SHINY HAPPY PEOPLE with Vinay Kumar

Send us Fan Mail “People will pay for a story, but people will die for a narrative.” That’s Guillaume Wiatr , the author of ‘Strategic Narrative’ , a simple method that business leaders can use to help everyone understand their business, get behind it and believe in it! Guillaume’s company, MetaHelm , guides CEOs, founders, and leadership teams of professional services firms to gain focus and trac...

Send us Fan Mail A new story of resilience, a new Shiny Happy personality every month! This is a Shiny Happy People special limited podcast series, ‘The Resilient Entrepreneur’. Hosted by guest-host Dhruti Shah , this podcast series is inspired by the stories of resilience featured in her book, ‘The Resilient Entrepreneur: Strategies to set you up for success’ .  Today’s guest is someone who used...

Send us Fan Mail Our guest today is on a mission to help organizations create a more equitable and inclusive global workforce, and fuel lasting change. Meet President of MSM Global Consulting , Maria Morukian , coach, facilitator, author, TEDx speaker and podcaster – just some of the many hats she wears.  For nearly 20 years now, Maria has been working with organizations and leaders on diversity,...

Send us Fan Mail A new story of resilience, a new Shiny Happy personality every month! This is a Shiny Happy People special limited podcast series, ‘The Resilient Entrepreneur’. Hosted by guest-host Dhruti Shah , this podcast series is inspired by the stories of resilience featured in her book, ‘The Resilient Entrepreneur: Strategies to set you up for success’.  Our second episode features an entr...

Send us Fan Mail “I truly believe that Yoga can transform your life.” A woman of many hats, Priya Nair is an Electronics Engineer by education who has worked with organizations like HP, Qualys and Cisco, a professional baker, a fitness enthusiast and today, a trained yoga therapist and a Hatha yoga teacher. Priya’s yoga journey spans 18 years and she practices the Bikram’s Yoga, Ashtanga Vinyasa,...

Send us Fan Mail A new story of resilience, a new Shiny Happy personality every month! We are thrilled to bring you a Shiny Happy People Special, the limited podcast series ‘The Resilient Entrepreneur’. Hosted by guest-host Dhruti Shah , this series is inspired by the stories featured in Dhruti's book, ‘The Resilient Entrepreneur: Strategies to set you up for success’ .   Kick-starting the se...

Send us Fan Mail Right on cue! He’s shiny, he’s happy, and he’s on our podcast this week. India’s biggest name in cue sports with 25 world championship titles under his belt, plus several more in Asian and national championships, it’s none other than the one and only Pankaj Advani ! Pankaj who won his first World Title at just 17 years in 2003, is the only player in the world to win world titles i...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to a new episode of our ‘Insights 10 in 10’, with Dhruti Shah guest-hosting for Sanjay this month. Today, Dhruti brings you her top tips on something that all you leaders out there are possibly talking, thinking about.  How do you lead a multi-generational, hybrid workforce? Today’s workforce includes members of five different generations - Traditionalists, Baby Boomers, G...

Send us Fan Mail #TheLastRun is finally here! Five months ago, we brought you a very special episode in conversation with Chamba Tseten , founder of Adventure Sports Foundation of Ladakh (ASFL) to talk about the highly anticipated Pangong Frozen Lake Marathon taking place this February 20th 2023 in Ladakh to increase global awareness and alarm about the rapidly melting Himalayan glaciers.  Well, w...

Send us Fan Mail Today, we bring you a special episode where we chat about what’s happening in the world of podcasts. We’ve been hearing about it some, reading about it some, but are podcasts really dying? Far, far from it, it turns out. With almost over 5 million podcasts globally with 7 million episodes and over 460 million podcast listeners (that’s over 20% of all internet users!), the podcast...

Send us Fan Mail “ Negotiation is often described as the art of letting the other side have your way.”  Christopher Voss, an American businessman, author, and a former FBI hostage negotiator said that. Negotiation has emerged as a top skill today and it looks like it will continue to be so in the near future. It is particularly relevant now as organizations look to not just recover in this post-pa...

Send us Fan Mail We kick off this year’s guests’ line-up with Natalia Rachel , author, speaker and trauma-informed therapist and consultant who brings an amalgamation of knowledge from years working as a therapist and clinic director with a focus on trauma & abuse recovery, as well as her own personal journey recovering from mental health misdiagnosis and physical health conditions that stemme...

Send us Fan Mail It's always a good day to start something new! Hope you all had a great start to the new year 2023 - we are thrilled to be back with an exciting line-up of guest interviews this year PLUS we are bringing back our 'Insights 10 in 10', where guest-host Sanjay Dugar will give you his top 10 tips and best practices on a new topic every month! Write in to us at podcast@c...

Send us Fan Mail The end is near – well, the end to the year 2022, we mean! And in keeping with tradition, Shiny Happy People podcast team brings you their top episode picks from the year. Hit play and for the full episodes, just check out the episodes’ links below. A big shout-out to all our listeners and our guests from across the world for tuning in each episode. We look forward to bringing you...

Send us Fan Mail It' finally here! Our 100th episode, YAY! What a journey it's been since we first started with Episode One in June 2020. This special episode is all about celebrating our guests and our listeners who have been with us on this amazing journey - which we hope to continue into the next 100th! Hit play for some shout-outs from our guests and listeners as well as some interes...

Send us Fan Mail If there was a crystal ball for what the future of jobs, work, and the workplace would look like, it would lie in the head of Ira S. Wolfe . Meet the man who describes himself as a ‘millennial trapped in a Baby Boomer body’ and who says he is both ‘fascinated and terrified of VUCA-level change’! Ira has emerged as one of the top 5 Global Thought Leaders in the Future of Work and H...

Send us Fan Mail Most of us today are working in hybrid teams, but how effectively are we as a team in the hybrid mode? What are some of the not-so-obvious challenges that leaders and teams are facing? How can we make the hybrid mode work in our favour? How can we become a high-performing team that is future ready? Guest-host Dhruti Shah is back to help you answer these questions – and she has a s...

Send us Fan Mail Transformation - it's not just a matter of success but that of survival for organizations today.  Welcome to this month’s episode of our 'Trendspotting' series of podcasts where we deep-dive into a hot topic or trend, to bring you insights and some tips too, all in under 20 minutes!  Today, guest-host Sanjay Dugar invites Anant Krishnan , executive coach and leaders...

Send us Fan Mail It’s not often that we have someone who has not only worked on but is an expert on managing ocean/island jurisdictional disputes. Meet the versatile David Nevin , Managing Director of Top Cloud Collaboration , originally from Canada who has lived and worked in Japan and APAC since the 1990s. An expert in international conflict management, David is a professional facilitator, execu...

Send us Fan Mail What makes a serial entrepreneur? We get behind the scenes with someone who has done it and done it well. Meet Srikanth Iyer , Co-Founder and CEO of India’s largest start-up in the home décor space and also India’s largest and first tech start-up in this domain, HomeLane which has pioneered affordable designer home interiors in the country. Vinay digs deep to explore the challenge...

Send us Fan Mail To mandate or not to mandate employees’ return to office – that’s a question leaders and employers find themselves asking more frequently than not today, in this age of the hybrid workplace.   Welcome to this month’s episode of our 'Trendspotting' series of podcasts where we deep-dive into a hot topic or trend, to bring you insights and some tips too, all in under 15 min...

Send us Fan Mail The amazing work being done by this week’s guest could not be better timed in today’s business environment. Curious yet? Meet the man who brings curiosity to the workplace, backed by solid research and data, the one and only Stefaan van Hooydonk , Founder of Global Curiosity Institute and author of best-selling book ‘ The Workplace Curiosity Manifesto’ . Passionate about innovatio...

Send us Fan Mail Have you heard? The glaciers are melting! To spring us all into action is Chamba Tsetan joining us from Kargyam in eastern Ladakh, Founder of Adventure Sports Foundation of Ladakh (ASFL) which promotes environmental responsibility and sustainable behavioral changes through sports. This February 20th, 2023, he and his team at ASFL are organizing the world’s highest frozen lake mara...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to a new episode of our 'Trendspotting' series of podcasts where we deep-dive into a hot topic or trend, to bring you insights and tips in under 20 minutes!  Today, we invite you to experience the immense power of wearing a lens of abundance, curiosity and intent and boost your leadership skills, through 33 real-life stories expertly woven into a book.      Our g...

Send us Fan Mail This week, we explore a nuanced understanding into the world of talent development with Lead - Talent Development CoE at AB InBev India , Dr. Aman Jain , an HR practitioner with an established record of a drive for results across multiple industries and proven communication and program management skills. Vinay also talks to him about his PhD research on learning analytics and inte...