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By: Joseph Jude

The key to success is the ability to influence others - bosses, peers, and team members. But how to be a person of influence? Chief Technology Officer and coach Joseph Jude unpacks key elements of gravitas every Tuesday. You can find show notes at https://jjude.com/podcast

E102: 'Employee-like benefits for the self-employed' with Benjemen Elengovan
#102
03/19/2024

Companies like Zomatos and Ubers have given rise to gig economy. Gig workers have lot of flexibility - they can choose type of work and hours of work. But they lack benefits that full-time employees get. Can we marry flexibility with benefits? My guest today asks, why not?

What you'll listen

(00:00) - Introduction (00:54) - What problem Benji is solving (03:40) - Identifying the problem (06:56) - Journey so far (10:46) - Benefits for self-employed (13:22) - How self-employed can sign-up (15:02) - Response of the community (17:13) - Challenges (20:35) - Expanding across different geographies (26:36) - Future of work (30:06) - Kindest thing...


E102: 'Protect your wealth with will' with Priyanka Sud
#102
03/12/2024

When it comes to wealth, there are lot of chatter about making wealth and growth wealth. But what about protecting it? How to ensure it gets passed to the next generation in the way you would like it to be?

One of the ways of protecting wealth is with will. To discuss how to protect your wealth with will, I have a good friend of mine and a leading lawyer, Priyanka here. We discuss everything about creating will.

What you'll listen

(00:00) - Introduction (00:59) - Who should create a will? (02:46) - Are there any...


E100: 'How not to operate a startup' with Samson Selladurai
#100
03/05/2024

While we talk about entrepreneurship, most of the discussions are about success, growth, and all the glories associated with it.

It is said that we learn the best from our success and from other's failures. So here I'm talking to my friend Samson who can be rightly called as a serial entrepreneur to discuss what we should be careful about and what we should avoid in the path of entrepreneurship.

What you'll listen

(00:00) - Introduction (02:33) - Samson's ventures (04:10) - Lessons from failed & successful ventures (11:19) - Balancing passion and execution (16:36) - Identifying problems to...


E99: Dealing with Dad Anxieties
#99
02/27/2024

Today in "Being a dad" series, KK and I are going to talk about parental anxiety from Dad's point of view.

Anxiety is part of life. We can't avoid it. But we should learn to manage it, otherwise it can damage our families. KK and I are going to talk about trigger points for anxiety and our coping mechanisms of anxiety.

Let me set some expectations here: I've two boys. KK has a son and a daughter. They are still young. Our kids are still in school going ages. They have not appeared for board...


E98: 'How to protect yourself from Identity Theft' with Sastry Tumuluri
#98
02/20/2024

We are living our lives on the digital space more and more. But how many of us understand digital safety? I brought in my mentor and good friend Sastry to discuss the topic. Sastry is a serial entrepreneur and a Information Security Specialist. He also dealt with an identity theft. Hope today's conversation is useful to you.

What you'll listen

(00:00) - Introduction (01:17) - Definition of identity theft (05:01) - Example of an identity theft (08:31) - Purpose of identity thefts (09:27) - Are Indians safe from identity thefts? (10:05) - Identity thefts in digital era (11:57) - How identity thefts...


E97: Building a family culture
#97
02/13/2024

Hello and welcome to Gravitas WINS conversations. KK and I are doing a series on "Being a dad".  We already talked about how we learn to be a dad, who are our role models, and how we bond with kids. In the Today we are going to talk about building a family culture.

I hope you find this actionable and insightful. If you have any questions or comments, feel free to send them to either of us.

(00:00) - Introduction (00:38) - Why family culture is important (07:27) - Elements of family culture (15:02) - It is not e...


E96: 'Solve and scale via GenAI' with Krishna Kumar, CEO of GreenPepper
#96
02/06/2024

Generative AI is the talk of the town. But is genAI a solution looking for a problem or can we use it to solve business problems? How can we use it to scale our business? What are its potentials for businesses?

To discuss all of this, today I'm joined by Krishna Kumar, CEO of GreenPepper. He has been using OpenAI and developed more than 20 tools on it; he conducts workshops on prompt engineering, and possibilities of GenAI for business innovation.

What you'll listen

(00:00) - Introduction (01:12) - How KK is using OpenAI & ChatGPT (04:29...


E95: Bonding with kids
#95
01/30/2024

In this series on "Being a dad", KK and I talk about everything about fatherhood. Bonding with kids is not an easy task, especially when we live in a materialistic world. There is an ongoing demand to work more, earn more, and bring home more. We can easily excuse ourselves for working more saying we are only doing that for kids.

Amidst this, today we want to talk about how we both are taking steps to bond with our kids. I hope you find this actionable and insightful. If you have any questions or comments, feel free...


E94: 'Teaching software fundamentals in Tamil' with TamizhVendan
#94
01/23/2024

English has given us enormous leverage in growing our services industry. But if India has to grow beyond the creamy layer and the metro, we need to teach the same software fundamentals in vernacular languages. If you look at Germany, Japan, and Russia they teach in their mother-tongues.

My guest today, Tamizhvendan is doing exactly that. True to his name and combining his profession, he is teaching software fundamentals in Tamil. We are discussing the challenges and impact of his teaching. If India has to grow multi-fold as we project, we need more such educators. Hope today's...


E93: How we learn to be a dad?
#93
01/16/2024

In this series on "Being a dad", KK and I talk about everything about fatherhood. On today's episode we talk about our role-models as fathers, how we learn about being a dad, and how society influences fatherhood. I hope you find this helpful in being a dad.

(00:00) - Introduction (00:29) - Rolemodels for us (09:44) - Peer pressure on fathers (13:39) - Is community living good or bad (23:34) - Challenges of fatherhood (24:58) - Seeking advice or complaining (28:05) - Bonding with kids (31:43) - Summary of the conversation
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