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RemakeJerry Colonna: Why Better Humans Make Better LeadersTODAY'S GUEST Jerry Colonna is the CEO and co-founder of Reboot.io, an executive coaching and leadership development firm whose coaches and facilitators are committed to the notion that better humans make better leaders. For nearly 20 years, he has used the knowledge gained as an investor, an executive, and a board member for more than 100 organizations to help entrepreneurs and others to lead with humanity, resilience, and equanimity. He’s been called the CEO Whisperer and the Coach with the Spider Tattoo, and has taken refuge in the Buddhist dharma tradition. 2023-08-031h 07
RemakeKathy Davies: Design Your Life to Get UnstuckTODAY’S GUEST Kathy Davies wears many hats - she’s a Design Lecturer at Stanford University. She's the Managing Director of the Stanford Life Design lab, where she and her team have trained 150 universities globally to use the life design processes on their campuses to help students design, prototype, and test the right career paths for them. She is also a Cofounder and CEO at DYL Consulting where she uses design thinking and life design principles to build a better world. EPISODE SUMMARY In thi...2023-07-271h 38
RemakeVicki Tan: Intuition and Bias TODAY'S GUEST Vicki Tan is a Product Designer, a public speaker, a student of Behavioral Psychology, and a dog mom based in Brooklyn. She currently works at Spotify, and has previously worked at Headspace, Lyft, and Google. She cares deeply about the human aspects of design, and the insights that data cannot provide. In her spare time, she's working on an illustrated book on cognitive bias. We spoke in mid-July 2022, and I was excited to talk to Vicki because she's been at the center of designing some really delightful digital experiences in Headspace, Ly...2023-07-201h 09
RemakeGeci Karuri-Sebina: Our Urban Future TODAY'S GUEST Dr. Geci Karuri-Sebina is a futurist, urban planning thinker, and the author of Innovation Africa: Emerging Hubs of Excellence. She's a faculty member at Singularity University South Africa with a focus on urban futures, including smart cities, networks, urban planning, governance and development, and innovation systems. She's an associate of The South African Cities Network and had worked with The National Treasury, the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, the Human Sciences Research Council of South Africa, and the University of California, Los Angeles Advanced Policy Institute. EPISODE SUMMARY ...2023-07-1353 min
RemakeDan Formosa: The Joy of Design TODAY'S GUEST Dan Formosa consults with companies and organizations worldwide on design and innovation. He was an early proponent of “design for all” (a.k.a. Inclusive Design). He lectures internationally on design, research, and the future of design, and is the recipient of numerous design awards. Dan holds degrees in product design, ergonomics, and biomechanics. He co-founded the Masters in Branding Program at the School of Visual Arts in New York. He is the host of the very successful YouTube series Well Equipped, produced by Epicurious for Condé Nast, critiquing in a semi-se...2023-06-221h 03
RemakeGreg Hoffman: Emotion by Design TODAY'S GUEST Greg Hoffman is Nike's former Chief Marketing Officer, a global brand leader, advisor, and speaker, and the author of Emotion by Design: Creative Leadership Lessons From a Life at Nike. In his book, Greg shares lessons and stories on the power of creativity drawn from almost three decades of experience within the company. It's a celebration of creativity and a call-to-arms for brand-builders to rediscover the human element that makes consumer bonds. EPISODE SUMMARY In this conversation we talk about: How he deve...2023-06-1548 min
RemakeRichard Bartlett: Decentralized by Design TODAY'S GUEST Today, I'm speaking to Richard D. Bartlett, aka Rich Decibels. During the Occupy movement in 2011, Rich caught a glimpse of a different way of being together — more compassionate, more intelligent, more creative, inclusive, and animating than he'd experienced as a student worker or citizen up to that point. Since then, he's been on a mission. In 2012 he co-founded Loomio, a digital tool for deliberation and decision-making in groups of 3-300 people. In 2016 he co-founded The Hum, a management consultancy for organizations without managers. The Hum has recently publi...2023-06-0154 min
RemakeIrene Au: Bridging Design and Technology TODAY'S GUEST Irene Au is Design Partner at Khosla Ventures, where she works with early-, mid-, and late-stage startup CEOs. She is dedicated to raising the strategic value of design and user research within software companies through better methods, practices, processes, leadership, talent, and quality. Irene has unprecedented experience elevating the strategic importance of design within technology companies, having built and led the entire User Experience and Design teams at Google, Yahoo!, and Udacity. She began her career as an interaction designer at Netscape Communications, where she worked on the design of the internet’s first commercial web...2023-05-251h 10
RemakeJay McClelland: Networks That Learn TODAY'S GUEST Jay McClelland is a Computational Cognitive Neuroscientist and one of the founding fathers of the field of neural networks and deep learning in the 1980s, which led directly to today's explosion in AI and machine learning algorithms that are transforming our lives. He is the Lucie Stern Professor at Stanford University, where he was formerly the chair of the psychology department, and is currently a Consulting Research Scientist at DeepMind, perhaps the leader in machine learning technologies today. Jay is best known for his work on statistical learning and parallel distributed pr...2023-05-181h 20
RemakeEli Green: Gender Beyond the Binary TODAY'S GUEST Today we're talking about transgender issues. Specifically, what should the rest of us know about transgender people? This is a topic that I admit I know very little about, but one that feels important at the very least, if one wants to avoid causing unnecessary pain. Language itself seems to be changing when it comes to gender, and while some resistance is natural and no generally agreed upon set of rules has been widely accepted, it's important to understand why these changes are happening and what's behind them. I can't imagine someone more...2023-05-111h 11
RemakeTobias Rees: Transforming the Human TODAY'S GUEST Dr. Tobias Rees is CEO of Transformations of the Human School, and was formerly the William Dawson Chair at McGill University and the Reid Hoffman Professor of Humanities at the Parsons School of Design. He is a Fellow of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research and holds degrees in philosophy, anthropology, and neurobiology. In the early 2010s, he recognized that contemporary technology not only disrupts our historical established ways of thinking and doing, but also creates new ones: radically new possibilities that unfold beyond what we take for granted. This, he believes, is not only a...2023-05-041h 20
RemakeKaroli Hindriks: Redesigning the PassportTODAY'S GUEST Karoli Hindriks is the CEO and founder of Jobbatical, a startup Forbes named one of Europe's 10 Most Exciting Technology SMEs for 2018. Jobbatical is working on removing the friction of international relocation by making immigration processes seamless through technology. In 2020 the EU Council named her one of the 8 most inspiring women in Europe. In 2021, she was a speaker at the TED conference in Monterey, CA talking about reinventing the passport. EPISODE SUMMARY In this conversation we talk about: Growing up in post-USSR Estonia. Founding her first company at 16, officially becom...2023-03-3054 min
RemakeHila Lifshitz-Assaf: Open Up to InnovationTODAY’S GUEST Dr. Hila Lifshitz-Assaf is an Associate Professor at NYU Stern. She is also a faculty associate at Harvard’s Lab for Innovation Science. Her work received the prestigious INSPIRE grant from the National Science Foundation, has been recognized to have a strong impact on industry, and has been taught at a variety of institutions around the world including MIT, Harvard, Stanford, Wharton, London Business School, Columbia, and Carnegie Mellon. Hila spent 3 years at NASA, studying their adoption of open innovation processes, which led to many insights and an award...2023-03-231h 36
RemakeShari Davis: The Power of Participatory BudgetingTODAY'S GUEST Shari Davis is a TED speaker, a participatory budgeting facilitator, and as she defines it, a recovering local government employee. She joined the Participatory Budgeting Project (PBP) after nearly 15 years of service and leadership in local government. As director of youth engagement and employment for the City of Boston, she launched Youth Lead the Change, the first youth participatory budgeting process in the US, which won the US Conference of Mayor's City Livability Award. We spoke at the end of February, and I was very excited to talk to Shari because of...2023-03-1655 min
RemakeShahar Avin: Playing for AI’s Future?TODAY’S GUEST Dr. Shahar Avin is a Senior Research Associate at the Center for the Study of Existential Risk (CSER) at Cambridge University, focusing primarily on risks associated with artificial intelligence and deep learning algorithms. EPISODE SUMMARY We discuss: Shahar’s unique approach of discovering truths through simulation and gaming. His insights into how to fix the broken system of science-funding. The existential risks associated with the rise of machine intelligence. Shahar's project, Intelligence Rising, in collaboration with Oxford University’s Future of Humanities Institute and our o...2023-03-091h 34
RemakeLeah Ziliak: The Coliving Cause TODAY'S GUEST Today, we're talking about coliving. I've long believed that paying attention to the fact that humans evolved to live in tribes, as opposed to isolated nuclear families, was the key to unlocking a tremendous amount of latent needs, wellbeing, and happiness. Today, a convergence of different trends is making coliving a real movement in the west. Whereas in much of the world, living in community is a thing as old as time. The rise in real estate costs, financial recession, urban loneliness, the digital nomad lifestyle, and the...2023-03-0248 min
RemakeJordan Ellenberg: Math, Geometry and LifeTODAY'S GUEST Jordan Ellenberg is a professor of mathematics at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and the bestselling author of How Not to Be Wrong: The Power of Mathematical Thinking. His new book, Shape: The Hidden Geometry of Information, Biology, Strategy, Democracy, and Everything Else, came out earlier this year. Jordan lives in Madison, Wisconsin, and his blog is called Quomodocumque, which means "after whatever fashion" in Latin. EPISODE SUMMARY In this conversation we discuss: [2:56] Takeaways from teaching online [8:27] Early revelations about math 2023-02-231h 11
RemakeLeidy Klotz: When Less is MoreTODAY'S GUEST Dr. Leidy Klotz is the Copenhaver Associate Professor at the University of Virginia, where he is appointed in the Schools of Engineering, Architecture, and Business. He co-founded and co-directs the university's Convergent Behavioral Science Initiative, which engages and supports applied, interdisciplinary research. Leidy studies how we transform things from the way they are to the way we want them to be. His research on the science of design has appeared in both Nature and Science, and he has written for The Washington Post, Fast Company, Lit Hub, and the Behavioral Scientist. Leidy has authored more tha...2023-02-161h 07
RemakeDavid Peter Stroh: Systems, Design, and Social ChangeTODAY'S GUEST David Peter Stroh is the bestselling author of Systems Thinking for Social Change: A Practical Guide for Solving Complex Problems, Avoiding Unintended Consequences, and Achieving Lasting Results. For the past 40 years, David has helped leaders to apply systems thinking to organizational strategy, and achieve breakthrough, sustainable change. He is a founding partner of the influential consulting firm Bridgeway Partners, a faculty member of the Academy for Systems Change, and a charter member of the Society for Organizational Learning. EPISODE SUMMARY In this conversation we talk abou...2023-02-091h 02
RemakeDonald Robertson: On Stoicism and Outrage TODAY'S GUEST Today, we talk about anger. Everywhere you look, it feels like outrage and anger are on the rise. Populist politicians win elections based on popular anger, and when they lose, they claim their elections had been stolen to further sow outrage. Social media seems to feed on and amplify anger. So much so that we now have new names for the various things that people do when they are angry online — words like cyberbullying, trolling, and doxxing. At the same time, our political systems are becoming so extre...2023-02-021h 07
RemakeDonatella Caggiano: Designing a Return HomeTODAY’S GUEST Donatella Caggiano is a Global Creativity Hacker. With her methodology crossing design, storytelling, and strategy, she works at applying creativity to processes of change and transformation for brands, communities and people. She made a crucial decision to leave the high powered Business World of Corporate America in mid-life, return to her home country of Italy, and to do so intentionally, and mindfully. Her new podcast in the making, “The Design of Return”, will deal with personal stories of transit as told by the “in-betweeners”. 2023-01-261h 53
RemakeChe-Wei Wang and Taylor Levy: The Design Practice TODAY'S GUEST Today, we talk about the practice of design, and how designers who learn to work with and understand technology can bring a humanistic, creative perspective to technology that can truly transform our understanding of what it can do. I've long believed that advanced technology can be beautiful, poetic, and philosophical in nature. In fact, that's what's called for in an age where tech shapes our lives, takes an increasingly greater part in creative work, and even makes decisions for us. That's why it was so rewarding to sit down with Che-Wei Wa...2023-01-191h 00
RemakeKathy Davies: Design Your Life to Get UnstuckTODAY’S GUEST Kathy Davies wears many hats - she’s a Design Lecturer at Stanford University. She's the Managing Director of the Stanford Life Design lab, where she and her team have trained 150 universities globally to use the life design processes on their campuses to help students design, prototype, and test the right career paths for them. She is also a Cofounder and CEO at DYL Consulting where she uses design thinking and life design principles to build a better world. EPISODE SUMMARY In thi...2023-01-121h 38
RemakeBayo Akomolafe: Activism Beyond Words and AgendasTODAY'S GUEST Dr. Bayo Akomolafe is an academic lecturer, a spiritual leader, a disillusioned activist, and the author of These Wilds Beyond Our Fences: Letters to My Daughter on Humanity's Search for Home. He was born in 1983 into a Christian home, and to Yoruba parents in western Nigeria. Soon after he was born, his family emigrated to Bonn, Germany with his father on his first diplomatic assignment. This, Bayo's first trip, would foreshadow a life of travel, both literally and figuratively. He currently lectures at Pacifica Graduate Institute, California and University of Vermont....2023-01-051h 05
RemakeMax Rashbrooke: Time to Upgrade Democracy?TODAY'S GUEST Max Rashbrooke's TED Talk on upgrading democracy has touched a nerve, and has been viewed over 1 million times in a matter of months. He's a Wellington-based writer and public intellectual, with twin interests in economic inequality and democratic renewal. His latest book is Too Much Money, about wealth disparities in New Zealand, and his previous books include Government for the Public Good: The Surprising Science of Large-Scale Collective Action. Max is a Senior Associate of the Institute for Governance and Policy Studies. His work appears in outlets such as the Guardian and Prospect magazine. EPISODE SUMMARY ...2022-12-291h 03
RemakeAlan Lightman: Physics and the Rarity of Life TODAY'S GUEST Alan Lightman is an American writer, physicist and social entrepreneur. He served on the faculties of Harvard and MIT, and was the first person at MIT to receive dual faculty appointments in science and in the humanities. Currently, he serves as professor for the practice of the humanities at MIT. In his scientific research, he has made fundamental contributions to the astrophysics of black holes and cosmic radiative processes. He is the author of numerous books, both fiction and nonfiction, including Einstein's Dreams, an international bestseller, The Diagnosis, a fi...2022-12-2244 min
RemakeAdia Gooden: On Feeling Worthy TODAY'S GUEST Today, we talk about worthiness. Worthiness, and the lack of it, is something that's been a primary part of my struggles to start sharing more of my thoughts and beliefs, to allow myself to assume a leadership role in business and in other areas, and to search for an enduring romantic relationship. Lack of worthiness seems to be at the root of perfectionism, workaholism, fear of failure, and fear of success. It's often the stumbling block in feeling a sense of well-being and belonging with others. ...2022-12-1555 min
RemakeLee Mun Wah: Connecting Across DifferenceTODAY'S GUEST Lee Mun Wah is an internationally renowned documentary filmmaker, TED speaker, author, poet, folkteller, educator, community therapist, and master diversity trainer at Stir Fry Seminars and Consulting, a diversity training company he founded. He's most famous for his truly incredible documentaries, like The Color of Fear, Last Chance for Eden, and If These Halls Could Talk. His films feature hard-hitting, honest and raw conversations about race relations, racism, sexism, systemic inequality and more, with participants from different backgrounds and ethnicities. EPISODE SUMMARY In this conversation we talk about: Growing up as a Chi...2022-12-081h 26
RemakePia Mancini: Designing for Digital DemocracyTODAY'S GUEST Pia Mancini is a co-founder and CEO at Open Collective, a chair of the Democracy Earth Foundation, and a democracy activist who helped create the DemocracyOS platform and launched a Net Party in Argentina. Her TED Talk, about upgrading democracy for the internet era, has exceeded a million views and helped reshape the conversation around the meeting place of democracy and the internet. She is a Y Combinator alum, a young global leader at the World Economic Forum, and she's also Roma's mum. EPISODE SUMMARY In this conv...2022-12-011h 23
RemakeChristian Madsbjerg: Why the Humanities MatterTODAY'S GUEST Christian Madsbjerg is a Professor of Applied Humanities at The New School and a co-founder of the pioneering Red Associates, a consultancy with offices in Copenhagen and New York City, which brings the human sciences to bear on strategic business problems, mostly dealing with companies in trouble. Christian writes, speaks, and teaches on the practical application of the human sciences, latest as a Professor of Applied Humanities at The New School for social research. His work has been featured in publications such as The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, The Washington Post, Der Spiegel, and Bl...2022-11-2457 min
RemakeLynn Novick: The Power of Knowledge TODAY'S GUEST Lynn Novick has been directing and producing landmark documentary films about American life and culture, history, politics, sports, art, architecture, literature, and music for more than 30 years. The 80 hours of acclaimed PBS programming she has created in collaboration with Ken Burns include The Vietnam War, Baseball, Jazz, Frank Lloyd Wright, The War, and Prohibition. These landmark series have garnered 19 Emmy nominations. Lynn herself has received Emmy, Peabody, and Alfred I. duPont-Columbia Awards. College behind Bars, Lynn's first film as a solo director, premiered at the New York Film Festival and aired on...2022-11-171h 03
RemakeMarilyn Paul: Design Your Day of Rest TODAY'S GUEST Dr. Marilyn Paul is the author of It's Hard to Make a Difference When You Can't Find Your Keys and An Oasis in Time: How a Day of Rest Can Save Your Life. She is the co-founder of Bridgeway Partners, a consulting firm dedicated to using systems thinking approaches to multi-sectoral and complex organizational challenges. We spoke at the end of August 2022, and I was excited to talk to Marilyn since we've been introduced by her husband, former guest of the podcast, David Peter Stroh, and my discovery of her delightful bo...2022-11-1053 min
RemakeCarissa Carter: The Magic of Maps TODAY'S GUEST Carissa Carter is the author of The Secret Language of Maps. She's a designer, geoscientist, and Academic Director at the Stanford d.school. Carissa drives the d.school's pedagogy and teaches courses on the intersection of data and design, design for climate change, maps, and the visual sorting of information, and she helped lead the d.school's seminal Stanford 2025 project on the future of higher education. She pursues projects at the crossover between design, science, and emerging technology. We spoke in mid-August 2022, and I was looking forward to talking to Carissa si...2022-11-0351 min
RemakeAshish Goel: Creative Courage TODAY'S GUEST Ashish Goel is the author of Drawing on Courage: Risks Worth Taking and Stands Worth Making. It's a part of a series of guides being published by the Stanford d.school. Ashish is a designer, an entrepreneur, and a former teaching fellow at the Stanford d.school where he has taught classes on design thinking, digital product design, and mapmaking. Previously, he worked as head of design at Zomato (India's DoorDash and Yelp rolled into one), and today advises companies in the art and science of product design, and is currently bu...2022-10-2744 min
RemakeJohn Maeda: Between Man and Machine TODAY'S GUEST John Maeda is an American technologist and product experience leader with a passion for RESILIENCE and renewal. He began his early career at MIT at the intersection of computer science and visual design, and served there as Professor of Design and Computation and as Head of Research at the MIT MediaLab. He was a design partner at Kleiner Perkins, held leadership positions with Automattic, the parent company of WordPress.com, and served as president of the Rhode Island School of Design. He is currently serving as Chief Technology Officer of Everbridge. Jo...2022-10-2059 min
RemakeChris Dancy: The Opposite of Unplugged TODAY'S GUEST Chris Dancy is known as "the Most Connected Man on Earth". Chris is a TED speaker and the author of Don't Unplug: How Technology Saved My Life and Can Save Yours Too. He was featured on Showtime's Dark Net, the cover of Businessweek, and interviewed by The Wall Street Journal, NPR, the BBC, Fox News, and Wired. Chris entered the public dialogue concerning digital health as the media started to focus on wearable technology. He earned his "Most Connected" moniker by utilizing up to 700 sensors, devices, applications, and services to track, an...2022-10-1358 min
RemakeVicki Tan: Intuition and Bias TODAY'S GUEST Vicki Tan is a Product Designer, a public speaker, a student of Behavioral Psychology, and a dog mom based in Brooklyn. She currently works at Spotify, and has previously worked at Headspace, Lyft, and Google. She cares deeply about the human aspects of design, and the insights that data cannot provide. In her spare time, she's working on an illustrated book on cognitive bias. We spoke in mid-July 2022, and I was excited to talk to Vicki because she's been at the center of designing some really delightful digital experiences in Headspace, Ly...2022-10-061h 09
RemakeAngel Acosta: Teaching, Healing, and InequalityTODAY'S GUEST For the last decade, Dr. Angel Acosta has worked to bridge the fields of leadership, social justice, and mindfulness. He completed his doctorate at Teachers College, Columbia University. After participating in the Mind and Life Institute’s Academy for Contemplative Leadership, Angel began consulting and developing learning experiences that weave leadership development with conversations about inequality and healing; including as part of the 400 Years of Inequality Project, based at the New School. Angel continues to consult for organizations like the NYC Department of Education, UNICEF, Columbi...2022-09-291h 18
RemakeGeci Karuri-Sebina: Our Urban Future TODAY'S GUEST Dr. Geci Karuri-Sebina is a futurist, urban planning thinker, and the author of Innovation Africa: Emerging Hubs of Excellence. She's a faculty member at Singularity University South Africa with a focus on urban futures, including smart cities, networks, urban planning, governance and development, and innovation systems. She's an associate of The South African Cities Network and had worked with The National Treasury, the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, the Human Sciences Research Council of South Africa, and the University of California, Los Angeles Advanced Policy Institute. EPISODE SUMMARY ...2022-09-2253 min
RemakeBJ Miller: Better Care, in Life and DeathTODAY'S GUEST BJ Miller is an American physician, author, and speaker. He is a practicing hospice and palliative medicine physician, and is best known for his 2015 TED Talk, "What Really Matters at the End of Life". BJ, who served as an executive director of San Francisco's Zen Hospice Project, has been on the teaching faculty at UCSF School of Medicine since 2017, and is the subject of the Netflix Academy Award nominated short documentary, End Game. His book, A Beginner's Guide to the End, which he co-authored with Shoshana Berger, is an unflinching, compassionate, and intensely pragmatic guide to the e...2022-09-1557 min
RemakeSusie Wise: Belonging by Design TODAY'S GUEST Susie Wise is a designer, educator, and author, whose wonderful book Design for Belonging: How to Build Inclusion and Collaboration in Your Communities came out in April 2022 as part of the new Stanford d.school book series on core design skills. She teaches at the Stanford d.school and coaches leaders in innovation practices and liberatory design. EPISODE SUMMARY In this conversation we talk about: The topic of belonging and how to foster it. The need for belonging in troubling times. What being bored at school tau...2022-09-0855 min
RemakeEyal Press: Dirty Work TODAY'S GUEST Eyal Press is a regular contributor to The New Yorker and The New York Times. His most recent book is Dirty Work: Essential Jobs and the Hidden Toll of Inequality in America, which won the 2022 Hillman Prize and was named a New York Times Notable book. He's also the host of the podcast Primary Sources. We spoke in mid-June 2022, and I was excited to talk to Eyal after getting a hold of his book, Dirty Work, which covers the ethically questionable, psychologically damaging work society delegates to marginalized, far away, or hi...2022-09-011h 02
RemakeRichard Bartlett: Decentralized by Design TODAY'S GUEST Today, I'm speaking to Richard D. Bartlett, aka Rich Decibels. During the Occupy movement in 2011, Rich caught a glimpse of a different way of being together — more compassionate, more intelligent, more creative, inclusive, and animating than he'd experienced as a student worker or citizen up to that point. Since then, he's been on a mission. In 2012 he co-founded Loomio, a digital tool for deliberation and decision-making in groups of 3-300 people. In 2016 he co-founded The Hum, a management consultancy for organizations without managers. The Hum has recently publi...2022-08-2554 min
RemakeGreg Hoffman: Emotion by Design TODAY'S GUEST Greg Hoffman is Nike's former Chief Marketing Officer, a global brand leader, advisor, and speaker, and the author of Emotion by Design: Creative Leadership Lessons From a Life at Nike. In his book, Greg shares lessons and stories on the power of creativity drawn from almost three decades of experience within the company. It's a celebration of creativity and a call-to-arms for brand-builders to rediscover the human element that makes consumer bonds. EPISODE SUMMARY In this conversation we talk about: How he deve...2022-08-1848 min
RemakeJohn-Paul Flintoff: Creativity and Connection TODAY'S GUEST John-Paul Flintoff is a writer, performer, and illustrator, and the author of books like How to Change the World and A Modest Book About How to Make an Adequate Speech. He worked for 15 years as a writer and associate editor on the Financial Times, The Sunday Times, and other papers in magazines, and has been involved with The School of Life in London as a lecturer and writer. Today, he runs a subscription service called Adequate Projects, which provides moral support and a bit of financial freedom in return for discounts and exclusive ac...2022-08-111h 08
RemakeJoe Macleod: Designing the EndTODAY'S GUEST Joe Macleod was Global Head of Design for the legendary Design agency and game studio UsTwo, and is a veteran with decades of experience across service, digital, and product sectors. In recent years, he became fascinated with the problem of designing good ending experiences and is the founder of what he calls “the world's first customer ending business”. It’s not what you think - no customers get killed in the process. Instead, Joe is focused on giving customers a positive, meaningful, and socially responsible end of relationship experience. 2022-08-041h 18
RemakeTobias Rees: Transforming the Human TODAY'S GUEST Dr. Tobias Rees is CEO of Transformations of the Human School, and was formerly the William Dawson Chair at McGill University and the Reid Hoffman Professor of Humanities at the Parsons School of Design. He is a Fellow of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research and holds degrees in philosophy, anthropology, and neurobiology. In the early 2010s, he recognized that contemporary technology not only disrupts our historical established ways of thinking and doing, but also creates new ones: radically new possibilities that unfold beyond what we take for granted. This, he believes, is not only a...2022-07-281h 20
RemakeSteve Krug: Designing For ClarityTODAY'S GUEST Steve Krug is one of the founding fathers of User Experience and Usability Design, and a bestselling author of two foundational classics in the field: Don’t Make Me Think, his guide to Usability Design with over 600,000 copies in print today, and Rocket Surgery Made Easy, a friendly guide to Usability Testing. He based his writing on decades spent as a usability consultant for a wide variety of clients like Apple, Bloomberg.com, Lexus.com, NPR, and the International Monetary Fund, and continues to consult through his firm, Advanced Common Sense. EPISODE SUMMARY ...2022-07-211h 00
RemakeJay McClelland: Networks That Learn TODAY'S GUEST Jay McClelland is a Computational Cognitive Neuroscientist and one of the founding fathers of the field of neural networks and deep learning in the 1980s, which led directly to today's explosion in AI and machine learning algorithms that are transforming our lives. He is the Lucie Stern Professor at Stanford University, where he was formerly the chair of the psychology department, and is currently a Consulting Research Scientist at DeepMind, perhaps the leader in machine learning technologies today. Jay is best known for his work on statistical learning and parallel distributed pr...2022-07-141h 20
RemakeIrene Au: Bridging Design and Technology TODAY'S GUEST Irene Au is Design Partner at Khosla Ventures, where she works with early-, mid-, and late-stage startup CEOs. She is dedicated to raising the strategic value of design and user research within software companies through better methods, practices, processes, leadership, talent, and quality. Irene has unprecedented experience elevating the strategic importance of design within technology companies, having built and led the entire User Experience and Design teams at Google, Yahoo!, and Udacity. She began her career as an interaction designer at Netscape Communications, where she worked on the design of the internet’s first commercial web...2022-07-071h 10
RemakeDan Formosa: The Joy of Design TODAY'S GUEST Dan Formosa consults with companies and organizations worldwide on design and innovation. He was an early proponent of “design for all” (a.k.a. Inclusive Design). He lectures internationally on design, research, and the future of design, and is the recipient of numerous design awards. Dan holds degrees in product design, ergonomics, and biomechanics. He co-founded the Masters in Branding Program at the School of Visual Arts in New York. He is the host of the very successful YouTube series Well Equipped, produced by Epicurious for Condé Nast, critiquing in a semi-se...2022-06-301h 03
RemakeVibin Joseph: Open Source Vaccines TODAY'S GUEST Vibin Joseph is the Co-founder, Executive Director, and Chief Executive Officer at BiOZEEN, a company that's revolutionizing vaccine production and reducing the cost of vaccine manufacturing around the world. He's a technopreneur, business model enthusiast, and talent facilitator with a passion to make a better world through unleashing the potential of our times. He's an Engineer with degrees from Imperial College London, and a doctorate from Warwick University, United Kingdom. His research interest lies in the cross-functional domains of systems design, productivity, design psychology, and moderating influencers in the pharmaceutical industry....2022-06-2354 min
RemakeAmy Milton: Erasing Memories for Good TODAY'S GUEST Dr. Amy Milton is an Associate Professor in Behavioral Neuroscience at the University of Cambridge and the Ferreras-Willetts Fellow in Neuroscience at Downing College Cambridge. Her research focuses on understanding how memories persist and become updated in the brain, with the aim of using this knowledge to develop new forms of treatment for mental health disorders based on maladaptive emotional memories. She's trying to understand the conditions under which emotional memories become unstable, particularly those contributing to post traumatic stress disorder and drug addiction. We talked in the middle of April 2022. Wh...2022-06-161h 05
RemakeHerbert Gintis: Entangled Minds and MotivationsTODAY'S GUEST Dr. Herbert Gintis is an American economist, behavioral scientist, and educator known for his theoretical contributions to sociobiology, especially altruism, cooperation, epistemic game theory, gene-culture coevolution, efficiency wages, strong reciprocity, and human capital theory. He's currently External Professor at the Santa Fe Institute and carries a PhD in economics from Harvard University. Throughout his career, he has worked extensively with economist, Samuel Bowles. Their most recent book, A Cooperative Species: Human Reciprocity and Its Evolution, was published by Princeton University Press in 2011. EPISODE SUMMARY In...2022-06-091h 07
RemakeDavid Allen: On Productivity and SpontaneityTODAY'S GUEST David Allen is one of the world’s most influential thinkers on productivity. His 35 years experience as a management consultant and executive coach have earned him worldwide recognition. His bestselling book, the groundbreaking “Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity”, has sold millions and been published in thirty languages; and the “GTD” methodology it describes has become a global phenomenon, being taught by training companies in more than ninety countries. David, his company, and his partners are dedicated to teaching people how to stay relaxed and productive in our fast paced world. EPISODE SUMMARY In this...2022-06-021h 17
RemakeDavid Johnson: Design, Law, and ClimateTODAY'S GUEST Dave Johnson is a lecturer at the Stanford Law School and at the Stanford d.school, where he teaches negotiation through design thinking. Before Stanford, he worked as a lawyer for 20 years in Silicon Valley tech companies. His most recent articles are designed for legal systems and designing online mediation. He's currently writing a book under the working title, Climate Change Activism by Design. EPISODE SUMMARY In this conversation we talk about: The role of law and how design can make it better. His idea...2022-05-2651 min
RemakeThe RE Podcast Interviews Eran DrorThis week, we're sharing an interview I did recently with Louisa Jane Smith, host of the RE Podcast! Join us as I go from host to guest, and discuss AI consciousness, Buddhism, sense of self, the future of religion, the ethics of algorithms, and religion for Atheists. We also discuss: What it means to be human. What our needs and our weaknesses are. And what we need to be our best self, the need for connection. Each week, we release a new episode with top thinkers, designers, mak...2022-05-1940 min
RemakeMalcolm Ray: The Tyranny of GrowthTODAY'S GUEST Malcolm Ray is an author, journalist, activist, and academic specializing in economic history. He is the author of the groundbreaking The Tyranny of Growth: Why Capitalism has Triumphed in the West and Failed in Africa. The book provides a new lens to interpret and reimagine economics and its place in Africa and the world. Malcolm began his career in the Anti-Apartheid Movement during the 1980s and early 90s, where he developed a habit of independent, but critical thinking. He practiced journalism for more than a decade in the early 2000s before making his way into a...2022-05-1253 min
RemakeJerry Colonna: Why Better Humans Make Better LeadersTODAY'S GUEST Jerry Colonna is the CEO and co-founder of Reboot.io, an executive coaching and leadership development firm whose coaches and facilitators are committed to the notion that better humans make better leaders. For nearly 20 years, he has used the knowledge gained as an investor, an executive, and a board member for more than 100 organizations to help entrepreneurs and others to lead with humanity, resilience, and equanimity. He’s been called the CEO Whisperer and the Coach with the Spider Tattoo, and has taken refuge in the Buddhist dharma tradition. 2022-05-051h 07
RemakeShari Davis: The Power of Participatory BudgetingTODAY'S GUEST Shari Davis is a TED speaker, a participatory budgeting facilitator, and as she defines it, a recovering local government employee. She joined the Participatory Budgeting Project (PBP) after nearly 15 years of service and leadership in local government. As director of youth engagement and employment for the City of Boston, she launched Youth Lead the Change, the first youth participatory budgeting process in the US, which won the US Conference of Mayor's City Livability Award. We spoke at the end of February, and I was very excited to talk to Shari because of...2022-04-2855 min
RemakeNatalie Nixon: The Dance of CreativityTODAY'S GUEST Dr. Natalie Nixon is a creativity strategist, global keynote speaker, and author of the award-winning The Creativity Leap: Unleash Curiosity, Improvisation, and Intuition at Work. As president of Figure 8 Thinking, she advises leaders on transformation by applying wonder and rigor to amplify growth and business value. Natalie's been featured in Forbes, Fast Company, LinkedIn’s "Hello Monday" podcast, and Seth Godin’s "Akimbo" podcast. She lives in Philadelphia with her husband, John, and is a lifelong student of dance—hip-hop and social ballroom of late. EPISODE SUMMARY In...2022-04-2150 min
RemakeBayo Akomolafe: Activism Beyond Words and AgendasTODAY'S GUEST Dr. Bayo Akomolafe is an academic lecturer, a spiritual leader, a disillusioned activist, and the author of These Wilds Beyond Our Fences: Letters to My Daughter on Humanity's Search for Home. He was born in 1983 into a Christian home, and to Yoruba parents in western Nigeria. Soon after he was born, his family emigrated to Bonn, Germany with his father on his first diplomatic assignment. This, Bayo's first trip, would foreshadow a life of travel, both literally and figuratively. He currently lectures at Pacifica Graduate Institute, California and University of Vermont....2022-04-141h 05
RemakeJohn Zeratsky: Designing TimeTODAY'S GUEST John Zeratsky is a bestselling author of Sprint and Make Time, and has reached millions with articles in The Wall Street Journal, TIME, Harvard Business Review, Wired, Fast Company, and other outlets. He's a former Design Partner at GV (Google Ventures), where he developed a Design Sprint methodology alongside former guest of the podcast, Jake Knapp, and where he supported many of GV's most successful investments, including Slack, One Medical, and Blue Bottle Coffee. Before that, John was a design leader for YouTube, Google Ads, and FeedBurner. Tod...2022-04-071h 19
RemakeLee Mun Wah: Connecting Across DifferenceTODAY'S GUEST Lee Mun Wah is an internationally renowned documentary filmmaker, TED speaker, author, poet, folkteller, educator, community therapist, and master diversity trainer at Stir Fry Seminars and Consulting, a diversity training company he founded. He's most famous for his truly incredible documentaries, like The Color of Fear, Last Chance for Eden, and If These Halls Could Talk. His films feature hard-hitting, honest and raw conversations about race relations, racism, sexism, systemic inequality and more, with participants from different backgrounds and ethnicities. EPISODE SUMMARY In this conversation we talk about: Growing up as a Chi...2022-03-311h 26
RemakeSteve Evans: The Eco Factory RevolutionTODAY'S GUEST Professor Steve Evans leads one of those fields that sound boring, but are actually super critical to our world and our future. He is a Director of Research in Industrial Sustainability at Cambridge University, where he leads research that helps factories become sustainable at scale. He helps industry bring about sustainable change at scale, including business model innovation, system transformation, and helps push the limits of efficiency in both advanced and developing countries. Steve has over 30 years of academic experience and spent over 15 years in industry, where he led groundbreaking projects wi...2022-03-241h 01
RemakeDavid Fajgenbaum: How I Saved My Life with DataTODAY'S GUEST Dr. David Fajgenbaum is a groundbreaking physician-scientist, disease hunter, speaker, and author of the national bestselling memoir, Chasing My Cure: A Doctor's Race to Turn Hope Into Action, which has been translated into five languages and named one of the "Best Non-Fiction Books" by the Next Big Idea Club. Best known as the 'doctor who cured himself', Fajgenbaum went from being a hyper-fit college quarterback to receiving his last rites while in medical school and nearly dying four more times battling Castleman disease. To try to save his own life, he spearheaded an in...2022-03-171h 00
RemakeMax Rashbrooke: Time to Upgrade Democracy?TODAY'S GUEST Max Rashbrooke's TED Talk on upgrading democracy has touched a nerve, and has been viewed over 1 million times in a matter of months. He's a Wellington-based writer and public intellectual, with twin interests in economic inequality and democratic renewal. His latest book is Too Much Money, about wealth disparities in New Zealand, and his previous books include Government for the Public Good: The Surprising Science of Large-Scale Collective Action. Max is a Senior Associate of the Institute for Governance and Policy Studies. His work appears in outlets such as the Guardian and Prospect magazine. EPISODE SUMMARY ...2022-03-101h 03
RemakeCatherine Griffin: On Measuring Social ImpactTODAY'S GUEST Catherine Griffin is the founder and CEO of ImpactableX, and sits squarely at the intersection of capital, social innovation and execution to drive world-changing technologies. She has designed impact measurement and management tools that help social entrepreneurs to measure, track, and improve their social impact, as well as demonstrates its connection to revenue, and help startups make better impact decisions and investors to quantify their social impact. Prior to launching ImpactableX, Catherine served as Managing Director at an award-winning impact accelerator, GoodCompany Ventures, where she helped accelerate the application of new technologies to address the world's most pressing c...2022-03-031h 08
RemakeKaroli Hindriks: Redesigning the PassportTODAY'S GUEST Karoli Hindriks is the CEO and founder of Jobbatical, a startup Forbes named one of Europe's 10 Most Exciting Technology SMEs for 2018. Jobbatical is working on removing the friction of international relocation by making immigration processes seamless through technology. In 2020 the EU Council named her one of the 8 most inspiring women in Europe. In 2021, she was a speaker at the TED conference in Monterey, CA talking about reinventing the passport. EPISODE SUMMARY In this conversation we talk about: Growing up in post-USSR Estonia. Founding her first company at 16, officially becom...2022-02-2454 min
RemakeLeidy Klotz: When Less is MoreTODAY'S GUEST Dr. Leidy Klotz is the Copenhaver Associate Professor at the University of Virginia, where he is appointed in the Schools of Engineering, Architecture, and Business. He co-founded and co-directs the university's Convergent Behavioral Science Initiative, which engages and supports applied, interdisciplinary research. Leidy studies how we transform things from the way they are to the way we want them to be. His research on the science of design has appeared in both Nature and Science, and he has written for The Washington Post, Fast Company, Lit Hub, and the Behavioral Scientist. Leidy has authored more tha...2022-02-171h 07
RemakeChristian Madsbjerg: Why the Humanities MatterTODAY'S GUEST Christian Madsbjerg is a Professor of Applied Humanities at The New School and a co-founder of the pioneering Red Associates, a consultancy with offices in Copenhagen and New York City, which brings the human sciences to bear on strategic business problems, mostly dealing with companies in trouble. Christian writes, speaks, and teaches on the practical application of the human sciences, latest as a Professor of Applied Humanities at The New School for social research. His work has been featured in publications such as The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, The Washington Post, Der Spiegel, and Bl...2022-02-1057 min
RemakeNick Martin: Education for ChangeTODAY'S GUEST Nick Martin is an educator, technologist, and social entrepreneur with over 15 years experience working in social impact. He's the founder and CEO of TechChange, a Washington, D.C. based social enterprise that builds world-class online courses and events on topics that matter for hundreds of leading social sector organizations. Nick is also a faculty member at Columbia and Georgetown Universities and sits on the board of PopTech, a global network committed to the vanguard of emerging technology, science, exploration, and creative expression. EPISODE SUMMARY In this conversation we talk abou...2022-02-031h 01
RemakeHerbert Gintis: Entangled Minds and MotivationsTODAY'S GUEST Dr. Herbert Gintis is an American economist, behavioral scientist, and educator known for his theoretical contributions to sociobiology, especially altruism, cooperation, epistemic game theory, gene-culture coevolution, efficiency wages, strong reciprocity, and human capital theory. He's currently External Professor at the Santa Fe Institute and carries a PhD in economics from Harvard University. Throughout his career, he has worked extensively with economist, Samuel Bowles. Their most recent book, A Cooperative Species: Human Reciprocity and Its Evolution, was published by Princeton University Press in 2011. EPISODE SUMMARY In this conversation we ta...2022-01-271h 07
RemakeEric Lombardi: A World Without WasteTODAY'S GUEST Eric Lombardi has been working at the cutting-edge of the Zero Waste and Social Enterprise Movements across the world since the mid-90's. His working mission has been to transform the waste management industry into a “resource management” industry. Eric was a national spokesperson for the first Zero Waste organization in the U.S.A. (1997), and was a co-founder of the Zero Waste International Alliance (2002). Eric was invited to the Clinton White House in 1998 as one of the Top 100 USA Recyclers and received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Colorado Association For Recycling. F...2022-01-131h 05
RemakeLeanne Butterworth: Why Empathy MattersTODAY'S GUEST Leanne Butterworth is on a mission to create a world where everyone feels heard, valued, and visible. She is the founder of Empathy First, and the host of The Professional Empathy Podcast. She brings together her lived experience, a degree in Applied Science, and post graduate qualifications in social enterprise. Leanne is an active member of the start-up, mental health, and social enterprise communities, tutoring Social Enterprise at the Queensland University of Technology and working with the Queensland Social Enterprise Council. With unique, memorable Empathy Training, she empowers leaders and communities wit...2022-01-061h 09
RemakeJessica Gallagher: Entrepreneurship for EveryoneTODAY'S GUEST Dr. Jessica Gallagher is in charge of External Engagement at The University of Adelaide, and was formerly the Pro-Vice Chancellor of Global Engagement and Entrepreneurship at The University of Queensland (UQ). At UQ, she has transformed the student experience, by embedding entrepreneurial thinking into the educational curriculum for every discipline. She oversaw the creation of UQ Ventures, and led their LeadHers program in helping 1,214 female participants to build confidence and grow leadership capabilities. Jessica is also director on the board of the Kokoda Track Foundation, where she provides expertise and support in improving the lives an...2021-12-1640 min
RemakeAna Ferreira and Alex Muench: Redesigning Team CommunicationTODAY'S GUESTS In this episode of Remake, I sit down with Ana Ferreira and Alex Muench. Ana is Head of Design and Product Design, and Alex is a senior digital product designer at Doist, a completely remote team of over 100 people, and the maker of popular productivity apps, Todoist and Twist. Ana and Alex are the creators of Twist, a remarkable and opinionated communication tool aimed at replacing Slack with a less distracting, more focused supporting, less real-time alternative. We've been using Twist for a few months at Remake, and it has done wonders for our ability...2021-12-0945 min
RemakeDave Evans: Design Your Way to a Joyous LifeTODAY'S GUEST Dave Evans worked on the first computer mouse at Apple, founded the Life Design Lab at Stanford alongside Bill Burnett, and is a bestselling author of two books — Design Your Life, and Design Your Work Life. Informed by early tragedy, by his own missteps along the way, and by his Christian faith and contemplative spirituality, he created a transformative Design Thinking process that has helped thousands of students and adults, at Stanford and around the world, to figure out what they want to do with their "one wild and prec...2021-12-0251 min
RemakeAlan Lightman: Physics and the Rarity of Life TODAY'S GUEST Alan Lightman is an American writer, physicist and social entrepreneur. He served on the faculties of Harvard and MIT, and was the first person at MIT to receive dual faculty appointments in science and in the humanities. Currently, he serves as professor for the practice of the humanities at MIT. In his scientific research, he has made fundamental contributions to the astrophysics of black holes and cosmic radiative processes. He is the author of numerous books, both fiction and nonfiction, including Einstein's Dreams, an international bestseller, The Diagnosis, a fi...2021-11-1944 min
RemakeBJ Miller: Better Care, in Life and DeathTODAY'S GUEST BJ Miller is an American physician, author, and speaker. He is a practicing hospice and palliative medicine physician, and is best known for his 2015 TED Talk, "What Really Matters at the End of Life". BJ, who served as an executive director of San Francisco's Zen Hospice Project, has been on the teaching faculty at UCSF School of Medicine since 2017, and is the subject of the Netflix Academy Award nominated short documentary, End Game. His book, A Beginner's Guide to the End, which he co-authored with Shoshana Berger, is an unflinching, compassionate, and intensely pragmatic guide to the e...2021-11-1157 min
RemakeJake Knapp: How the Design Sprint Was BornTODAY'S GUEST Jake Knapp is one of the most influential product designers living today. Formerly a product designer at Microsoft, Google, and Google Ventures, he’s the creator of the Design Sprint process, which transformed the way hundreds of enterprises and thousands of designers around the world approach new product design. He is also a bestselling author of two books, Sprint, and Make Time. EPISODE SUMMARY In this conversation we talk about: Surviving Covid and chaos Finding positivity in hard things Jake’s childhood and the sense o...2021-11-041h 48
RemakeRabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie: Community, Ritual, and CreativityTODAY'S GUEST Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie is an Israeli-born, Jewish educator, writer, and performance artist. He's the creator of Storahtelling, Inc. and the founding spiritual leader of Lab/Shul in NYC, an artist-driven, everybody friendly, God-optional, pop-up experimental community for sacred Jewish gatherings. Amichai is a member of the Global Justice Fellowship of the American Jewish World Service, a founding member of the Jewish Emergent Network, serves on the Leadership Council of the New York Jewish Agenda, the Advisory Council of the International School for Peace - a Refugee Support Project in Greece, a member of the Advisory...2021-10-151h 22
RemakePia Mancini: Designing for Digital DemocracyTODAY'S GUEST Pia Mancini is a co-founder and CEO at Open Collective, a chair of the Democracy Earth Foundation, and a democracy activist who helped create the DemocracyOS platform and launched a Net Party in Argentina. Her TED Talk, about upgrading democracy for the internet era, has exceeded a million views and helped reshape the conversation around the meeting place of democracy and the internet. She is a Y Combinator alum, a young global leader at the World Economic Forum, and she's also Roma's mum. EPISODE SUMMARY In this conv...2021-10-081h 23
RemakeEddie Obeng: When Change Outpaces LearningTODAY'S GUEST Prof. Eddie Obeng is a British organizational theorist, educator, and author, who serves as a professor at Henley Business School and Hult International Business School's Ashridge Executive Education. He is the founder of Pentacle, The Virtual Business School, and serves as its executive director. Professor Obeng has been described as "a leading revolutionary" and "an agent provocateur" by the Financial Times. EPISODE SUMMARY In this conversation we talk about: How studying material science and observing the changes in modern business led him to the crucial insight that the world is n...2021-09-301h 06
RemakeDavid Peter Stroh: Systems, Design, and Social ChangeTODAY'S GUEST David Peter Stroh is the bestselling author of Systems Thinking for Social Change: A Practical Guide for Solving Complex Problems, Avoiding Unintended Consequences, and Achieving Lasting Results. For the past 40 years, David has helped leaders to apply systems thinking to organizational strategy, and achieve breakthrough, sustainable change. He is a founding partner of the influential consulting firm Bridgeway Partners, a faculty member of the Academy for Systems Change, and a charter member of the Society for Organizational Learning. EPISODE SUMMARY In this conversation we talk abou...2021-08-241h 02
RemakeJordan Ellenberg: Math, Geometry and LifeTODAY'S GUEST Jordan Ellenberg is a professor of mathematics at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and the bestselling author of How Not to Be Wrong: The Power of Mathematical Thinking. His new book, Shape: The Hidden Geometry of Information, Biology, Strategy, Democracy, and Everything Else, came out earlier this year. Jordan lives in Madison, Wisconsin, and his blog is called Quomodocumque, which means "after whatever fashion" in Latin. EPISODE SUMMARY In this conversation we discuss: [2:56] Takeaways from teaching online [8:27] Early revelations about math 2021-08-101h 11
RemakePatrick McKeown: Are We Breathing All Wrong?TODAY'S GUEST Patrick McKeown is the best-selling author of The Oxygen Advantage, and the Clinical Director of the Buteyko Clinic International. Over the past two decades, Patrick has trained thousands of people around the world to safely challenge their bodies and produce positive changes through correct breathing. He is widely regarded as one of the world’s leading breathing re-education experts. EPISODE SUMMARY In this conversation we discuss: [2:16] Flourishing under COVID [4:59] Early in life, deciding never to work for someone else [9:33] Growing up with asthma, trouble concentrating and sleep 2021-07-1552 min
RemakeDavid Allen: On Productivity and SpontaneityTODAY'S GUEST David Allen is one of the world’s most influential thinkers on productivity. His 35 years experience as a management consultant and executive coach have earned him worldwide recognition. His bestselling book, the groundbreaking “Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity”, has sold millions and been published in thirty languages; and the “GTD” methodology it describes has become a global phenomenon, being taught by training companies in more than ninety countries. David, his company, and his partners are dedicated to teaching people how to stay relaxed and productive in our fast paced world. EPISODE SUMMARY In this conve...2021-07-081h 17
RemakeNirupa Umapathy: On Financial LiberationTODAY'S GUEST Nirupa Umapathy is an investor, a writer and social entrepreneur who facilitates change and conversation around change and disruption with the heart. Nirupa believes that personal transformation is an intentional act and through her Salons For Life community, she brings financial and personal wisdom into a shared problem solving space. EPISODE SUMMARY In this conversation we discuss: [2:50] Life during the Covid pandemic, home visits. [6:11] Duty vs. Freedom. [10:39] Cultural differences and similarities between Israel, India and the USA. [19:09] Starting out in the USA. [25:07] Building a relationship with...2021-06-241h 16
RemakeSteve Krug: Designing For ClarityTODAY'S GUEST Steve Krug is one of the founding fathers of User Experience and Usability Design, and a bestselling author of two foundational classics in the field: Don’t Make Me Think, his guide to Usability design, with over 600,000 copies in print today, and Rocket Surgery Made Easy, a friendly guide to usability testing. He based his writing on decades spent as usability consultant for a wide variety of clients like Apple, Bloomberg.com, Lexus.com, NPR, and the International Monetary Fund, and continues to consult through his firm, Advanced Common Sense. EPISODE SUMMARY In this...2021-04-291h 00
RemakeHila Lifshitz-Assaf: Open Up to InnovationTODAY’S GUEST Dr. Hila Lifshitz-Assaf is an Associate Professor at NYU Stern. She is also a faculty associate at Harvard’s Lab for Innovation Science. Her work received the prestigious INSPIRE grant from the National Science Foundation, has been recognized to have a strong impact on industry, and has been taught at a variety of institutions around the world including MIT, Harvard, Stanford, Wharton, London Business School, Columbia, and Carnegie Mellon. Hila spent 3 years at NASA, studying their adoption of open innovation processes, which led to many insights and an award...2021-02-041h 36
RemakeJoe Macleod: Designing the EndTODAY’S GUEST Joe Macleod was Global Head of Design for the legendary Design agency and game studio UsTwo, and is a veteran with decades of experience across service, digital and product sectors. In recent years, he became fascinated with the problem of designing good ending experiences and is the founder of what he calls “the worlds first customer ending business.” It’s not what you think - no customers get killed in the process. Instead, Joe is focused on giving customers a positive, meaningful, and socially responsible end of relationship experience. His fi...2021-01-281h 18
RemakeChristopher Holm-Hansen: Can Online Meetings Be More Human?TODAY’S GUEST Christopher Holm-Hansen is a Copenhagen-based product designer and the co-founder of MeetButter, a promising new startup which aims to makes online workshops and meetings more human and delightful. We talk about his journey from training as a civil engineer, through the first product he ever built - a spoon that helps you properly season your food - to his journey through founding 2 previous startups, and a bank’s internal venture group. We explore how seeking a new direction and remaining engaged at the moment that Covid hit gave him and his...2021-01-211h 28
RemakeDave Evans: Design Your Way to a Joyous LifeTODAY’S GUEST Dave Evans worked on the first computer mouse at Apple, founded the Life Design Lab at Stanford alongside Bill Burnett, and is a bestselling author of two books — Design Your Life, and Design Your Work Life. Informed by early tragedy, by his own missteps along the way, and by his contemplative spirituality, he created a transformative Design Thinking process that has helped many thousands of students and adults, at Stanford and around the world, to figure out what they want to do with their "one wild and precious life". In this...2020-12-1751 min
RemakeDonatella Caggiano: Designing a Return HomeTODAY’S GUEST Donatella Caggiano is a Global Creativity Hacker. With her methodology crossing design, storytelling, and strategy, she works at applying creativity to processes of change and transformation for brands, communities and people. She made a crucial decision to leave the high powered Business World of Corporate America in mid-life, return to her home country of Italy, and to do so intentionally, and mindfully. Her new podcast in the making “The Design of Return”, will deal with personal stories of transit as told by the “in-betweeners”. 2020-12-111h 53
RemakeAngel Acosta: Teaching, Healing, and InequalityTODAY’S GUEST For the last decade, Dr. Angel Acosta has worked to bridge the fields of leadership, social justice, and mindfulness. He completed his doctorate at Teachers College, Columbia University. After participating in the Mind and Life Institute’s Academy for Contemplative Leadership, Angel began consulting and developing learning experiences that weave leadership development with conversations about inequality and healing; including as part of the 400 Years of Inequality Project, based at the New School. Angel continues to consult for organizations like the NYC Department of Education, UNICEF, C...2020-12-031h 18
RemakeNick Bhashyam: Can Uber Drivers Regain Autonomy?TODAY’S GUEST Nick was a med student in NYC when I met with him a couple of years ago to start working on a new startup idea of his. Today, he is the Founder & CEO of Hailify, a funded startup which makes the Gomo app - a complete solution for ride-share drivers. Gomo started with a desire to understand Uber and Lyft drivers, their struggles and needs — and the loss of independence that comes from being managed, and sometimes penalized by a piece of software.Today, Gomo allows thousands of drivers to accept rides from...2020-11-2636 min
RemakeDaniel Thorson: Intentional Living in CommunityTODAY’S GUEST Daniel Thorson has been meditating for the last twelve years and has a passion for the intersection of contemplative practice, adult development, trauma healing, and systems design. In previous incarnations, Daniel has organized with Occupy Wall Street, worked at a company called Buddhist Geeks, helped start Boulder Flood Relief, founded a mindfulness education company, launched a new American political party, and spent over 10,000 (awful, wonderful) hours in formal meditation practice. Daniel is also the host of the Emerge podcast, which explores the relationship between inner and outer transformation. ...2020-11-191h 47
Knowledge For MenAccepting the Uncomfortable Truths About Life to Achieve and Succeed at the Highest Levels with Eran DrorIsraeli born journalist, author and designer, Eran Dror has worked at various startups in NYC for nearly 10 years. Eran is the author of “The Book of Hard Truths” a book that brings into the light several hard, uncomfortable and unavoidable facts about life that we must all learn to accept. Eran has recently taken an interest in Buddhist psychology and the ways we can apply it to our own lives to live with more presence.2018-03-1453 min
progress-not-perfection24: Eran Dror | The Book of Hard TruthsEran Dror is an Israeli-born writer, journalist, and designer who spent 9 years in NYC. In his work, he is fascinated by how new ideas and design solutions can transform seemingly insoluble problems.
Eran’s first book, The Book of Hard Truths, is an illustrated guide to the most universally resisted aspects of life.
A long-time Atheist and skeptic, Eran took a course of Buddhist meditating in 2011, and it changed his life. Since then, he became interested in finding other pearls of ancient wisdom and bringing them into the secular world, all while maintaining a scientific mi...2015-05-2532 min