Get Superpowered
Get Superpowered, hosted by Veronika Kryuchkova, explores the inner strengths that help people build deeper connections and face life's challenges with creativity and ease. Through inspiring interviews with everyday heroes, each episode breaks down a specific superpower, offering actionable strategies and practical tools for immediate application. The show encourages courageous living and aims to inspire listeners to rediscover what makes us human.
Episodes
You Had the Logic - They Still Said No | The Skill of Getting Others to a Yes | Claire Wang, Pricing Strategist and Author of The Price of Influence
You did everything right. The logic was airtight. And still - no. Because logic is only a hygiene factor. You have it, but so does everyone else. People say yes when your yes serves their purpose.In this episode of Get Superpowered, I sat down with Claire Wang to unpack getting to a yes as a skill.Claire Wang is a pricing strategist who spent two decades pricing foreign exchange, telecoms, insuran
Your Value Isn't Doing More - It's Making Life Simpler for Others | The Skill of Simplification | Neil West, Apple Veteran and Author of It Just Works
Doing more feels like adding value. It isn't. Real value comes from what you make simpler for the people who rely on you. But making things simple is hard - someone has to absorb the complexity.In this episode of Get Superpowered, I sat down with Neil West to unpack simplification as a skill.Neil West spent sixteen years inside Apple as it became the world's most valuable company built on
It's Not Who You Know - It's Who Names You When You're Not in the Room | The Skill of Networking | Monique Kelley, Author of Redefining Networking
As AI screens and sorts us, the human act of a person vouching for you decides more of who gets the opportunity, not less. So how do you become the person others name - on purpose, not by accident?In this episode of Get Superpowered, I sat down with Monique Kelley to unpack networking as a skill.Monique Kelley is the author of Redefining Networking and a professor at Boston University. She built a
Charisma Isn't a Trait - It's a Muscle | The Skill of Charisma | Olivia Fox Cabane, Author of The Charisma Myth
Some people are just born charismatic. That's what we tell ourselves. But charisma isn't a trait you're born with. It's a muscle and most of us have never deliberately trained it.In this episode of Get Superpowered, I sat down with Olivia Fox Cabane to unpack charisma as a skill. Olivia Fox Cabane is a Fortune 500 executive coach and author of The Charisma Myth who has lectured at
What You Think Is Listening - Isn't | The Skill of Listening | Richard Mullender, Former Hostage Negotiator
If someone asked you to teach them to listen - what would you actually say? Eye contact? Nodding? Repeating back what you heard? That's the answer most people give. And none of it is listening.In this episode of Get Superpowered, I sat down with Richard Mullender to unpack listening as a skill. Richard Mullender is a former hostage negotiator and lead trainer at Scotland Yard’s National Hostag
Hope is not a feeling. It's a practice | The Skill of Hope | Gidon Lev & Julie Gray, Authors of Let's Make Things Better
Hope is not something you feel. It is something you do.In this episode of Get Superpowered, I sat down with Gidon Lev and Julie Gray to unpack hope as a skill.Gidon Lev survived Theresienstadt concentration camp as achild, built a full life across nine decades, and is still facing forward at 91. Julie Gray is the writer who helped Gidon bring the message of hope to the world - in their book Let
Your doubt? If you don't give it evidence - it can't feed | The Skill of Self-Conviction | Pearle Nwaezeigwe, Tech Policy Leader
We can live in a gap between knowing the direction we want to take and actually taking it for years. Because we keep feeding our doubts. Self-conviction is the skill that starves the doubt. In this episode of Get Superpowered, I sat down with Pearle Nwaezeigwe to unpack the skill of Self-Conviction.Pearle Nwaezeigwe is a tech policy leader who built a career at TikTok, Twitter, and Meta across fou
In Leadership, It's Not About What You Achieve | The Skill of Making Others Capable of More | Ben Bulpett, Global Marketing Leader
In leadership, it's not about what you achieve. It's about what the people around you go on to achieve.In this episode of Get Superpowered, I sat down with Ben Bulpett to unpack the skill of making the people around you capable of more. Ben Bulpett is a global marketing leader with over 30 years of building and leading high-performing teams across some of the world's most competitive i
You Ask Every Day - Yet So Much Insight Goes Untapped | The skill of Asking Well | Jeff Wetzler, learning expert and author of ASK
The people around us - our partners, teams, clients - are sitting on a gold mine of insights, feedback, and perspectives we too often leave untapped. Not because they won't share. Because we don't ask - or don't ask well. Asking well is a skill – and most of us have left it to chance.In this episode of Get Superpowered, I sat down with Jeff Wetzler to unpack exactly what it takes to bu
You Prepared Your Slides - Not Your Body | Performing Under Pressure as a Skill | Dr. Dan Dworkis, Emergency Physician
Under pressure, most of us become someone we didn't choose. Because our bodies are running a script we didn't write.In this episode of Get Superpowered, I'm joined by Dr. DanDworkis to unpack how to rewrite it. Dr. Dan Dworkis is an emergency physician and founder of TheEmergency Mind Project. He distilled thousands of highest-stakes moments in the Emergency Room into a practical system that works
Rest Before, Not After: The Discipline Most Leaders Never Build | Aslak de Silva, Martial Arts World Champion
Elite athletes rest before the push. Most leaders rest after the crash. That difference reveals a kind of discipline most leaders never build.In this episode of Get Superpowered, I sat down with Aslak de Silva to unpack that discipline.Aslak de Silva is a world-champion martial artist turned CEO coach. He forged his ‘Black Belt in Leadership’ framework in world championships - and now teaches it
Authenticity with intention with Alina Verbenchuk, author of How Platforms Work
What does it really mean to be authentic in a world that’snoisy and low on trust?In this episode of Get Superpowered, I sit down with Alina Verbenchuk, entrepreneur, co-founder of Korda, and former Google & YouTube leader. Together, we explore authenticity as a creator superpowerand leadership responsibility in a world crowded with noise and shaped by platforms - yet hungry for what is genuine
Framework Thinking | part 2: unlocking high-impact negotiations with Aditya Sehgal, founder of Fast Frameworks
In this episode, we welcome back Aditya Sehgal, who has taken years of real-world, high stakes negotiating experience and turned it into five accessible frameworks that you can apply to any business or personal situation – and navigate the toughest challenges and unlock decisive action with confidence and clarity.In this conversation, we uncover the deeper psychology that makes negotiation work -
Framework Thinking | part 1: the fast track to trust and promotion - with Aditya Sehgal, founder of Fast Frameworks
What if the doors that feel impossible to open in yourcareer or life weren’t locked at all - you just needed the right keys?Along his journey from fresh graduate to President of a multi-billion-dollar company, Aditya Sehgal developed and discovered frameworks that helped him lead, grow, and navigate complex challenges. He calls them magic keys because they unlock insight, spark action, and help su
How Play Unlocks Creativity, Courage & Connection — with Jonathan Pitts
What if play wasn’t just for kids but a lifelong superpower that fuels creativity, courage, and connection?In this inspiring episode of Get Superpowered, I’m joined by Jonathan Pitts, an award-winning improv artist, producer, author, and teacher from the Second City in Chicago who has devoted his life to helping people re-discover creativity, courage, and connection through play. From the legendar
Supercharging Teams with Pam Hamilton, teamwork and collaboration expert
In today’s fast-moving world — where companies can be disrupted, products copied, and consumers constantly raising their expectations — what’s your real competitive edge?Your team.But not just any team. A supercharged team.And here’s the twist: teamwork is harder to achieve today. We are too busy, our minds are too distracted, and we don'thave the attention that is needed to solve complex problems
Building trust with Yana Belova, a global community builder
Trust is the emotional fabric for every meaningful connection — at home, at work, and in communities. It fuels creativity,accelerates collaboration, and encourages risk taking. And yet, for something so essential, we spend surprisingly little time thinking about it, let alone intentionally building it.In this episode, we’re unpacking what it really takes to build, sustain, and repair trust—from th
Unlocking Imagination with Lucy Gray, Author and Systems thinker
What if imagination wasn’t a childhood fantasy, but the key to unlocking your most powerful, creative self?In this episode of Get Superpowered, we dive into the expansive world of Imagination with writer and systems thinker Lucy Gray. From writing 80+ speeches on dreams and impossibility to authoring a collection of 45 children's stories and a debut novel ‘Eternal Gravity’ that blends love and phy
Becoming Unstressable with David Meikle, Strategic Advisor, Author, and Creator of the Meikle Matrix
What if stress wasn’t just something to manage—but something you could completely reframe?In this episode of Get Superpowered, I’m joined by David Meikle — a prominent thinker, strategic advisor to global brands, and creator of the Meikle Matrix, a powerful framework for redefining our relationship with stress. With decades of experience navigating pressure at the highest levels of the advertising
6th Gear thinking with Deborah Perry, the master of high-performance mental state
Welcome back to the ‘Get Superpowered’! Today’s episode is one I’ve been so excited to share becauseit completely flips the script on how we think… about thinking. Meet Deborah Perry. With over 25 years of experience ininnovation, creative thinking facilitation, — and as an artist, poet, and author—Debbie helps people ignite the kind of powerful, high-quality thinking that sparksreal breakthroughs
Breaking Down Complex with Charlie Rossetti, a private equity investor and strategic advisor
In this episode of Get Superpowered, we dive into the art—and superpower—of Breaking Down Complex with Charlie Rossetti, a private equity investor and strategic advisor.Where others see noise and chaos, Charlie sees patterns andpurpose. From private equity boardrooms to board games, he breaks down complexity to its essential pieces—revealing the levers that matter and using them to unlock high-imp
Overcoming fear with Lisa Blair, the first woman to sail solo around Antarctica
In this episode of the Get Superpowered podcast, we’re diving into a force that holds many of us back: FEAR. Whether it’s launching a business, speaking up, or stepping into the unknown — fear is often present.But what if fear wasn’t something to avoid? What if it was a tool—an ally—that could fuel resilience and courage, and help us achieve unimaginable?My guest, Lisa Blair, is an adventurer, wor
Building Team Synergy with Jon Hunting
Welcome to another power-packed episode of the Get Superpowered podcast! This time, we’re diving into Building Team Synergy with a truly remarkable guest, Jon Hunting. Jon’s career has spanned for over 40 years across two very different industries - railway and aviation. Whether on the ground or in the skies, Jon has mastered the art of bringing teams together to deliver results against the odds -
Turn ON the Power of Small Talk with Val Slavina and Veronika Kryuchkova
In this special episode of the Get Superpowered podcast, the tables are turned! My friend, Val Slavina, turns the mic on me as I take the guest seat to dive into a topic I’m deeply passionate about—Small Talk. Small Talk that creates space for more meaningful conversations even with strangers where we can really get to know another person while being our authentic self.I came to believe that anyon
The Art of Storytelling with Simon Hills
In a world where we’re all fighting for attention, great storytellers earn the right to be heard. In this episode, we dive deep into the Art of Storytellingwith our guest, Simon Hill, a seasoned storyteller whose illustrious career spans decades of investigative journalism, celebrity interviews, and shaping cultural conversations as an editor at GQ and The Times Magazine.In our conversation Simon
Empowerment Unleashed with Nina Aggarwal
In this episode of the Get Superpowered podcast, weexplore the transformative power of Empowerment with Nina Aggarwal. Nina’s remarkable superpower for empowering those around her has been instrumental in driving the success of her global strategy and capability consultancy, helping iconic brands innovate and grow.In our conversation Nina shares personal stories andactionable insights into what em
Building powerful partnerships with Phil Hayes–St Clair
In this inaugural episode, Veronika talks with Phil Hayes-StClair, partnership expert and coach, serial entrepreneur, award-winning speaker with a passion for the science and art of business growth through partnership.Phil blends a wealth of experience from 25 years of buildingbusinesses, hosting the Partnership plus podcast, and coaching organizations to forge powerful partnerships. All these led
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