The ADDA

Tired of one-sided narratives and staged conversations? Welcome to The ADDA, where genuine, cross-cultural dialogue sparks profound understanding and drives systemic change. Hosted by Deepa Mirchandani, The ADDA (from the Hindi for a space for deliberation) offers the nuanced insights missing in today's media. We unpick global topics with curiosity, bringing together authentic voices for better decisions and real-world impact. For more information check out: https://www.deepandmeaningful.co/theadda

The ADDA is a business podcast hosted by Deepa Mirchandani, with 24 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Deepa Mirchandani hosts The ADDA, a business show with 24 episodes published.

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  Phenomenal Women: Art & Entrepreneurship - Creating a Market, One Pot at a Time with Albana Meta | EP22

  Mar 22, 20261h 7mS0

  What does it take to build a market for something people don't yet know they need? <br />Albana Meta returned to Tirana after 12 years abroad and built Albania's first contemporary art café and pottery studio — not just a business, but a genuinely new idea about what people deserve access to.<br />In this episode, Deepa and Albana get into the real work of cultural entrepreneurship: convincing people to show up, creating a space that gives people permission to make something, and what it means to build something countercultural in a city remaking itself at speed. They also talk honestly about what...

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  Navigating Borders: Travel, Culture & Identity in a Complex World with Laura Payette | EP21

  Feb 24, 20261h 34mS0

  Boundaries - real or imagined?What does it take to consciously cross borders, navigate different cultures, languages, and ways of living? What does it take to do that responsibly and respectfully?In this episode, Deepa talks to Laura Payette about navigating nomadic life as a family. This conversation looks not just at the joys that travel brings but also speaks to some of the loneliness and isolation that you can encounter along the way, how our perceptions of home changes and we get into the responsibility and privilege of travel and how to navigate those when you’re a guest in...

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  SCIENCE & SPIRITUALITY: BRIDGING WORLDS FOR SYSTEMIC TRANSFORMATION WITH THOMAS LEGRAND | EP20

  Jan 20, 20261h 4mS0

  Can you transform institutions from the inside without them transforming you first?What happens when consciousness work meets UN bureaucracy? And how do you harness inner transformation without killing what makes it transformative?In this episode, Deepa talks to Thomas Legrand, author of Politics of Being and lead of the United Nations Development Programme's Conscious Food Systems Alliance. They explore how integrating science, spiritual wisdom and inner transformation creates more effective pathways to systems change - and what gets lost or found when these worlds collide.Thomas brings shamanic training and ecological economics to institutional development work, asking hard questions...

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  A Designer's Guide to Regenerative Venture Building: Systems, Spirit & Risk with Neelam Chhiber | EP19

  Dec 13, 20251h 18mS0

  What comes first, the regenerative venture or the systems change? Is it about the modality to venture design, funding and execution that makes the difference? Or does it actually come down to how well an entrepreneur knows themself?In this episode, Deepa talks to multi-award winning entrepreneur Neelam Chhiber, founder of Industree Foundation. They explore whether designers have the secret sauce to being regenerative and systems changing entrepreneurs, the complexities of capitalisation and finance in achieving scale and what kind of relationships it takes; with risk, with collaborators and with one’s self to stand the course of time. They al...

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  Accolades, Prizes & Recognition: Dirty Words or Gateway Drugs to Being Good? with Lauren Scott-Harris | EP18

  Nov 16, 202543 minS0

  Is it morally corrupt to need an incentive to show up for your local community or is it just the reality of today’s modern age?<br />In this episode you get a glimpse into a recently held Group ADDA session where Deepa was in session with Lauren Scott-Harris, founder of the platform Earnt,  and an incredible group of leaders all working at engaging people to show up and take action in response to different societal challenges.What does it take to get people on board? Earnt’s going with the shiny carrot approach by partnering with cool brands and provi...

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