Episode 1: More With Less Podcast - Intro and Season 1 expectations

More With Less Podcast with Venkata and Jaideep

In this episode, Venkata and Jaideep discuss what listeners should expect as the podcast goes live. They both go into detail to discuss the why behind the podcast, the guest list, topics, business sectors, and regions that would be covered. They also give a sneak peek at a list of guests that will be interviewed on Season 1 of this podcast series. Key moments timestamps [1:00]--The global economy and what significant challenges we will be facing in the next few decades [2:02]- Businesses and their role in dealing with these challenges [3:27]- The “why” behind the podcast [5:13]- Business areas and regions the podcast will be focusing on [7:38]- Social Impact and its role in sustainability [8:37]- Sneak peek at our guest list for the season [9:45]- Various platforms where the podcast will be available [10:37]- Conclusion Takeaways The whole sustainability issue as I see it, obviously, I believe it's not just about environmental sustainability. There is a social angle, there's social impact, and an environmental impact. - Jaideep Prabhu There are so many stories that need to be told from those places as well, particular sectors. we've been listening about how these oil companies such as Exxon, Shell with their shareholders and the board members being more activistic pushing their executive management teams to diversify into renewable energy. - Venkata Gandikota As a business school, Professor, I tend to focus on the role of companies and there are, of course the large companies and also startups but I think a really good place to start is to look at the world's largest companies because, in a sense, they're the ones who account for most of the economic activity. - Jaideep Prabhu Check out the full episode episode transcription at: https://https://morewithlesspodcast.com/ About Us Venkata Gandikota is frugal innovation and impact investing evangelist and Prof Jaideep Prabhu is a Professor of Marketing at Cambridge University’s Judge Business School and co-author of an award-winning book on frugal innovation. If you have questions or feedback on this episode or our series, reach out to us Twitter: https://twitter.com/morewithlesspod Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/more-with-less-podcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/morewithlesspodcast YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_hymDe_ez7RbRko0PLsFkw Website: https://morewithlesspodcast.com