Podcasts by SOS | Secrets of Storytellers

Why are the LAYOFFS happening? from 2023-06-10T13:53:12

- Pays our bills

- Gives a lifestyle and a chance to improve it

- Can afford small/big luxuries

A job is what allows for all of this and more which is why our jobs are so im...

Interviews with Top Entrepreneurs from Shark Tank India S2 | FastBeetle, Kashmir from 2023-03-19T09:07:17

Join us in this exciting episode of SoS|Secrets of Storytellers, as we sit down with a Shark Tank India Season 2 contestant who received funding of 90 lakhs for 7.5% from Peyush Bansal and Aman ...

Conversation with a Billionaire | Anand Deshpande | Persistent Systems' MD & Chairman from 2023-03-12T14:01:08

I have always tried to meet and learn from the guests whom I host on my podcast SoS. But I was more than humbled when I had the pleasure of meeting Anand Deshpande, Persistent Systems. I had man...

Shark Tank India Special | JhaJi Pickle | Kalpana Jha ji ki Personal story from 2023-02-12T06:42:52

JhaJi Pickle ne Season 1 mein entry kari thi as Bhabhi-Nanad duo and apne comment 'humari average order cost hai' se sabka dil jeet liya ta lekin somehow unko funding nahin mili ti.

Lekin...

UClean Co-founder | Gunjan Taneja | How to Run a Successful Business from 2023-01-15T11:22:58

Everyone has ideas to make it big, but what really matters is how best you implement them. Gunjan Taneja, co-founder, UClean tells us about the journey she and her husband (Arunabh Sinha) charte...

Shark Tank India Show Builder & Runner | Bimal Unnikrishnan from 2022-07-24T12:49:37

We had been covering the talented entrepreneurs who participated and stole the limelight in the much talked about show ‘Shark Tank India’.

This show unravelled the nitty-grittys of a busi...

90 Rejections before getting first investment | Shark Tank India Special from 2022-05-17T12:48:39

Brainwired (Drakon Innovations Pvt ltd)’s Sreeshankar Nair and co-founder, Romeo P Jerard bagged an investment from four sharks in the first season of Shark Tank India. But, his journey of building...

Hilarious MBA Memoirs with Hari Hara Subramanian from 2022-03-29T03:42:16

Every journey is a blend of success and failure. But no journey is complete without a little bit of fun and happy times. This podcast is based on a book which is full of such real-life incidents...

Nuutjob | Shark Tank India Special | Ananya and Anusree Maloo from 2022-03-14T19:21:38

Nuutjob, a male intimate hygiene product company was featured in Shark Tank India and while they picked up funding, they also received great love and support from the Sharks and the audience ali...

Intellectual Economist Gandhi with Jaithirth (Jerry) Rao from 2022-03-04T13:54:24

This discussion with Jerry Rao can be tagged as an intellectual, economist and philosophical. Probably these words also do not do complete justice to the depth and extent of the discussion.

Shark Tank India Special | Bummer | Sulay Lavsi, Founder and CEO | Secrets of Storytellers from 2022-02-25T12:12:54

For years, people have been wearing the same coloured, torn UGs with holes and whatnot. How does it matter? Who gets to look at it?

Maybe it does. The better you feel on the inside, the b...

Shark Tank India Special | The Yarn Bazaar | Pratik Gadia, Founder and CEO | Secrets of Storytellers from 2022-02-16T10:56:38

This is the first episode of a new series dedicated to Shark Tank India, that we are starting on Secrets of Storytellers. This is also the first episode with which we are starting video too, so ...

Learn the Art of Storytelling with Anjana Menon from 2022-02-06T06:17:30

Have you ever wondered when you write a story on your social media handle, it attracts much less traction or engagement as compared to someone else, while the stories are almost the same? Well t...

Unravelling the Place in her Heart with Anupama Chopra from 2022-01-30T09:28:52

This episode is special. A one of a kind storyteller we ever hosted on SOS. Welcoming India’s premier film critic whose reviews are our one stop go to for any movie. Today we have Anupama Chopra...

Breaking all barriers and Building risk muscle at a Business School with Tarun Anand, Founder and Chairman, Universal Business School from 2022-01-24T18:42:49

An MBA in India is one of the most sought after degrees in the country. As usual tons of people compete for getting admissions into the top B-schools and the competition is no less than a dog-ea...

If you don't do Politics, Politics will do you! with Niven Postma | How to make workplace politics work for you? from 2022-01-08T21:13:50

The most important decisions about your career and growth in an organisation are taken in your absence! Do you agree?

Hence, its super important that you have the correct perceptions abou...

Leadership Lessons from Mahabharata with Profs. Asha Kaul and Vishal Gupta, IIM A | Things to Learn from Karan, Kunti, Shakuni, Krishna and Dronacharya from 2021-12-02T04:24:35

Mahabharata is one of the oldest scriptures and its relevance transcends any era and situation. The beauty of the story is that the lessons we draw from every situation and character is subjecti...

Is Your Boss a Superboss? with Sydney Finkelstein, Prof. at Dartmouth College's Tuck School of Business | How does your boss decide your career trajectory? from 2021-11-18T05:16:15

How cool would it be if we knew how our future boss is going to be before we were to join a new organization. Isn’t it? Here’s a suggestion, ask the to-be-future-boss at the interview, ‘Could yo...

Live Your Life Undaunted with Kara Goldin, Founder & CEO, Hint Inc. from 2021-11-02T03:21:17

Have you ever had a life-changing idea that you think could be the next big thing or transform people's lives or if nothing else, could change the course of your own career? But haven't implemen...

Coaching: Secret Code to Uncommon Leadership with Ruchira Chaudhary from 2021-10-22T05:55:11

What is the difference between ‘mentoring’ and ‘coaching’?

“While mentoring is watching you from the balcony, and giving you lots of career advice over a long period of time. Coaching is ...

SOS Shot#2 | How to be Successful at Work? | Capsule version of the episode with Dr. Shalini Lal from 2021-10-07T07:13:18

Here we are with our second SOS Shot. We received great response from the first one and so we thought of resurrecting some of oldest conversations and present a capsule version.

Here is o...

What Makes Virat Kohli so 'Driven' with Vijay Lokapally from 2021-09-25T13:14:42

Every individual has a journey of their own, unique in almost every aspect possible.

But there is definitely a thing or two we can learn from greats or legends. This episode on Secrets of...

SOS Shots #1 | Find your Unfair Advantage from 2021-09-22T01:54:12

Here is a first of this kind, SOS Shots is an attempt to deliver the crux of the full conversation in under 10 minutes. No bullshit.

This first is a short version of the last episode with...

What's YOUR Unfair Advantage with Hasan Kubba from 2021-08-31T01:55:54

Life isn’t fair, it’s a thought unsettling but true. On the 51st episode of Secrets of Storytellers, we challenge things like meritocracy with Hasan Kubba, a serial entrepreneur and a coach.

Passion for Bartending with Shatbhi Basu | Hear from the Lady Behind the Bar from 2021-08-15T12:43:21

Bartending in India from the Lady Behind the Bar.

Well bartending is a very very controversial statement in itself. Especially when you say that you want to be on the other si...

Go-Giver | A Guaranteed Success Formula with Bob Burg, WallStreet Journal Bestseller from 2021-07-31T11:33:07

“Money is an echo of value”

Bob Burg, in this podcast, shares how a shift in our focus from taking and collecting things for ourselves to creating more value for others can not just be mo...

Transformational Leadership with Dr Anil K Khandelwal, Ex-Chairman Managing Director, Bank of Baroda | from 2021-07-24T15:08:49

"Intangibles drive the tangibles"

"You can buy competence on the shelf, you can’t buy passion"

"micro-manage excellence"....

We have often heard of transformations in the pr...

Maruti Suzuki Model - The Answer to India's Prosperity with RC Bhargava, Chairman, Maruti Suzuki | Lessons from being an IAS to leading Maruti from 2021-07-10T10:52:33

We, as Indians, for so long have wanted to become a prosperous nation. We desire the stature we have wanted for 75 years now, but, have failed at it miserably. And a lot of it can be attributed ...

Important Lessons for Leadership with Santosh Nair | Why Do Entrepreneurs Fail from 2021-07-03T18:33:53

We touch leadership and entrepreneurship with a very important link in this episode. We touch topics like 'FEAR' or differences between 'leading' and 'managing'. He also shares simple, rudimenta...

Ravana: Villain or Business Leader with Gaurav Kataria from 2021-06-26T08:48:21

Ravana is one of the most well-known characters from Indian mythology, but also deeply hated. He is known for all the wrong things, especially the abduction of Sita. But, we easily forget the in...

The HR and Leadership Illusion with Wayne Brockbank | How can HR and Leadership Transform Organizations from 2021-06-20T07:16:56

Here's the episode with Wayne Brockbank, professor at the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business. He talks about HR at length and depth, and explains the role of the leadership in stre...

Leveraging a Consultant Mindset for Professional Success with Sandeep Krishnan from 2021-05-29T13:36:43

Sandeep Krishnan is the COO & Senior Partner, People Business and Visiting faculty at IIM A.

We discuss about how we can Leverage a Consulting Mindset for Professional Success. Ke...

Leveraging a Consulting Mindset for Professional Success with Sandeep Krishnan from 2021-05-29T13:36:43

Sandeep Krishnan is the COO & Senior Partner, People Business and Visiting faculty at IIM A.

We discuss about how we can Leverage a Consulting Mindset for Professional Success. Key ta...

Master GROWTH HACKING with Apurva Chamaria from 2021-05-22T14:37:18

Hacking? The term sounds so much like ‘cheat’, right? 

So why is our guest for today, Apurva Chamaria, SVP and Chief of Staff to CEO & MD at Tech Mahindra, propagating ‘Growth Ha...

New Rules of Business or Old? with Rajesh Srivastava from 2021-04-17T15:30:39

The fight between the new and old  is actually not new at all. But no amount of any rule can bend the lines for a good product.

Here we have Rajesh Srivastava with us today who recen...

Make Yourself STAND OUT at WORK with Mainak Dhar from 2021-03-30T14:49:15

When people you know, walk in the room. You can almost every time, define a person as an adjective. ‘Punctual’, ‘overconfident’, ‘helpful’, and the list goes on. Don’t you think this adjective i...

The Story of Royal Enfield with Amrit Raj from 2021-03-16T13:14:55

From almost shutting shop to becoming one of the most iconic Indian brands, Royal Enfield is a cult with a very cool follower-ship. But how it went from 0 to what it is today and how it came aro...

By, Of, And For The Millenials with Dr. Mona N. Shah from 2021-01-23T11:53:30

We have had prior episodes on Millennials. But this one is a bit different. It talks about the emotional side of the millennials. 

Dr. Mona Shah a renowned academician is here to tal...

Learning Factory with Arun Maira from 2021-01-13T07:42:08

What made the tatas they are today? They stand tall to be a great inspiration for many. Let's look into the basics of what made Tata the mighty company. Who better to explain the roots than the ...

Theory of Constraints with Puneet Kulraj from 2020-12-22T14:58:05

Yes, it is that time of the year! Where you believe in Santa, Plum Cakes, Carols & everything good.

Well, we have someone very good too. 

Today’s episode features Puneet K...

Hacks for Life & Career with Sandeep Das from 2020-12-11T13:38:58

With growing competition everywhere, Millennials are always under the scanners to make a difference and an identity. No one is better than to meet the person who can guide and pave the path with...

Flawed: The Rise and Fall of Nirav Modi with Pavan Lall from 2020-12-05T13:02:28

Nirav Modi is one of the smartest criminal minds that turned the tables upside and down with his witty tactics. But how did he manage to do everything without any chaos and hinderance? Did he ha...

The Power of Business Storytelling with Indranil Chakraborty from 2020-11-27T10:14:06

Since the olden days, Storytelling has always been the medium to make an impact on the importance of stories and their morals. And today, "Business Storytelling" has become a tr...

Curious Marketer & The Love for Coffee with Harish Bhat from 2020-11-20T12:23:29

What does it take to become a Brand Custodian at the Tatas and who is better to answer this than the Brand Custodian himself? Harish Bhat is here with us to explain his 31 years journey with Tat...

Money Tips to Manage Your Personal Finances with Suresh Sadagopan from 2020-11-13T12:12:15

Most of us have hard time planning our personal finances even though we know how important and essential it is in life. We are so lost because we have no idea where to start it and how to start ...

The Seductive Illusion of Hardwork with Utkarsh Amitabh from 2020-11-06T13:01:33

We often grapple with the question "Is my hard-work paying off?" on an almost continuous basis. No doubt about the fact that everyone tries to do their best and hence put in the required hard wo...

Art of Creating The Need with Rajni Pathak from 2020-10-31T15:41:45

Is Marketing enough for selling your product? Well, there is a more fundamental thing which is ' CREATING NEED' for your product or service. This episode is specifically targeting this aspect. R...

Managing the Millennials with Subramanian Kalpathi from 2020-10-25T13:15:14

Millennials!

Well, there is a lot that has been said and discussed about this generation. The point is why do we even need to define generation? If yes, then why is the generation known a...

SOS Montage from 2020-10-22T07:16:58

Here are some beautiful snippets from the episodes. Do check out!

The Story of the Entrepreneur with Swati Jena from 2020-10-17T12:03:08

Swati Jena, an MBA graduate from XLRI Jamshedpur has taken the plunge at entrepreneurship twice, but it was only in the second innings that she could understand entrepreneurship but more importa...

Science Behind Viral Marketing with Aashish Chopra from 2020-10-11T06:22:06

Aashish Chopra is an award winning viral video marketer, having made and marketed videos with millions of shares and gazillion views. Aashish shares the secrets behind creating such videos and t...

The Indian Boss At Work with Steve Correa from 2020-10-06T12:40:17

Steve Correa, previously the CHRO at Diageo India, an MBA from XLRI Jamshedpur talks about the Indian Leadership in context of his recently released book 'The Indian Boss at Work'. We explore wh...

The Story of AADHAAR with NS Ramnath and Charles Assisi from 2020-09-28T08:16:18

Are you ever intrigued with the entire project of Aadhaar, how did it pan out and how has it performed. Has it delivered its intended purpose? Has it served the country well? There are endless q...

Flipkart: The Big Billion Startup with Mihir Dalal from 2020-09-15T12:12:19

Flipkart is indeed one of the biggest ecommerce giants that did not boom over night. This start up paved path to every entrepreneur, startups, and any budding young minds, and gave them the guar...

Reinventing BRAND YOU: The Theatre Way with Vinita Vyas from 2020-09-10T10:14:52

We often come across the question "How are we as a person?", "What kind of first impressions do we leave on people?", "How do we become a better version of ourselves?" and many more such. There ...

Advertisements: Then and Now with Ambi Parameswaran from 2020-08-30T09:15:15

Ads, content, product campaigns and every other drive is all based on extensive consumer data that is available. But ever wondered how did the brands work out the magic a decade back? We still s...

Importance of Emotional Intelligence with Suman Ghose from 2020-08-26T06:14:11

Suman Ghose, IIT Kharagpur and IIM Bangalore alum, has co-authored the book 'From Command to Empathy'. In this episode, we discuss the real meaning and importance of EQ, Emotional Intelligence a...

Breath WorkOUT with Anu Lall from 2020-08-21T08:01:26

Yoga is literally the only activity that is hated and loved equally. Millennials love to get all the positive effects of it but yet they do not like to do all the hard work. Neither are the yout...

Story of BigBasket: Saying NO to JUGAAD with T.N. Hari from 2020-08-16T12:38:47

TN Hari, HR Head at BigBasket, is one of the highest regarded HR folks in the country. He talks about the journey of BigBasket as a start-up and what did they do right at each step. He also shar...

The Secret of Leadership with Prakash Iyer from 2020-08-13T10:26:19

Mr Prakash Iyer was the former Managing Director at Kimberly Clark Lever and Executive Director at PepsiCo before that. He is a motivational speaker and a certified coach. He is an IIM Ahmedabad...

The Power of Opportunity with Richard Rothman from 2020-08-09T12:27:21

Richard Rothman has served at the American Consulate, US Commercial Service for more than 22 years across various countries. He talks about how to look at opportunities in life because that is t...

The Secret to Business Empires in India with R Gopalakrishnan from 2020-08-05T12:13:59

What does it take to join the ranks of companies in India which have existed for 40, 50 or 90 years and continue to stay relevant? What do the leaders and visionaries at these organizations do d...

Research Opportunities in India with Varun Aggarwal from 2020-07-29T06:12:36

There is a dearth of opportunities in the field of science and research in India. Being the third largest economy, we are still far behind on innovation. Our entrepreneurs and universities do no...

Stakeholder Management with Dr. Shashank Shah from 2020-07-23T07:48:50

How do companies like Tata, HUL or TCS continue to serve its customers with the best of the products and services while making sure the employees are taken care of and make profits every year an...

Sales: A Life Skill with Amit Agarwal from 2020-07-19T08:10:04

What does it take for someone to become highly efficient at sales. How does someone learn the skills to be able to convince anyone with an idea that you want to sell personally or professionally...

Banking and Finance in India with Mr. Tamal Bandyopadhyay from 2020-07-14T14:08

What is unique about HDFC Bank? What differentiates HDFC banking from others? Tamal Bandopadhyay, the award winning journalist talks about his much acclaimed book ‘HDFC 2.0: From Dawn to Digital...

The Indian Diversity with Mr. Santosh Desai from 2020-07-11T14:10:47

From the pressvala (the guy who irons clothes) in every lane, to the matrimonial ads, the holiday choices or simply living from one festival to another. Why do Indians make the choices that we m...

Modern Chanakya Neeti with Dr. Radhakrishnan Pillai from 2020-07-07T12:49:52

Chanakya is one of the most celebrated strategists and rajguru, India and the world has seen. But as much as he is celebrated, he is questioned as well. This episode with Dr. Radhakrishnan, an e...

Inside the Family Businesses in India with Dr. Mita Dixit from 2020-07-02T14:58:58

What are the most important elements in setting up a family business? What decides the success and failure of a family controlled organization? What decides the longevity and the success of any ...

Manage your Personal Finances with Dr. Anil Lamba from 2020-06-29T20:45:07

Finance has always been looked at as a boring and difficult subject, while it holds so much importance that each and everyone should tend to their personal and professional finances with utmost ...

Outlier Marketing with Pravin Shekar from 2020-06-25T12:51:14

The world has been going through unprecedented times, but how do businesses, entrepreneurs and marketers change their strategies. This episode has all the answers you need to adapt and creativel...

How to Succeed in Organizations with Dr. Shalini Lal from 2020-06-20T15:10:40

What does it take for you to get successful at your workplace? How do you find the right organization for yourself? Find answers to these questions and more in this conversation with The Wharton...

What Makes Startups Successful with Nistha Tripathi from 2020-06-12T13:46:17

How did an NYU dropout make it big in the startup world and founded one of the fastest growing startups in India. Listen to the episode to know many more interesting bits and advice from her! Listen

Body Language: Your Success Mantra with Dr. Shalini Verma from 2020-06-09T19:12:56

How did a shy self-taker went onto author 70 books and became an expert teaching principles of Body Language. Get to know more about her along with some tips on digital body language for the new...

New Age India Brands with Harsh Pamnani from 2020-06-04T08:27:47

How did BookMyShow, Zomato, PaperBoat, Epigamia, First Cry and OYO Rooms become such celebrated brands in a short time? Get to know more about such brands in this episode with Harsh Pamnani, aut...

Find the Motivation In You with Arun Malik from 2020-06-03T20:04:15

Hear from the Master Motivator, how and where to find motivation for yourself when the going gets tough.