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Pushing Beyond the Obvious - Helping Entrepreneurs Succeed
Hosted by Mukesh Gupta · EN
Pushing Beyond the Obvious is a podcast dedicated to help entrepreneurs succeed in a hyper-competitive & ever-changing business environment. We will invite practitioners and thought leaders to share their experience, strategies and secrets about their success, that can entrepreneurs can apply in their day-to-day life. Join us on a journey of discovering new insights every week.
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PBTO: Goldratts Rules of Flow - Delivering Projects on-time on-budget and on-spec and driving up profitability
Feb 26, 202400:49:16Tap to summarizeThis is the recording of a live conversation I had with Dr. Efrat Goldratt-Ashlag to explore how the principles from the Theory of Constraints can be applied to multi-project environments (Digital transformation efforts) to deliver projects on time, on budget and on spec. She shared insights from her latest book (now available in Worldwide) Goldratt’s Rules of Flow to help us understand how to increase the velocity and throughputs of project deliveries within our organisation. We covered the following topics in the conversation: Introducing the work of Dr. Efrat Goldratt-Ashlag Do 70% of projects really fail to achieve their goals? Why? And how can we address it? The importance of triage in a multi-project environment instead of focusing on improving productivity Whose job is it to identify the constraints in a multi-project environment? Why is flow important in the Theory of Constraints? And what are the fundamental rules of flow? The importance of Full Kit. How do organisations make the shift from their current operating model to the ToC model? My learnings from the book - Goldratt's Rules of Flow When you want to go farther, focus. The psychological cost of the wrong assumptions that run multi-project environment What is a Full kit? How to deal with an external customer and run projects the ToC way. Does this work for projects with no clear end date? You can watch the session delivered by Rami Goldratt @ https://youtu.be/YIc1U1LUDE0?feature=shared&t=9660 #TheoryOfConstraints #ToC #CriticalChain #ProjectManagement #ontime #onbudget #onspec #DigitalTransformation #EliyahuGoldratt #Goldratt You can connect with her via LinkedIn @ https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-efrat-goldratt-ashlag-44046212a/ You can find Dr Efrat's book: Goldratts Rules of Flow @ https://amzn.to/3Q6mqik You can find Dr. Goldratt's book: The Goal @ https://amzn.to/3MBsYEL My website: https://rmukeshgupta.com Connect with me: https://linkedin.com/in/rmukeshgupta My books: - Thrive: https://amzn.to/493brhZ Your startup Mentor: https://amzn.to/3FrBbHr Being Happy: https://amzn.to/3QsE4xO
Transcribe →PBTO: Stepping into a World of Exponential Possibility with Sophie Krantz
Feb 13, 202400:56:56Tap to summarizeIn this episode of the podcast, we host the inimitable and unapologetically ambitious, Sophie Krantz. We had a conversation about leadership and the need for economic growth and opportunity. We discussed the possibility of creating positive change in the world through frameworks like exponential organization (ExO) and coaching ordinary people to do extraordinary things. In this wide ranging conversation, we discussed - The importance of seeing the world as one and the need to overcome fears and limiting beliefs to achieve breakthrough growth. - The value of immersive experiences and tapping into personal passions to create unapologetic ambition and confidence in tackling global problems. - The difference between a limited and expanded worldview, with Sophie encouraging people to look for colour in the world and to tap into their potential to create something new. - The power of generative AI and the importance of exploring the world and pushing outside of one's comfort zone. - The importance of expanding limitations and having ambition in leadership. - The need for role models and the importance of creating a space for people to play and experiment in order to tap into their creativity - The importance of expanding one's perspective and mindset in order to succeed in a world surrounded by smart machines and intelligent algorithms. - The importance of continuously learn and experiment, and to reach out to others for support and knowledge. We had a conversation about experimentation with generative AI, the oneness of the world, and the importance of concrete stories in relating to ideas. Books discussed in the video: Exponential Organisations 2.0 by Salim Ismail: https://amzn.to/492yYzH Connect with me - https://www.linkedin.com/in/rmukeshgupta Connect with Sophie - https://www.linkedin.com/in/sophiekrantz/ Sophie's website - https://www.sophiekrantz.com My books: - Thrive: https://amzn.to/493brhZ - Your startup Mentor: https://amzn.to/3FrBbHr - Being Happy: https://amzn.to/3QsE4xO
Transcribe →PBTO: Asking the Right Questions and Questioning the right things with Dr. Alan Barnard
Feb 6, 202401:00:59Tap to summarizeIn this conversation with @DrAlanBarnard, we explore how the principles of the Theory of Constraints (originally created by Dr. Eliyahu Goldratt) can be used to not only drive significant business results but also to help us make high stake decisions as leaders. In this freewheeling conversation, we explore Dr Barnard's story about how he met with Dr. Goldratt and his famous motto. We explore who is a true expert He shares how he got into an argument with Dr. Goldratt and how he then formed a life long connection with Dr. Goldratt. He shares his most important lessons from all his interaction with Dr. Goldratt What is a Life Goal? The definition of a Life goal is a "Dream taken seriously - Dr. Eliyahu Goldratt I will not sacrifice my goal for anyone and I will not sacrifice anyone for my goal Dr. Eliyahu Goldratt He also introduces the concept of Theory of Constraint then, shares what is a constraint and the different kinds of constraints that we might face in any given system (Market/demand (external), Capacity (internal), Supply (external), Cash (Internal), Management Attention (internal) and probably the most crucial in any business. He also shares two ways to improve a constraint and therefore significantly improve your impact. He shares the importance of "Flow" or "Throughput" in any given system and how "Flow" is two-dimensional. He also shared the importance of understanding and increasing flow (time and velocity). He also shares different Ways to improve any given system. He also shares the story of how Tata Steel UK went from 1 Million Pound loss per day to 1 Million pound profit per day using Theory of constraints We constantly see good people make bad decisions. He explains why this happens and how to avoid them. He talks about what he calls as the agency equation. We then move into the realm of individuals and he shares how to identify what constrains our belief systems? Really? The power of questions - Really or unless. He also shares insights about how our minds work? He talks about the importance of learning prompt engineering to engage not just chatGPT but ourselves as well. He also shares insight on how to ask good questions as a leader and the 2 steps to make a breakthrough in any field. He also shares insight on how to measure people's performance and its impact on the business. Dr. Goldratt had started a movement called "Viable Vision". He shares more information about this viable vision and how can one go about achieving the same in their business. We then understand his own learning process and the key people he learns from - Herbert Simon and Nassim Nicholas Taleb. What is so obvious to him that all of us miss? We don't usually learn from experience but from Experiments Dr. Alan Barnard In Summary: We need to remember the 4F's - Flow, Focus, Finish and Fast Feedback to become influential and impactful leaders. More information about the resources we mentioned in the conversation: 1. Goldratt Research Labs: https://goldrattresearchlabs.com 2. Dr. Efrat Goldratt-Ashlag: / dr-efrat-goldratt-ashlag-44046212a 3. My interview with Dr. Efrat: • Delivering Projects on time, on budge... Books discussed in the video: Goldratt's Rules of Flow by Dr. Efrat Goldratt-Ashlag: https://amzn.to/3FrAa25 The Goal by Dr. Eliyahu Goldratt: https://amzn.to/3Q0iXSe Antifragile by Nassim Nicholas Taleb: https://amzn.to/3s0ieIK Blackswan by Nassim Nicholas Taleb: https://amzn.to/40d9ewz Apps mentioned by Dr. Alan Barnard: https://harmonyapps.com/apps/harmony-... Dr. Alan Barnard's podcast - https://dralanbarnard.com/category/im...
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PBTO: The Art of Leading in an Ever Changing World with Damien Cummings
Jan 22, 202400:58:12Tap to summarizeIn this free wheeling conversation, we cover What it takes to lead in an ever changing world What are some of the key skills leaders need to cultivate to thrive What are some of the things that leaders need to avoid to thrive How AI or Artificial Intelligence will change the face of the organisation and therefore the role of a leader The importance of having a clear strategy or a "True North" when everything around us is changing all the time and much more.
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PBTO: Learning How to Communicate to Inform, Inspire and Connect People with Col Fink
Jan 21, 202400:56:18Tap to summarizeIn this interesting conversation, Speaker, Author and Advisor (and Public speaking coach) @ColFink shares his perspective on the importance of clear and effective communication for leaders. He also shares insights on how to get good at communication and specifically when speaking to an audience (internal or external). He shares how leaders can learn to communicate to inform, inspire and connect. He also talks about how good communication can provide leaders the leverage they need in order to scale both - effectiveness and efficiency. If you are a leader and want to work on your communication, this is a conversation worth listening to. Here are some things that we cover in this conversation: Most Common mistakes people make when trying to communicate Questions to ask ourselves before planning our speech (People, Problem, Purpose, Plan, Prescription) The cost of not having prepared our speech How is communicating different when the goal is to Inform, Inspire or Connect people The importance and the skill of telling stories using the concept of Pink Sheets developed by @Matt.Church How to get good presenting in front of a camera? How can leaders find leverage to increase their impact and influence How does Col learn and continue to stay current One piece of advice that had a profound impact on him What is so obvious to Col but people miss all the time and that frustrates him You can find more information about Col at https://www.ColFink.com. You can connect with him on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/colfink. Books discussed in the video: - Speakership: https://amzn.to/3Q9xo6q - Tribes of learning: https://www.colfink.com/store/p/tribe-of-learning - Kevin Kelly on Pushing Beyond the Obvious: http://rmukeshgupta.com/2017/06/29/pbto56-the-inevitable-technological-forces-that-will-shape-our-future-with-kevin-kelly/
Transcribe →PBTO - The Art of Leadership with Pankaj Rusia
Jan 15, 202400:56:54Tap to summarizeIn this first episode of a new series, which will be focused on leadership, we host a practicing leader - Pankaj Rusia. He currently works for SAP as the Head of Customer Success for the SAP HR Cloud business are and is based out of Singapore. As the Head of Customer Success for SAP South East Asia, he is on a mission to make customers look great in front of their leadership, employees, and managers, and to help them get the best out of their SuccessFactors solutions. In this wide ranging conversation, he shares his insights on leadership. WE cover many things including the following: The leadership burden, which makes us be different person at work and while at home. We discuss some challenges that typically leaders in the middle management face. He talks about the importance of listening more than talking, understanding what drives your team members and having good conversations. He shares the importance of developing people and letting your people outgrowing us as their leaders. He also shares the importance of finding mentors and sponsors for those we lead outside of their immediate circle within our organization. We discuss the book - One minute manager and the key insights from the book.
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PBTO: Mindsets to Become a High Performing Leader
Nov 1, 202300:46:51Tap to summarizeNo description available
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What sort of Leader do you want to be with Lisa O'Neil
Oct 26, 202300:52:35Tap to summarizeThis the first episode of the current season of my podcast - Pushing Beyond the Obvious and I am super happy and excited to kick off the season with none other than Lisa O'Neill. She is a self described energy and human expert. In this wide ranging conversation about energy and leadership, she shared a lot of great insights on leadership. Here are some of my takeaways from the conversation: She shared insights about the importance of knowing ourselves. If we do not know what kind of a leader we want to be, how would our team know. In order for our teams to perform at their best, they need to know exactly what we expect from them. So the first thing that we need to do as a leader is to become aware of what exactly do we want, who exactly we are and how exactly should our team engage with us. She also shared the importance of letting our team know how we roll as a leader. That way they know how to get the best out of us. High performing teams don't just need team members performing at their peak but their leaders performing at their peak as well. And this aspect of leadership is not discussed or shared enough. She shares a 4 step model to help us get more self aware - Notice, Nourish, Navigate and Nurture. In all, she shares the importance of pondering, pondering about ourselves and what we want. She also challenged the leaders listening with these three quests: Spend a week only asking questions of your team. List down all the people in your team and rate them from whom you really like to the one you least like. Answer the question - why is this so? Write down three personal things you know about everyone on your team. If you can't up with them, take them off for a cup of coffee or tea and talk to them to get to know them. In conclusion, this season could not have started at a better note than this conversation. I have lined up a lot more conversations with both thought leaders and practicing leaders for the show and am excited about how things will go from here. I hope you ride along with me on this journey. PS: If you want to want Lisa as you listen to this conversation, you can do so below: https://youtu.be/Y6adjSNMUeI Resources that were mentioned in the episode: - Thought Leaders Business School - https://thoughtleaders.com.au - My post on the 25 Women - https://rmukeshgupta.com/celebrating-25-women-who-influenced-and-shaped-my-thinking-and-work/ - More info about Matt Church - https://www.mattchurch.com Books mentioned by Lisa: - 100 questions for self awareness by Lisa O'Neill - https://www.lisaoneill.co.nz/shop - Conversations with God by Neale Donald Walsh- https://amzn.to/3MiMuWd - You can Heal your life by Louisa Hay - https://amzn.to/3S92BcI - Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz - https://amzn.to/45Hls1v - The Net and the Butterfly by Olivia Fox Cabane - https://amzn.to/45JGRaA You can find more information about Lisa and her work - https://www.lisaoneill.co.nz You can connect with her on LInkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisaonz/ Connect with me: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rmukeshgupta My books: - Your startup Mentor: https://amzn.to/3FrBbHr - Thrive: https://amzn.to/493brhZ - Being Happy: https://amzn.to/3QsE4xO
Transcribe →All about Performance Management with Stacey Barr - The Performance Measure Specialist
Apr 27, 202201:05:22Tap to summarizeIn this episode of Pushing Beyond the Obvious, we host Stacey Barr - The Performance Measure Specialist. She Stacey is a specialist in strategic performance measurement and evidence-based leadership. Stacey specialises in using practical performance measurement as the catalyst for creating a high-performance culture that achieves measurable success. She is also the creator ot PuMP®. PuMP® is a performance measurement methodology that routinely transforms measurement cynics into its greatest advocates. In this wide ranging conversation, we cover: 1. What is the definition of a KPI? 2. The difference between Leading measures and lagging measures. 3. What is the true purpose of defining KPI 4. What is the difference between good KPI's and bad KPI's 5. We also talk about the PuMP® methodology that she created.
Transcribe →Radical Product Thinking with Radhika Dutt
Sep 29, 202100:57:48Tap to summarizeIn this episode, we speak to Radhika Dutt, the author of the book - Radical Product Thinking.
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