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Manage Better with Anshuman Tiwari

71 episodes - English - Latest episode: 3 months ago -

I am Anshuman Tiwari and this is my podcast – Manage Better. Here, 

I share tools, tips, and techniques to manage better and have an unfair advantage at work. I will also invite colleagues from across the world to share their story and tips on how to Manage Better.

I am a LinkedIn Top Voice and a Fellow of the American Society for Quality and have over 25 years of experience in process improvement and transformation across industries.  I am a mid-career coach for the last 5 years.

Find me on LinkedIn and YouTube if you like those platforms!

Management Business Education Self-Improvement quality operational excellence six sigma lean rpa transformation business excellence
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Episodes

Innovation in the Tata Group - A chat with Ravi Arora

January 21, 2021 15:00 - 36 minutes - 20.9 MB

In this masterclass, Ravi Arora, VP of Innovation at Tata Sons, talks about  - Why Innovation needs to be defined by the organisation as they have the best context - How and why product innovation takes the limelight and service innovation fails to - Sherpa analogy on how to support innovative people And, much more. For video version please visit - https://youtu.be/Akky7YLSDSk More on www.ManageBetter.in Follow me on LinkedIn, YouTube, and all popular Podcast channels - Anshuman Tiwari

Summary of all episodes from 2020 - Manage Better with Anshuman Tiwari | Episode 18

January 18, 2021 09:00 - 28 minutes - 18.2 MB

In this episode, I summarise all key episodes of 2020 and invite you to re-visit some popular ones.  I had a fantastic guest list and am grateful to all for their kindness.  Carmit Berdugo Cohen Geetha Kannan Shital Kakkar Mehra Hemant Urdhwareshe Nina Mulheisen Nigel Adams Debashis Sarkar Satyendra Kumar Pankaj Rai Nirmala Peters Mehandale I look forward to more guests in 2021.  Follow me on LinkedIn, YouTube, and all popular Podcast channels - Anshuman Tiwari

Nirmala Mehandale on Kindness at the Workplace

December 13, 2020 23:00 - 38 minutes - 26.3 MB

Kindness is an often ignored virtue. It is for others.  Nirmala Mehandale is the President of the World Kindness Movement and is trying to bring joy to people across through the world with sustained kindness.  In a world full of negativity the kindness movement is trying to make a mark. You can help too. This Christmas be a Santa to Someone. Reach out to Nirmala for more. In this episode Nirmala explains how she stumbled into making Kindness a passion for her and how is she taking this to...

Pankaj Rai and Anshuman Tiwari on Professional Networking

December 03, 2020 08:00 - 29 minutes - 20.2 MB

Pankaj is a master networker with a difference. He seeks to help and give first. And there lies the key to networking! Some nuggets from my interview with him: 1. Be of service but have a purpose to connect 2. Networking is not a maths exercise. Your give and take doesn't have to add up 3. Don't be too shy to reach out but just don't say Hi! 4. Connect to learn and grow not just gain 5. Don't be scientific and make a ritual out of it. Enjoy and have fun while you build a network. Video co...

Pankaj Rai and Anshuman Tiwari on Professional Networking

December 03, 2020 08:00 - 29 minutes - 20.2 MB

Pankaj is a master networker with a difference. He seeks to help and give first. And there lies the key to networking! Some nuggets from my interview with him: 1. Be of service but have a purpose to connect 2. Networking is not a maths exercise. Your give and take doesn't have to add up 3. Don't be too shy to reach out but just don't say Hi! 4. Connect to learn and grow not just gain 5. Don't be scientific and make a ritual out of it. Enjoy and have fun while you build a network. Video co...

Satyendra Kumar on Present and Future of Quality

November 16, 2020 02:00 - 39 minutes - 26.9 MB

Satyendra Kumar (Kumar) is a legend in the Quality arena. There are very few people who can claim to have injected #Quality in the DNA of two leading organizations - Tata and Infosys. He is globally respected leader famous for his insight into how companies work. His unique perspective of bringing Business Acumen to Quality is a legacy we all benefit from. His true legacy however is a group of quality and  performance excellence professionals who are now helping large local and global comp...

Mastering Effective Communication with Aalok Gupta and Anshuman Tiwari

October 24, 2020 00:00 - 36 minutes - 25.1 MB

Aalok Gupta is a Partner with LSF Global and is based in Hong Kong. He is a speaker of international repute and one of the most effective communicators I know. He has straddled atleast five  career changes and mastered them all. His passion for helping people achieve their potential is unmissable when you talk to him. He is an award winning speaker and public speaking coach. Listen in for tips and tricks to become a better communicator and speaking confidently.  Follow me on LinkedIn, YouT...

Distilling Digital Transformation with Nina Muhleisen and Anshuman Tiwari

October 09, 2020 08:00 - 30 minutes - 20.8 MB

In this episode Nina and I discuss Digital Transformation - why you don't need a definition but need action. Nina shares a roadmap that she uses with her clients and also shares examples of how to implement the roadmap.  Get a window in the minds of one of Australia's finest Digital Transformation consultants when you listen to this episode.  Follow me on LinkedIn, YouTube, and all popular Podcast channels - Anshuman Tiwari

Match Fit for Transformation with Nigel Adams and Anshuman Tiwari

September 30, 2020 01:00 - 31 minutes - 21.6 MB

Nigel is transformation professional of repute and is the Author of the excellent - Match Fit for Transformation.  In this episode Nigel distills transformation for us and give an easy to understand step by step path to success. Listen in to understand how a world-class transformation expert approached thinks and works.  Nigel's book recommendations are interesting. He has over 2000 of them in his library. You would have never met anyone who could recommend Checklist Manifesto and Alice in...

Interview tips for early career candidates - Anshuman Tiwari

September 22, 2020 06:00 - 9 minutes - 6.34 MB

In this short 9 min episode I share some tips for early career candidates who are appearing for interviews shortly. I spoke to students of my almamater recently and shared some tips. Sharing the same here in a condensed form. Tips include suggestions on on setup/location and then three key pointers - preparing in advance, interview is an exchange, and the three sections of interviews. All the best. Follow me on LinkedIn, YouTube, and all popular Podcast channels - Anshuman Tiwari

Bridging Customer Centricity and Quality - A Conversation with Debashis Sarkar

September 16, 2020 04:00 - 28 minutes - 19.3 MB

In this episode we have a Manage Better conversation with Debashis Sarkar, author and consultant for Quality and Customer Centricity. Debashis is a Managing Partner at Proliferator Advisory - a firm focused on client success through improved customer centricity. Debashis distills the concept of customer centricity and how it is connected to Quality. He also shares tips that all of us can use to make our companies more customer centric.  For earlier episodes please visit https://managebette...

Bridging Customer Centricity and Quality - A Conversation with Debashis Sarkar

September 16, 2020 04:00 - 28 minutes - 19.3 MB

In this episode we have a Manage Better conversation with Debashis Sarkar, author and consultant for Quality and Customer Centricity. Debashis is a Managing Partner at Proliferator Advisory - a firm focused on client success through improved customer centricity. Debashis distills the concept of customer centricity and how it is connected to Quality. He also shares tips that all of us can use to make our companies more customer centric.  For earlier episodes please visit https://managebette...

Mastering Executive Presence to Manage Better - Conversation with Shital Kakkar Mehra

September 07, 2020 05:00 - 31 minutes - 21.7 MB

In this episode I talk to Shital Kakkar Mehra, India's leading Author and Coach on improving Executive Presence. In this masterclass Shital shares with us why Executive Presence is vital and how one can improve it across three career stages of Fresher, Mid-Career, and Senior. Shital also shares her research based POISE model for listeners to self-diagnose their Executive Presence and identify areas for improvements.  Follow me on LinkedIn, YouTube, and all popular Podcast channels - Anshuma...

Games Customers Play - Conversation with Ramesh Dorairaj

August 25, 2020 03:00 - 37 minutes - 25.8 MB

In this episode Ramesh Dorairaj, author of Games Customers Play, explains the four quadrants of understanding how buyer-seller relationships work. Intertwined with anecdotes and concepts Ramesh brings to life the complex world of what customers say and more importantly, don't say. Follow me on LinkedIn, YouTube, and all popular Podcast channels - Anshuman Tiwari

Managing Better with Hemant Urdhwareshe

August 20, 2020 05:00 - 31 minutes - 22 MB

Hemant is head of the Institute of Quality and Reliability in Pune, India. He is a Fellow of the ASQ and is probably the first ASQ certified Black Belt and Master Black Belt from India. He has guided thousands of quality professionals through certifications and also helped clients solve chronic quality problems. In this chat Hemant and I discuss how he ventured into quality, his quality journey, his experience with solving chronic problems and related topics. Join me on this episode of Man...

Why Manage Better?

July 22, 2020 05:00 - 7 minutes - 5.14 MB

In this podcast I share an overview of why managing better is as required as sound leadership. Someone has to get the job done.  www.ManageBetter.in  Follow me on LinkedIn, YouTube, and all popular Podcast channels - Anshuman Tiwari

Podcast # 5 - Women's Day special episode - Geetha Kannan of Wequity

March 16, 2020 04:00 - 28 minutes - 19.7 MB

In this episode we talk to Geetha Kannan, founder and CEO of www.Wequity.tech - a forum dedicated to bringing equality through equity. We discuss at length how we can make the world more equal for women in tech. While the discussion is around women in tech the discussion is relevant for all men and women who want to make a difference and manage better. This podcast and a transcript will be available on my new website www.managebetter.in  Follow me on LinkedIn, YouTube, and all popular Podc...

Interview with Carmit Berdugo Cohen - how to progress a career in Quality

February 17, 2020 06:00 - 28 minutes - 16.9 MB

Hello Friends. I am Anshuman Tiwari and this is my podcast now called Manage Better www.managebetter.in with Anshuman Tiwari. This podcast was earlier called Operational Excellence and I am expanding it to – Manage Better. I am hoping to bring to you best practices and stories from all aspects of managing better. If you like these episodes please share it across your network. And please do subscribe so you get to know when the next episode is available.  Today I bring to you a very interest...

RPA Robotic Process Automation - Challenges and responses

January 27, 2020 06:00 - 39 minutes - 22.3 MB

Hello friends. This is Anshuman Tiwari and you are listening to my Podcast – The Operational Excellence Advantage. Thank you very much for over 100 downloads each of my previous two podcasts on Five Questions to review your year and the lean concept of Runner Repeaters and Strangers and its applications to Operations. If you haven’t heard these yet please take a few minutes and check them out.  Today I want to talk about the popular topic of Robotic Process Automation or RPA as it’s popular...

All work is not equal - Using Runner Repeaters and Strangers for better outcomes!

January 14, 2020 04:00 - 14 minutes - 7.72 MB

Hello friends. I am Anshuman Tiwari, and this is my podcast on Quality and Operational Excellence. I call it the The Operational Excellence Advantage and am hoping to bring you views on how we all can use operational excellence as a competitive advantage at work.  Your feedback is essential and always welcome.  Today I want to share a key concept in Operational Excellence that is often missed out in the rush of getting things done and fighting a fire a day. I have often said that Operationa...

Five Questions to Review your Year and make 2020 Awesome!

January 02, 2020 04:00 - 17 minutes - 8.39 MB

Hello everyone. I am Anshuman Tiwari and this is my podcast – the Operational Excellence Advantage. In this blog I will aim to share tools, tips, and techniques to make Operational Excellence an advantage at work. But more on that in the next episode.    Okay so the deluge of new year wishes would have now subsided a bit. Before we forget we are in a new year – here are my best wishes for the new year for you all.    Another year is ending and if you are like most others you have let it ...