E182 | Blind Spots To Big Bets | Shrinath V

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In this episode of Inspire Someone Today, Srikanth sits down with Shrinath V — product strategist, startup coach, Google Developer Expert, and the writer behind the Substack Blind Spots to Big Bets — for a conversation that refuses to let you off the hook.

Shrinath has lived through two layoffs at companies “built to last”—Motorola and Nokia—and turned those career disruptions into a consulting practice, a writing practice, and a clear view of why most organizations keep making the same costly mistakes. He talks about why NPS is a dangerous proxy, why the AI-first rush is largely performative, why India’s real advantage in the AI age is its ability to thrive in chaos, and why the biggest blind spot most professionals carry is a competitive mindset they’ve never examined.

More than anything, he leaves you with three questions worth sitting with today — not someday.

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN

• Why two layoffs — at Motorola and Nokia — were the making of Shrinath’s consulting career, not the end of it
• What large corporations teach you that no MBA can — and why the lesson usually arrives as a shock
• The difference between being unable to see a blind spot and being unwilling to see one — and why each needs a different kind of help
• Why NPS scores, AI-first strategies, and user personas can all become dangerous traps if you mistake the metric for the truth
• The most common blind spot Shrinath sees across leaders regardless of industry, seniority, or company size
• Why India’s real superpower in the AI age is adaptation, not invention — and what that means for your career
• Three questions every professional should ask themselves once a year — and why we keep avoiding them
• The Listener Action: a 15-minute exercise to surface your own blind spots, starting today

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