Siddharth Tripathi on Personality WBCs and Paths to Self-Discovery
Siddharth Tripathi on Personality WBCs and Paths to Self-Discovery
Episode #001
Introduction
Siddharth is an MBA from MDI Gurgaon and a B.E from NIT Trichy. He has 15 years of rich HR experience with a focus on performance, rewards, incentives, talent management and people analytics. He has worked across industries and geographies; with reputed companies like GE, Aon Hewitt, Hay Group, Towers Watson, Zomato and Times Internet.
Siddharth is also an acclaimed author. His debut novel was published in 2013. Blowfish, his second novel, was published by Bloomsbury in 2017. His first two books are now being adapted for an OTT release. Siddharth's third book unMind (released in 2020) is a graphic retelling of the teachings of Ramana Maharshi.
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Selected Links
Powerful: Building a Culture of Freedom and Responsibility by Patty McCord
Vinod Khosla - Failure Doesn’t Matter. Success Matters.
Road to Character by David Brooks
The Teachings of Ramana Maharishi by Athur Osborne
A Search in Secret India by Paul Brunton
The Razor’s Edge by William Somerset Maugham
Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind by Shunryu Suzuki
Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahamsa Yogananda
Catcher In The Rye - J.D. Salinger
Atom Heart Mother by Pink Floyd
Show Notes
00:00 - 01:05 - Intro
01:05 - 05:24 - Sid’s Journey into HR
05:25 - 11:34 - Transition from Sales to HR, Learning Curves in the HR space, HR’s Seat at the Table
11:35 - 15:52 - On the Corporate Employee’s Addiction to Jargon
15:53 - 21:44 - HR’s role in Company Culture and Culture as the CEO’s Agenda
21:45 - 24:59 - Young CEOs and the Learning Curve of Leading an Organization
25:00 - 30:11 - On VCs who don’t have Operating Experience
30:12 - 41:46 - Lessons and Insights from Ramana Maharishi for Founders and CEOs
41:47 - 49:05 - Why Genuine-ness is Hard to Fake especially in Leadership Positions and What Humility Means
49:06 - 58:29 - The Open-Source Nature of Ramana Maharishi’s Philosophy and references to his work
57:30 - 01:06:39 - On Zen and the Ossification of our Preferences moulded by Society
01:06:40 - 01:15:51 - On Albums, Top Albums rated by Siddharth and Vignesh
01:15:52 - 01:30:11 - Rapid Fire
01:30:12 - 01:32:15 - Thank you and Close