Thought Leader

CEO of ThoughtStarters, Dr. Karthik Nagendra, is a marketing leader and consultant who founded India's first thought leadership marketing company. He shares his life story that started when he was a boy who always did things differently, which marked his whole life. Dr. Karthik’s career began in a cooperative banking and international marketing environment, and he became the first entrepreneur in his family when he decided to work for himself. He explains what differentiates him from others in the consulting space and why it is essential to first build thought leadership skills from the leadership level.

Show Notes

⚔️ Having a name of an Indian god. 00:55
🤓 Similarities between thought leadership and warlord wielding leadership. 01:33
🛣️ Karthik’s journey from corporate sales in banks to thought leadership and a consulting business. 03:26
🆙 Adopting thought leadership should start from the leadership level. 07:13
🐞 Marketing bug comes from his dad, but Karthik is the only entrepreneur in the family. 09:02
⚫🐑 Karthik is a black sheep in the family: he was always different. 10:26
🌞 Startups in India don’t have a structured approach in building thought leadership  11:57 
📈 India is becoming an IT giant and ‘smart country’ that jumps some steps in business evolution. 13:46
✍️ Karthin wrote a book, The Thought Leader Way: Leading Your Business with Thought Leadership in an Altered World. 15:34


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What is Thought Leader?

We put scare quotes around the term “thought leader.” Don't worry - no hagiographic interviews here. No upsells, no bullshit.

We have great conversations with true innovators, thinkers, disrupters, creatives, and a few fools. (You decide.) We ask them all for insights, stories and tools. (You'll laugh, you'll shout, you might fall asleep. It's all good.)

We are all thought leaders. Think more. Lead better.