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Play to Potential Podcast

Play to Potential Podcast

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This Podcast is created and curated by Deepak Jayaraman (an Executive Coach and a Leadership Advisor). He lives in Mumbai and works with successful Senior Executives by helping them play to their unique potential but with a sharp focus on transitions (business or career). Just like businesses need to think about "where to play" and "how to win", leaders need to be coherent about "where to go" and "how to grow" in their journeys. Deepak works with them during pivotal moments to help them with these two questions. To know more click here.



The conversations in this podcast cover topics around Leadership, Transitions and Careers. Given that time is scarce and that you might be interested in only some of the segments of the podcast, the conversations have been broken down into nuggets to facilitate easier consumption. This is also a learning journey that the Podcast host Deepak Jayaraman is going through. At the end of each nugget he shares his key takeaway(s) in the context of his experiences. For accessing nuggets across speakers by a specific theme of interest, you might want to visit the Curated Playlists section. If you derive value from the podcast, please consider paying it forward to Antarang Foundation.



Deepak is an alumnus of IIT Madras, IIM Ahmedabad and London Business School. Prior to Starting Transition Insight, he has been a Business Consultant at KPMG Consulting in UK/India, Strategy Consultant with McKinsey & Co. in the US and a Leadership Consultant (Executive Search, Board placements, Leadership Development) at EgonZehnder. He is a certified CEO Coach.



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  • 704: 111.00 Dr. Wendy Smith on Navigating dilemmas, tensions and paradoxes

    704: 111.00 Dr. Wendy Smith on Navigating dilemmas, tensions and paradoxes
    Jul 28 2026
    GUEST:Dr. Wendy Smith is one of the world's foremost researchers on leadership, paradox and organizational change. She is the Dana J. Johnson Professor of Management at the University of Delaware and co-author of the influential book Both/And Thinking, which explores how leaders navigate competing demands in an increasingly complex world.In this conversation, we explore why many of leadership's hardest decisions are not problems with a single correct answer but paradoxes that require holding multiple truths simultaneously.Wendy explains the important distinction between tensions, dilemmas and paradoxes, and introduces the idea of Both & Thinking as a practical approach for navigating complexity. She shares why leaders often become trapped in binary thinking and describes the three common patterns she calls Rabbit Holes, Wrecking Balls and Trench Warfare.We also discuss why today's world makes paradoxes more visible than ever, how leaders can build what Wendy calls a paradox mindset, and why simply changing the questions we ask can unlock more creative solutions.Throughout the conversation, Deepak connects these ideas with his own FLAVOUR framework for leading a full life, exploring how work, family, aspirations, health and relationships are deeply interconnected rather than competing priorities.This episode is for leaders, managers, founders, coaches and anyone seeking better ways to make decisions in an increasingly uncertain and interconnected world.Published in July 2026.ABOUT THE PODCAST:The podcast has been functional since 2016. We are one of the (if not the only one) podcasts that break a conversation down into small pieces of content and reorganise them by theme. To know more you can visit www.playtopotential.com and see the Curated Playlists section. While the full conversations on Apple, Spotify and other platforms are open access, the curated insights require membership.HOST:Deepak Jayaraman, the host of this podcast series, works with Leaders and Organizations with a growth mindset and helps them play to their full potential. He strives to spend significant upfront energy in understand the nuances of the context and then armed with the mutual trust and understanding of the context, strives to be of value as a (behind the scenes and discreet) Coach / Sounding Board for their journeys. LinkedIn profile here.OTHER GUESTS:1.Vijay Amritraj 2.Amish Tripathi 3.Raghu Raman 4.Papa CJ 5.Kartik Hosanagar 6.Ravi Venkatesan 7.Abhijit Bhaduri 8.Viren Rasquinha 9.Prakash Iyer 10.Avnish Bajaj 11.Nandan Nilekani 12.Atul Kasbekar 13.Karthik Reddy 14.Pramath Sinha 15.Vedika Bhandarkar 16.Vinita Bali 17.Zia Mody 18.Rama Bijapurkar 19.Dheeraj Pandey 20.Anu Madgavkar 21.Vishy Anand 22. Meher Pudumjee 23.KV Shridhar (Pops) 24.Suresh Naraynan 25.Devdutt Pattanaik 26.Jay Panda 27.Amit Chandra 28.Chandramouli Venkatesan 29.Roopa Kudva 30.Vinay Sitapati 31.Neera Nundy. 32.Deepa Malik 33.Bombay Jayashri. 34.Arun Maira 35.Ambi Parameswaran 36.OP Bhaat 37.Indranil Chakraborty 38.Tarun Khanna 39. Ramachandra Guha 40. Stewart Friedman 41. Rich Fernandez 42. Falguni Nayar 43. Rajat Gupta 44. Kartik Hosanagar 45. Michael Watkins 46. Matt Dixon 47. Herminia Ibarra 48. Paddy Upton 49. Tasha Eurich 50. Alan Eagle 51. Sudhir Sitapati 52. James Clear 53. Lynda Gratton 54. Jennifer Petriglieri. 55. Matthew Walker 56. Raj Raghunathan 57. Jennifer Garvey Berger 58. BJ Fogg 59. R Gopolakrishnan 60. Sir Andrew Likierman. 61. Atul Khatri 62. Whitney Jonson 63. Venkat Krishnan 64. Marshall Goldsmith 65. Ashish Dhawan 66. Vinay Sitapati 67. Ashley Whillans 68. Tenzin Priyadarshi 69. Ramesh Srinivasan 70. Bruce Feiler 71. Sanjeev Aggarwal and T. N. Hari 72. Bill Carr 73. Jennifer Wetzler 74. Sally Helgesen 75. Dan Cable 76. Tom Vanderbilt 77. Darleen DeRosa 78. Amy Edmondson 79. Katy Milkman 80. Harish Bhatt 81. Lloyd Reeb 82. Sukhinder Cassidy 83. Harsh Mariwala 84. Rajiv Vij 85. Dorie Clark 86. Ayse Birsel 87. Ravi Venkatesan E2 88. Pradeep Chakravarthy 89. Dan Pink 90. Alisa Cohn 91. Ayelet Fishbach 92. Thomas Wedell-Wedellsborg 93. Raghu Ananthnarayanan 94. Tarun Khanna EP2 95. Manjari Jaruhar 96. Ethan Kross 97. David Bradford 98. Jeffrey Pfeffer 99. Michiel Kruyt 100. Christopher Clarey 101. Stephen M.R. Covey 102. David Noble & Carol Kauffman 103. Ricardo Sunderland 104. Neeraj Aggarwal 105. Jaspreet Bindra 106. Bill Burnett 107. Roopa Kudva EP2 108. Jennifer Garvey Berger EP 2 109. Hitendra Wadhwa 110. Viral Doshi DISCLAIMERAll content and opinions expressed in the podcast are that of the guests and are not necessarily the opinions of Deepak Jayaraman and Transition Insight Private Limited. Views expressed in comments to blog are the personal opinions of the author of the comment. They do not necessarily reflect the views of The Company or the author of the blog. Participants are responsible for the content of their comments and all comments that are posted are in the public domain. The Company reserves the right to monitor, ...
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    1 hr and 16 mins
  • 703: 110.00 Viral Doshi on Careers, College choices, AI and on adopting the Rolex Approach to his journey

    703: 110.00 Viral Doshi on Careers, College choices, AI and on adopting the Rolex Approach to his journey
    Jun 26 2026
    GUEST:Viral Doshi is one of India's pioneers in career and college counselling. Over the last two decades, he has mentored more than 30,000 students, helping them navigate educational choices, international admissions and long-term career decisions. He is widely regarded for his highly personalised approach and has consciously built a practice centred on excellence rather than scale.In this conversation, we explore Viral's remarkable journey from running a Super Alloys manufacturing business to building one of India's most respected career counselling practices. He reflects on how passion became his profession and why he chose to remain a specialist instead of building a large organisation.We discuss how students and parents make career decisions, the changing role of undergraduate and postgraduate education, and why the first degree is increasingly becoming a platform for exploration while the second degree develops specialised skills.The conversation also examines the impact of AI on careers, common mistakes students make while choosing disciplines like Computer Science, and why learning AI should complement a strong foundational discipline rather than replace one.Along the way, Viral shares insights on staying relevant for over twenty years, building trust through deeply human relationships, and why handwritten notes and personal attention continue to matter in an increasingly digital world.This episode is for students, parents, educators and professionals who are thinking deeply about careers, lifelong learning and making better long-term decisions.Published in June 2026.ABOUT THE PODCAST:The podcast has been functional since 2016. We are one of the (if not the only one) podcasts that break a conversation down into small pieces of content and reorganise them by theme. To know more you can visit www.playtopotential.com and see the Curated Playlists section. While the full conversations on Apple, Spotify and other platforms are open access, the curated insights require membership.HOST:Deepak Jayaraman, the host of this podcast series, works with Leaders and Organizations with a growth mindset and helps them play to their full potential. He strives to spend significant upfront energy in understand the nuances of the context and then armed with the mutual trust and understanding of the context, strives to be of value as a (behind the scenes and discreet) Coach / Sounding Board for their journeys. LinkedIn profile here.OTHER GUESTS:1.Vijay Amritraj 2.Amish Tripathi 3.Raghu Raman 4.Papa CJ 5.Kartik Hosanagar 6.Ravi Venkatesan 7.Abhijit Bhaduri 8.Viren Rasquinha 9.Prakash Iyer 10.Avnish Bajaj 11.Nandan Nilekani 12.Atul Kasbekar 13.Karthik Reddy 14.Pramath Sinha 15.Vedika Bhandarkar 16.Vinita Bali 17.Zia Mody 18.Rama Bijapurkar 19.Dheeraj Pandey 20.Anu Madgavkar 21.Vishy Anand 22. Meher Pudumjee 23.KV Shridhar (Pops) 24.Suresh Naraynan 25.Devdutt Pattanaik 26.Jay Panda 27.Amit Chandra 28.Chandramouli Venkatesan 29.Roopa Kudva 30.Vinay Sitapati 31.Neera Nundy. 32.Deepa Malik 33.Bombay Jayashri. 34.Arun Maira 35.Ambi Parameswaran 36.OP Bhaat 37.Indranil Chakraborty 38.Tarun Khanna 39. Ramachandra Guha 40. Stewart Friedman 41. Rich Fernandez 42. Falguni Nayar 43. Rajat Gupta 44. Kartik Hosanagar 45. Michael Watkins 46. Matt Dixon 47. Herminia Ibarra 48. Paddy Upton 49. Tasha Eurich 50. Alan Eagle 51. Sudhir Sitapati 52. James Clear 53. Lynda Gratton 54. Jennifer Petriglieri. 55. Matthew Walker 56. Raj Raghunathan 57. Jennifer Garvey Berger 58. BJ Fogg 59. R Gopolakrishnan 60. Sir Andrew Likierman. 61. Atul Khatri 62. Whitney Jonson 63. Venkat Krishnan 64. Marshall Goldsmith 65. Ashish Dhawan 66. Vinay Sitapati 67. Ashley Whillans 68. Tenzin Priyadarshi 69. Ramesh Srinivasan 70. Bruce Feiler 71. Sanjeev Aggarwal and T. N. Hari 72. Bill Carr 73. Jennifer Wetzler 74. Sally Helgesen 75. Dan Cable 76. Tom Vanderbilt 77. Darleen DeRosa 78. Amy Edmondson 79. Katy Milkman 80. Harish Bhatt 81. Lloyd Reeb 82. Sukhinder Cassidy 83. Harsh Mariwala 84. Rajiv Vij 85. Dorie Clark 86. Ayse Birsel 87. Ravi Venkatesan E2 88. Pradeep Chakravarthy 89. Dan Pink 90. Alisa Cohn 91. Ayelet Fishbach 92. Thomas Wedell-Wedellsborg 93. Raghu Ananthnarayanan 94. Tarun Khanna EP2 95. Manjari Jaruhar 96. Ethan Kross 97. David Bradford 98. Jeffrey Pfeffer 99. Michiel Kruyt 100. Christopher Clarey 101. Stephen M.R. Covey 102. David Noble & Carol Kauffman 103. Ricardo Sunderland 104. Neeraj Aggarwal 105. Jaspreet Bindra 106. Bill Burnett 107. Roopa Kudva EP2 108. Jennifer Garvey Berger EP 2 109. Hitendra Wadhwa DISCLAIMERAll content and opinions expressed in the podcast are that of the guests and are not necessarily the opinions of Deepak Jayaraman and Transition Insight Private Limited. Views expressed in comments to blog are the personal opinions of the author of the comment. They do not necessarily reflect the views of The Company or the author of the blog. Participants are responsible for the content of their comments and all comments ...
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    1 hr and 10 mins
  • 702: EP 10 Connecting the Dots: Journaling - Building a deeper relationship with yourself

    702: EP 10 Connecting the Dots: Journaling - Building a deeper relationship with yourself
    May 12 2026

    This episode of Connecting the Dots is on Journaling. Over the years, I’ve noticed an interesting contrast. Many accomplished leaders credit journaling as a practice that helped them think clearly, improve judgment, process complexity and stay grounded. At the same time, many people want to journal but don’t know where to begin or how to make the practice meaningful. This episode is for the latter.

    Through insights from guests like Ethan Kross, Tasha Eurich, Daniel Pink, Rich Fernandez, Bill Burnett, Rajiv Vij, Andrew Likierman and Vinay Sitapati, we explore both the Why and the How of journaling. We look at how journaling can help reduce mental chatter, build self-awareness, develop emotional restraint, improve judgment, process complexity and bring more intentionality into our lives. We also discuss practical approaches to journaling, including gratitude journaling, tracking energy and engagement, using “what” questions instead of “why” questions and building non-judgmental self-awareness.

    If you’ve ever wanted to start journaling but felt overwhelmed, inconsistent or unsure where to begin, this episode will hopefully give you a simple and thoughtful way to approach the practice.

    Crafting a Full Life – A Year Long Companion to Play to Your Potential is our guided journaling companion designed to help you reflect more deeply on different facets of your life including work, relationships, health, aspirations, values and self-awareness. Curated with reflective prompts, podcast excerpts and exercises, it is intended to help you slow down, think clearly and become more intentional about the life you want to build. If you’re looking to begin or deepen your journaling practice, do check it out.
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    48 mins
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