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SHINY HAPPY PEOPLE with Vinay Kumar

SHINY HAPPY PEOPLE with Vinay Kumar

Written by: Vinay Kumar
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In this business podcast that is all about people, Vinay Kumar, a Leadership Coach, Certified Professional Facilitator, OD Consultant, Podcaster, Global Nomad, Wildlife Stalker and Records Collector, interviews leaders, thinkers, strategists, and doers to reveal actionable insights, first-hand experiences, smart strategies, brilliant tips and lesser-known best practices on a range of subjects in business leadership and people management, from innovation, DEI, facilitation, technology, future of the workforce and sustainability to evolution of leadership, storytelling, negotiation, digital learning, mental wellbeing, the art of staying positive and even water wars! Plus each episode features curated recommendations from Vinay and his guest for your own RWL (Read Watch Listen) list to keep you shinier and happier!

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Episodes
  • Episode 190: Dane Hudson on Discipline in Leadership
    Jul 23 2026

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    Bringing us incisive insights from inside the world of CEOs is international CEO mentor and author of the book, ‘Discipline Beats Vision: How to be the leader your company needs - starting Monday’, Dane Hudson. A seasoned international leader, Dane provides coaching, mentoring and advisory services to CEOs, Founders and C-level leaders through his company, Impactful Leadership. Dane is APAC’s most respected CEO mentor and has over 25 years of experience as a CEO of companies including the world’s largest restaurant company Yum! Brands, managing over 63,000 restaurants in more than 155 countries including KFC, Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, and The Habit Burger & Grill.

    [2:54s] Dane’s origin story

    [10:34s] From running companies to starting his own

    [14:08s] 3 things that CEOs struggle with that people often don’t talk about

    [22:48s] Why Discipline Beats Vision and being ‘Monday-ready’

    [29:19s] Evolution of leadership in the age of AI

    [43:48s] Future for Dane Hudson

    [46:53s] RWL Read: Jim Collins books; Listen Bloomberg Technology Podcast

    RWL Read: Dane’s book ‘Discipline Beats Vision’

    Find out more about Dane’s work at https://impactfulleadership.com/

    Connect with Dane on LinkedIn

    Connect with Vinay on LinkedIn

    What did you think about this episode? What would you like to hear more about? Or simply, write in and say hello! podcast@c2cod.com

    Subscribe to us on your favorite platforms – Google Podcasts, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Overcast, Tune In Alexa, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn + Alexa, Stitcher, Jio Saavn and more.

    This podcast is sponsored by C2C-OD, your Organizational Development consulting partner ‘Bringing People and Strategy Together’. Follow @c2cod on Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook

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    52 mins
  • Episode 189: Winnie da Silva on Transformative Leadership
    Jul 9 2026

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    Our guest today is Winnie da Silva, a leadership strategist who has enabled senior leaders and leadership teams to achieve results at a high-level during moments of growth, transition, and increased complexity over the last two decades. Winnie partners with leaders to drive meaningful shifts in leadership behavior, team dynamics, and organizational performance. Her work integrates executive coaching, leadership development, and team effectiveness to achieve measurable business impact. She began her career at Arthur Andersen Business Consulting and later served as National Director of Learning and Development at Bovis Lend Lease.

    Winnie is also the host of Transformative Leadership Conversations, a podcast for leaders who want to elevate their own leadership thinking and skills. Through in-depth conversations with executives and subject-matter experts, the show explores the shifts required to drive sustained performance.

    [5:29s] ‘An accidental consultant’: Her genesis story

    [12:44s] On her work in leadership coaching

    [23:09s] Most gratifying and most challenging moments from her work

    [34:27s] A common theme across leaders she’s worked with

    [40:05s] AI in leadership

    [47:32s] RWL Read: ‘Tiny Experiments’ by Anne-Laure Le Cunff; RWL LISTEN: Winnie’s podcast ‘Transformative Leadership Conversations’

    Explore her work at https://www.winniedasilva.com/

    Connect with Winnie on LinkedIn

    Connect with Vinay on LinkedIn

    What did you think about this episode? What would you like to hear more about? Or simply, write in and say hello! podcast@c2cod.com

    Subscribe to us on your favorite platforms – Google Podcasts, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Overcast, Tune In Alexa, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn + Alexa, Stitcher, Jio Saavn and more.

    This podcast is sponsored by C2C-OD, your Organizational Development consulting partner ‘Bringing People and Strategy Together’. Follow @c2cod on Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook

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    56 mins
  • Episode 188: Mona Momtazian on Change Capability in Leadership Today
    Jun 25 2026

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    Grounded in change psychology, resilience and neuroscience, her work in Change Management and leadership spans over 20 years partnering with leaders to enable high performance sustainability, the kind that strengthens people and mindsets, adaptability, culture and results. Meet our guest today, Mona Momtazian the Change Management and Leadership Consultant who has worked with leaders in Australian and global organisations through some of the hardest moments at work. Restructures. Redundancies. Teams falling apart and shifting to completely different ways of working.

    Mona is the founder of Change Capability and the creator of the ReFocus Method™ and the Change Support Stack™ framework. Drawing on behavioural neuroscience, she has developed an online learning store designed to make the language of self-care and emotional intelligence a norm in the workplace.

    [3:30s] Her journey into Change Management Leadership

    [14:12s] Evolution of leaders’ understanding of change and its complexities

    [27:06s] Doing change right versus doing it quick

    [33:12s] On change projects she’s led - digital transformation, AI

    [39:00s] Top learnings and insights on Change Management

    [45:21s] RWL Read: Mona’s book ‘The Many Hats of Resistance’; ‘Appreciative Inquiry’by David Cooperrider and Diana Whitney; ACMP resourcesfor Change Management; Human Centered Design Thinking; SCARF® NeuroLeadership; Listen to Brené Brown’s podcast

    Connect with Mona on LinkedIn

    Connect with Vinay on LinkedIn

    What did you think about this episode? What would you like to hear more about? Or simply, write in and say hello! podcast@c2cod.com

    Subscribe to us on your favorite platforms – Google Podcasts, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Overcast, Tune In Alexa, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn + Alexa, Stitcher, Jio Saavn and more.

    This podcast is sponsored by C2C-OD, your Organizational Development consulting partner ‘Bringing People and Strategy Together’. Follow @c2cod on Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook

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    52 mins
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