Voices of Insead

Ayla Yi, Saumya Shukla, and Tiffany Valentiny

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A safe space to share personal stories from Inseaders (students, staff & alumnis) in short episodes (30-40 minutes) that feel genuine and deep. This is a 100% certified student-led initiative.

02/26/2024

Pivoting with Purpose: The Inspiring Journey of Amara

Amara Uyanna 🇳🇬 Class of Insead 23J Amara has had an exciting career full of pivots - from the oil & gas industry to being inspired to help communities she saw struggling due to the same industry with virtual reality, and more… Listen in to listen to her brave and bold career moves. View the documentary she made about the impact of refineries & local communities in Nigeria here: https://youtu.be/bSsBTdONiM0 Stay tuned until the end to elucidate her 2 truths and a 1 lie 😉 1 - She is fluent in sign language 🤟🏻 🫰🏻 👌🏻 2 - She called off her engagement 4 weeks before a 2,000 people wedding 💒 ❌ 3 - She’s very good with handguns and rifles 💥 🔫

50 min
04/11/2023

From Breaking News to Making Deals with Raisa

Raisa Bruner 🇺🇸 Class of Insead 23J Raisa is an already accomplished journalist who started her career at the Yale Daily News (writing about SWUGs - go read about it if you are not familiar with frat culture). Prior to Insead, she worked as a journalist for Time Magazine in NYC for 6 years. She hustled her way into music reporting, which led her to incredible interactions with celebrities (she confirms: they are as insecure as us). Join us for a dive into the world of a modern reporter and pick up some tips on how to write a great story along the way. Stay tuned until the end to elucidate her 2 truths and a 1 lie 😉 1 - Used to ski race ⛷️ 🗻 2 - Lived in 10 cities across 5 continents 🌎 🌍 🌏 3 - Went on a date with Sam Bankman-Fried 🏦 🚨

53 min
04/03/2023

Racing to Healthcare with Francesco

Francesco Bracotti 🇮🇹 Class of Insead 23J Francesco started off his career on the race tracks going up to F3 (which helped him humiliate us mere Inseaders at Go Karting) 🏁 🏎️ He experienced a tough change in his life at 18 which led him to end the F1 dreams to pursue a career in healthcare, which he realised he was much more passionate about. He provides us with insights into the inner workings of Big Pharma, and makes the case for us to trust these companies to drive innovation within the industry. Francesco had a lot of crazy experiences in his career: discovering molecules to administer drugs to our lungs (we geek out on mucus quite extensively together 😅), taking on the COVID portfolio during the crisis and being selected as Forbes under 30 (according to him he is just a consistently “lucky” guy). Stay tuned until the end to elucidate his 2 truths and a 1 lie 😉 1 - He defeated Carlos Sainz 🏎️ 🏆 2 - He had a nervous breakdown 🙀 3 - He doesn’t drink alcohol, smoke or drink coffee 🙅 🥂 🚬 ☕

55 min
02/12/2023

Slide into impact with Johan

Johan Lammers 🇳🇱 Class of Insead 23J Johan is a passionate problem solver who has a strong desire to have a positive impact in this World. We discuss his studies of War, what he would do in an end of the World scenario 🌎 💥, how he became the confident public speaker he is today 🗣️, why he decided to become a consultant (think MANY ☕ 💬) and what his experience on the job was (how do you become optimised? Think MECE? What is your job? What to expect if you start dating a consultant? How to manage your time under pressure?). Stay tuned until the end to elucidate his 2 truths and a 1 lie 😉 1 - He photobombed the Dutch prime minister 📸 🕺 2 - He was explaining grown men how to load and shoot musket rifles at age 12 🔫 🪖 3 - He drove in a battle tank at a NATO compound 🚧

1h 6m
02/07/2023

Becoming an athlete and a sports scientist with Raman

Raman Garimella 🇮🇳 Class of Insead 23J Raman is passionate about sports whether it’s sweating on a field or working on aerodynamic gear. It started with cricket, the gentleman’s sport 🏏. He then focused on cycling where he worked his way up from zero to nationals 🚴‍♂️. He is a gritty human who works hard on achieving his goals. His newfound passion is cooking which he has done for 100+ Insead students so far (perhaps you will be lucky enough to get invited to a biryani at his home). Stay tuned until the end to elucidate his 2 truths and a 1 lie 😉 1 - Has ran 25 marathons 🏃 💨 2 - Taught competitive sudoku solving in an elementary school 🤓 🧩 3 - Used to sleep in a rented house that was a kindergarten during the day 🚸 🏫

38 min
01/29/2023

Reduce your carbon footprint with Mayank

Mayank Kapadia 🇮🇳 Class of Insead 23J Quick episode on how to reduce your carbon 🦶. His partner and him have been trying to live more consciously the past years, and he was finding himself having a lot of individual discussions with Inseaders sharing his knowledge SO we decided to implement our POM learnings and make the process more efficient 😉 Listen to find out: What are the main steps you can do to reduce your emissions? Can you eat your mexican avocadoes with a peaceful mind? 🥑 🧘‍♂️ What is up with the Insead bin system (who truly understands it)? Could it be improved? 🗑️ ♻️ Clothing consciousness? What to do with all those Strategy& Tees? 👕 Are Americans 🌭 really that much worst than Europeans 🥐 ? Link to see how you can reduce your emissions the best: https://informationisbeautiful.net/visualizations/what-can-we-do-personally-to-reduce-emissions/

22 min
01/23/2023

Starting a Restaurant Business in India with Daisy

Daisy Rustomjee 🇮🇳 Class of Insead 23J She comes from Pune in India and is an impressive entrepreneur that started a restaurant business with her brother after university. She walks us through her business for good philosophy, which is influenced by her faith, Zoroastrianism. We learn about her experiences starting up her business from managing employees to decisions of quality of ingredients and price. She had to adjust her strategy over time, and weathered many challenges such as covid restrictions as well as the proliferation of food delivery apps. Stay tuned until the end to elucidate her 2 truths and a 1 lie 😉 1 - She lives with 2 dogs, 2 cats and a pet squirrel 🐕🐕🐱🐱🐿️ 2 - She is a close relative of Freddy Mercury 🎤 3 - She has tasted cow urine 🐮

35 min
01/08/2023

Ship Captain Stavros Tavoularis

Stavros 🇬🇷 Class of Insead 23J Stavros worked his way up the ranks on ships ⛴️ transporting liquefied natural gas ☠️ before coming to Insead. He immerses us into this highly specialised field with high risk situations. He also introduces us to his powerful life story where he had to become a very responsible human at an early age. Stay tuned until the end to elucidate his 2 truths and a 1 lie 😉 1 - He’s jumped off a plane ✈️ 🪂 2 - He reset his own arm after breaking it on top of a mountain 💪 ⛰️ 3 - Coffee is his vice ☕

46 min

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A safe space to share personal stories from Inseaders (students, staff & alumnis) in short episodes (30-40 minutes) that feel genuine and deep. This is a 100% certified student-led initiative.

Creator

Ayla Yi, Saumya Shukla, and Tiffany Valentiny
Years Active

2022 - 2024
Episodes

16
Rating

Clean
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Voices of Insead

Voices of Insead

Pivoting with Purpose: The Inspiring Journey of Amara

From Breaking News to Making Deals with Raisa

Racing to Healthcare with Francesco

Slide into impact with Johan

Becoming an athlete and a sports scientist with Raman

Reduce your carbon footprint with Mayank

Starting a Restaurant Business in India with Daisy

Ship Captain Stavros Tavoularis

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Voices of Insead

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Pivoting with Purpose: The Inspiring Journey of Amara

From Breaking News to Making Deals with Raisa

Racing to Healthcare with Francesco

Slide into impact with Johan

Becoming an athlete and a sports scientist with Raman

Reduce your carbon footprint with Mayank

Starting a Restaurant Business in India with Daisy

Ship Captain Stavros Tavoularis

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