The Bystander Podcast

Being a Leader — In Conversation with Dr Tathagat Varma Hosted by Raghavendra Mithare, PCC What does it mean to lead from the inside out, when the world around you is in constant flux? In this reflective conversation, Dr Tathagat Varma traces a journey shaped by continents crossed, disciplines bridged, and a remarkable expedition to Antarctica. Together, we explore how formative experiences, from...

Life — The Story We Carry In the previous episode, we explored living in the present moment. In this episode, we turn our attention to something different: life. Life is the story we carry with us. It includes our work, relationships, responsibilities, ambitions and disappointments. Over time, these experiences can slowly reduce our enthusiasm for life. But what if life could be understood in a co...

Living — The Truth of Now Welcome to the first episode of The Bystander series: Life, Living and Winning the Game. In this episode, we explore a simple but powerful idea: living happens only in the present moment. Most of us spend our time thinking about life, analysing it, judging it, or worrying about the future. But living is something very different. It is the direct experience of what is happ...

Paul Witts is an experienced recruitment professional with more than 30 years in hiring at all levels across a range of industries. In this podcast we discuss about the current job market in the UK. 

With the new majority government in the UK, there is a sense of stability. While there will be few policy changes, businesses can now plan their investments with greater certainty. The current job market, while challenging, is also showing signs of recovery. To explore this further and help the community, I spoke with Sanches Clarke from La Fosse to gain insights from the hiring space, especially...

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In this new episode, I had the to speak with Sri Navneet Bhushan. He founded CRAFITTI  ( www.crafitti.com ) – an Innovation Research and Consulting firm at Bangalore, India. His earlier positions include Scientist, Technology Specialist, Vice-President (Innovation) in a career spanning more than 30 years.   The principal author of 2004 book Strategic Decision Making, Springer- UK , currently he is...

It was a pleasure to speak with Sri avneet Bhushan He founded CRAFITTI  ( www.crafitti.com ) – an Innovation Research and Consulting firm at Bangalore, India. His earlier positions include Scientist, Technology Specialist, Vice-President (Innovation) in a career spanning more than 30 years.   The principal author of 2004 book Strategic Decision Making, Springer- UK , currently he is writing “Choic...

Sridhar Vembu  founder and CEO of  Zoho  started Zoho with other co-founders about 20 years back in Chennai, now it is one of the most successful software product/SAS company from India. In this podcast, he shares his journey from a Tamil Medium School to IIT, then from Princeton to Tenkasi to build complex products as part of the Zoho suite.  He also shares his problem-solving approach and projec...

The name Bystander was inspired by the title of Peter Druckers autobiographical collection of stories and vignettes  “The Adventures of a Bystander”. Peter Drucker’s books and teaching have made a significant contribution to my own thinking and beliefs during my early days of professional life. Especially those around managing knowledge workers and managing oneself. One of his quotes “The best way...