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ReeThink - Where Neuroscience and Technology Converge to Rewire Minds, Markets and Human PotentialCan Tech Help Us Focus Again? Opal’s Kenneth Schlenker on Attention, Phones & Mental Health🎙️ Episode 19 - Can Tech Help Us Focus Again? Opal’s Kenneth Schlenker on Attention, Phones & Mental HealthSmartphones and social media have turned into industrial‑grade attention machines, and most of us never got the manual. In this episode of the ReeThink Podcast, Rudi Adigbli sits down with Opal founder and CEO Kenneth Schlenker to explore how the attention economy, persuasive design and constant connectivity are reshaping our focus, productivity and mental health.Kenneth shares his journey from a calm childhood in the Alps to working at Google, where he saw how power...
2026-02-231h 12ReeThink - Where Neuroscience and Technology Converge to Rewire Minds, Markets and Human PotentialBloom’s Taxonomy, AI Pressure & Flow: Training the Brain Beyond Algorithms🎙️ Episode 18 - Bloom’s Taxonomy, AI Pressure & Flow: Training the Brain Beyond AlgorithmsIn this episode, Rudi Adigbli builds on Episode 17 to ask: what thinking still matters in the age of AI? Mapping Bloom’s Taxonomy, from Remember to Create, onto Large Language Models, he explores AI research showing that while algorithms excel at analysis, they often fail at complex, multi-step creative work requiring executive function and judgment.Rudi connects this to flow state neuroscience, citing Steven Kotler and Dr. Michael Mannino. While flow, trauma, and psychedelics all drive plasticity, only flow encodes "learned p...
2026-02-1637 minReeThink - Where Neuroscience and Technology Converge to Rewire Minds, Markets and Human PotentialAI, Brain Plasticity & The Moving Mind: How to Rewire Your Life in the Age of Algorithms🎙️ Episode 17 - AI, Brain Plasticity & The Moving Mind: How to Rewire Your Life in the Age of AlgorithmsIn this solo deep dive, host Rudi Adigbli distills the most important lessons from the first 16 episodes of ReeThink Podcast. This episode is your guided tour through AI, brain plasticity, movement, music, the vagus nerve, and team synchrony, and how to turn them into a practical “mental gym” for modern life.Rudi explores why AI is a net positive “pressure cooker” for society, exposing broken systems like education and attention economics while creating new space for...
2026-02-0936 minReeThink - Where Neuroscience and Technology Converge to Rewire Minds, Markets and Human PotentialThe Biological Highway: Why Movement is the Ultimate Brain Hack with Max Taubenheim🎙️ Episode 16 - The Biological Highway: Why Movement is the Ultimate Brain Hack with Max Taubenheim, Movement ExpertMost people treat the gym as a way to change their appearance. But what if your movement practice was actually a high-precision tool for neuromodulation and cognitive performance?In our first-ever in-person episode, host Rudi Adigbli sits down with Zurich-based movement coach Max Taubenheim. From his early days as a professional ballet dancer in Germany’s elite Palucca School to mastering strength coaching under Paul Chek’s principles, Max has d...
2026-02-021h 18ReeThink - Where Neuroscience and Technology Converge to Rewire Minds, Markets and Human PotentialNeuroWell: How Brain Science Can Fix a Broken Education System with Lisa A. Riegel🎙️ Episode 15 - NeuroWell: How Brain Science Can Fix a Broken Education System with Lisa A. RiegelIn this episode of the ReeThink Podcast, we explore how neuroscience, executive function, and learning science can transform education at a moment when AI is reshaping how humans learn, think, and work.Host Rudi Adigbli sits down with Lisa A. Riegel, PhD, educator, leadership coach, and author of NeuroWell and Aspirations to Operations, to unpack why modern education is failing human biology, and how a brain-based approach ca...
2026-01-261h 20ReeThink - Where Neuroscience and Technology Converge to Rewire Minds, Markets and Human PotentialAI & Team Flow: How Neural Synchrony Unlocks Peak Performance with Michael Mannino & Erwin Valencia🎙️ Episode 14 - AI & Team Flow: How Neural Synchrony Unlocks Peak Performance with Michael Mannino & Erwin Valencia (Syneurgy)Can AI measure the "vibe" of your team? In an age of distraction and looming AI competition, the ultimate competitive advantage isn't just individual skill, it’s Team Flow. Join host Rudi Adigbli and the founders of Synergy, Michael Mannino and Erwin Valencia, to explore the neurobiology of high-performing teams.Discover how Interpersonal Synchrony, the alignment of brain waves and heart rates, predicts optimal collaboration and tru...
2026-01-191h 11ReeThink - Where Neuroscience and Technology Converge to Rewire Minds, Markets and Human PotentialHow Sound, Music & Frequency Rewire the Brain (Neuroplasticity Explained) with Alex Doman🎙️ Episode 13 - Sound, Music, and Frequency as a Neuroplasticity Tool with Alex DomanIn this episode, we explore how frequency, entrainment, and neuro-responsive music reshape cognition, stress regulation, sleep, and human performance.From the ReeThink Podcast - Where Neuroscience and Technology Converge to Rewire Minds, Markets, and Human PotentialHost Rudi Adigbli sits down with Alex Doman, founder of Vital Neuro and Advanced Brain Technologies (the App Sleep Genius), to unpack the Doman family’s 80-year legacy in applied neuroplasticity and why sound may be one of...
2026-01-1249 minReeThink - Where Neuroscience and Technology Converge to Rewire Minds, Markets and Human PotentialThis Surgery Side Effect Raises Dementia Risk 1400% with John (PIPRA)🎙️ Episode 12 - AI vs. Delirium: Saving Brains & Billions in Healthcare with John Klepper (PIPRA)In this episode of the ReeThink Podcast, host Rudi Adigbli speaks with John Klepper, co-founder of PIPRA, about how AI in healthcare is being used to predict delirium before surgery, saving hospitals millions and protecting long-term brain health.You’ll learn why delirium affects 1 in 4 patients over 60, how a single episode can increase dementia risk by 1400%, and why this “silent epidemic” costs more than diabetes in the US healthcare...
2025-12-1557 minReeThink - Where Neuroscience and Technology Converge to Rewire Minds, Markets and Human PotentialVR & AI for Mental Health: Rewiring Trauma & Finding Flow with Nanea Reeves (TRIPP)🎙️ Episode 11 - VR & AI for Mental Health: Rewiring Trauma & Finding Flow with Nanea Reeves (TRIPP)What happens when a pioneer from the video game industry realizes that the same technology used to generate fear could be used to generate peace?In this essential episode, host Rudi Adigbli speaks with Nanea Reeves, CEO of the immersive mental wellness company TRIPP. Nanea shares her powerful journey, tracing her path from being an early investor in Oculus to founding a company that fuses gaming, neuroscience, and AI to give users agency over how t...
2025-12-081h 18ReeThink - Where Neuroscience and Technology Converge to Rewire Minds, Markets and Human PotentialVR, AI, and the Battle for Attention: Healing Trauma with Skip Rizzo PhD, USC🎙️ Episode 10 - The Clinical Reality: VR, AI, and the Future of Mental Health (with Skip Rizzo, PhD, USC Institute for Creative Technologies)What happens when a clinical psychologist decides to use a Nintendo Game Boy and SimCity for brain injury rehabilitation?In this essential episode, host Rudi Adigbli speaks with pioneer Dr. Skip Rizzo, Director of the Medical VR Lab at USC’s Institute for Creative Technologies. Dr. Rizzo shares his unplanned, decades-long journey leading the field of Virtual Reality (VR) in healthcare, from the early days of primiti...
2025-12-0159 minReeThink - Where Neuroscience and Technology Converge to Rewire Minds, Markets and Human PotentialDigital Therapeutics: The Future of Mental Health with Hannes, CEO of HelloBetter🎙️ Episode 9 - Digital Therapeutics: The Future of Mental Health with Hannes, CEO of HelloBetterHow does a digital mental health program prove it works and get covered by national healthcare systems?In this crucial episode, host Rudi Adigbli speaks with Hannes, CEO and co-founder of HelloBetter, a leading European digital therapeutics company. Hannes shares his journey from EdTech to MedTech and breaks down the rigorous process of securing government reimbursement for mental health apps.We dive deep into the unique DTx business model, the challenge of in...
2025-11-2447 minReeThink - Where Neuroscience and Technology Converge to Rewire Minds, Markets and Human PotentialThe Race to End Cognitive Decline with Mai Nguyen, PhD, CEO of OptoCeutics🎙️ Episode 8 - Neuroendocrinology, Gamma Waves, and the Race to End Cognitive Decline with Mai Nguyen, PhD, CEO of OptoCeuticsThe brain is the least understood organ, yet its health determines our longevity and potential.In this deep-dive episode, host Rudi Adigbli speaks with Dr. Mai Nguyen, CEO and co-founder of OptoCeutics, who holds a PhD in Neuroendocrinology. Dr. Nguyen shares her unique journey as a scientist and minority founder operating at the intersection of light technology, neuroscience, and NeuroTech.We dissect the fundamental mechanism of brain aging and the revolutionary appro...
2025-11-171h 03ReeThink - Where Neuroscience and Technology Converge to Rewire Minds, Markets and Human PotentialThe Science of Learning: Mastering the Holy Grail of Transfer and AI with Prof. Dr. Manu Kapur🎙️ Episode 7 - The Science of Learning: Productive Failure, AI, and Mastering the Holy Grail of Transfer with Prof. Dr. Manu KapurWhy do we cram for an exam only to forget everything a week later? And why is applying knowledge in a new context - transfer - so incredibly difficult?In this essential episode, host Rudi Adigbli speaks with Professor Manu Kapur (Learning Sciences & Higher Education at ETH Zurich), who shares two decades of research and his groundbreaking learning model: Productive Failure.We break...
2025-11-1044 minReeThink - Where Neuroscience and Technology Converge to Rewire Minds, Markets and Human PotentialTrauma and Relationships and their connection to mental health with Chris McLaren🎙️ Episode 6 — Trauma and Relationships and their connection to mental health with Chris McLarenIn this incredibly vulnerable and essential episode of the ReeThink Podcast, host Rudi Adigbli speaks with his friend and guest, Chris McLaren, about his personal journey to overcome Adverse Childhood Events (ACEs) and find sustainable mental health. Chris, a PhD in mechanical engineering and neurofeedback trainer, tried everything from talk therapy and psychedelics to hyperbaric chambers and ancient traditions.This episode delves into the scientific and personal truth that unresolved trauma is stored...
2025-11-031h 05ReeThink - Where Neuroscience and Technology Converge to Rewire Minds, Markets and Human PotentialFrom Migraine to Millions: Vagus Nerve Stimulation, Wearables, and the Future of Recovery🎙️ Episode 5 — From Migraine to Millions: Vagus Nerve Stimulation, Wearables, and the Future of Recovery (with Vitalijus of Pulsetto)What's the hidden key to success in our chronically stressed world? It's not stress avoidance, it's stress resilience.In this high-energy episode of the ReeThink Podcast, I sit down with my guest, Vitalijus, the founder of Pulsetto, a wearable company that creates a non-invasive device for Vagus Nerve Stimulation (VNS). Vitalijus shares his compelling journey, rooted in a personal crisis, and reveals how they built a company...
2025-10-271h 00ReeThink - Where Neuroscience and Technology Converge to Rewire Minds, Markets and Human PotentialHow VR Rebuilds Executive Function Weakened by Digital Life with Virtuleap's Amir Bozorgzadeh🎙️ Episode 4 - The Digital Dilemma: VR and the Battle for Your Attention Span (with Virtuleap Leap's Amir Bozorgzadeh)In this special episode, host Rudi Adigbli sits down with his first guest, Amir Bozorgzadeh, founder of Virtuleap, a company using VR at the intersection of neuroscience and technology. Amir shares his journey from market researcher to founder and dives deep into the high stakes of the digital world.We confront the "perfect storm" facing human potential: social media algorithms designed to diminish our sustained attention (l...
2025-10-201h 05ReeThink - Where Neuroscience and Technology Converge to Rewire Minds, Markets and Human PotentialPathways to Commercialization: How Neurotech Ventures Go from Lab to Market🎙️ Episode 3 — Pathways to Commercialization: How Neurotech Ventures Go from Lab to MarketFrom brain interfaces to meditation headbands, how does groundbreaking science in neurotech go from a research lab to a billion-dollar company?In this essential episode of the ReeThink Podcast, we drill down into the strategies, markets, and funding pathways necessary to successfully commercialize a neurotechnology venture. We define the multi-trillion-dollar market opportunity and dissect the critical decision points faced by founders, investors, and scientists in this rapidly evolving field.We’ll Cover:The Mar...
2025-10-131h 02ReeThink - Where Neuroscience and Technology Converge to Rewire Minds, Markets and Human PotentialDopamine and Flow: How They Connect🎙️ Episode 2 — ReeThink: Dopamine and Flow: How They ConnectWhat if the same brain chemical that fuels your scrolling addiction could also unlock endless focus, accelerate mastery, and even help to heal trauma? In this episode of ReeThink, we dive deep into the fascinating connection between dopamine and flow, and why this matters for the future of human performance, mental health, and technology.We’ll explore how dopamine, often misunderstood, is our brain’s central reward currency, and why the way we earn it is everything. We uncover the difference between "shallow dop...
2025-10-061h 06ReeThink - Where Neuroscience and Technology Converge to Rewire Minds, Markets and Human PotentialThe USD 1 Trillion Opportunity Hidden in Plain SightIn this powerful debut of ReeThink, host Rudi Adigbli, has a tech and corporate finance background, not a PhD in neuroscience, reveals the story that ignited his mission: a shocking observation in the Swiss mountains. A digital detox trip with his son exposed how deeply our digital devices are rewiring the brains of our youth. The experience sparked a journey into the convergence of neuroscience and technology, uncovering a cascade of global decline in attention, mental health, cognitive function, and productivity, with statistics showing alarming increases in depression, anxiety, and self-harm among young people since the smartphone's...
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Digital Heroes LiveEpisode 002 - Ist die Welt derzeit etwas verrückt oder macht sie uns verrückt?Rudi Adigbli und Roger sprechen über die derzeitige Situation und auch, wie Marketing Automation den Unternehmen helfen kann gerade in Zeiten wie diesen. Dabei waren wir auch was Rudi im Training mit NLP gelernt hat und warum es mehr Selbstverantwortung braucht.
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