This is the HIGHLIGHTS episode of our conversation with Ayon Banerjee, Managing Director & Partner, Boston Consulting Group is at the very core a trek into the mind of a carpe diemist – one who lives in the moment, unfazed, unrattled be it tackling unforeseen situations on his trekking expeditions or helping scores of mammoth companies tackle the unexpected. In this episode Ayon speaks to me about his love for the mountains and how since 2006 he’s almost always kept up his ritual of doing a Himalayan High Elevation Trek a year in spite of his crazy hectic schedule. We also speak of his first love – slide photography apart from conversing about some things fun in the Funfacts section, some stuff serious like pandemic lessons and outlook of consulting in the post-COvid era and some musings like taking the road less traveled. In fact to keep going undeterred even when there’s no road in sight. Stay tuned! Happy listening and thank you for your support.

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Ayon Banerjee - Highlights

Ayon Banerjee, Managing Director & Partner, Boston Consulting Group speaks to Sunayana Nair about his love for the mountains and how since 2006 he’s almost always kept up his ritual of doing a Himalayan High Elevation Trek a year inspite of his crazy hectic schedule. We also speak of his first love – slide photography apart from conversing about some things fun in the Funfacts section, some stuff serious like pandemic lessons and outlook of consulting in the post-COvid era and some musings like taking the road less traveled. In fact to keep going undeterred even when there’s no road in sight! In this unbridled fun segment you’ll know Ayon’s favourite holiday experience, a scary traveling incident and what a wild elephant and Ayon have in common among other lesser known aspects of Ayon.

Ayon Banerjee Part 6/6 - CXO Fun Facts

Ayon Banerjee, Managing Director & Partner, Boston Consulting Group speaks to Sunayana Nair about his love for the mountains and how since 2006 he’s almost always kept up his ritual of doing a Himalayan High Elevation Trek a year in spite of his crazy hectic schedule. We also speak of his first love – slide photography apart from conversing about some things fun in the Funfacts section, some stuff serious like pandemic lessons and outlook of consulting in the post-Covid era and some musings like taking the road less traveled. In fact to keep going undeterred even when there’s no road in sight! In this concluding segment Ayon shares tips on how one can follow a passion even with an extremely demanding career.

Ayon Banerjee Part 5/6 - On Success and Following a Passion

Ayon Banerjee, Managing Director & Partner, Boston Consulting Group speaks to Sunayana Nair about his love for the mountains and how since 2006 he’s almost always kept up his ritual of doing a Himalayan High Elevation Trek a year inspite of his crazy hectic schedule. We also speak of his first love – slide photography apart from conversing about some things fun in the Funfacts section, some stuff serious like pandemic lessons and outlook of consulting in the post-COvid era and some musings like taking the road less traveled. In fact to keep going undeterred even when there’s no road in sight! Ayon speaks about his first love – photography - in this segment which began as a teen. He loves to capture landscapes and has some 5000 neatly catalogued slide photos he often watches with his family whenever possible.

Ayon Banerjee Part 4/6 - The Play of Light - Slide Photography

Ayon Banerjee, Managing Director & Partner, Boston Consulting Group speaks to Sunayana Nair about his love for the mountains and how since 2006 he’s almost always kept up his ritual of doing a Himalayan High Elevation Trek a year inspite of his crazy hectic schedule. We also speak of his first love – slide photography apart from conversing about some things fun in the Funfacts section, some stuff serious like pandemic lessons and outlook of consulting in the post-COvid era and some musings like taking the road less traveled. In fact to keep going undeterred even when there’s no road in sight! Ayon shares how it feels to live on the edge by recounting a thrilling trekking expedition. This is all about the mountains preserving its sanctity and exploring it with humility.

Ayon Banerjee Part 3/6 - Trekking Tales

Ayon Banerjee, Managing Director & Partner, Boston Consulting Group speaks to Sunayana Nair about his love for the mountains and how since 2006 he’s almost always kept up his ritual of doing a Himalayan High Elevation Trek a year inspite of his crazy hectic schedule. We also speak of his first love – slide photography apart from conversing about some things fun in the Funfacts section, some stuff serious like pandemic lessons and outlook of consulting in the post-Covid era and some musings like taking the road less traveled. In fact to keep going undeterred even when there’s no road in sight! In this segment, we speak of how Ayon began trekking 22 years ago in the US and how discovering that thrill made him commit himself to an annual Himalayan high elevation trek, a 3-4 month personal parallel project every year.

Ayon Banerjee Part 2/6 - Into the mind of a trekker

Ayon Banerjee, Managing Director & Partner, Boston Consulting Group speaks to Sunayana Nair about his love for the mountains and how since 2006 he’s almost always kept up his ritual of doing a Himalayan High Elevation Trek a year inspite of his crazy hectic schedule. We also speak of his first love – slide photography apart from conversing about some things fun in the Funfacts section, some stuff serious like pandemic lessons and outlook of consulting in the post-Covid era and some musings like taking the road less traveled. In fact to keep going undeterred even when there’s no road in sight! Digital tools notwithstanding, we speak of the missing human element in this Covid-disruption segment from the inability to subtly gauge body language, to the void of being unable to huddle and problem solve together in a room – we discuss the new normal.

Ayon Banerjee Part 1/6 - The Missing Human Connection and E-leadership lessons

This is the story of a CXO who refused to rely on 'magic pills' to bail him out of a health crisis but instead claimed his freedom by putting his legs (and his will) to good use. By running! He not only disproved his physician's outlook but transformed into an avid marathoner and is now a runner for life. Get set to meet Anindo Ganguly, Director & Delivery Leader, DXC Technology (UK). Now, Anindo has worked with some of the biggest IT giants in leadership roles with Infosys (UK), Sasken, Wipro Technologies among others. Now, given his stellar credentials and his simple, no-nonsense bespectacled look one might presume he is the stereotypically serious IT nerd. Hmm.. But appearances are known to be deceptive of course. This conversation with Anindo unravels not only his grit and focus as we track his journey from living an unhealthy lifestyle to transforming into a besotted runner or the way he tackled challenges leading large teams across continents during the lockdown but it also reveals his funny, humorous and playful side. This is the highlights episode. 

HIGHLIGHTS episode : Anindo Ganguly, Director & Delivery Leader, DXC Technology on Running, Reading, Leading

This is the story of a CXO who refused to rely on 'magic pills' to bail him out of a health crisis but instead claimed his freedom by putting his legs (and his will) to good use. By running! He not only disproved his physician's outlook but transformed into an avid marathoner and is now a runner for life. Get set to meet Anindo Ganguly, Director & Delivery Leader, DXC Technology (UK). Now, Anindo has worked with some of the biggest IT giants in leadership roles with Infosys (UK), Sasken, Wipro Technologies among others. In this CXOfunfacts segment Get acquainted with the impish side of Anindo who was a notorious young lad in his neighborhoo; gorged on every Movie which released; who Loves quizzes and solving sudokus and whose only fear is not being able to run!

Part 7/7 - CXO Fun Facts with Anindo Ganguly

This is the story of a CXO who refused to rely on 'magic pills' to bail him out of a health crisis but instead claimed his freedom by putting his legs (and his will) to good use. By running! He not only disproved his physician's outlook but transformed into an avid marathoner and is now a runner for life. Get set to meet Anindo Ganguly, Director & Delivery Leader, DXC Technology (UK). Now, Anindo has worked with some of the biggest IT giants in leadership roles with Infosys (UK), Sasken, Wipro Technologies among others. We speak about Anindo’s next favourite R – reading and how he picked it up from his early years since his entire family was into it. Anindo also discusses his formative years and the aspirations he nursed as a young lad. We conclude our conversation with Anindo’s perspective on success and the indisputable role running has played in his success story. 

Seg 6/7 : Anindo Ganguly on Reading, Formative years and Success

 This is the story of a CXO who refused to rely on 'magic pills' to bail him out of a health crisis but instead claimed his freedom by putting his legs (and his will) to good use. By running! He not only disproved his physician's outlook but transformed into an avid marathoner and is now a runner for life. Get set to meet Anindo Ganguly, Director & Delivery Leader, DXC Technology (UK). Now, Anindo has worked with some of the biggest IT giants in leadership roles with Infosys (UK), Sasken, Wipro Technologies among others. In segment 5, We go down a slightly philosophical road as we discuss how running has helped Anindo and how in turn it has also helped others around him – colleagues and family – discover a passion beyond work. 

Seg 5/7 : Anindo Ganguly on How Running Transformed his Life and of Others Around Him

This is the story of a CXO who refused to rely on 'magic pills' to bail him out of a health crisis but instead claimed his freedom by putting his legs (and his will) to good use. By running! He not only disproved his physician's outlook but transformed into an avid marathoner and is now a runner for life. Get set to meet Anindo Ganguly, Director & Delivery Leader, DXC Technology (UK). Now, Anindo has worked with some of the biggest IT giants in leadership roles with Infosys (UK), Sasken, Wipro Technologies among others. This segment is enriched with lots of tips and learnings from Anindo’s journey as a runner. He shares why he hasn’t felt the inspiration to run any of the world majors. We discuss virtual runs and ponder about how running might evolve in the future.

Seg 4/7 : Anindo Ganguly shares numerous tips and learnings from his journey as a runner

 This is the story of a CXO who refused to rely on 'magic pills' to bail him out of a health crisis but instead claimed his freedom by putting his legs (and his will) to good use. By running! He not only disproved his physician's outlook but transformed into an avid marathoner and is now a runner for life. Get set to meet Anindo Ganguly, Director & Delivery Leader, DXC Technology (UK). Now, Anindo has worked with some of the biggest IT giants in leadership roles with Infosys (UK), Sasken, Wipro Technologies among others. Now, every runner has a story about how it all began. And how could we not have spoken about that with Anindo who ran his first full marathon within 3 years of him staring running in 2008 with the Cauvery trail marathon?! We also touch upon, in this segment several personal experiences as Anindo shares how working on Strength and flexibility are as critical as building stamina for a runner.

Seg 3/7 : Anindo Ganguly shares his Runner's Story

Hello there! Since we began TalkCXOLife series around three years ago, it’s been our endeavour to get you stories celebrating the smallest joys which when nurtured, grow to yield a treasure trove of happiness. To trace euphoria to its initial moments of trepidation or plain oblivion. To crack the code of maintaining a fine line between consistently working on a passion (‘coz it does require work) and infusing passion into work. Celebrating the journey rather than only the destination. And as we approach the season finale of TalkCXOlife podcasts as we’ve known it, my conversation with Ayon Banerjee, Managing Director & Partner, Boston Consulting Group is at the very core a trek into the mind of a carpe diemist – one who lives in the moment, unfazed, unrattled be it tackling unforeseen situations on his trekking expeditions or helping scores of mammoth companies tackle the unexpected. In this episode Ayon speaks to Sunayana Nair, Editor, CXO Life about his love for the mountains and how since 2006 he’s almost always kept up his ritual of doing a Himalayan High Elevation Trek a year inspite of his crazy hectic schedule. We also speak of his first love – slide photography apart from conversing about some things fun in the Funfacts section, some stuff serious like pandemic lessons and outlook of consulting in the post-COvid era and some musings like taking the road less traveled. In fact to keep going undeterred even when there’s no road in sight. Stay tuned! Happy listening and thank you for your support.

Ayon Banerjee, MD & Partner, Boston Consulting Group on Trekking, Slide Photography and Leadership

In this TalkCXOLife edition we are featuring the story of a CXO who refused to rely on 'magic pills' to bail him out of a health crisis but instead claimed his freedom by putting his legs (and his will) to good use. By running! He not only disproved his physician's outlook but transformed into an avid marathoner and is now a runner for life. Get set to meet Anindo Ganguly, Director & Delivery Leader, DXC Technology (UK). Now, Anindo has worked with some of the biggest IT giants in leadership roles with Infosys (UK), Sasken, Wipro Technologies among others. In this segment we speak about what work-life balance means in the current times of WFH. Anindo Ganguly shares how his running has helped him stay strong and how he has managed to not only keep track of his running goals, but in fact ace it during the lockdown.

Seg 2/7 - Anindo Ganguly on Work-Life balance in the times of Work from Home

Listen to some of the biggest minds in business reveal their innermost aspirations that drive them to excel across all aspects of life. Talk CXO Life will feature series of inspirational conversations with business leaders who have not only established themselves at the work front but have an equally passionate interest they pursue. Be it running or painting or collecting art.. CXO Life (www.cxolife.com) is an endeavour to chronicle varied pursuits of CXOs that empower them to dream differently and look beyond the rigmarole of a corporate life, while also inspiring professionals, aspiring to make it to the C-suite, achieve success on their terms. So, listen up as some of the most prominent leaders TAlkCXOLife. Do you know of a business leader who leads life at many fronts? Nominate your champion! Write to us at getintouch@cxolife.com

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