Deepak Menon and Sujatha Rao talk to a new guest every episode about different ways of approaching work and structuring workplaces - to not only help you do better work, but also lead better lives at work.
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Signup to Generate a PitchDeepak Menon and Sujatha Rao talk to a new guest every episode about different ways of approaching work and structuring workplaces - to not only help you do better work, but also lead better lives at work.
Recent episodes include ""Earlier they were beneficiaries. Now they are shareholders."" (24 February 2026, 81 minutes), "Hidden in Plain Sight: The Global Cooperative Movement" (16 January 2026, 60 minutes), and "The past, present and future of Cooperatives" (18 December 2025, 63 minutes).
The WorkWise Pod publishes roughly monthly, with episodes averaging 55 minutes across 27 episodes.
Booking probability for The WorkWise Pod is 20%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. The WorkWise Pod requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. The WorkWise Pod's contact route on record: verified email.
The strongest fits for The WorkWise Pod are Business & Management Consulting and Business & Professional Training. The WorkWise Pod has a business audience.
The WorkWise Pod is a business podcast with 27 episodes published.
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<p>In this episode of Work Wise Pod, Sujatha Rao, Deepak Menon, and Mohit Dave speak with Rajendra Joshi (Founder, Saath), Chinmay Desai, and Pooja Singh about Saath’s shift from beneficiary-led development to...
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<p>The cooperative movement is one of the largest economic and social movements in the world; yet it remains poorly understood and rarely spoken about. Globally, cooperatives involve over a billion members, millions of...
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<p>This is the first episode of our new series' Social and Solidarity Economy'. The Social and Solidarity Economy explores the world of cooperatives, collectives, platform workers, unions, and other democratic...
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<p>Prisons@Work is a series of 6 episodes that step into Indian Society’s most hidden workplaces -the Indian Prison System. Through conversations with prison reformers and ex-convicts we explore life in prison, after...
The WorkWise Pod
<p>Prisons@Work is a series of 6 episodes that step into Indian Society’s most hidden workplaces -the Indian Prison System. Through conversations with prison reformers and ex-convicts we explore life in prison, after...
The WorkWise Pod
<p>Prisons@Work is a series of 6 episodes that step into Indian Society’s most hidden workplaces -the Indian Prison System. Through conversations with prison reformers and ex-convicts we explore life in prison, after...
The WorkWise Pod
<p>Prisons@Work is a series of 6 episodes that step into Indian Society’s most hidden workplaces -the Indian Prison System. Through conversations with prison reformers and ex-convicts we explore life in prison, after...
The WorkWise Pod
<p>Prisons@Work is a series of 6 episodes that step into Indian Society’s most hidden workplaces -the Indian Prison System. Through conversations with prison reformers and ex-convicts we explore life in prison, after...
The WorkWise Pod
<p>In this episode, Sujatha and Deepak are in conversation with Pratap Tambe and Christina Dhanuja about caste. Caste is a subject conspicuously absent from conversations concerning workplaces in India, although it is a...
<p>In this episode, Sujatha, Deepak and Amoolya talk to Reena Dayal, about a topic that we tend to tiptoe around, menopause! Specifically, about what happens in the world of work when a woman, typically in her 40s and...
<p>In this episode, Sujatha, Deepak and Amoolya explore what it means to have an Open, Employee first work place. What approaches signal such a culture? What does it mean to walk the talk? And what challenges accompany...
<p>Many times a problem-solving approach focuses only on what is wrong. Appreciative Inquiry instead takes a positive and enabling approach to individual and organisational growth, grounded in an abundance mindset. In...
<p>In this episode, Sujatha and Deepak speak to Geoff Revell, who co-founded WaterSHED, a Cambodian non-profit organization working on water, sanitation and hygiene. WaterSHED was unique because it was designed to last...
<p>In this episode, Sujatha and Deepak talk with K.J. Joy, an activist-researcher who has been working on people’s rights to natural resources at grassroots and policy levels for over four decades. </p> <p>Water is an...
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<p>In this episode, Sujatha and Deepak speak to Sonali Srivastava, founder and CEO of ANODE Governance Lab to uncover the intricacies of Gram panchayats as organisations - their role in Indian society and governance...
<p>In this episode, Deepak and Sujatha speak to Lt. General A. Arun on what makes the Indian army autonomous, adaptable and agile on the ground, even though the army can be bureaucratic with very clear common and...
<p>The predominant narrative in the social sector ecosystem is what the Not-Profit Ecosystem can learn from the For-Profit Sector - in a sense about becoming more professional. Rarely if ever, the counter narrative is...
<p>In this episode, Deepak and Sujatha speak to Steven Deobald and Deepa Venkatraman from Nilenso - a 100%, employee owned software cooperative based out of Bangalore. They discuss the practicalities, unique workplace...
<p>Picture a Scientist, released in April 2020 on Netflix, is a movie that explores sexual harassment and gender bias in the scientific community through the narratives of three women scientists - biologist Nancy...
Episode #7
<p>More than ever today, women are making their presence felt in family owned businesses in India. In this episode, our guest Mala Paliwal, decodes why and what is happening with the second and third generations of...
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