The Brand Called You

This episode of The Brand Called You starts with our host, Lisa Lipkin sharing her story of the time she was living in New York City and how a phone call with Xaviera Hollander changed her life. Well, our guest for today is none other than Xaviera.   Xaviera Hollander is pretty bold and straightforward. She doesn't care about being politically correct or what others think about her. She speak...

It is rightly said, one can achieve anything if he/she is a student for a lifetime. Curiosity and the ever-learning nature of human beings can open a world of myriad things for them. Our today’s guest, at The Brand Called You, proves how one can achieve anything at any age with the right attitude. Steve Cohen is the founding partner of a law firm, Pollock Cohen LLP, and specialize in whistle-blowe...

Many of us dreamt of becoming a pilot or a doctor or something fascinating as children. As we grew up and started to explore the world, got to know about different things, our dreams changed. Our guest for today, Jignesh Bhate has a similar story. Jignesh tells us that both his parents were teachers, his mother used to give tuitions at home as well. So the whole ecosystem of his house was filled w...

With the pandemic and online availability of books, we cannot underestimate the job of a librarian. Picking the right material to read as per our need is after all very important. Today, we have with us Ariel Zeitlin, a senior librarian at Montclair Public Library who takes us into her magical world of books as she dives deep into her everyday job roles. She has also worked as a travel writer, and...

Our guest for today is the woman who has brought the feminine lens to innovation, especially in the corporate world. She is a French turned American woman, Fabienne Jacquet. Fabie is the founder and CEO of Innoveve. Innoveve is a consultancy whose mission is to transform innovation by embracing feminine energy. Fabienne has worked as an innovator for numerous companies. She is a scientist and a ch...

In today's episode of TBCY, we have with us Mike Klein, the founder, and principal of Changing The Terms, which is involved in aiding the businesses by preparing strategic communication plans, tools and measures. He is also the author of a book titled, "From Lincoln to LinkedIn, the 55 Minute Guide to Social Communication.” He shares great insight into his work and the challenges faced in the curr...

With the pandemic, the way companies looked for people to hire and the way HR functioned has drastically changed. Let's see how exactly has the transition been and what roles do search firms play in helping individuals and companies fulfill their requirements. We have Reshma Ramachandran, the group senior Vice President and the Head of Transformation of the Adecco Group which is the world's second...

Philanthropy: defined as an act done for humanitarian purposes. However, it is also defined as a charitable donation to worthy causes on a large scale. This is where the NGO GOONJ comes to play its role, as a gap bridger between urban prosperity and rural poverty while shunning the idea of charity or donation. Anshu Gupta, also known as the “Clothing man” is an Indian social entrepreneur who estab...

Today’s episode of The Brand Called You brings you a very diversely accomplished leader, Mili Shah Esq. Mili Shah Esq is an accomplished and multifaceted banker, lawyer, and hotelier in the USA. With this diverse unique skillset of the three specialisations, Mili takes us through the intricacies of each and how they are intertwined. Trained as a lawyer and a banker, she assists her clients in fund...

The two key issues when it comes to changing the gender equation in society are birth control and education. Women empowerment has been on a rise. While some organisations are accepting the changes, there are some resisting the changes with respect to creating a nationality balanced and generational balanced environment. Our guest for today is Avivah Wittenberg Cox who is the Chief Executive offic...

This episode of The Brand Called You, brings you a very accomplished personality, Sachin Agrawal. Sachin is the co-founder and CEO of ConsultTrans Technology Solutions Private Limited, a company that has built a technology platform to improve efficiencies for large transport providers and large users of such transport solutions.  This platform will ensure that companies will not need to deal with...

Banking forms the backbone of any country’s economy. With the increasing use of technology and rapid digitization, the financial backbone has undergone a tremendous change, which is believed to be largely for the good. In today’s episode of TBCY, we have with us Mr. Atul Bhatnagar, board advisor and a former banker who delves deep into the topic. He compares his time in the banking sector with the...

Building one's own house is a dream of almost everyone. When one actually gets to buy a house, he has some expectations from it. Our guest for today, Pradeep N Lala, turns those expectations into reality. He is into the real estate business and helps people in making their dream house and offices. Pradeep is the CEO and Managing Director of Embassy Services, which is a part of the Embassy Group, o...

Microsoft is one of the top tech companies of the world engaged in developing global products that enable businesses and the general public to do their tasks easily, efficiently, and smartly. IT sector was one of the few in the world that continued innovating with new technologies to help sustain the world carry their business during the pandemic. With digitisation growing exponentially, the futur...

Parenting is known to be one of the most difficult yet rewarding jobs in one's life. A child’s early parenting is often the most cherished time. However, it comes with its own set of uncertainties & challenges making one constantly question his/her style. There are judgments from society, a vast amount of contrasting information on parenting, and one’s instincts for the child’s best care. We d...

Our guest for today, Anant Kasibhatla, is a Limca World Record holder for Memory. He is a memory expert and a Focus and Memory Coach. Not only can he remember everything, but also make other people remember too. So you can actually train your brain to remember everything. In his opinion, memory needs to be trained in a manner that is very similar to what we may see with any other skill that we wou...

Our today's guest, Mr. James M Kerr helps the business leaders to do exactly the same. Let’s listen to him about what does it take to become indispensable. Mr. Kerr believes in the power of being indispensable as it comes out vividly from his company name “Indispensable Consulting” and the book, “Indispensable: Build and lead a company customers can’t live without.” He helps the businesses to do s...

Our guest for today is that courageous woman who decided to step against the patriarchal society of Arab when she realized that working women were being stereotyped. We are talking about Samar Alshorafa, the founder and CEO of She is Arab. It is a platform to increase women's participation in the workforce in Arab countries. She has also been recognized as one of the 50 global leaders driving soci...

S Ramadorai is the former CEO and Managing Director of Tata Consultancy Services. He is the former Chairman of the National Skill Development Agency and the National Skill Development Corporation. He has been recognized and honored by the President of India with a Padma Bhusan. He was also recognized as the commander of the order of the British Empire.

Anthony lives in Australia and after he completed school he started to work as a navigator in the merchant navy. Anthony tells us that one day he was on a night watch duty when a man came to him and told him that his wife was divorcing him. Anthony just showed him concern and said that it must have been tough. Anthony was powerless and he couldn't help it. He tells us that the fellow did not want...

Satya N Gupta is an expert in NGN technologies. He is also the chairman of Blockchain for Productivity Forum. ITU expert on All-IP NGN issues, Satya conducts training programs on various aspects of NGN.

People say that whatever happens, happens for good. Our guest for today, Gerhard Flatz, is a textbook example of this. Gerhard was an Austrian who wanted to move out of his house to do something in life. He was all set to go to South Africa but eventually landed in China. He is currently the Managing Director at KTC Group. He is also a member of YPO. He says that moving to China was more of an acc...

Today, Bob de wit, a Professor of strategist leadership is our guest who is going to answer similar questions and give some clarity regarding the future of society 4.0. Bob explains that he is a strategist, whose job is to identify weak signals and predict the future. Let's tap the play button to understand in a little more depth, what Society 4.0 is and what Bob's concerns are!

This episode of The Brand Called You brings you a very accomplished designer Nada Debs. Nada primarily started her career with Furniture Designing, but she also does jewelry designing artworks, carpets designing, etc. Nada was born and brought up in Japan. After completing her high school in Japan she went to Rhode Island, US for further studies. She is currently working in Dubai. Dive into the ep...

For today's episode of TBCY, we are delighted to have a former HR turned business coach with us, Adil Malia. He is the CEO of The Firm, an organization that offers consulting services to businesses. This conversation covers a wide range of interesting topics from how technology has impacted the HR function to how leaders should adapt to it in order to be effective. Rather than relying on old tacti...