Habits Matter

Work often demands that we focus on the details. But when we focus too well, we risk losing sight of the big picture. In this episode, we explain big-picture thinking in less abstract terms, explore a nifty tool to practice it, and find out how a campaign from your favorite fast-food chain knocked it out of the park—all because the folks behind it dared to think big.

Meet Papiya Banerjee, Co-founder, Unqbe, and a leader with years of experience in culture building, talent management and leadership development; and Mark Pollard, strategy consultant for The Economist, Twitter, Euronews, Facebook, and host of the Sweathead podcast.

Shapeshifters don’t just exist in folklore and fiction. They’re all around us in the world of work.

These are people who adapt with exceptional agility, excelling at multiple careers, or breaking new ground with their entrepreneurial intelligence. We find out how they do it, and why their habits are relevant for a future of work that will see big disruptions from climate change, AI, and uncertain markets.

Meet Paroma Roy Chowdhury, Chief Communications and Public Affairs Officer at Dream11—an e-sports start-up currently valued at $5 billion. Paroma has previously held leadership positions at Google, Airtel, SoftBank, Hewlett Packard and GE. Also meet Mac Prichard, Founder, Mac’s List. Mac is a career coach and a full-time podcaster who has previously worked with governors and state departments in Oregon (US). He holds a degree in public administration from the Harvard Kennedy School.

Receiving feedback sucks...until it doesn’t. Inside, we uncover the power of positive feedback, break down fair feedback into its primary principles, and find out if your boss has been dropping truth bombs—or just bombs.

Meet Ruchira Chaudhary, Leadership Coach and Author, “Coaching: The Secret Code to Uncommon Leadership”; Neeraj Sharma, Director, Product, Harappa; and Dhruv Mehra, Associate Director, Consumer, Harappa.

Comms leaders deconstruct the art of presenting and share trade secrets on building influence with the people who really matter. And a strategy friend shares lessons from the ad world on making a good pitch.

Meet Papri Dev, Senior Director, APAC Communications at Tinder; Mark Pollard, host of the Sweathead podcast, and strategy consultant for The Economist, Twitter, Euronews, Facebook; and Aniha Brar, Dean, Young India Fellowship, Ashoka University.

This is Season 5 of Habits Matter. We’re going behind the scenes of common work problems and asking questions like: how do you present effectively? Get that job? Or decode feedback?

This episode was hosted remotely by Harappa Founder & CEO, Shreyasi Singh.

Talent experts tell us what it takes to ace the interview. Inside: resume hacks, behavioral and case interviews, and words not to use in an interview.

Meet Eklavya Sinha, a Talent Strategist at Accenture who has custodianship of more than 70,000 professionals, and Mac Prichard, Career Expert and President, Prichard Communications. Mac also hosts a popular podcast, “Find Your Dream Job”.

This is Season 5 of Habits Matter. We’re going behind the scenes of common work problems and asking questions like: how do you present effectively? Get that job? Or decode feedback?

This episode was hosted remotely by Harappa Founder & CEO, Shreyasi Singh.

In Season 5 of Habits Matter, we’re going behind the scenes of common work problems and asking questions like: how do you make a pitch to remember? Find your dream job? Or decode feedback?

Habits Matter is a podcast about how things work at work. We’re bringing you stories, goof-ups and triumphs from a roster of entertaining guests—smart professionals and inspiring leaders who’ve been there, done that. 

A rebel in her own right, Francesca Gino has spent years studying fellow rule-breakers in multiple organizations, from a high-end boutique in Milan and a Michelin-star restaurant to a famous animation studio. In this episode, we find out more about rebels, their tendency to ask difficult questions and how that can be a force for good, at work and in life.

Francesca Gino is a professor at Harvard Business School. She’s also involved with the Negotiation Program at Harvard Law School; the Mind, Brain, Behavior Initiative at Harvard University; and the Behavioral Insight Group at Harvard Kennedy School. Gino recently wrote a bestseller, “Rebel Talent”, which we explore in this episode. 

Through Season 4, meet five trailblazing women thinkers shaping our world of work with path-breaking ideas. In conversation with Harappa Founder & CEO Shreyasi Singh, they talk about everything from the nuances of negotiation to the necessity of creative rebellion.  #WomenLead

This International Women’s Day, we speak to Vasanthi Srinivasan, a professor at IIM Bangalore known for her pioneering research on women in the workplace. 

Tune in for a sociohistorical deep dive into women’s integration in the Indian workforce. We explore its accidental origins, women’s glaring absence from the boardroom, and the unfair price of ambition.

Through Season 4, meet five trailblazing women thinkers shaping our world of work with path-breaking ideas. In conversation with Harappa Founder & CEO Shreyasi Singh, they talk about everything from the nuances of negotiation to the necessity of creative rebellion.  #WomenLead

#LeadingOthers

This episode was hosted remotely by Harappa Founder & CEO, Shreyasi Singh.

Let’s talk about you. Inside, multiple methods of self-reflection, including feedback; if millennials are more prone to the tyranny of the shoulds; and how self-belief impacts our potential. 

Meet Leena Chatterjee, who’s a much-loved professor at IIM Calcutta. She’s taught courses in organizational behavior, human psychology and interpersonal dynamics. 

Through Season 4, meet five trailblazing women thinkers shaping our world of work with path-breaking ideas. In conversation with Harappa Founder & CEO Shreyasi Singh, they talk about everything from the nuances of negotiation to the necessity of creative rebellion. #WomenLead

#LeadingSelf

This episode was hosted remotely by Harappa Founder & CEO, Shreyasi Singh.

Inside: a look at the science of negotiation, power, and influence with Nazli Bhatia, who's a Senior Research Fellow at the Wharton School. How do we settle differences without going to war? What are the mysterious forces that change the game? And do power dynamics really shift when we’re all just boxes on a Zoom call?

Nazli’s main area of expertise is negotiations: the strategies that influence the process and the factors that decide outcomes. She's also taught courses on power and influence, organizational behavior, cross-cultural management, and managing teams.

Through Season 4, meet five trailblazing women thinkers shaping our world of work with path-breaking ideas. In conversation with Harappa Founder & CEO Shreyasi Singh, they talk about everything from the nuances of negotiation to the necessity of creative rebellion. #WomenLead

#NegotiatingWisely

This episode was hosted remotely by Harappa Founder & CEO, Shreyasi Singh.

The last episode of Season 3 is here. This time, find out everything you need to know about the lies our brains tell us—and how to fight them. Ahead: cognitive biases.

Crisis impairs our ability to solve problems. Join us as we talk about decision-making in crisis with leaders who’ve been there, done that. Find out how to think and act when the going gets tough, and stay till the end for lessons in decision-making from 2020.

The ultimate test of any solution is if it can get buy-in from the people. Inside: the importance of effective messaging, the power of our will, and an answer to why people still aren't wearing masks.

Meet Neela Saldanha, Independent Consultant and Former Senior Director – Insights, PepsiCo; and Samuel Salzer, Behavioral Strategist. This episode was hosted remotely by Harappa Founder & CEO, Shreyasi Singh. 

Find out what’s in store for the future of the office. How will office design change? Will cubicles make a comeback? What’s the real loss to mourn when you can’t go to work for work?

Explore the meteoric rise and fall of organizations; the crash of Nokia, the magic of Lego; and the good habits that make great organizations.