Episode 76: Early Life, Impact of IIM, Is success an outcome of Brilliance or Network? How to make career decisions? How to build teams? Best leadership advice w/Dhruvank Vaidya

https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Podcasts116/v4/2f/55/ad/2f55ad22-c724-29d8-9e0c-c62d93b76528/mza_10839702596180366256.jpg/600x600bb.jpg

The One Percent Project- Entrepreneurship, Leadership & Resilience

Pritish Sanyal

101 episodes

3 days ago

Explores the stories and ideas of some of the most innovative and creative business minds. The show features conversations with inspiring entrepreneurs, investors and business leaders who are pushing boundaries and making a change in the world. The podcast explores entrepreneurship, business, technology, creativity, and more and provides valuable insights and advice on how to take action and make an impact in your life and career. The podcast also offers listeners exclusive access to inspiring stories and the chance to learn from the best and brightest minds in their respective fields.

Management

Business

RSS

All content for The One Percent Project- Entrepreneurship, Leadership & Resilience is the property of Pritish Sanyal and is served directly from their servers with no modification, redirects, or rehosting. The podcast is not affiliated with or endorsed by Podjoint in any way.

Management

Business

https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_episode/7604623/7604623-1690712456829-65c588396d4f2.jpg

Episode 76: Early Life, Impact of IIM, Is success an outcome of Brilliance or Network? How to make career decisions? How to build teams? Best leadership advice w/Dhruvank Vaidya

The One Percent Project- Entrepreneurship, Leadership & Resilience

26 minutes 20 seconds

2 years ago

Episode 76: Early Life, Impact of IIM, Is success an outcome of Brilliance or Network? How to make career decisions? How to build teams? Best leadership advice w/Dhruvank Vaidya

About Dhruvank Vidya:

Dhruvank is the Head of Podcasts for Spotify India. Over a career spanning 25 years, he has launched several media and technology businesses and held leadership positions (CxO/ Business head) in digital media, content, television and technology companies like Star TV, Times of India group, NDTV Imagine/ Turner Broadcasting etc.

In his entrepreneurial stint, Dhruvank co-founded ‘The Adaptation Company’-- a content company focused on book-to-film/TV adaptations.

Dhruvank delves into key topics that shed light on his unique perspective. Drawing from his experiences, he shares valuable insights on decision-making, career choices, good workplace relationships, and effective team-building. Furthermore, Dhruvank emphasises the significance of grit, the balance between being a generalist and a specialist, and the power of a clear vision in leadership.

Key Take Aways & Transcript: https://bit.ly/TOP_Dhruvank Follow & Subscribe: WhatsApp: https://bit.ly/TOP_WA2 YouTube: https://bit.ly/TOP_Youtube LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/TOP_LinkedIn Twitter: https://bit.ly/TOP_Twitter1 Instagram: https://bit.ly/TOP_Insta In this conversation, he talks about: 00:00 Intro 01:53 How was life growing up? 02:40 What is the journey to becoming the head of the podcast at Spotify India? 04:47 What made you join Spotify? 05:57 What did your parents expect you to be? 06:44 What influence does IIM have in your life? 07:44 Do you attribute your success to your brilliance or your network? 08:52 Decision Making: You kicked off your career as a manufacturing consultant and moved into media, which is a significant jump- How do you reflect on it and study your decision-making? 10:26 What is your view on being a generalist Vs specialist? 13:11 You have been an entrepreneur and launched new businesses for MNCs. What is your counterintuitive insight about building a business? 14:31 What is the role of Ego in one's career? 15:23 Team Building: You have played a lot of team sports. What do you think about building a team? 17:06 What is your superpower? 18:07 What is the best leadership advice you have ever received? 19:13 Who is Dhruvank in a stressful environment? 19:57 What are your three productivity hacks? 20:50 Books, coffee and your walks- What is your relationship with books? And your passion for coffee? And your walks? 18:07 One advice that you would give to yourself? ⁠24:31⁠ If you had to work with one of these people, who would you choose, someone with grit or brilliance?