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Hosted by iShkraba · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 33 episodes
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A weekly podcast on business, leadership, and human decision-making — told from Kyiv, Ukraine, a city at war and in constant transformation.A decade in corporate environments across 12 countries, plus years of entrepreneurship, taught me one thing: numbers are never the full story. Human behavior and decision-making patterns shape business success — and failure — as much as any strategy slide. This is where I unpack those patterns, through the lens of wartime economy, leadership, and everyday life on the ground in Ukraine.Get to know me → https://www.ishkraba.com/links
iShkraba hosts Ukrainian Diaries, a business show with 33 episodes published.
This episode looks at how Ukrainian businesses are adapting to sustained attacks on logistics and retail infrastructure. The costs rising, delivery networks splitting, warehouses rebuilding for the second and third time.
There are roughly 200 padel courts in Ukraine already, with more opening every month — in a country at war. That's not a contradiction. It's a business decision that makes more sense than it first appears. This episode l
Kvass has been around since Kyiv Rus — people in this city were drinking something close to it in the 9th century. Today it's a real seasonal retail category, and the brands winning at it aren't selling a drink. They're
A prominent Ukrainian minister just stepped down from one of the country's most critical wartime roles. Everyone's talking politics. I want to talk about what's underneath it: the difference between a leader who creates
Behind Ukraine’s miltech ecosystem and the real meaning of human-centred AI. What’s being built here isn’t just a defense industry or business. It’s a different model of how civilian capability, urgency, and technology c
People say money doesn’t fall from the sky. In Ukraine, it does. Lessons that no MBA or leadership programme can prepare you for. Enjoy the episode or read a 2-minute reflection here . Image from exhibition Still Joy @ P
Notes from an expat gathering in Kyiv, and the kinds of people and businesses that chose to stay. Highlights are: Best food in the worst conditions and "Pottery in the Dark". Enjoy the episode or read a 2-minute reflecti
On growing up near a place the world calls heritage and a night of strikes in Kyiv. Enjoy the episode or read a 2-minute reflection here . Domes of the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra in winter 2021, photo by Ganna Aibetova on Unspl
What foreign companies get wrong about trust, presence, and the Ukrainian market. Enjoy the episode or read a 2-minute reflection here . You can support my work here . Photo from my personal archive: I’m somew
Risk tolerance, threat normalization, and the logic of personal safety decisions. Enjoy the episode or read a 2-minute reflection here . You can support my work here . Image: A screenshot from a video of the u
How small daily changes unlock performance gains in business and life. Enjoy the episode or read a 2-minute reflection here . You can support my work here . Photo by Piotr Pękala on Unsplash
How curfews, ride-hailing and technology reshape life in Kyiv after dark. Enjoy the episode or read a 2-minute reflection here. Photo by Alin Gavriliuc on Unsplash
Ukrainian real estate market: not an investment pitch but a window into how a country at war adapts. Enjoy the episode or read a 2-minute reflection here. Image: bunker project on stroimdom.com.ua
Ukrainians spend 84% of their monthly budgets on essentials. In Germany and the Netherlands, that number is 56-59%. Only 1% goes to leisure in Ukraine, while in France it’s 19%. One important caveat — this data has its l
Kyiv has a kind of small business you won’t find in most cities. But rising energy costs and inflation are not helping those who miscalculated. This week’s episode is about MAFs. Enjoy the episode or read a 2-minute refl
I am, fortunately, a pleasant enough person that people keep inviting me to their weddings. I have been to enough weddings, in places like Paris, Istanbul, Slovakia, across Ukraine, and in other cultures, to have opinion
Ukrainian stand-up didn’t start in a club with a brick wall and a microphone. It began in the post-Soviet 90s, shared on audiocassettes. At the center of it all was someone most people know from Eurovision: Verka Serduch
While the world watches gas prices, I stand on the black prize. All eyes are on the Middle East and the surging price of oil, the “black gold.” We know its price will eventually dictate the cost of your commute and heati
Talking from exoerience living in multiple countries, Ukrainian service culture has a special quality that you might not notice until you leave. It’s not just about being available, though that stands out. It’s the attit
Everyone in their place. Not everywhere at once. Not helping with everything because the guilt of not doing enough feels louder than the question of where you actually belong. Enjoy the episode or read a 1-minute reflect
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