Hosted by Vinay Kumar · 🇺🇸 US · EN-US · 186 episodes
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In this business podcast that is all about people, Vinay Kumar, a Leadership Coach, Certified Professional Facilitator, OD Consultant, Podcaster, Global Nomad, Wildlife Stalker and Records Collector, interviews leaders, thinkers, strategists, and doers to reveal actionable insights, first-hand experiences, smart strategies, brilliant tips and lesser-known best practices on a range of subjects in business leadership and people management, from innovation, DEI, facilitation, technology, future of the workforce and sustainability to evolution of leadership, storytelling, negotiation, digital learning, mental wellbeing, the art of staying positive and even water wars! Plus each episode features curated recommendations from Vinay and his guest for your own RWL (Read Watch Listen) list to keep you shinier and happier!
Vinay Kumar hosts SHINY HAPPY PEOPLE with Vinay Kumar, a business show with 186 episodes published.
Send us Fan Mail Grounded in change psychology, resilience and neuroscience, her work in Change Management and leadership spans over 20 years partnering with leaders to enable high performance sustainability, the kind th
Send us Fan Mail For too long, work and leadership advice has focused on beginnings – how to make a great first impression, nail a new job, or start projects on the right foot. But what about endings – how can we success
Send us Fan Mail Meet Ash Seddeek , a globally recognized executive coach and change leadership advisor with over 15 years of experience helping leaders drive transformation through compelling communication and strategic
Send us Fan Mail Meet Laura Best , keynote speaker who helps global brands like US Bank activate passion as a science-back method to drive energy, motivation, engagement and performance in their people. She is the bestse
Send us Fan Mail We are thrilled to bring you this special collaboration with the chart-topping podcast that unravels the impact of organization culture on the workplace, 'Culture Matters with Subbu Kalpathi' - where it'
Send us Fan Mail Best known for his work in organizational development (OD) spanning over three decades, Dr. Douglas O’Loughlin won over our listeners when he first came on this podcast four years ago. The episode was am
Send us Fan Mail From AI’s explosive rise to climate disruption and escalating geopolitical strain, history is hitting a tipping point today. Amidst all this, Alain Bejjani offers a striking counterpoint: however fast an
Send us Fan Mail In this Shiny Happy People special, we bring you a deeply insightful conversation mapping the fast-growing landscape of GCCs in the Philippines – with Natalie ‘Nats’ Lim-Ang . A Board Trustee with the Gl
Send us Fan Mail “Prepare for a disaster, and you'll never experience one.” Between setting the world record for 28 hours of nonstop CPR, building emergency shelters with LEGO blocks, and evacuating 240 cats in 90 minute
Send us Fan Mail We are in the ‘Intelligence Age’ and the ‘humans versus AI’ debates are everywhere. So, we thought we’d bring in an AI futurist and a leading voice in AI, digital transformation, and how AI will shape bu
Send us Fan Mail Have you heard of part-time C-Suite leaders? Meet Sara Daw , our guest this episode, who is a leading voice on the future of executive work and a pioneer of the fractional leadership movement. She heads
Send us Fan Mail Happy New Year to you and we are back with a cracker of an episode to kickstart 2026 with – featuring the OG, the guru of virtual facilitation, Cindy Huggett, CPTD . As a leading industry expert and 20+
Send us Fan Mail It’s a year-end SHP tradition – where we bring you our top picks of the year. This time, we invite our guest hosts, Jyothi Dass and Shaleel Nalakath to choose their top episode picks from 2025. You can l
Send us Fan Mail With so much talk around it, it was about time we dedicated a whole episode to AI – and boy, have we got a power-packed one for you! Meet Rick DeLisi who is leading AI adoption in an industry that almost
Send us Fan Mail Managing through fear and intimidation has long been a hallmark of high-pressure industries like tech, finance, and private equity. But now, the gloves are off. Domineering, manipulative leaders are not
Send us Fan Mail Over 75% of people fear public speaking — sometimes more than flying, snakes, or even death. Yet for leaders, communication is everything. That’s where our guest today steps in. Meet Isobel Rimmer , Foun
Send us Fan Mail Did they predict right? In this Shiny Happy People special, we bring you clips from five past episode dating all the way back to 2020, when we first started this podcast, and share what those guests had
Send us Fan Mail With a PhD in Behavioural Economics, Dr. Myriam Hadnes describes herself as a Facilitation Evangelist – a practitioner obsessed with uncovering why some facilitated experiences spark curiosity while othe
Send us Fan Mail Meet workplace lawyer and employment and industrial relations specialist, Karen Ansen who is the heart and soul behind Ignite HR & Employment Law and Ignite Your Purpose, where she helps leaders bring ou
Send us Fan Mail A transformative leader in the Digital Media and HR Technology space, our guest today is Pushkar Bidwai , CEO of People Matters , APAC’s foremost community and media platform for HR and talent leaders. P
Vinay Kumar
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disaster preparedness expert · America's Disaster Planner
1 appearance on this show
Steve Brown
award-winning TV presenter, public speaker, mentor, Paralympic wheelchair rugby captain · British Institute of Learning Disabilities
1 appearance on this show
Sara Daw
CEO of The CFO Centre and The Liberti Group · The Liberti Group
1 appearance on this show
Rick DeLisi
customer experience researcher, author, thought leader · Glia
1 appearance on this show
Kate Lowry
CEO coach, venture capitalist, author of Unbreakable: How to Thrive Under Fear-Based Leaders
1 appearance on this show
Dr Myriam Hadnes
Dr
1 appearance on this show
Karen Ansen
Principal Lawyer and Founder · Ignite HR and Employment Law
1 appearance on this show
Radhika Dutt
author of Radical Product Thinking, MIT engineer, entrepreneur, and advisor · Radical Product Thinking
1 appearance on this show
Oscar Trimboli
Author and Tech Industry Veteran
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SHINY HAPPY PEOPLE with Vinay Kumar is hosted by Vinay Kumar. The show is categorised under business (management) and has published 186 episodes.
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