ThoughtCast – A Thought-Leadership Podcast from SPJIMR

December 24, 2020

Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan’s S P Jain Institute of Management and Research (SPJIMR) has launched a new podcast series called ‘ThoughtCast’. Each episode features an expert SPJIMR faculty in conversation with a senior industry leader on management and business.

The first episode of the series, launched today, has SPJIMR Executive-In-Residence, noted author and corporate advisor, Mr R Gopalakrishnan in conversation with Nestle India Limited’s Chairman and Managing Director, Mr Suresh Narayanan. In this frank conversation, Mr Gopalakrishnan and Mr Narayanan talk about their decades-old association; share learnings like that from the Maggi crisis – an existential crisis for Nestle in India, on succession planning and offer tips for future managers.

Taking forward the SPJIMR motto of thought leadership, the series showcases the ‘influencing practice’ principle of the institute. Other industry head honchos to feature in the coming episodes are Mr Bharat Puri, MD Pidilite and Mr Sanjeev Mehta, Chairman and MD, HUL.

This podcast brings to the listeners challenging news ideas, management wisdom and practice-oriented leadership lessons. Audience are exploring new mediums for informed discussions, opinions and quality content and this podcast offers listeners engaging content curated with the expertise of SPJIMR professors.

SPJIMR Dean Dr Ranjan Banerjee said, “We need to understand and engage with practice if we are to influence it. Through conversations between our own faculty thought leaders and CEOs who have made a difference, our ThoughtCasts will do just that.”

Listen to the first episode of the podcast.

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