10X Growth Strategies

As we all gear up to relax, reflect and reconnect during the holiday season, getting ready to welcome the new year, listen to the full-on-energy conversation between our guest speaker Jayashree Sundaresan, a Senior Technology Leader with 25 years of experience and our host Madhavi Ravanan, Service Delivery Head, Nokia, where they discuss about why Becoming is the book you should catch up during th...

Atlas of the Heart by Brené Brown is an insightful book about human emotions and their meaning. It explores why we feel certain emotions and how they influence our behaviors. It further explores how to build meaningful connections by learning how to deal with them. I sat down with Syamla Bandla, Senior Director, Production Engineering at Meta, and had a delightful conversation about what she loved...

Whether we are talking in front of two people or five thousand, interviewing for a job, negotiating for a raise, or pitching a business idea to potential investors, speaking up for ourselves or speaking up for someone else, we all face daunting moments that must be met with poise if we want to feel good about ourselves and make progress in our lives. Presence gives us the power to rise to these mo...

Husein Attarwala is the Founder & CEO of Skali delivering emergency healthcare solutions on flights. In this episode he shares insights from the book “Think Like a Rocket Scientist” and how the book influenced his entrepreneurial journey. Think Like a Rocket Scientist is one of Inc.com's "6 Books You Need to Read in 2020” (According to Bill Gates, Satya Nadella, and Adam Grant). The author Ozan Va...

Jeremy Ryan Slate is the founder of Top 100 podcast Create Your Own Life, where he has had conversations with some of the highest performers in the world: Indy 500 winners, NY Times best selling authors, platinum recording artists, billionaires, even the former director of the CIA. They were extraordinary, no doubt.  He authored the book, Unremarkable to Extraordinary, which talks about the princi...

In this episode Kison Patel shares practical insights from his book Agile M&A. Check out this podcast to learn - How is M&A changing? - What are common mistakes made in M&A? - What are best practices in M&A? Kison is the Founder and CEO of DealRoom , a project management software for complex financial transactions. Kison is also the host of the M&A Science podcast , an educational podcast explorin...

In this episode our host Preethy Padmanabhan had a conversation ith Ron Carucci , the best-selling author of 8 books , and popular contributor at Harvard Business Review and Forbes.   The discussion features Ron’s newest book and passion, To Be Honest: Lead with the Power of Truth, Justice and Purpose , is based on 15 years of research with more than 3200 interviews with leaders around the world....

Our guest today is Shawn Flynn who is an investment banker and Principle at Global Capital Markets. Shawn also hosts the popular Silicon Valley podcast where he interviews famous Entrepreneurs, Venture Capitalists, and Leaders in Tech. In this episode we discuss the book “Results: Think Less, Achieve More” by Jamie Smart. When you transform the way you go after results you can get to it faster. Tu...

In today’s episode, our host Preethy Padmanabhan got the opportunity to sit down with Guillaume de la Serra, Chief Product Officer of Jellysmack to discuss Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas That Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries by Safi Bahcall. Guillaume shared his thoughts on some of the key points in the book—nurturing innovation while balancing franchising, avoiding the...

This episode features the 10X Growth Strategies host Preethy Padmanabhan as the guest. The episode was recorded for Pitch Cafe , is a fantastic podcast hosted Vida Patil.  In this exciting podcast, Preethy spills her beans of wisdom on how she charted a course from her humble beginnings to making it to Silicon Valley Business Journal's Woman of Influence 2021. She also spells out her people-centri...

Unlimited Power is the book that had the “Most positive Impact on my life” shares Jean-Loïck Michaux, Founder and CEO of Serendipia. Jean-Loïck read the book when he was 19 years old and he used the frameworks from the book to overcome negative beliefs and fears in his life.  Within a short span of 10 years Jean-Loïck has launched multiple companies, started schools in Africa and built new skills...

Do you want to create a stronger, more harmonious team? If yes, then you shouldn’t shy away from giving feedback, receiving it, and encouraging it. Kim Scott, a long-time director at Google and co-founder of Candor Inc., states that giving feedback is the single most important thing a boss can do. But how do you ensure your team gets the right kind of guidance? She introduces a tool called the Rad...

In this episode our host Preethy Padmanabhan connects with Rehmat Kharal, Global VP of GTM Strategic Enablement at Harness to discuss the book “The Art of Happiness”. The book is a beloved classic featuring wisdom from His Holiness the Dalai Lama and is compiled by Dr. Howard Cutler through conversations, stories and meditations. The podcast features inspiring messages on practicing empathy, being...

Powerpoint presentations rule our lives (and we are not being dramatic about it). We all, at least once in our lifetime, had to present something to an audience while curbing our growing dread. No more of that! Presentations can be fun, interesting, and full of passion where both you and your audience are excited about it. “How?” you might ask. We give you an insightful discussion with Connie Kwan...

In this episode, our host Preethy Padmanabhan, Sr. Dir, Platform Product Marketing at Freshworks spoke with Nicole Mason who is a technology executive and author of the book “Enhance Employee Engagement: Future Proof Company Strategies”. Nicole is a visionary who advocated for remote work and distributed teams several years before the COVID-19 pandemic  forced people to adjust to the new normal. ...

The book Ikigai by Hector Garcia and Francesc Miralles is an interesting book to read for just about anybody trying to navigate life. Ikigai is the Japanese concept that teaches us about living life with purpose and fulfilment. It is finding the balance between – (1) What you love (2) What you are good at (3) What you get paid for (4) What the world needs – to lead a long, healthy and happy life....

In this episode, our guest host Jake Burns, Enterprise Strategist at AWS had an insightful discussion with Ram Parasuraman, Sr. Director Product Management at Cohesity. Ram draws parallels between his career experiences and  the book “Thinking in systems” by Donella H. Meadows. Why is systems thinking important? How to develop critical thinking in chaos? How to thrive in the information economy by...

It was wonderful sitting down with Alina Fu, VP of Product Marketing at G2 and discussing the book, Made to Stick by Chip Heath and Dan Heath. Alina’s energy is infectious and it was great to hear her talk about the concepts in the book. She shed light on the ‘Curse of Knowledge’ i.e. the inability to empathise with our listener’s state of mind because it is hard to imagine what it was like not to...

In this episode Madhavi Ravanan, Service Delivery Head, Nokia had a thought provoking conversation with Jayashree Rajagopalan,Sr. Mgr, Software Development, Amazon. A few ideas discussed from the book include fighting stereotypes, choosing an equal partner, the likeability factor that women are constantly judged on, and the need to ‘lean in’ as you juggle the demands of family and work at the same...

In this episode, Jake Burns, AWS Enterprise Strategist and host for the AWS Conversations with Leaders podcast shares how Ray Dalio’s book Principles resonated with his core values.  What is hyperrealism? How can you gravitate towards being a reality creator? Why is it important to understand how others see you? How to practise the success mantra Pain + Reflection = Progress? Listen to this podcas...

In this episode I had a candid conversation with Reena Gupta, Founder of Mom Relaunch and author of the book Career Interrupted: Navigating Career Crossroads and Defining Success on Your Own Terms. Reena shared her journey to write the book as a guide to realize, reinvest and relaunch careers.  What will it take to define our career paths? How do we create success in our own terms? How do we achie...

A must listen podcast for a dose of energy, positivity and facing uncertainties! In this episode, I had a full of energy conversation with Shaloo Garg , Managing Director at Microsoft about one of her favorite books - Antifragile by Nassim Taleb. When we first met, I still recall our intense conversation about calamities in the economy and the world in general as a result of COVID-19. The author o...

My Life in Full: Work, Family, and Our Future by Indra Nooyi is nothing short of brilliant. The biography of PepsiCo’s former CEO gives a glimpse into how a woman of color in corporate America rose to take on an esteemed leadership role and thrived in it.  In this episode, Payal Koul Mirakhur, Former VP at IBM, sat down with Madhavi Ravanan, Service Delivery Head at Nokia to discuss how relatable...

"2030: How today's biggest trends will collide and reshape the future of everything" by Mauro F. Guillén, is an interesting book covering a range of topics including population, immigration, distribution of wealth and diversity.  In this episode, Molly McCabe, CEO, HaydenTanner shares her perspectives on the impact of upcoming trends on humanity and our future. Check out the podcast to discover op...

In this exciting episode, I had the pleasure of talking to Shikha Mittal who is a Sr. Dir, Product Marketing at VMware. We discussed the book - The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho. She shared her thoughts on why she chose to read this book, on pursuing her personal legend, and what the words of wisdom derived from the book mean to her in life and work.  The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho is a powerful novel...