Peoplenovate: The Podcast for People
Have you ever been asked, ”What do you bring to the table?” We can try to find an answer that fits into one of the many tables established outside our doors, or we can create our own table, decide which voices get a seat, and serve a menu of topics we want to discuss. This is my table. Everyone is invited, and there are no preconditions. The purpose is to have detailed, comprehensive, and challenging conversations about inclusive growth. The show strives to achieve all of the above by harnessing the power of storytelling and human connection.
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2 days ago
2 days ago
In this episode, I discuss psychological safety. How comfortable do you feel being yourself and voicing your opinion? Does it make a difference when you can do this vs. when you can't? What is the level of risks you are willing to take when you feel safe taking those risks? And what happens when you operate in the fear of retribution?
Psychological safety is closely linked to acceptance, belonging, risk-taking, and overall growth and progress. In this episode, I discuss the basics—what psychological safety feels like, how it influences us, and how we can start identifying its presence and absence.
Wednesday Oct 23, 2024
Wednesday Oct 23, 2024
In this episode I discuss the elite challenges of moving abroad - some elite stereotypes. How do you speak such good English? Why do you not know how to ski? What is Assam? Why do you need to plan an EU travel so far in advance? What - you didn't have a concept of networking drinks in India?
I address these in a laid back rapid fire round. And I am sure I haven't addressed all of them.
Wednesday Oct 16, 2024
Wednesday Oct 16, 2024
In this episode, I discuss the two significant skill development hurdles that greeted me when I moved abroad—the need to be curious and the need to adapt. I break down my Indian law degree and discuss the curiosity I felt when answering questions about how difficult it was to get through an Indian law school and eventually crack the training contract interviews. My degree was not local, but did that really matter?
Wednesday Oct 16, 2024
Wednesday Oct 16, 2024
In this episode, I discuss the structure of National Law University Delhi and how it facilitated both my access to and bagging of a magic circle training contract. I also discuss my misgivings about moving abroad, and why I finally decided to make a shift from East to West.
Wednesday Oct 09, 2024
Wednesday Oct 09, 2024
In this episode, I discuss my east-west shift from Assam to Delhi, where I became a National Law University Delhi student. My legal education is one of the most pivotal points of my life, transforming my thinking, aspirations, and potential. But what was it like moving from Assam to Delhi? How do Indian students get into law schools? How competitive is the process? And how do you cope with being a first-generation lawyer in an elite law school in India? I continue to read extracts from Ryan Holiday's book "Courage is Calling".
Wednesday Oct 09, 2024
Wednesday Oct 09, 2024
In this episode, I start tracing my journey of becoming an East-West Lawyer. My journey began when I chose to become a first-generation lawyer while I was a bright-eyed student in Assam. Not many people around me could understand why I was choosing to do law when I could become a doctor, an engineer, or what India loves most, a civil servant. So why and how did I choose law? I had to conspire to make my law degree happen. I continue to weave into this episode extracts from Ryan Holiday's book "Courage is Calling."
Wednesday Oct 09, 2024
Wednesday Oct 09, 2024
In this episode, I discuss how Tavares Strachan’s 2024 exhibition in London, “There is Light Somewhere,” inspired the theme for the second season of this podcast. Strachan has famously created The Encyclopaedia of Invisibility, which consists of 2,400 pages documenting overlooked events, individuals, events, and ideas. Is the concept of visibility truly about belonging? And if so, who gets to decide what is visible and what is not, both in our personal and professional lives? On what basis? I weave into this episode extracts from Ryan Holiday's book "Courage is Calling" as I ask the question: what should be visible, on my table?
Sunday Sep 15, 2024
Sunday Sep 15, 2024
This is the Trailer for Season 2. Have you ever been asked, "What do you bring to the table?" We can try to find an answer that fits into one of the many tables established outside our doors, or we can create our own table, decide which voices get a seat, and serve a menu of topics we want to discuss.
This is my table. Everyone is invited, and there are no preconditions. The purpose is to have detailed, comprehensive, and challenging conversations about inclusive growth.