Kushal Shah

Nails and Hammers

Science EN ↓ 34 episodes

Hello and Welcome to the Nails and Hammers Podcast. The great investor Charlie Munger famously says that for a man with only a hammer, every problem looks like a nail. So to solve different problems in life, you need to have different metaphorical hammers also known as Mental Models. In this podcast series, I'll be talking to different people to understand how they solve problems in their respective domains with the hope that we all can learn and apply those techniques in our day to day lives.

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Kushal Shah

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#9 Sports, Storytelling and Empathy with Sharda Ugra 20.07.2020 43:46

Today I am talking with the amazing Sharda Ugra, who is a senior sports journalist with ESPN. We talk to Sharda about her early days, how she became a journalist and pick her brain about what sports journalism is all about. 

#8 Turning passion into a career with Himanshu Joshi 12.07.2020 42:57

Hello and Welcome to the Nails and Hammers podcast.  Our guest for today is Himanshu Joshi, who is a filmographer, poet, photographer and is also the lead vocalist of India's oldest and most popular fusion rock band, Indian Ocean. In this episode, we talk about Himanshu's early days, how he cracked into the media industry and his adventure with the Indian ocean.  Please like, share and s...

#7 Cracking the last mile with Anup Akkihal, CEO Logistimo 06.07.2020 38:32

Hello and welcome to the Nails and Hammers podcast. Our guest for today is Anup Akkihal, who is the cofounder and CEO of a rural logistics startup called Logistimo. We talked about Anup's exciting journey from West Virginia to Bangalore and deep dived into how he started Logistimo, challenges he faced, what culture means for him and how he stays at the top of his game. I hope you enjoy listening t...

#6 Put your hands together with Giri 'Pickbrain' Balasubramaniam, Part 2 07.06.2020 37:50

Hello and Welcome to the nails and hammers podcast. Our guest for today is Giri Balasubramaniam, who is the CEO of Greycaps and is one of India's most celebrated Quiz Master. In this episode, we talk about Giri's association with the Tata group and finally know more Giri as a person. I hope you enjoy listening to this episode, as much as I enjoy talking to Giri.

#5 Put your hands together with Giri 'Pickbrain' Balasubramaniam, Part 1 07.06.2020 25:45

Hello and Welcome to the nails and hammers podcast. Our guest for today is Giri Balasubramaniam, who is the CEO of Greycaps and is one of India's most celebrated Quiz Master. In this episode, we talk about Giri's education and what led him to enter into this niche domain of Quizzing and start a company called Greycaps. I hope you enjoy listening to it, as much as I enjoyed talking to Giri.

#4 Compounding your career with Selvam Velmurugan 06.05.2020 41:02

Hi everyone, Hello and Welcome to the Nails and Hammers podcast with our guest Selvam Velmurugan. We talk about Selvam's career journey and talk about what he learned from Jeff Bezos at Amazon, Reed Hastings at Netflix, Sri Viswanath at Groupon and finally from the legendary Paul Allen at Vulcan. We then pick his brain and know more about Selvam as a person. I hope you enjoy listening to this conv...

#3 A yogi in the B-School with Prof. Himanshu Rai 01.05.2020 33:35

Hi Friends,  Hello and Welcome to the Nails and Hammers podcast. Our guest for today is Professor Himanshu Rai, who is the Director of the Indian Institute of Management Indore. We had to break down our conversation into two parts, and in the first part we talked about how Prof. Rai transitioned into academia after working for close to nine years at Tata Steel and then finally deep dive into...

#2 Making sense of the irrational with Preeti Kotamarthi Swati 16.04.2020 38:16

Hi friends,  Hello and Welcome to the Nails and Hammers podcast. Our guest today is Preeti Kotamarthi, who is a behavioral science lead at Grab. We talk about her career journey, understand what behavioral science is all about, how Preeti goes about solving problems in her day to day life and finally talk about the intersection of behavioral science and technology.  It's time to listen a...

#1 Critical thinking in the ICU with Dr. Kevin Patel 07.04.2020 55:38

Our guest for today is Dr. Kevin Patel, who is a Critical and Pulmonary care specialist and is also the Director of ICU at the University of Washington Medical Center. We talked about his career journey, how he undertakes decisions under extreme stress, his experience in dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic and conclude with his views on the the overall healthcare system in the US. Please note that...