Corner Office Conversation
Corner Office Conversation
Podcast Description
Corner Office Conversation is The Economic Times’ flagship interview podcast featuring unfiltered, one-on-one conversations with some of India and the world’s most powerful business leaders.
Hosted by ET’s top journalists and editors, this fortnightly show goes beyond headlines and press releases to explore how CEOs and founders think, decide, and lead in an era of disruption.
From Marc Benioff (Salesforce), Dara Khosrowshahi (Uber), and Roland Busch (Siemens) to Adar Poonawalla (Serum Institute), Suresh Narayanan (Nestlé India), and Ravi Kumar S (Cognizant), these conversations uncover personal leadership playbooks, global strategy pivots, lessons from failures, and bold visions for the future — across industries like tech, healthcare, manufacturing, finance, and consumer goods.
New episodes drop every alternate Monday.
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Content Themes
The podcast tackles a range of themes including leadership, innovation, and industry transformations with specific episodes exploring how leaders manage change in sectors like pharma and space. For instance, one episode discusses India’s transition in the pharma sector with insights from executives like Namita Thapar, focusing on regulatory challenges and the push towards patient-first approaches, while another episode featuring Pawan Goenka addresses the burgeoning Indian space economy.
Corner Office Conversation is The Economic Times’ flagship interview podcast featuring unfiltered, one-on-one conversations with some of India and the world’s most powerful business leaders.
Hosted by ET’s top journalists and editors, this fortnightly show goes beyond headlines and press releases to explore how CEOs and founders think, decide, and lead in an era of disruption.
From Marc Benioff (Salesforce), Dara Khosrowshahi (Uber), and Roland Busch (Siemens) to Adar Poonawalla (Serum Institute), Suresh Narayanan (Nestlé India), and Ravi Kumar S (Cognizant), these conversations uncover personal leadership playbooks, global strategy pivots, lessons from failures, and bold visions for the future — across industries like tech, healthcare, manufacturing, finance, and consumer goods.
New episodes drop every alternate Monday.
What happens when a small Indian software firm quietly evolves into a global SaaS powerhouse without external funding or data monetization? In this episode of Corner Office Conversation, ET’s tech experts and hosts Surabhi Agarwal and Suraksha P sit down with Zoho founder and chief scientist Sridhar Vembu and his leadership team to trace the company’s extraordinary rise from its humble beginnings in the 1990s to becoming a billion-dollar global player. The discussion explores Zoho’s early bet on SaaS, its commitment to ethical growth, the bold decision to build talent from rural India rather than urban hubs and why India has to be self reliant in tech to avoid weaponisation by the giants. As the conversation unfolds, it probes a larger question: can a homegrown tech company balance global ambition with local empowerment while staying fiercely independent?
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