22 Oct October 23, 2025 – Cisco Radhika Paliwal, Greatest Hits Work Life Balance James Sudakow and 21 Million Books Sold Ken Blanchard
Radhika Paliwal – Solutions Engineering Leader at Cisco
A zero day is defined as a day where you make zero progress towards
your goals, your dreams, your milestones. A no zero day is doing anything
towards it.
Radhika Paliwal
Radhika Paliwal is a dynamic engineering leader, author and mentor, currently serving as a Solutions Engineering Leader at Cisco, where she drives strategic, technical and business outcomes for enterprise clients. Across her career, she has made the leap from hands-on engineering to customer-facing solutions, blending deep technical expertise with strategic business acumen. With a degree in Computer Engineering from Purdue University, Radhika began her journey in systems and software before pivoting into solutions architecture and engineering leadership. At Cisco, she leads high-performing teams focused on innovative technology deployment, partner and client enablement, and business growth across complex enterprise environments. Beyond her corporate role, she is the author of From Ramen Noodles to Riches, a beginner-friendly guide to personal finance, saving and wealth-building – emphasizing that financial empowerment and career clarity go hand in hand. Her website describes her as “a computer engineer turned author, speaker, and entrepreneur” who is on a mission to help others live deliberately – “one decision, one goal, and one sip at a time.” Radhika is passionate about mentoring and coaching professionals—whether they’re engineering leaders, early-career technologists or individuals seeking to align their career, finance and purpose. Her work spans career strategy, interview and resume coaching, sales enablement and personal development. Known for her authenticity, approachable style and practical frameworks, she not only brings best-in-class technical leadership, but also a deeply human touch to growth and empowerment.
James Sudakow – Founder & Principal at CH Consulting and Author of Out of the Blur: A Delirious Dad’s Search for the Holy Grail of Work-Life Balance
I think you can actually have legitimate work life balance. And that’s what
I talk about in the book. I went through this like 12 to 18 month approach
for my own life and I’m way better than I was. I’m still working on it, but you
can definitely get there.
James Sudakow
James Sudakow is a creative-thinking business leader and irreverent author offering strategies, insights and a unique perspective on navigating the corporate gauntlet. He is the author of new book, “Out of The Blur: A Delirious Dad’s Search for the Holy Grail of Work-Life Balance” which tells his story of building and running a small business while raising a family. In this humorous, genuine and practical guide, James helps readers figure out how to define what they want their work-life balance to look like while identifying and solving the traps and habits many fall into that get in the way of truly reaching balance. His business insights have been featured in The Chicago Tribune, Forbes.com, Fast Company Online, Mic., The Business Journals, LifeHacker, Bustle, SiriusXM, Psychology Today and more. James is also a contributing columnist to Inc.com and he serves as the principal of CH Consulting, Inc., a boutique management and organizational effectiveness consulting practice he founded in 2010. He specializes in helping companies manage organizational transformation, create talent management strategies and programs that maximize employee capabilities and improve business performance.
Ken Blanchard – Leadership Expert, Thought Leader and Best-Selling Author of The New One Minute Manager
If you aren’t continuing to learn, it’s like oxygen for a deep sea diver,
you’re gonna be in trouble.
Ken Blanchard
Ken Blanchard’s books have improved careers worldwide. He wrote the iconic 1982 classic, “The One Minute Manager,” with Spencer Johnson. It sold more than 13 million copies and remains on bestseller lists today. In the past three decades, Ken has authored or co-authored 60 books with combined sales totaling more than 21 million copies and his groundbreaking works have been translated into more than 42 languages. In 2005, he was inducted into Amazon’s Hall of Fame as one of the top 25 bestselling authors of all time. He has a passion to turn every leader into a servant leader, and shares his insightful and powerful message with audiences around the world through speeches and consulting services. Few people have influenced the day-to-day management of people and companies more than Ken Blanchard. Ken is a former trustee emeritus of the Board of Trustees at his alma mater, Cornell University, and he also teaches students in the Executive Leadership Program at the University of San Diego.