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All Time HighChristiane Senra and the Lenses of AestheticsChristiane Senra is an architect, philosophy teacher and artist who uses paintings to sew views of the world
In this episode we talk about beauty, time and scarcity.
I really enjoyed talking to Chris and I hope you will enjoy the conversation too.
Key take aways
The world is a process. We cannot access everything. It is always a point of view
The illusion of scarcity is brought by utilitarism. We are more than probabilities. If we use just technicism, then we are just robots.
We are loosing sensitivity and loosing collective...2022-01-0554 minAll Time HighMark Hsieh and the Electronics Power HouseMark Hsieh is a scientist with broad interests and the owner of Synmax fine chemicals, a Taiwanese company that produces intermediaries for pharma and food industry
In this episode we talk about the new cold war and how to make a country better
I really enjoyed talking to Mark and I hope you will enjoy the conversation too.
Key take aways
The world is getting more considered, respectful and more diverse. We are embracing difference. But the world is not distilling everything and is getting more chaotic.
The same people that signed...2022-01-0549 min
All Time HighVenkat Shridhar and the end of hungerVenkat Shridhar is a Wharton Business School graduate who left the tech industry to become the CEO of Akshaya Patra - The Largest Mid-Day Meal Programme in the world, feeding 1,8 million children everyday.
In this episode we talk about things that people need and greed, the challenges of ground level implementation at scale and how to bring business and compassion together.
I really enjoyed talking to Shridhar and I hope you will enjoy the conversation too.
Key take aways
Basic problems, like hunger, have to be solved at scale. It takes 4,5 generations...2022-01-0246 minAll Time HighRobert Swap and the Quiet RevolutionRobert Swap is an Environmental Scientist who has practiced science diplomacy to execute projects with the University of Virginia and NASA in Latin America and Africa.
In this episode we talk about the difference between being connected versus being distracted, how putting people first leads to more resilient products and how to build authentic relationships.
I really enjoyed talking to Bob and I hope you will enjoy the conversation too.
Key take aways
We are putting too much faith in technology. We are connected, but we are not present in the moment. Take the time to ask people how they...2021-12-2342 minAll Time HighLuiz Mello and Education through RelationshipsLuiz Mello is an educational leader teaching science at International Schools and helping students learning how to learn
In this episode we talk about the growing importance of relationships and empathy in education and removing barriers for learning in schools
I really enjoyed talking to Luiz and I hope you will enjoy the conversation too
Key take aways
Places that I lived while teaching at international schools were not always nice. We were in Egypt just 1 year after the Arabian spring. But people in theses places made it worth
I can see...2021-12-2349 minAll Time HighLuz Claudio and Science InclusivenessDr. Luz Claudio is a physician and professor of environmental and public health at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York. Besides her research, she runs a program to train and include young minority scientists from around the world
In this episode we talk about the magnitude of the changes in the world in our lifetime, Instincts versus reasoning and how to define our universe of influence to make the world a better place
I really enjoyed talking to Luz and I hope you will enjoy the conversation too.
Key take...2021-12-2142 minAll Time HighJames O'Shea and the Complexity of JournalismJames O'Shea is a journalist who worked as editor for the Chicago Tribune and the Los Angeles Times for many years before becoming independent and a big supporter of local media.
In this episode we talk about reporting and bad reporting, news and bad news.
I really enjoyed talking to Jim and I hope you will enjoy the conversation too.
Key take aways
The challenge of communication is linked to the technological advances: Everybody can and wants to communicate. But Who should I believe?
Large organizations that dominated media had their faults...2021-12-2059 minAll Time HighFabio Scarano and modeling desirable futuresFabio Scarano is full professor of Ecology at Rio de Janeiro University, was director of Conservation International for Americas for several years and had an appointment at IPCC. He is also author of the awarded book 'Atlantic Forest, a story of the future'
In this episode we talk about climate modeling and the conclusions of IPCC reports, how we lost belief in desirable futures and priority actions to achieve sustainable development goals
I really enjoyed talking to Fabio and I hope you will enjoy the conversation too.
Key take aways
Three things d...2021-12-1952 min
All Time HighAmy Digi and the lessons of artAmy Digi is a New York artist drawing and painting the world around her
In this episode we talk about how art transcend language, how painting can improve mental health (and make you a better person) and the important of consistency to accomplish things
I really enjoyed talking to Amy and I hope you will enjoy the conversation too
Key take aways
Art is visual and needs no communication
Adults are allowed to play
Art is an introspective activity. Is mental health. If my hands are moving, I have a time out...2021-12-1752 minAll Time HighThiago Alvarez and finance innovation to fight inequalityThiago Alvares is a fintech entrepreneur. He created Guia Bolso, an ecosystem disruptive startup that lead to the adoption of Open Banking in Brazil
In this episode we talk about decentralizing information, how to reduce inequality through entrepreneurship and the role of regulators to foster innovation.
I really enjoyed talking to Thiago and I hope you will enjoy the conversation too.
Key take aways
Some places, like São Paulo in Brazil, are black holes attracting everything and everyone there. They prevent other cities to develop. It's not a virtue circle.
There i...2021-12-1638 minAll Time HighMilton Moraes and the end of LeprosyMilton Moraes is an associated researcher at Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, a world-class research institution on tropical diseases in Brazil, where he leads the Leprosy laboratory
In this episode we talk about building a top researcher career in a developing country, translational research and how to end neglected diseases such as leprosy.
I really enjoyed talking to Milton and I hope you will enjoy the conversation too.
Key take aways
Went from intern to head of the laboratory doing translational research on leprosy, that aims to go from the understanding of the molecular...2021-12-1455 minAll Time HighTeddy Totimeh and the leadership within (the brain)Teddy Totimeh is a neurosurgeon at University of Ghana Medical Center
In this episode we talk about the need to be global in a scientific career, how hard is to conceptualize rationally what is the brain and its power and our responsibility to use its full capacity to make the world a better place.
I really enjoyed talking to Teddy and I hope you will enjoy the conversation too
Key take aways
Books help develop a global outlook from primary school even if in Ghana
every generation will have their challenges but...2021-12-1450 minAll Time HighPuruesh Chaudhary and our inner and outter futuresPuruesh Chaudhary is a futurist who studies trends and creates alternative scenarios for the future to drive change in the present
In this episode we talk about how biases limits our ability to anticipate the future, how feelings, not data, can impact our positivity and about structured and abstract ways of looking into the future.
I really enjoyed talking to Puruesh and I hope you will enjoy the conversation too.
Key take aways
It takes courage to be optimistic.
When one has to make a decision, one will cherry pick the data...2021-12-0148 minAll Time HighCiccio Panza and the recipe for joyFrancesco Panza is a partner and PR at the 'A Mi Manera' restaurant in Ibiza, where he serves people with great food and happiness
In this episode we talk about what is quality of life, the challenge of feeling accomplished in a globalized world and how the right expectation is the key to happiness.
I really enjoyed talking to Ciccio and I hope you will enjoy the conversation too.
Key take aways
In Ibiza you travel while standing still, because all the world passes by here
When you wake up where you...2021-11-3033 minAll Time HighMariana Calenda and food for the brainMariana Calenda is a biochemist and a biotechnologist that left the Pharma industry to dedicate herself to the most noble of the causes: to release the brain from the slavery of malnutrition.
In this episode we talk about oOpting to live in the challenging country where we were born, how algorithms are killing creativity and how to unlock the power of our brains.
I really enjoyed talking to Mariana and I hope you will enjoy the conversation too
Key take aways
I choose to live in a challenging environment of argentina because o...2021-11-3036 minAll Time HighDina Sherif and innovation that is inclusiveDina Sherif is Executive Director at Legatum Center for Development and Entrepreneurship at MIT. Having grown up in the United States and Egypt, she wants to educate innovators differently so they start think about the inclusive commercialization from the beginning of the development of their products.
In this episode we talk about the dilemmas of individuals and the collective interests, how VCs are stuck in a money-in-money-out paradigm and the need to incentivize businesses that are inclusive.
I really enjoyed talking to Dina and I hope you will enjoy the conversation too
Key...2021-11-1944 minAll Time HighMark Searle and the teaching of entrepreneurshipMark Searle became an entrepreneurship professor at UC Berkeley after a short career as a professional athlete, interrupted by multiple injuries, and many experiences building and leading companies.
In this episode we talk about the similarities in the challenges of being an elite athlete and an entrepreneur, how to teach entrepreneurs to create value and not just to getting rich and how to build ecosystems that promote entrepreneurship around the world.
I really enjoyed talking to Mark and I hope you will enjoy the conversation too.
Key take aways
Competition, team work...2021-11-1848 minAll Time HighAnu Passi-Rauste and the future-proof skillsAnu Passi-Rauste is an educator, a tech innovator and, in her words, an advocate for Finland's educational system. She is director of business development at HeadAI, a company developing AI for talent growth and learning to build a sustainable future ecosystem for skills and work.
In this episode we talk about being the happiest people in the world, education as a distributed network and how algorithms can help us decide what to learn next.
I really enjoyed talking to Anu and I hope you will enjoy the conversation too.
Key take aways
...2021-11-1543 minAll Time HighCarina Szpilka and the dilemma of a tech VCCarina Szpilka is a VC investor in digital technologies in Spain. After many years as CEO in a finance corporation, she joined K fund to help startups change the markets in which they operate and improve the life of people that consume their products.
In this episode we talk about the confusion between empowerment and entitlement, the dilema between the need to further digitize business while allowing individuals to disconnect and the importance of switching from to short to long time preference
I really enjoyed talking to Carina and I hope you will enjoy the...2021-11-1339 minAll Time HighEveline Hailer and the art of communicationEveline Hailer is an artist who soon in her career turned to tech. After many years at Microsoft, today she helps businesses to better communicate and achieve their goals.
In this episode we talk about how fear grows in some cultures more than in others, the role of technology as an enabler of creativity and the importance of listening to your audience to negotiate deals.
I really enjoyed talking to Eveline and I hope you will enjoy the conversation too
Key take aways
Munich and Istambul are very different, but great cities...2021-11-0944 minAll Time HighPedro Moneo and the hybrid futurePedro Moneo is an innovation engineer. He is the founder and CEO of Opinno, a consulting company that helps clients to execute open innovation and prepare to remain competitive in the future.
In this episode we talk about the conflict between dynamism and sustainability, the construction of a platform for human survival and the importance of an organization's size to support long term thinking.
I really enjoyed talking to Pedro and I hope you will enjoy the conversation too.
Key take aways
Doesn’t matter if you are a governor, CEO or a...2021-11-0856 minAll Time HighCecilia Silvestri and the concept of GLocalCeci Silvestri is a marine biologist and policy advisor for the Italian ministry of the environment. She has extensive experience in negotiating and implementing international pollution monitoring and control programs across the Mediterranean sea, including the sensitive topics of fisheries and marine litter.
In this episode we talk about global and local perspectives while evaluating the state of the world, alarmism as a strategy to sensibilize population about the environment and the paradox of high standards to improve environmental quality
I really enjoyed talking to Ceci and I hope you will enjoy the conversation too
Key take aways
Working with...2021-11-0346 minAll Time HighShona McCarthy and the transformational power of artsShona McCarthy is an artist from Northern Ireland and the CEO of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society, the greatest open access arts festival in the world. She sits on the board of several cultural centers and events, following her vocation to lead and develop projects through internationally engaged cultural practice.
In this episode we talk about the challenge of increasing inequality in a fast moving world and the transformational power of arts
I really enjoyed talking to Shona and I hope you will enjoy the conversation too
Key take aways
Inequity is...2021-11-0225 minAll Time HighWil McLellan and the E.A.R.T.H. projectWil McLellan is an innovator and an outdoors man who chose New Zeland to live. He helped develop EPIC that stands for the Enterprise Precinct and Innovation Campus to bring together startups that were displaced after the crippling 2011 earthquake in Christchurch.
In this episode we talk about...
choosing where you want to live
metrics to evaluate the state of the world and
how to connect stakeholders to ideate, develop, scale and distribute solutions globally
I really enjoyed talking to Wil and I hope you will enjoy the conversation too
Key take aways
Don't live waiting for 2 weeks of vacation a y...2021-10-3029 minAll Time HighRickard Damm and empowerment through connectivityRickard Damm is an innovator who worked on conceptualizing, launching and scaling new products in different digital domains. He loves to to work with cutting edge technologies, build disrupting business models and new value propositions. Today he is Vice President at Deutsche Telekom.
In this episode we talk about...
the productive conflict of optimists and pessimists inside corporations,
the tyranny of minorities in media cycles and
the role of innovation in keeping capitalism in check
I really enjoyed talking to Rickard and I hope you will enjoy the conversation too
Key take aways2021-10-2145 min
All Time HighWael Attili and the challenge of 'remeaningness'Wael Attili is a content creator and entrepreneur. His entertainment company, Kharabeesh started producing animations for the Arab World and evolved into a content network for celebration of talent in the Middle East.
In this episode we talk about the challenge of rebuilding self-confidence pos-pandemic, the importance of trust to fight polarization and the quest for meaning in a highly technological world.
Key take aways
Not better or worst, the world is getting more complicated, because things change too fast.
Lack of trust is the base for polarization. We need to build trust to...2021-10-1543 min