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Make Change StudioS02 E04: Make Change with Navid Nathoo"World is changing exponentially and the new knowledge is being created every single day, we need a system that understands this. TKS is extremely dynamic. We have a constantly changing system in process where kids can learn about what is happening RIGHT NOW...."
Today we are joined by Navid Nathoo who is the founder of TKS, short for The Knowledge Society. Not so long ago Navid gave this fantastic TED talk on “Are we Making the Most of Human Potential?” Do listen to it when you have some time.
Through TKS, Navid is on a miss...
2021-05-2536 min
Make Change StudioS02 E03: Make Change with Maryam MobiniMaryam Mobini is a Behavioural Therapist and the Founder and CEO of to:Resonate, which is an evidence-based personalized immersive sound experience designed to reduce anxiety, negative thoughts, and physical pain effortlessly within 5 minutes. She is a graduate from the School of Interactive Arts and Technology and hosts the Vancouver Start-up Show. Maryam is a lifetime advocate for mental health and emotional well being and is a certified coach for Tiny Habits.
2021-05-2058 min
Make Change StudioS02 E02: Make Change Studio with Trendi“Get comfortable being wrong and making uncomfortable choices, because that is going to happen a lot…follow your intuition”
These are not my words, it’s Craig McIntosh and Carissa Campeotto from Trendi. My name is Naghmi and today I am joined by two fabulous entrepreneurs who are on a mission to rescue food waste. They started Trendi almost at the very start of the Pandemic last year and have been successful in raising 2.25 million funding. Let’s listen to them and know more about their process.
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Trendi develops robotic and product solutions for the fo...
2021-05-1151 min
Make Change StudioS02 E01: Make Change with Jesika, Sophia, Caleigh and DanakinNew semester.... new season... extra fun episodes ;)
My guests today are four fantastic Make Change students, who took some serious time out to talk about their experience and some of the projects they did at Make Change.
Jesika Kula is a final year SIAT student, who also happens to be the Communication Champion at Charles Chang's Institute. Listen to her conversation about the children's book Jordan and the Magic Cape, which by the way can be downloaded for free from SFU Library.
Sophia Nguyễn is a third year business student wh...
2021-05-1150 min
Make Change StudioEpisode 08: Make Change Studio with David BlandMy guest today is David Bland. David is an author, a founder, a researcher and a leader. In 2015, he founded Precoil to help companies find product-market fit using lean startup, design thinking and business model innovation.
David has helped hundreds of teams test new products and businesses at companies such as General Electric, Toyota, Adobe, HP, Behr and more.
David is the co-author of Testing Business Ideas, a business book with Alexander Osterwalder.
Prior to advising, David spent over 10 years of his career scaling technology startups. He continues to give back to the...
2021-04-1435 min
Make Change StudioEpisode 07: Make Change Studio with Lynn and Matt WarburtonMy guest today is a couple. Lynn Warburton and Matt Warburton.
They are the co-founders at Emdoubleyu Communications + Design, a Vancouver-based design consultancy firm.
At Emdoubleyu, Matt works as the principle designer and Lynn is the managing partner.
Alongside Emdoubleyu, Matt manages a design team at UBC that looks after the university branding and marketing. Matt is also a part-time instructor at Emily Carr University and BCIT, where he teaches a course called Design Essentials. He is an active member of GDC - an association of Graphic Designers and chairs the national...
2021-03-181h 10
Make Change StudioEpisode 06: Make Change Studio with John BondocMy question today is how do designers survive in an industry environment, where there is often very little time to stop and take a breadth? In such a fast paced setting, how do we expect designers to not only just survive but innovate?
To answer this question, my guest today is John Bondoc. John has a double bachelors, one in Psychology from UBC and the other in Product Design from an arts school in California. He finished his masters in Digital Media from CDM, which is run in collaboration between UBC, SFU and Emily Carr University.
2021-03-031h 02
Make Change StudioEpisode 05: Make Change Studio with Asad AftabMy question today is how do we know exactly what our passion is? How to detach ourselves from an idea in pursuit to discover our vision? How do we know its time to pivot? Is your passion more important or your idea? Are they the same thing?
To answer these and many more questions, my guest today is Asad Aftab. Asad is a graduate from the University of Warwick, who started his entrepreneurial journey at the age of 18, long before he even knew his passion was to study the business sides of things. Mistaken to believe he...
2021-02-1948 min
Make Change StudioEpisode 04: Make Change Studio with Iman ShoaibMy question today is how do we start small and slow. How can we be consistent in our efforts to improve our products, services or whatever that we offer through our venture, to achieve the desired results. I always wanted to have a conversation with a person, who knowing that we are in a pandemic situation worldwide, steps into the unknown realms of starting a venture and making it a success.
To explore our question further our guest today is Iman Shoaib, who is a research scientist by education with a background in Biotechnology. During her education...
2021-02-0930 min
Make Change StudioEpisode 03: Make Change Studio with Samarth and YasaminWe have two guests today, Samarth Singhal and Yasamin Hashmet. Both of them are the graduates from SIAT, SFU.
Samarth is currently a senior design researcher at Unity, which is a real time development platform for 2D, 3D, and virtual environments, such as AR and VR. Having a Masters in human-computer interaction from SIAT, Samarth got a chance to work with big tech names such as North, which is acquired by Google, Microsoft Research, Samsung, and Curatio. Samarth’s research interests lie at the intersection of human-computer interaction, ubiquitous and wearable computing, and 3D systems. In his cu...
2021-02-0249 min
Make Change StudioEpisode 02 - Make Change Studio with Rachael MillerToday’s guest is Rachael Miller who wears many hats. She is an Adventurer, a Researcher, Oceanographer and Anthropologist. Rachael Zoe Miller is an expedition scientist, inventor and National Geographic Explorer. She also happens to be a successful entrepreneur.
She is the co-founder of the Rozalia Project for a Clean Ocean and co-inventor of the Cora Ball, the world’s first microfibre-catching laundry ball. She is focused on protecting the ocean, specifically addressing the problem of marine debris through cleanup, prevention through education, embracing innovation and technology, and solutions-based research in urban and coastal waters from surface to s...
2021-01-261h 28
Make Change StudioEpisode 01: Make Change Studio With Drummond LawsonThis episode is a part of the Make Change Studio Podcast Series. Today’s guest is Drummond Lawson, who is the Chief of Staff and the Director of Sustainability at Arc’teryx.
Drummond has a bachelors in Chemistry and Environmental Sciences from the University of Calgary. He has a masters in Environmental Chemistry and another masters in Business in Sustainability from University of Cambridge.
Drummond has worked with Cradle to Cradle, which is a product innovation institute that supports innovation for circular economy through products that have positive impacts on people and planet. Drummond has serv...
2021-01-1839 min