Ep 49: Kelli McLoud-Schingen on Creating a More Inclusive and Equitable World, One Step At a Time

An incredible journey from working 21 years as a corporate honcho to becoming a sports and fitness entrepreneur – that’s the story of ‘Ironman’ Kapil Arora, a fitness expert, a best-selling author, TEDx Speaker and a successful corporate leader, who holds several marathon titles, including the ‘Gold Tata Mumbai Marathon’ winner, a ‘Limca Book National Record Holder’ for performing 948 lunges in one hour, and a three-time ‘Ironman 140.6’ title. Since 2023, after almost a decade of juggling between his marathons and ultramarathons and his job as CEO of a jewellery company, Kapil has been successfully running his own sports and fitness enterprise with ‘KA Sports & Events’.

Hit play to listen as Vinay traces the story of a man who is truly unstoppable!   

[03:10s] Life before 
[05:31s] Start of his fitness journey (and writing his bestsellers)
[21: 38s] On ‘KA Sports & Events’ and the running industry
[32: 28s] What it takes to stay fit and motivated
[36:19s] RWL: Kapil’s recommendation to Read ‘Buddha’s Diet’ by by Tara Cottrell & Dan Zigmond;
Kapil’s books: ‘5 Secrets: 5 Time Management Secrets of Ultra Successful People’; ‘21.1 Running Mistakes’; ‘Made Not Born’

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At the height of the excitement for the 2nd edition of #TheLastRun ‘Pangong Frozen Lake Marathon’ in Ladakh happening this February 20, to increase awareness on the impact of global warming, we bring you this very special episode where Vinay digs deep into what sustainability in business means and looks like, in conversation with the award-winning sustainability entrepreneur, Rigzin Lachic.

Rigzin is Founder and Proprietor of Dolkhar in Ladakh, a boutique luxury hotel that exists in perfect harmony with the environment and the local community. Inspired by Ladakh’s people, culture, and tradition, Dolkhar is a fully sustainable business with the values of conscious, sustainable, and contextual travel at its core.

Rigzin’s deep-rooted vision of sustainable and responsible tourism for Ladakh extends beyond Dolkhar – as Vice President of All Ladakh Hotel and Guest House Association, Rigzin has played a pivotal role in bridging the gap between the local community and the administration.

Rigzin is winner of Inspiring Women of Travel Asia’s ‘Forward Thinker in Travel Award’, and the Economic Times’s Travel & Tourism Annual Conclave ‘Boutique Hotel of the Year 2023-24’, among her many accolades and recognition for her work.

Hit play to listen to her extraordinary story.

[03:22s] Genesis of the idea of Dolkhar
[13:50s] Building Dolkhar, a sustainable business
[18:48s] Running a sustainable business
[24: 03s] Sustainability: Leading by example
[41:46s] RWL: Read ‘The Forty Rules of Love’ by Elif Shafak; ‘Ancient Futures: Learning from Ladakh’ by Helena Norberg-Hodge   

Explore Dolkhar at https://dolkharladakh.com/
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This exciting episode, meet Ben Renshaw, considered one of today’s foremost leadership thinkers, whose innovative work with leading organisations, senior executives and entrepreneurs has brought him international acclaim. Ben writes about how to lead and be successful in today’s volatile world and is the author of 11 popular books, including How to be a CEO, LoveWork, Being, Purpose, Lead! and SuperCoaching.  An inspirational speaker, his keynote talks include Leading with Purpose, Purpose with Performance, and Leading Sustainable Growth.

As an executive coach and leadership consultant, Ben has worked with clients including Allen & Overy LLP, Barclays, BT, ClearScore, Diageo, Entrepreneurs Organisation, Government Communication Service, Heathrow, Heinz, Henley Business School, HSBC, Imperial Business School, IHG, KPMG, M&S, National Highways, P&G, Sainsbury's, Sky, TfL, UBS, Unilever, Virgin Media and Warner Bros.

Hit play to find out about his journey.

[05:00s] His journey into leadership coaching
[10:02s] Growth of purpose-driven organizations today
[12:53s] Genesis of How to be a CEO
[16: 06s] Evolution of CEOs – then and now
[38:10s] RWL: Listen to ‘The Diary Of A CEO’ podcast with Steven Bartlett ; Read ‘Right Kind of Wrong’ by Amy Edmondson 

Find more about Ben, his work and his book here: https://www.benrenshaw.com/
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A very exciting year 2024 to you! Welcome back to Shiny Happy People podcast and here’s kick-starting the new year with a first – our guest today is the first ever medical doctor to come on our podcast yet, who combines his medical brilliance with an entrepreneurial grit to bring to India, one of the most exciting offerings in healthcare in recent years. 

Meet Dhruv Joshi, MD, co-founder and CEO of Cloudphysician, a healthcare company that provides technology enabled remote ICU management solutions to hospitals. A graduate of St. Johnʼs Medical College, Bengaluru , Dhruv has specialized in Internal medicine and Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine. He's worked at the Cleveland CLinic, USA. Having received pulmonary and critical care training in the US, and remotely providing care to hospitals in the US, Dhruv’s extensive experience in both resource rich and resource limited hospitals across India and the US, gives him a deep understanding of the problem of inequitable healthcare delivery.

This insight and an ardent desire to address this inequity led him to start Cloudphysician which is solving this problem in the only scalable manner; via technology and innovation. Cloudphysician has supported over 100 hospitals in India to deliver life-saving care to their patients. Dhruvʼs vision is to build Cloudphysician into a global virtual hospital.

Hit play to find out more about the amazing work by Dhruv and his team.

[02:12s] His journey into healthcare
[11:12s] Genesis of Cloud Physician of remote critical care tech
[20:47s] Access, Quality & Affordability in healthcare
[27: 40s] Impact & reach of Cloud Physician
[38:13s] RWL: Read ‘The Hard Thing About Hard Thing’ by Ben Horowitz; ‘Principles’ by Ray Dalio; ‘The Art of the Start’ by Guy Kawasaki 

Find more about Cloud Physician at https://www.cloudphysician.net/ 
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2023 is almost over and in keeping with our tradition, the SHP team - our host, Vinay Kumar, the host of the limited series ‘The Resilient Entrepreneur’, Dhruti Shah and our producer, Remuna Rai, bring you their top episode picks from the year. To listen to the full episodes of our top picks, click on each episode title 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 more exciting episodes with a new guest line-up next year. Do write in and tell us what YOU liked from this year and what you would like to hear about, at podcast@c2cod.com . We will see you back in January of 2024! Wish you all a fabulous New Year!

Vinay’s top picks
Ep 108: The 25-time Snooker & Billiards World Champion, Pankaj Advani
Ep. 114: Guillaume Wiatr on Crafting Your ‘Strategic Narrative’
Ep 121: Chris Brown, the Sustainability Warrior of Pemuteran, Bali

Remuna’s top picks
Ep 119: Andrea T Edwards, CSP, on Uncommon Climate Courage
Ep 123: Amy Diehl and Leanne Dzubinski on Workplace Gender Biases
Ep 115: NeuroGifted's Joel Godi on Neurodiversity Inclusion & Practice

Dhruti’s top picks
Ep. 118: Divya Bafna & Anusha Reddy on ‘The Resilient Entrepreneur’, a Shiny Happy People special
Ep. 120: Vineet Saxena on ‘The Resilient Entrepreneur’, a Shiny Happy People special
Ep. 124: Supriya Donthi on ‘The Resilient Entrepreneur’, a Shiny Happy People special 

Shiny Happy People’s ‘The Resilient Entrepreneur’ limited series is now a podcast on its own. Hosted by Dhruti Shah, it brings you a new startup story of resilience every month! Listen to the latest episode here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2270974

This podcast is brought to you by C2C-OD, your Organizational Development consulting partner ‘Bringing Strategy and People Together’. Follow us on Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook

“Facilitation is possibly the most powerful tool for change.”

And that’s exactly what she’s doing – leveraging the power of facilitation for social impact. Meet our guest today, Manal Sayid, Principal Facilitator at Sayid Consulting, who, inspired by human-centered change and participatory approaches, designs processes that foster authenticity, build community, and harness collective energy for a more creative, collaborative, and conscious world.

With over eight years of experience in business, change management, and strategic planning, Manal brings in a wealth of experience and expertise to help develop, refine, and scale programs to clients primarily in the social profit sector.

Manal is also an active member of the International Association of Facilitators (IAF) and was recently elected to the position of Regional Director for North America and will be serving as an IAF Board Member starting January 2024. Additionally, she has received training at the Institute of Cultural Affairs (ICA) in Technology of Participation (ToP)® Methods.

Vinay finds out more on her facilitation journey of change from the woman herself. Hit play!

[02:30s] Genesis of Manal Sayid
[08:45s] Her journey into process facilitation
[13:22s] Discovering the IAF community
[18: 10s] “My heart has always been in the social services sector.”
[28:55s] Working with the IAF and beyond
[37:24s] RWL: Read Conflict Is Not Abuse by Sarah Schulman

Find more about Manal and her work at Sayid Consulting
Connect with Manal on LinkedIn 
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“The need now is to see learning as a journey, instead of training as an event,” articulates the man that’s leading learning and development at one of the world’s biggest conglomerates in India. 

Our guest today is the multi-faceted Dhanpat Jain, fondly known as DJ, Head of Learning and Leadership Development at Hindustan Coca Cola Beverages Pvt. Ltd.DJ is a keen strategist with over 24 years of experience studded with professional brilliance in leading entire gamut of functions involved in Talent Management, Leadership Development, Learning & Development and Employee Engagement. 

DJ started his career in sales, but his passion and interest in training saw him join NIS Sparta Ltd (Asia’s largest training organization) as a Business Development Manager, specializing in interventions for influencing skill sets in Sales, Service and Communication. He has worked with Fortune clients like Standard Chartered, Hyundai Motors, Ford Motors, and Cognizant. DJ’s entrepreneurial aspirations also saw him kick starting his very own training organization which worked with the likes of Hyundai, Mitsubishi Motors, Toyota Motors, Indian Oil, HLL, Rane, Tata Consultancy Services, Cognizant and Office Tiger, TCS etc. 

Vinay traces the journey of this truly shiny, happy personality who thrives on human connections and who lives by the motto ‘learning never stops’ – hit play for this riveting conversation. 

[03:21s] From ‘Doctor DJ’ to sales to training: His journey into L&D 

[9:02s] The ‘actor DJ’: “My passion for acting helped me become a good trainer!”

[13:30s] Top shifts in Learning & Development today 

[15: 13s] Learning as a journey, not an event

[21:28s] Technology in learning today 

[24:52s] Addressing diverse learning needs at Hindustan Coca Cola Beverages 

[34:44s] RWL: Read ‘Secret’ by Rhonda Bryne and ‘Good to Great’ by James C. Collins

Connect with DJ on LinkedIn 

Connect with Vinay on Twitter or LinkedIn 

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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’.

This episode brings you an entrepreneurial story that is truly one of sheer grit and resilience – meet Supriya Donthi who founded Leafy Affair™and took it to new heights of success all on her own, completely bootstrapped with no funding, no co-founders even.

Supriya, who was featured on Shark Tank India Season 2, started Leafy Affair™ in 2016. Leafy Affair™ is India’s first niche D2C brand that makes exquisite jewelry pieces with preserved botanicals. It is India’s first preserved botanical lifestyle brand. Leafy Affair has been recognized as one of YourStory’s Top 500 Challenger Brands.

Hit play to get her full story! 

Check out Leafy Affair here: https://leafyaffair.com/
Connect with Supriya on LinkedIn 
Connect with Dhruti on LinkedIn and Twitter   

Shiny Happy People’s ‘The Resilient Entrepreneur’ limited series is now a podcast on its own. Hosted by Dhruti Shah, it brings you a new startup story of resilience every month! Listen to the latest episode here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2270974

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“Organizations have come a long way when it comes to recognizing and attempting to stamp out gender bias. But gender bias stubbornly persists and women still face substantial hurdles when trying to succeed professionally,” note Amy Diehl, PhD, and Leanne M Dzubinski, PhD, the authors of the brilliant book ‘Glass Walls: Shattering the Six Barriers Still Holding Women Back at Work’ which released in June this year. This is a subject close to our hearts here, and we are thrilled to have both Amy and Leanne on our podcast this episode!  

‘Glass Walls’ is a culmination of extensive original research by the authors who reveal the six barriers still holding women back through stories of prominent and everyday women. They explain how you can shatter these barriers to eliminate bias in your workplace, whether you are a leader, an ally or an individual woman. Above all, they argue gender bias is not the problem of the person suffering it, but rather an organizational problem.

Amy is an award-winning information technology leader and gender equity researcher based in Pennsylvania. Leanne is Professor of Leadership at Asbury Seminary in Kentucky.

In this incisive conversation with the authors, Vinay finds more about the book, its genesis, and insights on the cause and effect of gender biases and what organizations and leaders can do to help eliminate gender bias.  

[02:22s] Genesis of their work in gender biases 

[10:56s] Stories behind ‘Glass Walls’   

[13:00s] Awareness on gender biases over the past decade 

[16: 49s] ‘Naming the invisible’: Tips to address unconscious biases 

[21:55s] Presenteeism biases 

[21:55s] Impact of the pandemic 

[34:44s] Key takeaways from ‘Glass Walls’

Get your copy of ‘Glass Walls’ 

Connect with Amy at https://amy-diehl.com/  

Connect with Leanne on LinkedIn

Connect with Vinay on Twitter or LinkedIn 

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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’.

This episode brings you a slightly different perspective on the whole entrepreneur or start-up eco-system – our guest today is somebody who, through his organization, has been instrumental in helping the start-up culture thrive in India.

He is Karan Bahadur, the Co-Founder & Head of Operations at Draper Startup House, India. 

Draper Startup House ushered in the breakthrough concept of, in Karan’s words, a ‘backpacking’ community in India for start-ups, bringing in a space of co-living and networking for including founders, cofounders, start-up entrepreneurs and aspirants, digital nomads, business travelers, freelancers, way back in 2015-16. After being acquired by Tim Draper in 2020, today Draper Startup House exists in 25 countries, growing rapidly across the world and India. 

Karan himself has been an active participant in the startup ecosystem since 2008, being part of TiE (The Indus Entrepreneurs). Creating a thriving community that fosters the growth and success of startups is something Karan is passionate about.  

That passion has seen him having actively organized and participated in startup festivals, events, workshops and conferences to facilitate knowledge sharing and networking among entrepreneurs. He has played a pivotal role in establishing a unique, vibrant community that encourages collaboration, idea exchange and coexistence among startups in India, and now across the world too. 

Well, let’s hear more from the man himself – hit play!

 More about Draper Startup House India here: https://draperstartuphouse.com/bangalore-flagship-koramangala
Connect with Karan on LinkedIn 
Connect with Dhruti on LinkedIn and Twitter   

Shiny Happy People’s ‘The Resilient Entrepreneur’ limited series is now a podcast on its own. Hosted by Dhruti Shah, it brings you a new startup story of resilience every month! Listen to the latest episode here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2270974

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