Season 7 Wrap: We Were in the Room | Small Talk: Work, Play, Build

Close to 40 episodes. Our first season in video, in studio. And many conversations that happened before the topic hit the headlines or became a meme. In this season finale, Hasita Krishna and Subha Chandrasekaran look back at Season 7. They talked about AI and the careers it will reshape before it arrived in force. They discussed quiet quitting while it was still new, and they covered moonlighting, toxic managers, hybrid work, and why trust is what really builds a business. The finale also returns to the guests who stayed with them: a sports psychologist to Olympians who wanted to talk about elephants, an aerospace manufacturer who makes time to ski, dancers on the guru-shishya bond, and the people building communities for migrant children, for men, and for young changemakers. They also talk about what's coming next. That includes conversations across opposing ends of the same spectrum, such as a climate scientist and an AI evangelist in the same room, plus the trend they want to end the season on: we're struggling to say what we mean in a way that makes each other feel something. Thank you to every listener and viewer for every like, comment, WhatsApp message, and DM. See you on the other side. It won't be long. Chapters 0:00 We were in the room 3:03 Meet the hosts 4:11 Guests who surprised us 6:06 Trends we called early 6:44 Careers of the future 8:32 Communities that change lives 10:44 Impact beyond numbers 13:27 What's next 15:04 Thank you Subscribe for Season 8, and tell us in the comments which Season 7 conversation stayed with you. Link to donate to Diya Ghar: https://diyaghar.org/ #SmallTalk #Podcast #SeasonFinale #FutureOfWork #Careers #Leadership #Communication #IndianPodcast --------------------- If this one landed, here's the one thing we'll ever ask: rate Small Talk on Spotify or Apple Podcasts. Five seconds. It's the only signal that decides who else gets to hear us. Stay close. 🎧 Listen everywhere · https://www.pod.link/1531495902 📺 YouTube ·    / @smalltalkpod_wpb   📷 Instagram ·   / smalltalkpod_wpb   🌐 https://www.smalltalkpod.com 📩 Write to us: smalltalkpod.wpb@gmail.com 📅 New episodes every fortnight Small Talk: Work, Play, Build is a fortnightly podcast about careers, leadership, and the things we make outside our day jobs. Hosted by Subha Chandrasekaran (  / subhachandrasekaran  ) (executive coach, founder of RainKraft) and Hasita Krishna (  / hasita  ) (brand strategist, co-founder of Motley Crew). Seven seasons in, still about what it means to live a life that feels true — at work and outside it. © 2026 RainKraft Creative Solutions (OPC) Pvt. Ltd.