From acing the C-Suite to traversing the labyrinths of entrepreneurship - Sukumar Rajagopal on disrupting the Digital Transformation space, one Tiny Magiq at a time

Perseverance Overrated With Deepthi Rajan

English - January 14, 2020 12:30 - 42 minutes - 29.2 MB
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In this episode of the Perseverance Overrated Show, Deepthi Rajan speaks with Sukumar Rajagopal, Founder and CEO of Tiny Magiq, a company doing breakthrough work in Digital and Behavioural Transformation.

Sukumar has 30+ years of industry experience. Prior to Tiny Magiq, he was at Cognizant for 19 years serving as the Global Chief Information Officer and the Global Head of Innovation and led several transformation programs.

Prior to Cognizant, Sukumar spent 7 years at TATA Consultancy services.

Sukumar won many prestigious awards and recognitions, including lifetime recognition for his work in IT through the 2014 Computerworld Premier 100 IT Leaders program and was also rated by Huffington Post as one of the Top 100 Social CIOs in 2014 & 2013.

Sukumar is a Tiny Habits ® Certified Coach.

Sukumar is also a prolific author, influencer and public speaker on Technology Innovation and Digital Transformation. He also runs a successful vlog, Three Minute Thursdays.

Sukumar is an alumnus of BITS (B.E.Hons. EEE), Pilani.

Key Points From The Episode

Sukumar narrates the origin story of Tiny Magiq [00:04:03]

Interesting problems solved by Tiny Magiq [00:07:22]

Sukumar shares proprietary techniques for internalizing behavioral changes for Digital Transformation to be truly effective [00:09:05]

On why most Digital Transformation projects fail and the skills for mid- and senior-level managers to lead Digital Transformation efforts at their organizations [00:12:27]

How senior executives can think beyond the standard proof of concepts [00:16:47]

Funny and Moving In Equal Measure - Sukumar on overcoming the biggest adversity of his career [00:20:44]

Sukumar's crucial advice on career success when it comes to climbing the corporate ladder [00:28:28]

From the C-Suite of a Fortune 500 company to starting his own venture, Sukumar on his toughest challenges as an entrepreneur [00:31:24]

Advice to aspiring entrepreneurs [00:35:53]

Sukumar on the one skill he places the most premium on [00:38:34]

On plans to disrupt himself again in the future [00:40:28]