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The ContraMinds Podcast

Swami, ContraMinds Labs

This is a podcast that explores thoughts and conversations around the DNA of purposeful minds. It tries to decode what really goes behind the minds of people with a purpose, what are their m...

Episodes

20 of 108 episodes

Annie Vella - AI Can Write Code. Engineers Need to Solve Business Problems (#072)

Let's know what you liked and learnt! As AI takes on more of the coding, where can software engineers make the biggest difference? In this e...

44:06Sep 29, 2026

Jeremy Stevenson on The 12 Levers for a Better Life (#071)

Let's know what you liked and learnt! What if more than a century of self-help advice could be distilled into just 12 practical approaches?...

67:36Sep 3, 2026

Kelly Swingler on How to Stay Ambitious Without Burning Out (#070)

Let's know what you liked and learnt! Burnout rarely arrives without warning. Burnout expert Kelly Swingler explains how to recognise its ea...

61:02Aug 13, 2026

Scott Desgrosseilliers on AI Rewriting Attribution: Are Marketers Ready? (#021)

Let's know what you liked and learnt! AI is changing how customers discover brands - and making marketing attribution far more complex. In t...

50:05Jul 28, 2026

Logan Yonavjak on Why Great Strategies Fail Without Ready Leaders #069

Let's know what you liked and learnt! In this episode of the ContraMinds Podcast, Swami is in conversation with Logan Yonavjak, Co-founder a...

56:14Jul 2, 2026

Nick Petrie on Why High Performers Burn Out And How To Stop It #068

Let's know what you liked and learnt! Burnout is often treated as a personal problem, but what if the real issue is the way modern work is d...

49:15Jun 12, 2026

Megha Agarwal on Why CMOs Need To Think Like Growth Architects (#020)

Let's know what you liked and learnt! What does it really take to become a modern CMO? In this episode of The Super CMO Show with Swami, Meg...

67:28May 26, 2026

The Entrepreneur's Guide to Growth and Wealth - ContraMinds Timeless Wisdom Edition 2 with Shyam Sekhar (Ep03)

Let's know what you liked and learnt! What does it really mean to build wealth as an entrepreneur? And more importantly, what happens after...

27:57May 14, 2026

Learn To Align Risk With Personality - ContraMinds Timeless Wisdom Edition 2 with Shyam Sekhar (Ep02)

Let's know what you liked and learnt! Markets don’t just test intelligence. They test temperament. In this Timeless Wisdom episode, Shyam Se...

23:37May 7, 2026

Rethinking Capital: First Principles for Entrepreneurs - ContraMinds Timeless Wisdom Edition 2 with Shyam Sekhar (Ep01)

Let's know what you liked and learnt! Most founders treat capital as the fuel that powers a business. But in this conversation, Shyam Sekhar...

24:12Apr 30, 2026

Joseph Pine on the Transformation Economy: Don’t Just Serve Customers—Transform Them (#067)

Let's know what you liked and learnt! In this conversation with Swami, B. Joseph Pine II explains the shift from the Experience Economy to t...

46:57Apr 9, 2026

Shekhar Natarajan on Why AI Needs a Trust Layer (#066)

Let's know what you liked and learnt! In this episode of ContraMinds, Shekhar Natarajan explains why the biggest challenge in AI today isn’t...

87:59Mar 26, 2026

Prof T Prasad on Why Markets Make The Best Classrooms #065

Let's know what you liked and learnt! In this episode, Swami is in conversation with Professor T Prasad of IIM Bombay also known as ‘Mandi’...

45:36Mar 10, 2026

ContraMinds Timeless Wisdom - Kumar Vembu - Why Leaders Must Reinvent to Stay Relevant (Ep03)

Let's know what you liked and learnt! In the final episode of the Contra Minds Timeless Wisdom series, Swami explores a radical idea from Ku...

14:51Feb 24, 2026

ContraMinds Timeless Wisdom - Kumar Vembu - Culture is Engineered, not Announced (Ep02)

Let's know what you liked and learnt! In this episode of the ContraMinds Timeless Wisdom series, Swami revisits his conversation with Kumar...

27:08Feb 18, 2026

ContraMinds Timeless Wisdom - Kumar Vembu on People, Trust and Ownership (Ep01)

Let's know what you liked and learnt! In this timeless conversation from 2021, Kumar Vembu reflects on how enduring organisations are built—...

27:39Jan 27, 2026

2025 Recap Episode - 12 Questions Heading into 2026

Let's know what you liked and learnt! Across a year of conversations on ContraMinds and The Super CMO Show, a pattern quietly emerged. No ma...

53:29Dec 26, 2025

Prof. Jeevanjyoti Chakraborty on Curiosity, Chaos & Real Education #064

Let's know what you liked and learnt! In this powerful conversation, Prof. Jeevanjyoti Chakraborty of IIT Kharagpur breaks down something we...

55:11Dec 11, 2025

Thinking With Machines: Sense-Making, AI Agents, Future of Work - Prof. Vasant Dhar (#063)

Let's know what you liked and learnt! In this deep and wide-ranging conversation, Professor Vasant Dhar( @NYUSternBusiness ) NYU professor,...

49:18Nov 20, 2025

Be Wilful. Go Astray. Feel Your Way - Jillain Reilly (#062)

Let's know what you liked and learnt! The 10 Permissions: From Stuck to Self-Directed in a Fluid World In this thought-provoking conversatio...

72:21Oct 23, 2025