November 8, 2020 The Power of Long-Form Meaningful Conversations with Amit Varma, Host of The Seen and the Unseen (MDE396) Podcast Share this post: Minter Dialogue with Amit Varma Amit Varma is the first journalist to win twice the prestigious Bastiat prize (2007 and 2015), which aims to honor writers “whose work cleverly and wittily promotes the institutions of the free society”. Based in Mumbai, Amit was named by BusinessWeek magazine in its India’s 50 Most Powerful People 2009 list, for his blog India Uncut. He’s an author and host of The Seen and the Unseen podcast, one of the most impressive podcasts you’ll ever come across for its long-form interviews and superlative guests. In this conversation, we discuss the state of play in India, the philosophy behind the man and his podcast, insights into how India develops so many great business leaders, the influence of Indian film (ie. Bollywood, Mollywood, Kollywood…), the importance of long-form meaningful conversation and many more topics. Please send me your questions — as an audio file if you’d like — to [email protected] Otherwise, below, you’ll find the show notes and, of course, you are invited to comment. If you liked the podcast, please take a moment to rate it here. To connect with Amit Varma: You can find Amit on Twitter: @AmitVarmaHere is Amit’s eponymous site: AmitVarmaAnd, last and most importantly, check out Amit’s podcast The Seen & the Unseen ————– Further resources for the Minter Dialogue podcast: Meanwhile, you can find my other interviews on the Minter Dialogue Show in this podcast tab, on Buzzsprout or via iTunes. Please don’t be shy about rating this podcast on iTunes here! Music credit: The jingle at the beginning of the show is courtesy of my friend, Pierre Journel, author of the Guitar Channel. And, the new sign-off music is “A Convinced Man,” a song I co-wrote and recorded with Stephanie Singer back in the late 1980s (please excuse the quality of the sound!). ***If you haven’t seen, I’ve got a bi-weekly newsletter that always provides exclusive content, entertaining and thought provoking videos and thoughts, as well as an update on the latest! Sign up here. NEWSletter Subscribe to Minter’s Bi-Weekly NEWSletter and receive a free copy of the exclusive and updated 8 Golden Rules of an eReputation Your Gift For Signing Up 8 Golden Rules of an eReputation SUBSCRIBE! You have Successfully Subscribed! amit varma, bastiat, bollywood, business model, conversation, film, India, journalism, journalist, meaningful conversation, Mumbai, Podcast, podcasting, politics, seen and unseen Minter Dial Minter Dial is an international professional speaker, author & consultant on Leadership, Branding and Digital Strategy. After a successful international career at L’Oréal, Minter Dial returned to his entrepreneurial roots and has spent the last ten years helping senior management teams and Boards to adapt to the new exigencies of the digitally enhanced marketplace. He has worked with world-class organisations to help activate their brand strategies, and figure out how best to integrate new technologies, digital tools, devices and platforms. Above all, Minter works to catalyse a change in mindset and dial up transformation. Minter received his BA in Trilingual Literature from Yale University (1987) and gained his MBA at INSEAD, Fontainebleau (1993). His newest book Heartificial Empathy, Putting Heart into Business and Artificial Intelligence, bowed in December 2018 and won the Book Excellence Award 2019 as well as being shortlisted for the Business Book Awards 2019. It's available in Audiobook, Kindle and Paperback. He is also co-author of Futureproof (Pearson, Sep 2017) and sole author of The Last Ring Home (Myndset Press, Nov 2016), a book and documentary film, both of which have won awards and critical acclaim. Minter has a new book on leadership, You Lead, How being yourself makes you a better leader, published by Kogan Page, that released January 2021. It's easy to inquire about booking Minter Dial here. View all posts by Minter Dial Previous post Next post