Tomorrow, Today

Pilar Mendiola Fernandez joins Shekhar Natarajan on Tomorrow Today for a conversation about leadership identity, human potential, strategic thinking and the future of leadership. From growing up in Mexico and moving to Washington D.C. against her father’s wishes to building international leadership programs and working with organizations around the world, Pilar shares how curiosity, learning agility and the ability to ask better questions shaped her journey. She explains why she calls herself a Strategic Alchemist and how leaders can transform complexity, data and constraints into meaningful possibilities. The conversation also explores why organizations cannot grow beyond the identity of their leaders, why leaders need to future proof themselves alongside their strategies and how AI can become a partner in solving complex challenges. Pilar also shares lessons from working across cultures and countries, her perspective on failure, mentorship, human potential and why contribution and impact are at the heart of leadership. #TomorrowToday #PilarMendiolaFernandez #ShekharNatarajan #Leadership #LeadershipDevelopment #StrategicLeadership #FutureLeadership #HumanPotential #StrategicThinking #LeadershipIdentity #FutureProofLeadership #LearningAgility #ExecutiveLeadership #WomenInLeadership #AIandLeadership #BusinessLeadership #LeadershipTransformation #ResponsibleLeadership #GlobalLeadership #StrategicAlchemist

In this episode, Shekhar Natarajan sits down with Juan Verde for a wide ranging conversation about politics, leadership, purpose, globalization, sustainability and the future of society. Juan shares his extraordinary journey from leaving home at 15 to becoming involved in U.S. politics and working with three American presidents. He reflects on choosing public service despite receiving significantly higher paying corporate offers and explains why his mother’s advice to follow passion rather than money stayed with him throughout his career. The conversation also explores political polarization, globalization, the struggles of the middle class, international cooperation, sustainability, clean technology and the growing impact of artificial intelligence. Juan shares lessons from the leaders he worked with and explains why listening, asking difficult questions and bringing people together are essential qualities of effective leadership. #JuanVerde #ShekharNatarajan #Politics #Leadership #Sustainability #Globalization #Podcast #ArtificialIntelligence #CareerAdvice #GlobalLeadership #ClimateChange #Motivation

What happens when an Olympic journey takes you through failure, fear, pain, retirement and an entirely new purpose? In this episode of Tomorrow, Today, Shekhar Natarajan sits down with Andrea Fuentes, Olympic medalist and elite artistic swimming coach, for a deeply honest conversation about performance, resilience, leadership and life beyond sport. Andrea opens up about missing Olympic qualification, nearly quitting, and learning why the worst time to make a major decision is when you are emotional. She also shares how she transitioned from athlete to coach, rebuilt the US artistic swimming team, and helped take them from limited resources to a 2024 Olympic medal. The conversation also explores emotional control, trust, teamwork, fear, curiosity and her powerful belief that the outcome is not always the goal. Sometimes, the real goal is discovering what you can learn along the way. A conversation about sport, leadership, courage, personal growth and finding your next chapter.

Álvaro Vizcaíno shares the extraordinary story of surviving more than 48 hours alone after a devastating fall from a cliff in Fuerteventura. He speaks openly about confronting death, breaking through panic, accepting fear, conserving energy, visualising survival and making decisions when there seems to be no way out. The conversation also explores a deeper question: What changes when you realise you could lose your life at any moment? Álvaro shares how that experience transformed his understanding of fear, acceptance, gratitude, purpose and the way we approach life. • Surviving a life-threatening accident • Fear and how to work with it • Acceptance vs. surrender • The psychology of survival • Gratitude in moments of crisis • Living in the present moment • Visualisation and mental resilience • Making decisions under extreme pressure • Finding purpose after trauma • Why the next step matters • Love, fear and self-awareness • Transforming adversity into purpose #TomorrowToday #AlvaroVizcaino #ShekharNatarajan #SurvivalStory #Fear #Resilience #Acceptance #MentalStrength #PersonalGrowth #LifeLessons #Purpose #Mindset #Courage #Survival #HumanResilience #Podcast

Adah Sharma opens up about the intense period surrounding the release of The Kerala Story from receiving widespread recognition for her performance to facing backlash, threats, and uncertainty around the film’s release. In conversation with Shekhar Natarajan, she reflects on what it felt like to have her personal life become part of the controversy and how she dealt with the pressure surrounding the film. She also speaks candidly about rejection and admits that criticism does affect her, despite how composed she may appear publicly. Adah shares how her ability to recover from rejection has changed over time from being affected for 48 hours after an audition rejection to eventually moving on within minutes.