ContraMinds Podcast - Unlocking Personal Growth and Professional Excellence
Hosted by Sivaraman Swaminathan (Swami), this show decodes what goes on behind the minds of people who strive to achieve mastery, excellence, and success in their business or profession. It explores their life purpose, motivations and inspiration, and attempts to understand their personal growth journey. We try to understand the why behind what they do and how they are successfully accomplishing what they set out to do in their lives.
You can discover the mental models of these high performers, who are career achievers and leaders in their own right and seek to learn from their practices and experiences. The conversation dives deep into their lifelong learning methods, personal development and self-improvement strategies that they work on, their workplace rituals or practices that have made them successful in their business, startup, or entrepreneurial journey.
These conversations will inspire you, open your mind to new possibilities and help you reimagine your purpose, goals, and practices to become extraordinary in both your life and career.
Episodes
98 episodes
Joseph Pine on the Transformation Economy: Don’t Just Serve Customers—Transform Them (#067)
Shekhar Natarajan on Why AI Needs a Trust Layer (#066)
Prof T Prasad on Why Markets Make The Best Classrooms #065
ContraMinds Timeless Wisdom - Kumar Vembu - Why Leaders Must Reinvent to Stay Relevant (Ep03)
ContraMinds Timeless Wisdom - Kumar Vembu - Culture is Engineered, not Announced (Ep02)
ContraMinds Timeless Wisdom - Kumar Vembu on People, Trust and Ownership (Ep01)
2025 Recap Episode - 12 Questions Heading into 2026
Prof. Jeevanjyoti Chakraborty on Curiosity, Chaos & Real Education #064
Thinking With Machines: Sense-Making, AI Agents, Future of Work - Prof. Vasant Dhar (#063)
Be Wilful. Go Astray. Feel Your Way - Jillain Reilly (#062)
How To Make Marketing Attribution Work - Scott Desgrosseilliers (#019)
Neeraj Sagar on Why 50 is the Half Time of Your Professional Career (#061)
How to Market to Gen Z (The Ultimate Guide)- Srinjoy Das (#018)
Why Universities Need To Be Marketable Brands - Burzeen Bhathena, Marketing Director, NMIMS (#017)
Consent, Compliance And Conversational AI: Marketing's New Reality: Nitin Seth, CEO & Co-Founder, SMS Magic & Conversive
Having A Job Vs Building A Career: Scripting Your Journey To Being Extraordinary
Steven Puri On Doing Deep Work In A Distracted World
Take the Leap From Being Average to Extraordinary: Your Path To Being Extraordinary
Why Marketing Must Make People Believe, Not Just Buy: Akhil Almeida, Chief Marketing Officer, Bandhan Life Insurance
Why India Needs 10x Innovation to Beat China: Prof. Rohit Srivastava, IIT Bombay
Cross Media Orchestration For Creative Excellence with Prof. Prasad Naik, University of California Davis
How Micro Schools Can Transform Education With Sai Gaddam. Co-Founder,Comini Learning.
ContraMinds Recap: Best Of 2024 on Ultralearning, Innovation, Resilience, Overcoming Alcohol Addiction, Communication, and AI.
Legends of Advertising Series -Creative Excellence and Staying Relevant : Thoughts from R.Sridhar, An Advertising Legend from India
#057 Elena Aniere on The Slow Food Revolution