<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:googleplay="http://www.google.com/schemas/play-podcasts/1.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Hari Abburi : Prepared With Hari Abburi]]></title><description><![CDATA[Conversations that prepare you for the future]]></description><link>https://www.hariabburi.com/s/prepared-with-hari-abburi</link><image><url>https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!TkUF!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6b94ebec-4206-4e20-9a2b-43f74d6c6950_512x512.png</url><title>Hari Abburi : Prepared With Hari Abburi</title><link>https://www.hariabburi.com/s/prepared-with-hari-abburi</link></image><generator>Substack</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 14:04:56 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.hariabburi.com/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><copyright><![CDATA[Hari Abburi]]></copyright><language><![CDATA[en]]></language><webMaster><![CDATA[hariabburi@substack.com]]></webMaster><itunes:owner><itunes:email><![CDATA[hariabburi@substack.com]]></itunes:email><itunes:name><![CDATA[Hari Abburi]]></itunes:name></itunes:owner><itunes:author><![CDATA[Hari Abburi]]></itunes:author><googleplay:owner><![CDATA[hariabburi@substack.com]]></googleplay:owner><googleplay:email><![CDATA[hariabburi@substack.com]]></googleplay:email><googleplay:author><![CDATA[Hari Abburi]]></googleplay:author><itunes:block><![CDATA[Yes]]></itunes:block><item><title><![CDATA[Ep 06: Richard Browning on the Magic of Flying]]></title><description><![CDATA[In this episode, Richard Browning, British Inventor, Founder of Gravity Industries and the Jet Pack talk on his journey from imagination, design to making the idea fly.]]></description><link>https://www.hariabburi.com/p/ep-06-richard-browning-on-the-magic-a7b</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.hariabburi.com/p/ep-06-richard-browning-on-the-magic-a7b</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Hari Abburi]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2020 00:36:29 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/153698293/62fa6967656bd6afe7de08e107571fbb.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In this episode, Richard Browning, British Inventor, Founder of Gravity Industries and the Jet Pack talk on his journey from imagination, design to making the idea fly. He relates to his inspirations in his life and ideas for the future for the jet pack.&nbsp;</p><p>Weblink:<a href="https://gravity.co/">https://gravity.co</a></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ep 05: Irving Wladawsky-Berger on Ai, Intangible Investments and Imagination]]></title><description><![CDATA[Dr Irving Wladawsky-Berger is a Research Affiliate at MIT&#8217;s Sloan School of Management, a Fellow of MIT&#8217;s Initiative on the Digital Economy and of MIT Connection Science and Adjunct Professor at the Imperial College Business School.]]></description><link>https://www.hariabburi.com/p/ep-05-irving-wladawsky-berger-on-86c</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.hariabburi.com/p/ep-05-irving-wladawsky-berger-on-86c</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Hari Abburi]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2020 06:22:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/153698294/5617569ddf4cf39157b607d75f03b8a1.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dr Irving Wladawsky-Berger is a Research Affiliate at MIT&#8217;s Sloan School of Management, a Fellow of MIT&#8217;s Initiative on the Digital Economy and of MIT Connection Science and Adjunct&nbsp; Professor&nbsp; at the Imperial College Business School. He was with IBM for 37 years to their internet strategy. He has been an advisor to Citibank, HBO and MasterCard. In this wide ranging conversation, Irvin talks about life in year 2050, predictions Vs decision making in Ai, how human limitations make up for technology adoption, why not to conceptualise Ai in human terms, intangible investments in research and Imagination as a critical leadership attribute.&nbsp;</p><p>Weblink:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.irvingwb.com/">https://www.irvingwb.com</a></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ep 04: Dennis Kirwan on why the first and last mile for consumers have merged]]></title><description><![CDATA[Dennis Kirwan is the CEO of Dymic Digital, a marketing and branding agency in California.]]></description><link>https://www.hariabburi.com/p/ep-04-dennis-kirwan-on-why-the-first-969</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.hariabburi.com/p/ep-04-dennis-kirwan-on-why-the-first-969</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Hari Abburi]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2020 22:39:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/153698295/94013c528c912f7c8c1d9eee746d71f8.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dennis Kirwan is the CEO of Dymic Digital, a marketing and branding agency in California. In this episode, we discuss why the current crisis is accelerating innovation and forcing consumers to order just about everything from home... Did Amazon have the last laugh?&nbsp;</p><p>Weblink:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.dymic.com/">https://www.dymic.com</a></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ep 03: Conversational AI - The Future is here, are you in the past? With Saurabh Kumar and Manish Sharma]]></title><description><![CDATA[Conversations are fundamental human behaviour and building a human-Ai interface that can serve and anticipate needs transform the roles across functions in a company.]]></description><link>https://www.hariabburi.com/p/ep-03-conversational-ai-the-future-301</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.hariabburi.com/p/ep-03-conversational-ai-the-future-301</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Hari Abburi]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2020 06:53:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/153698296/b2239ba5150fb68ed650d2e7a6c868a0.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&nbsp;Conversations are fundamental human behaviour and building a human-Ai interface that can serve and anticipate needs transform the roles across functions in a company. Saurabh Kumar, CEO and Manish Sharma, CMO are Co-Founders of Actionable Science. In this conversation, Saurabh and Manish take us into the world of conversational AI, applications and its future.</p><p>Weblink:&nbsp;https://www.actionable-science.com</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ep 02: Ravin Jesuthasan on Future of Work]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ravin is the Managing Director at Willis Towers Watson and recognised as one of the 25 influential consultants in the world.]]></description><link>https://www.hariabburi.com/p/ep-02-ravin-jesuthasan-on-future-109</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.hariabburi.com/p/ep-02-ravin-jesuthasan-on-future-109</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Hari Abburi]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2020 08:35:02 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/153698297/eb2c0613f3cba43956f6fd87892bbb21.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ravin is the Managing Director at Willis Towers Watson and recognised as one of the 25 influential consultants in the world. In this conversation he shares his thinking on a range of topics; impact of Covid-19 on jobs, decoding Future of Work, shifts needed in government approach, the need to re-imagine performance management and how to get started thinking on Future of Work.</p><p>Weblink:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Ravin-Jesuthasan/e/B07JDDGY9W?ref_=dbs_p_pbk_r00_abau_000000">https://www.amazon.com/Ravin-Jesuthasan/e/B07JDDGY9W?ref_=dbs_p_pbk_r00_abau_000000</a></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ep 01: Sesil Pir on Decoding Transformations: Experience to Value]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sesil Pir is the Principal Consultant of Sesil Pir Consulting, a leading global thinker on transformations and Future of Work.]]></description><link>https://www.hariabburi.com/p/ep-01-sesil-pir-on-decoding-transformations-7ec</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.hariabburi.com/p/ep-01-sesil-pir-on-decoding-transformations-7ec</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Hari Abburi]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2020 08:15:20 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/153698298/0e84e07f857f44eec6e7dbb1c560f2c9.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sesil Pir is the Principal Consultant of Sesil Pir Consulting, a leading global thinker on transformations and Future of Work. &nbsp;She consults with companies on transformations in the new disruptive world and tears down traditional views. In this episode, she decodes transformation in a world of continuous disruption and why human centred leadership is so important.&nbsp;</p><p>Weblink:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/sesilpir/#2aa28823667f">https://www.forbes.com/sites/sesilpir/#2aa28823667f</a></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ep 00: "Prepared with Hari Abburi" (a brief introduction)]]></title><description><![CDATA[A sneak peak as to what you can expect from the first season of "Prepared".]]></description><link>https://www.hariabburi.com/p/ep-00-prepared-with-hari-abburi-a-930</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.hariabburi.com/p/ep-00-prepared-with-hari-abburi-a-930</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Hari Abburi]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 21 Feb 2020 11:18:46 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/153698299/530f645f65e16dd095e8fc2df747548d.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A sneak peak as to what you can expect from the first season of "Prepared".</p><p>Your Host, Hari Abburi, Managing Partner of the Global Consulting Firm "The Preparation Company" is excited to share these insightful conversations with you.</p><p>Thank You for stopping by!</p>]]></content:encoded></item></channel></rss>