Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL Interviews the world's leading thinkers, and the people shaping the century.

What Every Entrepreneur Needs to Know: A Conversation with Entrepreneurship Experts, Catalina Daniels & James Sherman

September 17th, 2025 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
In this interview, I speak to Catalina Daniels and James Sherman about their learnings from interviewing and studying some of the most successful startups to emerge from Harvard Business School. We discuss startup ideation, governance, fundraising and how to best exit.  
17-09-2025 20:11:22
Thought Economics

 

How to Pay Attention in a Distracted World: A Conversation with Christian Madsbjerg

September 17th, 2025 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
Paying attention is a crucial human skill, yet many of us have forgotten how to listen carefully and observe intentionally. Deluged by social media and hobbled by the increasing social isolation it fosters, we need to rediscover the deeply human ways we connect with others. In this interview, I speak…
17-09-2025 20:11:35
Thought Economics

 

How Media, Politics, Identity & Misinformation Shape Us – A Conversation with Professor Dannagal Young

September 17th, 2025 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
Why are so many of us wrong about so much? From COVID-19 to climate change to the results of elections, millions of us believe things that are simply not true―and act based on these misperceptions. In this interview, I speak to Professor Dannagal Young, one of the world’s foremost social…
17-09-2025 20:11:48
Thought Economics

 

Will Human Intelligence & Digital Technology Coevolve? A Conversation with W. Russell Neuman, One of the World’s Foremost Experts on Technology & Society.

September 17th, 2025 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
In this interview, I speak to Professor W. Russell Neuman, one of the world’s foremost experts on the relationship of technology and society. He was one of the founding faculty of the MIT Media Laboratory and served as Senior Policy Analyst in the White House (Office of Science & Technology…
17-09-2025 20:12:02
Thought Economics

 

Is Fear the Most Important Force in Civilisation? – A Conversation with Robert Peckham.

September 18th, 2025 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
It's been said that, after 9/11, the 2008 financial crash and the Covid-19 pandemic, we're a more fearful society than ever before. Yet fear, and the panic it produces, have long been driving forces - perhaps the driving force - of world history: fear of God, of famine, war, disease,…
18-09-2025 14:23:41
Thought Economics

 

A Conversation with Lucia Annunzio, One of the World’s Foremost Experts in High Performance Leadership & Culture.

September 18th, 2025 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
Susan “Lucia” Annunzio is an acclaimed leadership coach, author, President and CEO of the Center for High Performance. Lucia, known by her clients as the “CEO-Whisperer,” has spent over 25 years observing, analysing, and coaching CEO, C-Suite, and Board dynamics.  She has discerned that an organization is only as great as…
18-09-2025 14:25:24
Thought Economics

 

A Conversation with Ozwald Boateng OBE – Iconic Fashion Designer, Creative & Entrepreneur.

September 18th, 2025 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
Ozwald Boateng has been at the forefront of fashion for over 25 years. He conceived a new silhouette and palette for international menswear, creating a concept of style and luxury for men not previously envisaged but desired by men everywhere. Always the revolutionary, Ozwald Boateng’s collections now see an evolution…
18-09-2025 14:25:48
Thought Economics

 

A Conversation with Myleene Klass on Her Extraordinary Campaign to Change the Law and Improve Outcomes for Women Who Experience Miscarriages & Pregnancy Loss.

September 18th, 2025 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
Myleene Klass has had a remarkable career. She is a classically trained musician, TV & radio presenter, businesswoman, and designer. In 2023 however, she changed history. Following four of her own ‘tortuous’ miscarriages, Myleene joined forces with MP Olivia Blake and spent over four years campaigning for changes to the…
18-09-2025 14:26:14
Thought Economics

 

A Conversation with John Chambers, Former Chairman & CEO of Cisco & CEO of JC2 Ventures.

September 18th, 2025 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
John Chambers is an extraordinary leader. During his 25 years at Cisco, he took the business profitably from $1 billion, to over $49 billion in annual revenues. Not only is this one if the internet-era’s greatest success stories, but one which built much of the infrastructure of the modern internet.…
18-09-2025 14:26:39
Thought Economics

 

Transforming our Health & Lifespan: A Conversation with Bryan Johnson, The World’s Most Measured Human.

September 18th, 2025 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
Bryan Johnson is the world's most measured human. Johnson sold his company, Braintree Venmo, to PayPal for $800m in 2013. Through his Project Blueprint, Johnson has achieved metabolic health equal to the top 1.5% of 18-year-olds, inflammation 66% lower than the average 10-year-old, and reduced his speed of aging by…
18-09-2025 14:28:17
Thought Economics

 

A Conversation with Sridhar Vembu, Co-Founder & CEO of Zoho, On Bootstrapping from Launch to over US$ 1 billion.

September 18th, 2025 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
Sridhar Vembu is the CEO and Co-founder of Zoho Corp, which he describes as “...a state-of-the-art tech company with a very old-fashioned approach to company building.” Founded in an apartment, in 1996, Zoho now has over 15,000 employees, more than US$1 billion in annual revenues, and over 100 million users. All…
18-09-2025 14:28:57
Thought Economics

 

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Dr. Russell Kennedy—known to many as The Anxiety MD—is a physician, neuroscientist, and leading voice on the emotional and physiological roots of anxiety. Drawing on his own lived experience with childhood trauma and years of clinical practice, Kennedy has developed a unique mind–body approach to healing, blending neuroscience, developmental psychology,…
In these conversations, I spoke with three of the world’s foremost thinkers on AI safety, risk & governance —Clark Barrett (Professor of Computer Science at Stanford and Co-Director of the Stanford Center for AI Safety), Nick Bostrom (Founder of the Future of Humanity Institute at Oxford University and the Macrostrategy…
Business & Economics  (346)
In these conversations, I spoke with three of the world’s foremost thinkers on AI safety, risk & governance —Clark Barrett (Professor of Computer Science at Stanford and Co-Director of the Stanford Center for AI Safety), Nick Bostrom (Founder of the Future of Humanity Institute at Oxford University and the Macrostrategy…
In this interview I speak to Captain L. David Marquet (U.S. Navy, Retired), a celebrated leadership visionary, bestselling author, and educator whose career-defining moment came during his command of the nuclear ballistic missile submarine USS Santa Fe (SSN‑763) from 1999 to 2001. We discuss his most important learnings on leadership, and how to build…
Culture, Society, Sports & Arts  (229)
In this interview I speak to Sahil Bloom, author of “The 5 Types of Wealth: A Transformative Guide to Design Your Dream Life" which Apple CEO Tim Cook calls, “a powerful call to action to think deeply about what lights you up—and a guide for how to build a life…
Health & Medicine  (68)
Dr. Russell Kennedy—known to many as The Anxiety MD—is a physician, neuroscientist, and leading voice on the emotional and physiological roots of anxiety. Drawing on his own lived experience with childhood trauma and years of clinical practice, Kennedy has developed a unique mind–body approach to healing, blending neuroscience, developmental psychology,…
Nobel Laureates  (20)
Politics & Policy  (160)
In these conversations, I spoke with three of the world’s foremost thinkers on AI safety, risk & governance —Clark Barrett (Professor of Computer Science at Stanford and Co-Director of the Stanford Center for AI Safety), Nick Bostrom (Founder of the Future of Humanity Institute at Oxford University and the Macrostrategy…
Science & Technology  (123)
In these conversations, I spoke with three of the world’s foremost thinkers on AI safety, risk & governance —Clark Barrett (Professor of Computer Science at Stanford and Co-Director of the Stanford Center for AI Safety), Nick Bostrom (Founder of the Future of Humanity Institute at Oxford University and the Macrostrategy…
Professor Brian Cox is widely recognized as the foremost communicator for science, cosmology and astronomy in the world, and is Professor of Particle Physics at the University of Manchester, The Royal Society Professor for Public Engagement in Science and a Fellow of the Royal Society. In this interview, we discuss…