S4E159: Breaking Barriers in the Boardroom: Pali Tripathi on Leading in Deep Tech, Mobility and Male-Dominated Industries
What does it take to lead a deep-tech company in one of India's most male-dominated sectors? This episode features Pali Tripathi, CEO of Taabi Mobility, on navigating rooms where no one looks like her, selling AI to sceptics, and what it really takes to build a business that also does good.
Raw, honest and full of insight.
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Chapters:
(0:00) 🎙️ Welcome
Sangeeta introduces Pali Tripathi, CEO of Taabi Mobility.
(2:33) 🧵 The Constant
Four industries, two decades. What has never changed.
(5:31) 🚛 The Logistics Call
Why she chose a sector most people were not even looking at.
(8:00) 🪖 The Only Woman in the Room
Leading in mining, construction and transportation as a woman CEO.
(11:39) ⚡ Built for Uncertainty
Why she actively seeks the unknown rather than avoiding it.
(14:31) 🤖 Hard Sell or Easy Win?
Getting AI across the line with operators who trust gut over data.
(17:30) 🌱 Profit and Purpose
How Taabi holds the commercial and the sustainable in the same hand.
( 19:50 ) 💥 When the Room Pushed Back
The moment gender became a barrier, and what came after.
(24:00) 🔄 The Mindset That Had to Change
The shift she keeps driving, inside Taabi and with every client.
(26:47) 👩💻 Women in Tech: Beyond Inspiration
What structural change actually looks like in deep-tech industries.
(30:40) 🪞 What Running a Company Teaches You
The lessons consulting could never have given her.
(33:47 ) 🏗️ Redesigning How We Spot Leaders
One change that could transform how organisations find their future.
(36:35 ) 🔮 Five Years From Now
What success looks like, and what would make this work truly matter.
(38:00) ✨ The Reveal
Our quick-fire closing round.
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