Lessons Not Yet Learnt – Détails, épisodes et analyse

Hosted by Kiran Kachela, CEO & Founder of CI Project

Lessons Not Yet Learnt is the podcast that uncovers the costly mistakes we keep making, and how to finally move past them.

Through powerful storytelling and cross-industry insights, each episode explores the intersection between people, processes, and technology in business. With candid conversations and expert perspectives, Kiran is on a mission to challenge outdated thinking, highlight overlooked lessons, and drive meaningful change—one story at a time.

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What really happens when strategy, tech, and operations aren't aligned? In this debut episode of Lessons Not Yet Learnt, host and CEO & Founder of CI Projects, Kiran Kachela, is joined by Abi Horner, Product Director at Deliveroo, to unpack the unseen risks of innovation failure, and the power of getting it right. 

From the chaos of live environments to the delicate balance of cross-functional leadership, this episode explores how threaded leadership acts as the glue between vision and execution, especially when every decision affects the customer in real time. 

Drawing on Abi’s experience at American Express and Deliveroo, we explore the human behaviours, process gaps, and overlooked lessons that still trip up even the most ambitious transformation efforts. 

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In this bonus episode of Lessons Not Yet Learnt, host Kiran Kachela explores the psychological barriers that stand in the way of AI adoption. While many rush to declare they are using AI, the real challenge lies in human trust, control, and connection. From the black box problem to fears about job loss, Kiran highlights why success depends on putting people first, designing for explainability, and ensuring AI feels personal and transparent. 

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In this episode of Lessons Not Yet Learnt, host Kiran Kachela is joined by Reshma Sheikh, CEO of MSDUK, to uncover why businesses so often rush growth without building strong foundations. Drawing on her experience as a corporate lawyer, entrepreneur and leader of a thriving community of diverse businesses, Reshma shares candid insights into why ignoring the numbers, overlooking the basics and chasing shiny solutions come at a high cost.

From the realities of cash flow to the loneliness of entrepreneurship, this episode explores why sustainable success depends on patience, resilience and surrounding yourself with the right team.

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In this bonus episode of Lessons Not Yet Learnt, host Kiran Kachela explores why bigger is not always better when it comes to team design. Taking inspiration from Amazon’s two pizza rule, she reveals how oversized meetings, complex approval chains and blurred accountability can slow transformation to a halt. With insights from Amazon, Apple and her own experience at CI Projects, Kiran highlights how small autonomous teams unlock faster decisions, clearer ownership and a start up energy that fuels innovation. 

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In this bonus episode of Lessons Not Yet Learnt, Kiran Kachela shares a personal, hard-won approach to time management - shaped by Lean thinking and the reality of leading a business while protecting health and wellbeing.

She opens with a powerful distinction: a life that’s busy can feel out of control, while a life that’s full is intentional and focused on what really matters.

From there, she walks through her practical “6Ds” framework for deciding what to do with every task, alongside habits like time batching, time audits, and a 7-day challenge to reset how you spend your time.

In this episode, we cover:

• Busy vs Full (the mindset shift)

• The “6Ds” time management framework for every task

• Practical habits and tools

• The 7-day challenge

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Why does talking about what we do feel so uncomfortable, and what is it really costing us?

In this episode of Lessons Not Yet Learnt, host Kiran Kachela is joined by leading voice coach and author Susie Ashfield to unpack the “ick” so many leaders feel when it comes to self‑promotion, public speaking and visibility.

From downplaying job titles to avoiding the spotlight altogether, Kiran reflects on her own journey with self‑advocacy - and the realisation that staying quiet doesn’t just limit leaders, it sets a ceiling for their teams and future generations.

Drawing on her work with senior leaders across industries, Susie explores why cultural conditioning, imposter syndrome and perfectionism hold people back - and how shifting the focus from “me” to “them” transforms confidence, clarity and impact.

Together, they challenge the myth that self‑promotion equals ego and show how storytelling, practice and purpose can help leaders speak up - without losing authenticity.

In this episode, we cover:

·      Self‑promotion without the “ick”

·      The English problem

·      From cringe to confidence

·      The opportunity cost of staying quiet

·      Storytelling over self‑selling

·      Voice, visibility and vulnerability

About Our Guest
Susie Ashfield - Voice Coach, Speaker, Author & Founder of Speak2Impact

Susie Ashfield is one of the UK’s leading voice coaches and the founder of Speak2Impact, a communication and public‑speaking company that helps leaders, founders and teams share their ideas with clarity, confidence and impact.

Trained as an actor, Susie brings a deep understanding of audience psychology, storytelling and performance to herwork. Through Speak2Impact, she delivers one‑to‑one coaching, group workshops, keynote talks and an online academy - helping people move from being unclear or uncomfortable to sounding credible, authentic andcompelling when it matters most.

Over the past decade, Susie has worked with senior leaders and organisations across the public and private sectors, and has been featured on platforms including BBC Radio 2, Forbes and international media. She is also the author of Just F*cking Say It, a practical and humorous guide to speaking with confidence in any situation.

Learn more about Susie’s work atSpeak2Impact: https://academy.susieashfield.com/  

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What really defines leadership when there’s no audience, noapplause, and no one else to share the accountability?

In this bonus episode of Lessons Not Yet Learnt, host Kiran Kachela reflects on the unseen side of leadership - the difficult decisions made behind closed doors that quietly shape culture, standards, and outcomes.

Drawing on her experience as CEO and founder of CI Projects,Kiran challenges the idea that leadership is about vision statements and bold speeches. Instead, she explores five critical decisions that define leaders every day: who we hire, who we let go, the boundaries we set, what we say noto, and how we spend our time.

This episode is a candid reflection on accountability,courage, and the weight of leadership - and a reminder that the real work of leadership often happens when no one is watching.

In this episode, we cover:

·  Why leadership isn’t about visibility or charisma

·  The loneliness of decision‑making when “the buck stops with you”

· How hiring choices reveal leadership confidence and values

· Why leaders are defined by what they tolerate

· The danger of weak boundaries and “good enough” standards

· How low standards quietly become cultural norms

· Why time is the most valuable - and misused - leadership resource

· What the real work of leadership looks like day to day

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Why do so many well‑intentioned strategies fail to translate into real, lasting change?

In this episode of Lessons Not Yet Learnt, host Kiran is joined by governance advisor and board consultant Janhavi Dadarkar to explore why today’s leadership failures often originate at the top - not through bad intent, but through gaps in cultural, strategic, and people‑centred leadership capability.

Drawing on insights from her upcoming book and decades of experience working with boards, governments, and global institutions, Janhavi challenges the dominance of short‑term thinking and Western‑centric governance models. She introduces lessons from overlooked and ancient governance systems around the world, asking what it truly takes to build legitimate, trusted, and values‑led organisations in an increasingly unstable environment.

Together, they unpack why strategy alone isn’t enough - and what modern leaders must rethink if they want their organisations to last.

In this episode, we cover:

·       Why leadership isn’t just strategy

·       Legitimacy, trust, and hope

·       What Western governance gets wrong

·       Learning from the longest‑running systems

·       The short‑termism trap

·       What good governance looks like now

About Our Guest
Janhavi Dadarkar – Governance Advisor, Thinking Partner and Portfolio Board Member.

Janhavi Dadarkar is a governance advisor, thinking partner, and portfolio board member with over three decades of experience supporting entrepreneurs, boards, governments, and global institutions. A former corporate lawyer, she brings a deeply people‑centred lens to leadership, helping organisations strengthen legitimacy, trust, and long‑term value creation.

Drawing on insights from overlooked global and ancient governance systems, and her upcoming book, Janhavi explores what sustainable, values‑led leadership looks like in a fast‑moving, short‑term world. Her current portfolio includes being a Blue Kraft Distinguished Fellow, CEO of the Academy for Board Excellence, and IOD Programme Lead, as well as serving as a Commissioner on the Institute of Directors’ most recent report on the role of the Non‑Executive Director.

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Why do organisations keep investing millions in new technology, only to end up with more complexity, higher costs, and frustrated teams?

In this episode of Lessons Not Yet Learnt, host Kiran Kachela explores a familiar pattern seen across industries: technology being deployed as a solution before the underlying problems are fully understood. Drawing on real-world examples from construction, healthcare, and pharmaceuticals, the episode reveals how misalignment, rushed decision-making, and neglected foundations quietly derail transformation programmes.

Kiran is joined by Jat, Director of Quality at Great Ormond Street Hospital, who brings a quality and improvement lens to digital transformation. Together, they unpack why purpose, people, and process must come before technology, and why slowing down at the start is often the fastest route to sustainable success.

In this episode, we cover:
• Why tech fails when purpose and objectives are unclear
• The risks of digitising broken processes instead of fixing them
• How lack of stakeholder engagement fuels resistance and change fatigue
• Why strong foundations are essential for sustainable transformation

About Our GuestJat – Director of Quality, Great Ormond Street Hospital

Jatinder Old has over 25 years’ experience across the pharmaceutical industry and the NHS, including 16 years in pharmaceuticals and more than a decade in healthcare. With a background in chemistry, project management, and quality, he brings a deeply analytical and systems-focused perspective to transformation.

In his current role, Jat leads quality assurance, improvement, and governance, with a strong focus on improvement science, process optimisation, and learning from past failures to prevent future ones.

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