A Conversation with Bethenny Frankel on The Truth About What It Takes to Be Successful While Staying True to Yourself

September 19th, 2025 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
Bethenny Frankel is a self-made businesswoman, TV producer, podcaster, multiple New York Times bestselling author, and mother. She is the Founder & CEO of Skinnygirl, a global lifestyle empire, featuring products for women that offer practical and stylish solutions to everyday problems.  Bethenny was an instant fan favourite as a guest shark on…
19-09-2025 9:15:28
Thought Economics

 

Business Leadership Under Fire, A Conversation with Business Turnaround Expert, Pepyn Dinandt.

September 19th, 2025 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
Have you asked yourself how some young companies have become so successful in so little time? And why so many once big players like Nokia and Kodak seem to have vanished into nothing suddenly? What did they do wrong? And more importantly: what can you do to keep your business…
19-09-2025 9:22:35
Thought Economics

 

The Secrets of Great Negotiations. A Conversation with Barry Nalebuff, One of the World’s Foremost Experts on Negotiation and Game Theory.

September 19th, 2025 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
Negotiation is stressful. It can bring out the worst in people. Wouldn’t it be better if there were a principled way to negotiate? Wouldn’t it be even better if there were a way to treat people fairly and get treated fairly in a negotiation? Barry Nalebuff is the Milton Steinbach Professor…
19-09-2025 9:22:51
Thought Economics

 

A Conversation with Netflix Co-Founder & Founding CEO, Marc Randolph

October 4th, 2025 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
Marc Randolph is a veteran Silicon Valley entrepreneur, advisor, and investor. As co-founder and founding CEO of Netflix, he laid much of the groundwork for a service that’s grown to 210 million subscribers, a market capitalisation of over $240 billion and which fundamentally altered how the world experiences media. He…
04-10-2025 15:57:29
Thought Economics

 

How Social Mission Can Drive Business Performance, Profit, and Impact – A Conversation with Andy Last, Author of Business on a Mission.

October 4th, 2025 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
Andy Last has spent 20 years advising some of the world’s biggest businesses on social issues. In his new book, Business on a Mission, he explores the link between social mission, purpose, sustainability, and performance. Andy shows that purpose and profit are not incompatible, and that understanding, responding to, and…
04-10-2025 15:57:42
Thought Economics

 

A Conversation with Robert Greene on Power, Mastery, Purpose, Success & Understanding Human Nature.

October 4th, 2025 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
Robert Greene is the author of the New York Times bestsellers The 48 Laws of Power, The Art of Seduction, The 33 Strategies of War, The 50th Law, and Mastery. In addition to having a strong following within the business world and a deep following in Washington, DC, Greene’s books…
04-10-2025 16:01:04
Thought Economics

 

A Conversation with Robert E. Siegel on How Leading Organisations Blend the Best of Physical and Digital.

October 4th, 2025 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
Digitisation is a massive and massively important trend – one accelerated by the Covid-19 pandemic. But despite fervent preaching from the Silicon Valley faithful, it’s not the only kind of competency that matters. Silicon Valley veteran and Stanford lecturer Robert E. Siegel argues that amid the incessant drumbeat of digital…
04-10-2025 16:02:59
Thought Economics

 

Noise and the Flaws in Human Judgement – A Conversation with Daniel Kahneman & Cass R Sunstein.

October 4th, 2025 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
In Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgement, Nobel Prize Winner, Daniel Kahneman together with co-authors Olivier Sibony, and Cass R. Sunstein show how noise helps produce errors in many fields, including medicine, law, public health, economic forecasting, food safety, forensic science, bail verdicts, child protection, strategy, performance reviews and personnel…
04-10-2025 16:07:39
Thought Economics

 

A Conversation with Daniel Goleman on Emotional Intelligence, Emotions & Leadership

October 4th, 2025 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
In this interview, I speak to Daniel Goleman, Ph.D., author of the New York Times bestseller Emotional Intelligence and Social Intelligence: The New Science of Human Relationships. Dr. Goleman is an internationally known psychologist who lectures frequently to professional groups, business audiences, and on college campuses. Working as a science…
04-10-2025 16:08:50
Thought Economics

 

A Conversation with Bertrand Piccard, Chairman of the Solar Impulse Foundation, Serial Explorer, Psychiatrist and Pioneer in Environmental Innovation & Climate Sustainability.

October 4th, 2025 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
It is in Bertrand Piccard’s DNA to go beyond the obvious and achieve the impossible. From a legendary lineage of explorers who conquered the stratosphere and the abysses, he made history by accomplishing two aeronautical firsts, around the world non-stop in a balloon, and more recently in a solar plane without…
04-10-2025 16:09:22
Thought Economics