season 2

A big big shout out to all my listeners who supported me in this journey and this is been phenomenal and been possible with all your encouragement, guidance. I hope to hear from you again in Season -2.

So what are you waiting for????

I’m sure you don’t want to miss the amazing inspiring story I have lined up including my solo episode…so…Pls…. hit the button subscribe and be updated on my upcoming episodes because life is all about to look forward to engage, enlighten and empower! I assure you that you will Master the best of what people have already figured out.”

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Wednesday Oct 02, 2019

Ep 13: Servant Leadership Journey @ UST Global with Dr. Madana Kumar from UST Global

Wednesday Oct 02, 2019

Topic: Servant Leadership Journey @ UST Global

Dr. Madana Kumar - Servant Leadership Evangelist, a passionate Thought Leader and Strategist on Leadership, and Organisational Learning who speaks at various forums like the NHRD, HR summit, CLO summit, ATD, etc. Currently balancing two roles. one in Corporate as the Vice President and Global Head of L&D at UST Global. Second in Theological Education as Director- Center for Leadership at South Asia Institute of Advanced Christian Studies. He holds a Ph.D. in Business Administration. He has dual Bachelor Degrees, a B.Sc (Physics) and a BE from the Indian Institute of Science. He holds an Advanced Diploma in Business Administration and Certificates on Leadership awarded by the Cornell University, USA. For his Doctoral work, Madana studied the application of Servant Leadership in Indian NGOs. Has won multiple awards nationally and internationally

Few questions I ask Dr. Madana Kumar on the relevance of Servant Leadership at larger companies and is it really possible to practice servant leadership and his tips and techniques who is driving this mission & practicing it internally at his company UST Global is as follows: Time Stamps: 5:46 to 37:28

You also call yourself `Servant Leader Evangelist’ what does that mean to you? Why this passion and how did this arise….on `Servant Leadership
How did you believe that the Servant Leadership style is appropriate for UST’s digital transformation journey?
How did you enable for leaders in UST to embrace it and scale-up, & to stay relevant and be part of this transformation journey?
Is there an issue in acceptance of Servant Leadership and how do you engage the direction?
How are you making the changes for people to adapt to servant leadership?
How did you enable the leadership buy-in to adopt servant leadership?
How this is being implemented in UST and how leaders across the system can adopt it in their daily work lives & advantages it can bring to them as a leader?
Does Servant Leadership enhance the Employee Engagement in your teams?
What is the Commitment from Management to the growth of people in business on Servant Leadership
How about `Global Servant Leadership’ in India as well as global at UST?
Where do you see this getting applied and breaking the myth and understanding the power of Servant Leadership?
How do servant leaders deal with the attention & power of servant leadership?
How many leaders will consciously and selflessly let the employees grow more than himself/ herself?
Are there any examples of servant leaders in our world and any companies who have adapted Servant Leadership? & where to find more information about Servant Leadership?

"Powerful question" to my guest to unveil for my listeners. to engage, enlighten and empower (& that’s the mission of my podcast too) Time stamp at 37:29 to 46:23

According to you, what is the “STAR” moment?
What “inspires you” to do everything that you do
If you owned the company, what’s one thing you would do differently in learning?
What are the three most important things you would like to accomplish right now?
What are your strengths?
What’s the best book you’ve read this year? or anytime you recommend for my listeners.
What are the characteristics of the best boss role models or mentors/coach you ever had? What made that person great?
Are there any tools that you use on a daily basis to be a better you?
Is there any habit, you are practicing which has made you successful in whatever you do?
Your advice for those who want to accelerate their career as a Servant Leader?

Authors mentioned in this episode:

Robert Greenleaf
Ken Blanchard
John Maxwell
Simon Sinek

Resources mentioned in this episode:

Servant Leadership in Action by Ken Blanchard

A Life of Servant Leadership by Don Frick

Connect with Madanakumar @

LinkedIn

Twitter

Companies who follow Servant Leadership

Chick-Fil-A
South West Airlines
Marriott International
Wal-Mart
Starbucks

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Friday Sep 20, 2019

Ep 12: Future of Our Future is Servant Leadership - Part 1 with Dr. Madana Kumar from UST Global

Friday Sep 20, 2019

Dr. Madana Kumar - Servant Leadership Evangelist, a passionate Thought Leader and Strategist on Leadership, and Organisational Learning who speaks at various forums like the NHRD, HR summit, CLO summit, ATD, etc. Currently balancing two roles. one in Corporate as the Vice President and Global Head of L&D at UST Global. Second in Theological Education as Director- Center for Leadership at South Asia Institute of Advanced Christian Studies. He holds a Ph.D. in Business Administration. He has dual Bachelor Degrees, a B.Sc (Physics) and a BE from Indian Institute of Science. He holds an Advanced Diploma in Business Administration and Certificates on Leadership awarded by the Cornell University, USA. For his Doctoral work, Madana studied the application of Servant Leadership in Indian NGOs. Has won multiple awards nationally and internationally

Few questions I ask Dr. Madana Kumar on the Legacy of Servant Leadership and how to unlock the potential of being a servant leader is as follows: Time Stamps: 0:01 to 39:30

Why Servant Leadership?
What is the concept of Servant Leadership and how it can be practiced
To Become a Servant Leader - What are key skills and the responsibility of the servant leadership
What are the advantages it can bring to you as a leader?
How do we uncap the importance of servant leadership for rising leaders?
What are the characteristics of Servant Leader for anyone to resonate…and feel that Wow factor
Can you highlight in detail about the acronym VALUE and where Servant Leaders are and need to be different?
Is the Servant Leadership Model really relevant to our day to day life? Isn’t it meant for Leaders in the spiritual realm or leaders in the corporate or leaders in NGOs? How about applicability for every individual’s day to day life?
How do we convince others about something that we want and look at it as an important element?
How would you qualify to be a Servant Leader & how does that one demonstrate?
The term Servant Leadership is in itself an Oxymoron. How can Servanthood and Leadership go together?
How easy or difficult it is to practice servant leadership?

This is not the end!

Our conversation continues on the relevance of Servant Leadership and practices at UST Global by Dr. Madana Kumar who is driving this mission internally in Part 2 episode.

Authors mentioned in this episode:

Robert Greenleaf
Ken Blanchard
John Kotter

Connect with Madanakumar @

LinkedIn

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Friday Aug 30, 2019

Ep 11: Unlock your LinkedIn for Sales & Personal Branding with Kapil Thukral from SalesMOJO

Friday Aug 30, 2019

Kapil Thukral - A C-Suite Social Branding Coach, Social Selling - LinkedIn Practitioner, Solopreneur Coach from SalesMOJO who has more than 15+ years of professional experience. His expertise is on educating and training professionals on a social-digital image makeover, which results in brand visibility, leads & revenue (essential for the growth of start-ups, SMEs & Large Corporates). He has done the social-digital image makeover of 100+ CXOs & start-ups to understand their challenges and help them with customized solutions. He is passionate about learning & has trained and facilitated programs for more than 5000+ professionals & worked closely with senior leaders and help them in their personal and professional branding and profile makeover.

Few questions I ask Kapil Thukral to embrace LinkedIn portfolio and what all avenues available in LinkedIn which can help you to scale to network, enhance your reputation, grow your business are as follows: Time Stamps: 1:25 to 59:06

Kapil your background and how you got to where you are today?
What is SalesMOJO and your passion for learning?
Is Social Media important and why do you say so?
Can you share your nuggets on how to start with LinkedIn?
Can you help my listeners on this very thought-provoking question `WHY' and what’s in it for them to answer this Why?
Why `Profile makeover' is important on social media and especially on LinkedIn?
Who should focus on Profile Makeover? and why?
Can we transform our LinkedIn profile into a job magnet or much more than that?
How to make our profile inspiring on LinkedIn?
How safe is social media and in specific to LinkedIn and is there a risk of losing data?
What is Social selling,
Who all can use social selling?
How not to be a desperate seller?
Can you tell us a little about Social selling index?
what is your motivation secret if there is no lead?
Are there any challenges you would have faced in this journey? What were they and what was your learning?
Is there anything you liked about LinkedIn?
I read an interesting article in your LinkedIn I-Mail Vs You-Mail. What was your perspective when writing that article?
What are the core skills you recommend for any individual who is into social selling?
How can my listeners create a brand in Social media? How do they assess if their profile is doing good & what are the categories?

"Powerful question" to my guest to unveil for my listeners. to engage, enlighten and empower (& that’s the mission of my podcast too) Timestamp at 59:08 to 01:15

My 1st Powerful question to you is… According to you, what is the “STAR” moment?
What “inspires you” to do everything that you do
If you owned the company, what’s one thing you would do differently in learning?
What are the three most important things you would like to accomplish right now?
if I may ask you…..What are your strengths
What’s the best book you’ve read this year? or anytime you recommend for my listeners.
What are the characteristics of the best boss role models or mentors/coach you ever had? What made that person great?
Are there any tools that you use on a daily basis to be a better you?
In continuation, are there any habit you are practicing which has made you successful in whatever you do
Your advice for those who want to accelerate their career as a solopreneur, Social Selling, specialist in digital media or social media and are there any core skills you recommend

Resources mentioned in this episode:

Think & Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill

Executive Presence: The Art of Commanding Respect Like a CEO

Tools:

Kindle
Grammarly
Camtasia
www.linkedin.com/sales/ssi

Connect with Kapil Thukral @

LinkedIn
Email: kapil@salesmojo.in
Phone: +91 9686522932

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Friday Aug 16, 2019

Ep 10: How to Activate your Multipotentialite Power in a COMFY way with Jordan Gross from Cloud Nine

Friday Aug 16, 2019

Jordan Gross, Executive Coach @ Cloud Nine Living & is a Northwestern and Kellogg School of Management graduate, a two-time startup founder, a TEDx speaker, and a #1 best-selling author. His upcoming book, The Journey to Cloud Nine, provides a new approach to the personal development world by using fictional storytelling to reveal some of life's most meaningful principles. Jordan has been asking hundreds of people around the world how they live their lives on cloud nine, and he cannot wait to share this with all of you!

Introduction & Context Time Stamps: 01:48 to 05:26

Few questions I ask Jordan Gross to share his insight and his way of life in learning Multipotentialite ability through practice and that too in a COMFY method is as follows: Time Stamps: 5:28 to 38:40

His background and how he got to where he is today
Since we learned this newly coined word – Multipotentialite…. What is your turning point?
I would like to know what is Cloud nine living? And Why Cloudnine?
I’m sure you agree that anyone is game to live a life which is fulfilling with meaning and purpose….so are you saying Cloud Nine Living can help one to achieve it. Can you explain a little about it to my listeners?
Your 2nd book is also titled on cloud nine – what is the purpose of this book?
When have you felt like you were on Cloud Nine?
You are a Certified Leadership Coach from Marshall Goldsmith Stakeholder Centered Coaching. What is it all about, what was your learning, & what was the methodology practiced?
Can you share with my listeners some of the things you do that have helped you become so successful at Stakeholder Centered Coaching?
What is the success mantra – how did you build that trust and buy-in with people to consider you
With this coaching inherent, can you help my listeners how to unveil this potential on overcoming uncertainty and discovering what it truly is that brings them meaning and fulfillment?
You have proved it Leadership is Not Defined by Age. It is Defined by Example…. How did this journey happen?
Is there any strategy that we need to pay attention to gain success?
Do one need to have Self-Reflection to be a Multipotentialite?
How did you build volume of networking?
What is your strategy on networking?
Can you explain what inspired you to write the book `COMFY & what does comfy stands for?
You said there are 3 phases of Comfy can you explain about it
How do one practice comfy & benefit?

"Powerful question" to my guest to unveil for my listeners. to engage, enlighten and empower (& that’s the mission of my podcast too) Timestamp at 38:44 to 46:57

My 1st Powerful question to you is… According to you, what is the “STAR” moment?
What “inspires you” to do everything that you do
If you owned the company, what’s one thing you would do differently in learning?
What are the three most important things you would like to accomplish right now?
What are your strengths
What’s the best book you’ve read this year? or anytime you recommend for my listeners.
What are the characteristics of the best boss role models or mentors/coach you ever had? What made that person great?
Are there any tools that you use on a daily basis to be a better you?
Is there any habit you follow on a daily basis which has made you successful?
Your advice for those who want to accelerate their career as a Multipotentialite?

Resources mentioned in this episode:

The Monk who sold his Ferrari by Robin Sharma

Connect with Jordan Gross @

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Friday Aug 02, 2019

Ep 9: Quest for Mind Mapping & Brain Literacy with Dharmendra Rai - 1st Mumbai Mind Map Trainer Part 2

Friday Aug 02, 2019

Dharmendra Rai - magnificent personality Mumbai's First Mind Map Trainer, who has Trained over 1,900 startups in Mind Mapping. Executives of Many Fortune 500 Cos & other giant companies like Google, Unilever, Johnson & Johnson and many more have gone thru his Seminars. Comes with 25 Years of Work Experience in Training, Sales & Marketing, and has conducted training & coaching for people across the globe. He has appeared on prominent media like CNBC, BTVi, Times Of India ( TOI), Channel V and many other. He has been A TED x Speaker Not Just Once But 5 TIMES. He also gave rise to over 8 Million Reference Pages on Google and what more he has been declared a " Genius " by Tony Buzan - Mind Map Inventor & Nobel Prize Nominee! Again Ranked # 1 in an International Creativity Test by Tony Buzan & Chris Griffiths, and lastly has conducted 360+ Mind Map Seminars - Probably A WORLD RECORD!

Few questions I ask Dharmendra Rai on Mind Maps and how he has transformed connecting with great leaders through the Mind Map Journey is as follows: Time Stamps: 3:45 to 39:30

You say creativity is an oxygen…. Why? and is creativity and mind mapping go hand in hand?
You stood 1^st in creativity among 15 certified ThinkBuzan instructors internationally …can you share your journey on creativity and being no.1
You are the 1st Mumbai's Mind Map Trainer and the first person in the world to talk on TEDx On Creativity & Mind Mapping. How did the journey begin?
Can you help me understand the difference between mind mapping and concept mapping and also mind mapping and brainstorming…are all of these are similar or different???
What is your insight on Mind map for mindfulness?
What are your thoughts on Mind Maps in Education and Teaching as I see this is a beneficial learning tool which can help students and teachers?
You have also attended a masterclass with Prof. Tony Buzan session called Understanding the power of your mind using mind maps - what was your key learning and what is that you are continuing to apply these learning?
You are India's first and only double ThinkBuzan license instructor & definitely a big feather in your cap. How did this happen and to be India's first?
You are declared a " Genius " by Tony Buzan - Mind Map Inventor & Nobel Prize Nominee! How was your feeling and how did u get there?
You have been A TED x Speaker Not Just Once But 5 TIMES, what was your topic and what ignited for this journey?
What is your first Mind Map journey and was there any challenges in the process?
You have got an opportunity to get trained, meet and interact with eminent management leaders like Tony Buzan, Edward de Bono, Jack Canfield, and many other management gurus. How was this possible. Was this part of your goal or aspiration?
How did you influence people to endorse you and as well network with you?

"Powerful question" to my guest to unveil for my listeners. to engage, enlighten and empower (& that’s the mission of my podcast too) Timestamp at 39:45 to 56:45

According to you, what is the “STAR” moment?
What “inspires you” to do everything that you do?
If you owned the company, what’s one thing you would do differently in learning?
What are the three most important things you would like to accomplish right now?
What are your strengths?
What’s the best book you’ve read this year? or anytime you recommend for my listeners.
What are the characteristics of the best boss role models or mentors/coach you ever had? What made that person great?
Are there any tools that you use on a daily basis to be a better you?
Are there any resources (blogs/website) you would recommend to our listeners?
Your advice for those who want to accelerate their career in Learning and development or Talent Transformation?

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