Ep. 21 – Leading with Purpose with Kajoli Tankha, Head of Consumer Insights at Microsoft

About this episode

Dan Fleetwood chats with Kajoli Tankha about her journey and insights on leadership and consumer insights at Microsoft.

Dan Fleetwood chats with Kajoli Tankha, Microsoft’s Head of Consumer Insights, about her journey from agency life to leading a global insights team. They discuss leadership, navigating challenges, and how consumer insights shape Microsoft’s products and strategy.

People in this episode

Host: Dan Fleetwood

Guest: Kajoli Tankha

Topics covered

• leadership
• consumer insights
• Microsoft
• agency life
• global insights team

Keywords

• business strategy
• navigating challenges

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Microsoft

Books & works: Leading with Purpose

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