Beyond the Case
A podcast where global leaders from the Harvard Business School Owner/President Management (OPM) community join in a personal capacity and share the real decisions, failures, and mental models behind building enduring companies.
This podcast is independent and not affiliated with Harvard Business School.
Podcasting since 2025 • 33 episodes
Beyond the Case
Latest Episodes
Felipe Barreto Veiga: Loyalty, Sacrifice, and the Real Cost of Being a Lawyer
This conversation is less about legal theory and more about the emotional weight of being a lawyer. Through Felipe Barreto Veiga’s story, we see a profession defined by responsibility, sacrifice, and quiet loyalty. Being a lawyer, in his tellin...
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Episode 33
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35:26
Pramod Maheshwari: The IIT Graduate Who Chose His Mother Over America and Built an Education Empire
A single sentence from his mother "If you go to the US, you may never come back… and it may be too late” rerouted Pramod Maheshwari’s life. In that moment, ambition met responsibility. He stayed back in Kota, not with a grand plan, but...
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Episode 32
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Hari Kiran Chereddi on Mental Models That Let Winning Emerge After Losing
What if you could hear, firsthand, from an international sportsperson about the emotional journey that follows a loss?Not loss as failure, but loss as a teacher: the kind that strips away ego, demands honesty, and forces you to co...
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Episode 31
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Jeff Cronkshaw on Scuba Diving and Leading When Panic Isn’t an Option
Jeff Cronkshaw doesn’t talk about leadership in theory — he talks about it 40 meters underwater, in zero visibility, when failure isn’t abstract and panic kills.Across this conversation, Jeff draws a powerful parallel between s...
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Episode 30
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Gustavo Reichmann on Optimism, Reinvention, and Thinking in 20-Year Chapters
Optimism isn’t just a personality trait in this episode - it’s a discipline. Gustavo Reichmann frames life as forward motion: the future should feel bigger than the past, even as you age. He credits that mindset to watching his 95-year-old gran...
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Episode 29
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