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Dina Lovinsky is a Russian-born, SF-based writer. She is also the ghostwriter of the recent NYT and WSJ bestseller Tony Fadell’s, Build - An Unorthodox Guide to Making Things Worth Making.
This is a fun episode.  
We discuss 
Dina discusses being born in St Petersburg, Russia before moving to the US and growing up in Boston.Being conditioned by her parents with a sense of invincibility. She discusses her parent's experience of being Refusniks in Soviet-period Russia.Her father's experience working for the Mafia.She describes her Star Trek life lesson and developing her superpower to never blame others for how she feels.We discuss how two scientists produced a child with a talent for the arts and English. Dina explains how she developed her love of reading and developing her curiosity.She discusses her school life and not working hard. Dina explains how her path led her to San Francisco to a job in publishing before moving into product management in tech startups. She explains how her focus shifted to writing all content for the companies she worked. We discussed how she developed her copywriting skills.Dina explains her approach to writing, her disorganization, and procrastination.Dina describes her work with Tony Fadell and how she came to ghost-write his book Build, She explains how she and Tony arrived at the structure and wrote the book during the pandemic.Dina describes how people can use the book as a mentor in a box. We discuss the emergence of AI and the impact and threat to writers Dina describes her hopes for the next ten yearsShe answers the quick-fire questionsSocial Links  
Linkedin 
Links 
 Build - An Unorthodox Guide to Making Things Worth Making.
Star Trek   
Refusniks 
Tenth of December George Saunders
Swim In The Pond In The Rain 
Kurt Vonnegut 
Gary Shteyngart
Super Sad True love Story
GPT3
Jasper AI
Severance 
Radio Lab 

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​​Negar Tayyar is a philanthropic refugee rights advocate, life coach, and co-founder and director of the Global Whole Being Fund (GWBF), an international fund supporting the humanitarian and long-term needs of forcibly displaced people. 
We cover a lot in this episode from Negar’s early memories of growing up in Iran, her parents being civil rights activists, which resulted in them fleeing Iran, moving from country to country, and relying on the kindness of strangers before arriving and settling in Germany and the challenges she and her parents experienced in an alien culture. 
Negar discusses in detail the global scale of the refugee response crisis, the vision and mission of GWBF, and how its focus on grassroots ecosystems and holistic approach enables more equitable solutions and empowers displaced people to claim their voice. 
Negar is not only a powerful advocate of the rights and well-being of displaced people, but she is also reframing the narrative and mechanisms of how philanthropic grants work and changing operational control to encourage refugee-led organizations to flourish.  
While our news feed may be filled with stories of despondency and desperation, hearing Negar’s vision and vitality is a timely antidote and much-needed boost of optimism. Please Enjoy. 
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The challenging experience of seeking safety by crossing many borders. Arriving and settling into Germany and witnessing the toll it took on her parents, who shaped her worldview and sense of self. We cover the transitional fabric of German society and the impact of migrants.Her childhood memories and the precious generosity of people.We discuss the work of the Global Whole Being Fund (GWBF), its focus on local ecosystems, and asset-based grant-making. Negar touches on the Ukraine refugee crisis highlighting Choose Love’s Ukraine Campaign supporting people seeking safety. She explains the imperative to prioritize resourcing dignified approaches to support people seeking safety as we face more displacement in the years ahead.  
 
Links in the Show
Global Whole Being Fund
Choose Love  
Resonance Coaching
Mo Gowdat
Fast Forward 
Asylum Seekers Advocacy Project 
MaKenzie Scott
Mans Search For Meaning
Myriad Intimacies Lata Mani
Stewarding The Earth 
 

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Born and raised in Venice Italy, Matteo Vianello is a Creative and Design leader who has led an extraordinary and varied life channeling his curiosity and expressing his rich creative talent in building brands, launching products, and designing high-performing teams, from design companies to global ads agencies to silicon valley start-ups. 
Key discussion points: 
Matteo discusses the impact of growing up surrounded by art in VeniceThe expectations his parents placed on him to be happy     His Father’s impact on his worldview and his creative identity Matteo discusses curiosity and the generative nature of creativity We discuss his traditional early education and his Math focused secondary educationHow he entered graphic design via a connection with David Carson  Matteo discusses his growing interest in graphic design Hustling his way into Fabrica Benettons in-house design agency  The serendipitous experiences resulting from opening all doors Matteo discusses Benetton's creative output under Olivero ToscaniThe changing nature of creativity The strategic competency of design The curse of competency The synergistic impact on inhouse creative departments The need for more design thinking to solve world-scale challengesThe evolution of agencies and agility  His new agency SqueroHis answers to the quick-fire questions Social Links 
Linkedin 
Squero Studio
Instagram 
Art site 
 
Links in show   
Raygun
Wired 
Tadao Ando
Bruno Munari    
Gilla Dorfles  
Minjin Lee Pachinko
Oliviero Toscani
Tony Fadell 
Dina Lovinsky
Build By Tony Fadell -

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Chris Debiec is an award-winning writer/producer/executive with a thirty-plus-year track record of producing film and tv series, working with icons across all aspects of the entertainment industry.
Chris recently moved from LA to Austin, and as a result of a serendipitous connection, we sat down to discuss his insights and experiences across his inspiring career. We cover a lot of ground in this interview. But what stood out to me was the combination of his willingness to take risks, to trust in his instinct, his fastidious attention to detail, a hard work ethic, and his brutal candor. 

Securing a place in Disney’s Management Training program.How his free thinking led to his removal from the program.Chris explains how his brutal candor, combined with his hard work ethic, secured a position in Disney Film and Tape and craft service. The serendipitous encounter with Martin Baker that set his future path through film and TV.Discussing why production is a combination of economics and creativity.The trauma of working on the set of the Crow when Brandon Lee was killed. Chris describes why he left Disney to build a career in Hollywood. Chris explains the work he did working with James and John Cameron on Cameron’s underwater adventure films. We discussed the pivot during Covid when he and John Cameron supplied the film industry with PPE and protocols to enable production to occur.We discuss the importance of curiosity and creativity for producers.Where we will be in 10 years.His principles. His advice to ambitious wannabe producers.Social Links 
Linkedin 
Instagram 
 
Show Links 
Lou Wasserman 
Disney MGM studios
Michael Eisner  
Jim Henson
Screen Actors Guild
James Cameron
Human Health Organization 
Civilized Entertainment

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This week's guest is Michael Plitkins, co-founder and Co-Der of Spatial Inc - the  Immersive Audio start-up that redefines the human experience by creating virtual soundscapes where you work, where you play, and where you stay. 
In this interview, Michael takes us on a serendipitous journey through his life; a life defined by his willingness to embrace challenges, the courage to confront uncertainty, and trust in his ferocious independence. 
We discuss the trajectory of his fascinating career in Software Engineering, his appreciation for, and experience in design, how that opened the doors to his first role as an engineer,  working across some groundbreaking technologies in VR and voice space, at iconic companies from Netscape to Nest. 
At 27 min Michael discusses the genesis of his idea for creating Spatial when he discovered no immersive audio solution existed to deliver the experience he sought.  
Micheal describes how he and his team are breaking down traditional audio barriers, taking audio to a new level, and allowing a community of creators to use Spatial tools to unleash their creative soundscapes as part of their designs, Michael and his team are poised to reimagine immersive audio that will change how we experience community spaces like retail, hospitals, entertainment spaces and even the office. 
Thanks to past guest Walter Werzowa for the recommendation
Now on with the show

His early years and expanding world view from living in the UK and traveling Europe in his youth. The influence of his father and mother The serendipitous impact of discovering the Apple2 computerHaving the confidence to carve his own path without the traditional education trajectoryEarly career path Discovering the need to build immersive audio to scratch his own itch. The commercial applications of SpatialHis quick-fire answers 
Social Links
Spatial Inc
Instagram
Twitter 
Linkedin 
Links in the show
IBM 
Paper Software
Apple II
Netscape 
Tony Fadell
Silicon Graphics
Tell-Me Networks


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This week we have a follow-up to our recent interview with Sana Mustafa. When I interviewed Sana back in November 2021, we could not have imagined the Ukrainian refugee crisis.  So I wanted to hear Sana’s perspective as Director of Partnership and Engagement at Asylum Access, on the mass migration from Ukraine that has resulted from the Russian invasion and to understand the broader impactions on how the world will deal with future mass migrations as climate change forces people North. 
This is a shorter than normal episode but Sana’s insight and experience make this well worth a listen.
Sana's perspective on the crisisThe impact on the host nations The new standard set for welcoming the displacedThe institutional racism and bigotry that exists in the system  

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