iAchiever Podcast: Recent Episodes
MiTRamiyer (Ram V. Iyer)
We now live in the ‘new normal’ and in UNPRECEDENTED TIMES.
I read and think a lot, and speak to knowledgeable people about this ‘new normal’ – to understand how to survive, recover and thrive.
I’m an MIT graduate, 5-time entrepreneur, former F50 executive, and venture capitalist. I’ve interviewed 100s of successful people across the Americas, EU, and Asia.
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A conversation with Guru Madhavan, author of “Applied Minds – How Engineers Think” and a researcher at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington DC. Guru is a biomedical engineer and senior policy adviser at the NAS. Guru has been named one of the 'New Faces of Engineering' by USA Today and as a distinguished young scientist by the World Economic Forum. He is a mentee of the late president of MIT, Chuck Vest.
Engineers have the ability to visualize non-existent things doing what have never been done before.
In this podcast, you will hear discussions about:
What is it about an engineering mind that sets them apart?
What are modular systems thinking?
The relationship between constraints and the engineer’s desire to produce creative outcomes.
The ability of engineers to visualize things that have never existed doing things that have never been done.
The ability of engineers to make tradeoffs – is a useful life skill as well
Why engineering is omnipresent but invisible to society
The engineer’s innate willingness to learn from failure is a life skill
The human dimensions that make engineering slow and challenging
Engineering is omnipresent yet invisible
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Today’s show – 50 Years of Leadership and Business Wisdom from Dr. Modesto Maidique who is the co-founder of Analog Devices and the President Emeritus of Florida International University in Miami which has an enrolment of over 50,000 students. Dr. Maidique is internationally recognized as a leader in higher education and management of high technology enterprises.
Dr. Maidique is a Cuban immigrant who literally moved to the United States after high school, got into one of the top universities in the world – MIT – where he obtained his bachelor’s, masters and doctorate, went on to teach at MIT, Harvard and Stanford before co-founding Analog Devices. He later served as the President of Florida International University (FIU) for 23 years. He took a campus behind an abandoned airfield and built it up to the current campus with over 50,000 students and one of the largest public universities in the country. He started many schools at FIU including the colleges of Law, Engineering, Architecture, Public Health and the FIU College of Medicine. He knows a lot about leadership and heads up the Executive Director of the Center for Leadership at FIU. He has an upcoming article on the five levels of leadership appearing in the Sloan Management Review. He is also an expert on innovation and the management of technology.
Listen to Dr. Mitch Maidique in conversation with Ram Iyer and benefit from his 50 years of experience in leadership at https://businessthinking.com/podcasts.
He has served on several presidential commissions and advised many American presidents. The main campus of FIU is named after him – the Modesto Maidique campus. He is an entrepreneur, academic researcher, teacher and community activist. He is a contributing author to ten books. Maidique currently serves on the boards of National Semiconductor and the Carnival Corporation.
In this wide-ranging interview, the Cuban immigrant who has risen to national prominence and is one of the most prominent Cuban Americans discusses:
What was it like coming as a Cuban immigrant to study in the United States, that too at MIT, in the 60s?
What is the value of education in the eyes of a Cuban immigrant?
Should the education system still continue people to train students to specialize in narrow specialties?
What is the value of a broad education which includes the arts and the humanities even in technical fields?
Do the people with the highest IQ invariably succeed in life?
What is the value of an MIT education? What did Mitch learn that assisted his ascent to senior leadership positions, advising presidents and embracing a mission that is atypical?
What are the two primary things leaders do?
Is a leader different from the person that he or she is?
Who is the leading expert that Mitch admires the most in the United States?
What is Mitch’s approach to new and complex problems?
What are the five levels of leadership in Mitch’s model (will be published in the Sloan Management Review later this year)?
What are the issues of having a university campus named after a living person?
What was Mitch’s mission and how does his legacy motivate him even today?
Listen to Dr. Mitch Maidique in conversation with Ram Iyer and benefit from his 50 years of experience in leadership at https://www.mitramiyer.com/podcast/
P.S. I realized a rather obvious thing. Most of us read articles like this but never act on it. You can only learn and get better results from the insights when you L.P.T. – listen, practice and tell/teach others, whether they are colleagues, friends or family. I hope you L.P.T., whatever you glean from this.
You can find additional podcast episodes on how you can become more successful in life and business at https://www.mitramiyer.com/podcast/
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P.S. I realized a rather obvious thing. Most of us read articles like this but never act on it. You can only learn and get better results from the insights when you L.P.T. – listen, practice and tell/teach others, whether they are colleagues, friends or family. I hope you L.P.T., whatever you glean from this.
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Are you a woman seeking greater business success? Listen to this podcast and learn how you can leverage your inherent strengths as a woman and avoid self-sabotage.
Listen to a conversation with Sally Helgesen, author of the book, ‘How Women Rise’.
The business was largely conducted by one-half of the human population, men, for thousands of years. That is changing – RAPIDLY. Over the last few decades, women have become increasingly active in business and some have reached senior levels in businesses around the world. Some women complain that the reason they are unable to reach more senior levels is because of a glass ceiling.
The many experiences of women – as daughters, sisters, friends, and mothers – contribute to their leadership style. But, what serves them well in those roles is sometimes not in their own best interests in senior leadership positions in the business world. That is the topic of the latest book by Sally Helgesen. She teamed up with one of the leading business coaches, Marshall Goldsmith, and writes about how female professionals can change self-limiting behaviors which could help them become more successful. It is an extension of Marshall Goldsmith’s book, ‘What got you here won’t get you there’.
Sally Helgesen's work is widely regarded as the gold standard when it comes to women's leadership. Since the publication of her book, ‘The Female Advantage’ in 1990 (still in print), she has written six more books in the field and speaks to audiences all around the world about these issues.
How can women rise higher? We’ll find out from Sally. The interview is wide-ranging and is particularly useful to women, and to men who work with women. Some of the topics you will hear covered include:
What are the strengths of women?
What are the obstacles for women in business?
Do women need to become like men in order to succeed in business?
When are women’s qualities detrimental to their success in the corporate world?
What are a woman’s strengths that paradoxically become weaknesses in a business setting?
Why women should not just get women as coaches?
What is the most important attribute of a leader – woman or man?
Why is it important for women to recruit allies in their business?
Why should women not be defensive about being a woman?
This discussion is not one about the superiority of either men or women. You don't have to be like a man to succeed or be like a woman to succeed. If you're a woman, you can become more successful by leveraging your own femininity and you can be a whole lot more successful if you build an inclusive web of women and men. Secondly, the importance of judgment and context – what is a strength in one situation could be a weakness in others. So, know your strengths, know your weaknesses and most importantly know your context so that you develop good judgment over time.
Hear Sally in conversation with Ram Iyer about how lawyers can be more successful in business at https://www.mitramiyer.com/podcast/
P.S. I realized a rather obvious thing. Most of us read articles like this but never act on it. You can only learn and get better results from the insights when you L.P.T. – listen, practice and tell/teach others, whether they are colleagues, friends or family. I hope you L.P.T., whatever you glean from this.
You can find additional podcast episodes on how you can become more successful in life and business at https://www.mitramiyer.com/podcast/
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There are many smart and pedigreed people who fail or at least do not achieve as much success as they would like. Among entrepreneurs, it leads to business failure. Among the millions who work for companies small and large, many aspire to climb to senior positions but few attain them. The percentage who do is in the single digits. About 50% of the people who get promoted fail, hit a wall, or end up leaving (or having to leave) the company.
Listen to this podcast to learn how you can get promoted and succeed, get promoted and succeed, get….you get the idea. This is a conversation with Ron Carucci, Managing Partner of Navalent, an organizational consulting firm out of Seattle. He conducted a 10-year study of what makes certain executives successful and others not. Find out how you too can get promoted and succeed, promoted and succeed...
Ron’s clients include some of the biggest names in the business. Ron has written over 75 articles for the Harvard Business Review and Forbes, given two TEDx talks, and been on over a hundred podcasts.
Some of the questions he answers in a conversation with me on this podcast are:
What are some key things you learned about what it takes to succeed in business?
Do organizations accept the high failure rate among people who get promoted?
Are people being prepared to succeed in new roles when they get promoted?
What is the problem with sending up-and-coming executives to leadership programs at prestigious universities?
What were the four patterns that consistently set leaders apart?
What happens to executives who succeed only at three of the four patterns of success?
Do you need to be older in order to ‘fit’ for a senior promotion?
Can you get promoted and succeed if you started preparing to succeed earlier?
What is a rubric for success if you want to get promotions and succeed in each successive role?
What are the most common reasons fail when they get promoted to senior positions?
what is the ultimate aspiration of an individual who continues from success to success?
What are the differences between newly-promoted people who are successful and those who are nearly successful?
When is the best time to start preparing to succeed in your next promotion and the one after that?
Why is there a gap between people knowing what needs to be done and doing what needs to be done?
Ron Carucci's books: http://www.navalent.com/resources/books
Ron Carucci's blog: http://www.navalent.com/resources/blog/author/ron-carucci
Ron Carucci’s firm’s website: www.navalent.com
Ron Carucci’s LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/navalent/
P.S. I realized a rather obvious thing. Most of us read articles like this but never act on it. You can only learn and get better results from the insights when you L.P.T. – listen, practice and tell/teach others, whether they are colleagues, friends or family. I hope you L.P.T. what you glean from this.
You can find additional podcast episodes on how you can become more successful in life and business at https://www.mitramiyer.com/podcast/
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Are you a techie seeking business success? Listen to this podcast and learn how you can leverage your inherent strengths as a techie to be among the 30% of people who succeed in business.
Listen to a conversation with Paul Rulkens, engineer and author of the upcoming book, ‘How Successful Engineers become Great Business Leaders,’ from the Netherlands. A third of the country is below sea level and has fended off the mighty oceans for centuries while building a prosperous country. The country has one of the most sophisticated anti-flood systems in place anywhere in the world. In this podcast, we will get a sneak peek into the key ideas in his book.
A large number of business leaders are engineers. Yet, the failure rate among engineers is just as high as that of non-engineers. Whether you choose to be an engineer, engineering manager, or become business executive or entrepreneur, there are keys to success. How can more engineers become more successful in business while avoiding failure? We’ll find out from Paul.
Many engineers seek to become business leaders and yet many fail. Why?
As with any profession, engineers have inherent strengths and weaknesses that could help or hurt them in business roles. What are they?
What are the three universal strengths of engineers?
What are the three building blocks of achieving goals?
What is the ‘Valley of Death’?
How can ‘strategic quitting’ attain goals sooner?
What is ‘landing without skill’ – a common problem among engineers?
How does a tanker’s trim tab enable it to steer better and how can you find your trim tab?
Hear Paul in conversation with Ram Iyer about how engineers can be more successful in business at https://www.mitramiyer.com/podcast/
P.S. I realized a rather obvious thing. Most of us read articles like this but never act on it. You can only learn and get better results from the insights when you L.P.T. – listen, practice and tell/teach others, whether they are colleagues, friends, or family. I hope you L.P.T., whatever you glean from this.
You can find additional podcast episodes on how you can become more successful in life and business at https://www.mitramiyer.com/podcast/
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A conversation with Sid Walker, Author of ‘Trust Your Gut’ and 6 other books. Sid has personally coached over 3000 people to access and leverage their intuition so they can be more successful in business and in life. He has created many millionaires who are happy, has happy lifelong customers, and have a quiet sense of knowing what is right for them.
Forbes calls INTUITION the highest form of intelligence. Some of the greatest business minds had well-developed intuitions. Albert Einstein, one of the greatest thinkers of all time said, "The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift." In this podcast, Sid discusses how you can combine your gift and your servant - your business smarts + your intuition to achieve spectacular business success. Some say it is ‘knowing without thinking’. That could be a powerful edge in business.
If you are interested in getting coached by Sid one-on-one to develop and access your business intuition, click here: https://businessthinking.com/offerings/coaching-one-on-one-business-intuition.
If you are interested in a weekend retreat with Sid to learn, develop and practice accessing your business intuition, please send an email to info@businessthinking.com
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As a parent, wouldn’t you like to better understand how you can make your children more intelligent (IQ) and raise them to become better than you and have a higher standard of living? How can you raise your own standard of living? You will get several insights and answers from this illuminating conversation I had with Prof. Hans Hvide, Professor of Finance and Economics at the University of Bergen in Norway who had access to generations of IQ and professional data on tens of thousands of Norwegians.
There is a correlation between your education, the length of your education and your IQ.
Business knowledge has been passed on from the older to the younger generation who remained in the same trade for centuries. The blacksmith’s son became a blacksmith and a farmer’s son became a farmer. Educational and job opportunities over the last few decades have upended that longstanding passing of the professional baton, or has it? Listen to a conversation with Prof. Hvide who along with a colleague from Stanford University has conducted a groundbreaking study that examined many key questions. While the study data was entirely about fathers and sons – the only data available to them – the findings apply to parents and their children, whether male or female:
How does the father’s profession affect the son’s choice of a profession?
How does the IQ of the son determine his choice of profession?
What do lower IQ children do professionally compared with higher IQ children?
How could a decision to pursue academic studies beyond high school affect the IQ and the career choice of people?
How does the multi-generational knowledge transfer affect the success rate of businesses started or run by the younger generation?
What do people with high IQ do with regard to high-tech entrepreneurship?
What is ROI – Return on Intelligence?
What can parents do when raising their children to help them increase their IQ, enter higher-paying professions, and achieve greater success in business?
What does curiosity have to do with your IQ and earning potential?
Hear Hans in conversation with Ram Iyer about how business knowledge is passed on from generation to generation and how successful entrepreneurs tend to follow in their dad's footsteps when it comes to setting up their business.
P.S. I realized a rather obvious thing. Most of us read articles like this but never act on it. You can only learn and get better results from the insights when you L.P.T. – listen, practice and tell/teach others, whether they are colleagues, friends or family. I hope you L.P.T., whatever you glean from this.
You can find additional podcast episodes on how you can become more successful in life and business at https://www.mitramiyer.com/podcast/
If you found this article useful, please share it with your network – connections, groups, Facebook, Twitter, etc.
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Most of us recognize the value of becoming an expert at something that makes us more valuable in society. But, most of us do not know how to go about it. Dr. Ericsson is perhaps the world’s expert on how to become an expert. He has conducted extensive research with academic rigor for over 30 years and, listen to this, he has found that the brain can be rewired to extend its capabilities at ANY age. So, you too can learn new things and you too can become an expert.
This is Part 2 of my conversation with Dr. Anders Ericsson. In this segment, we discuss:
What is the routine of becoming an expert? Remember that Dr. Ericsson is perhaps the world’s expert on how to become an expert!
How could you develop rituals for success?
Why do you need to learn and practice and develop your own techniques – rather than just copy somebody else – in order to become an expert yourself?
How to become a HOMO EXERCENS – a practicing human being – and become an expert yourself?
P.S. I realized a rather obvious thing. Most of us read articles like this but never act on it. You can only learn and get better results from the insights when you L.P.T. – listen, practice deliberately and tell/teach others, whether they are colleagues, friends, or family. Implement the principles of developing expertise from Dr. Anders Ericsson. I hope you L.P.T., whatever you glean from this.
You can find additional podcast episodes on how you can become more successful in life and business at https://www.mitramiyer.com/podcast/
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This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mitramiyer.substack.com
Most of us recognize the value of becoming an expert at something that makes us more valuable in society. But, most of us do not know how to go about it. Dr. Ericsson is perhaps the world’s expert on how to become an expert. He has conducted extensive research with academic rigor for over 30 years and, listen to this, he has found that the brain can be rewired to extend its capabilities at ANY age. So, you too can learn new things and you too can become an expert.
This is Part 1 of two. We discuss:
How you too can develop the business savvy
The difference between intelligence and smartness
The difference between abilities and capabilities
What is the value of learning to learn
How can you become an expert just as many consultants claim you can?
What is the right kind of practice required to become an expert?
How should you choose the right business advisor or coach?
How can you get out of your comfort zone?
P.S. I realized a rather obvious thing. Most of us read articles like this but never act on it. You can only learn and get better results from the insights when you L.P.T. – listen, practice deliberately and tell/teach others, whether they are colleagues, friends or family. Implement the principles of developing expertise from Dr. Anders Ericsson. I hope you L.P.T., whatever you glean from this.
You can find additional podcast episodes on how you can become more successful in life and business at https://www.mitramiyer.com/podcast/
If you found this article useful, please share it with your network – connections, groups, Facebook, Twitter, etc.
This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mitramiyer.substack.com
Whether you succeed as an individual or in business, you succeed in the context of society – people. People who network with more and better people tend to have greater leverage, power, and success. Would you like to build a better network and achieve greater success?
Dr. Ivan Misner is the Founder and Chief Visionary Officer of BNI, the world’s largest business networking organization. He knows what works, and what you could benefit from. He founded BNI in 1985. The organization now has over 233,000 members in 8,400 chapters who meet weekly across every populated continent of the world. BNI Members generated more than $14 billion in closed business just in the last 12 months alone. Called the “Father of Modern Networking” by CNN and one of the “Top Networking Experts to Watch” by Forbes, Dr. Misner is considered to be one of the world’s leading experts on business networking.
Dr. Misner’s Ph.D. is from the University of Southern California. He has written 21 books including his latest release, “Who’s in Your Room?” He is a columnist for Entrepreneur.com. Oh, and in his spare time, he is an amateur magician and a black belt in karate.
In this podcast, we discuss:
Why are referrals the best form of networking?
Why should you build relationships and then farm them for sales?
Transactional vs. relational salespeople - who does better?
Are you wearing a bib or an apron?
What is Giver's Gain?
What is the VCP formula for better networking?
Who makes better salespeople - men or women?
How should a woman go into a room full of men network with them?
What is the right combination of mindset and skillset for effective networking?
Referrals could be free but they require two things. What are they?
Where can you find a networking coach?
Why do you have to be more interested than interesting to be a good networker?
What is the war of dueling monologues?
What is the most important insight about networking that Ivan learned that could help you network better?
P.S. I realized a rather obvious thing. Most of us read articles like this but never act on it. You can only learn and get better results from the insights when you L.P.T. – listen, practice deliberately and tell/teach others, whether they are colleagues, friends, or family. Implement the principles of developing expertise from Dr. Anders Ericsson. I hope you L.P.T., whatever you glean from this.
You can find additional podcast episodes on how you can become more successful in life and business at https://www.mitramiyer.com/podcast/
If you found this article useful, please share it with your network – connections, groups, Facebook, Twitter, etc.
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Listen to a delightful and wide-ranging conversation with Dr. Ellen Langer, the famed Harvard psychologist who has been called ‘The Mother of Mindfulness’.
You are more capable than you believe you are and, perhaps, more capable than you ever imagined. And, you can become more successful in life starting with who and where you are right now. It is your current mindset that is enabling (or limiting) your success. You will learn every single minute from this podcast. And, if you act on what you learn and change your mindset and actions accordingly, you could be much more successful in life.
She observes that most people go through life mindlessly. They could have a richer life with mindful living. That’s not just meditation. Dr. Langer has figured out how to achieve better results in life by altering your mindset – what your mind believes, your mind and body deliver. She has shown through research that while your biological age is whatever it is, your mental age and capabilities could be that of a much younger person if only you changed your mindset.
Here are some things you will learn from listening to the podcast:
What is a person’s mindset? If you asked ten people, you will probably get ten explanations. Listen to a succinct definition from the ‘mother’ herself.
Listen to how your past dictates your future – unless you choose to change it.
There is another kind of mindfulness besides meditation and it is tremendously useful to each person’s happiness and success. Listen to her description of what it is and how you can tap into it.
How can you reverse aging – in your mind?
How can to improve your memory? Do you really lose your memory with age or just think you do?
Is your reptilian brain in charge of how you live your life?
How can you improve your five senses and your brain functioning?
Are things definitely as they seem to you are might they be different?
Why one day does not maketh your lifetime?
How can you embrace your unique strengths while learning from role models you admire?
How to learn something new and keep getting better at it?
How can you achieve more with less effort?
Why will ‘faking it’ while you don’t believe in something will not get you the results?
Why is achieving easier when you do things ‘your way’ rather than mindlessly aping somebody else?
Why are adopting the rules of successful people a better way to improve yourself than mindlessly adopting their habits?
Why is following a script a poor way to sell?
Is your IQ really a good measure of your intelligence?
What should you do when you feel inferior in any situation?
Why believe that there is a ‘blueprint for success in any field is wrong and why you will be more successful in developing your own blueprint for your own success?
Hear Dr. Langer in conversation with Ram Iyer about how you can be more successful in business and life at https://www.mitramiyer.com/podcast/
P.S. I realized a rather obvious thing. Most of us read articles like this but never act on it. You can only learn and get better results from the insights when you L.P.T. – listen, practice and tell/teach others, whether they are colleagues, friends, or family. I hope you L.P.T., whatever you glean from this.
You can find additional podcast episodes on how you can become more successful in life and business at https://www.mitramiyer.com/podcast/
If you found this article useful, please share it with your network – connections, groups, Facebook, Twitter, etc.
This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mitramiyer.substack.com
When it comes to succeeding in business and in life, there are a few people like Marshall Goldsmith, the pre-eminent executive coach. He's the pioneer behind the use of 360 Feedback. He has 38 books including the latest one with Sally Helgesen How Women Rise. In Marshall, we have a person who has extensive knowledge and experience from coaching several thousand people. Here’s an excerpt from the conversation –
Ram Iyer: So, what you're saying is in the case of women, the 12 habits that you talk about in the book are things that you need to be aware of and overcome or use positively in a way that enables you to rise so that you who is interested in having an impact on society and the world will be able to have a larger impact on society and the world.
Marshall: Excellent. Well said. That is exactly the premise behind the book and I think a much more important premise or a different premise than a book for men.
In this wide-ranging discussion, Marshall these are some of the issues we discussed:
Why do women need to work on success differently than men do?
How women can make a positive difference in the world and be more successful?
Why you should distinguish between your job and your career?
What is the problem with the CEO trying to be the smartest person in the room – why it is one of the worst things you can do?
What is the superstition trap?
What is Marshall’s ‘Daily Question Process’ that can improve your life and takes just 3 minutes a day?
Why is life incredibly easy to talk about but incredibly difficult to live?
What is the biggest ‘silent killer of success’?
What has Marshall found that differentiates truly successful people from the many who are not?
Why will listening to your 95-year-old self be the best advice you ever receive?
Hear Marshall in conversation with Ram Iyer about how you can be more successful in business and life at https://www.mitramiyer.com/podcast/
P.S. I realized a rather obvious thing. Most of us read articles like this but never act on it. You can only learn and get better results from the insights when you L.P.T. – listen, practice and tell/teach others, whether they are colleagues, friends, or family. I hope you L.P.T., whatever you glean from this.
You can find additional podcast episodes on how you can become more successful in life and business at https://www.mitramiyer.com/podcast/
This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mitramiyer.substack.com
Jay Allen is the founder of CXO.org, one of the largest networks of executives in the western U.S - over 5,000 executives and influential leaders across the US using a ‘different’ networking method with great success. At one point, he was named, ‘The most networked man in the state of Colorado’. His methods, developed and honed over 15 years, delivered a success rate greater than 90% for accessing and developing relationships with influential leaders. Jay has built some of the largest groups of CXOs, HR executives, executive assistants (smart move) and currently manages seven groups of influential business people. On this podcast, you will learn about the 'Theory of Random Collisions', the 'Law of Two Favors', and how you too can become a successful professional networker. You can also read the related article at https://businessthinking.com/blog/professional-networking-jay-allen.
This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mitramiyer.substack.com
This podcast is about the future of learning - a conversation with Prof. Sanjay Sharma, Professor and Vice President for Open Learning at MIT. A quote that nicely sums up the discussion comes from Plutarch and goes,
“The mind is a fire to be kindled, not a vessel to be filled.”
You will hear discussions about:
Future learning models and the role of colleges and universities
Online on-demand learning
Most effective methods of learning at any age, based on scientific research
What do future learning and Spotify playlists have in common?
The most important ingredient for learning at any age
The structure of MIT that makes it special
Exams-in-a-Ziploc-bag at MIT
This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mitramiyer.substack.com