Digital Dreams

Today my guest is Samuel Nicholls who is a Diplomat working at the UK Foreign Office. He also co-founded and run a social enterprise called TipStart. His mission is to harness the motivation and social responsibility of graduates to disrupt privilege in employment. TipStart is a for-profit social enterprise that uses a digital platform to connect graduates from disadvantaged backgrounds with firms struggling to recruit diverse talent. Through these connections, the graduates improve their awareness of the sector they want to work in, increase the size of their professional network and increase their personal confidence. The firms involved are able to build a new diverse recruitment pipeline as well as offering a compelling learning and development opportunity to their staff. Check TipStart webpage : https://www.tipstart.org/ Books discussed in the episode: 1. The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead : https://amzn.to/3i4WtAg 2. Americana: A 400-Year History of American Capitalism by Bhu Srinivasan : https://amzn.to/3vDyufc Enjoy the episode !

Mr Rael Bicker deliver custom designed keynotes, workshops, mentoring and coaching that all fall under the umbrella of “Business Excellence”. We all recognize that perfection is not possible, and that excellence is being the best we can be with the resources we have. Rael works with people who are passionate about being on the journey toward achieving the best level of business excellence that they can. He can draw my inspiration and content from many sources and develop and deliver keynotes, workshops, mentoring and coaching that is uniquely customised to every audience and client. My Experience: From being 6000ft underground in a mine, to starting an education business (that grew to have 4000 plus students) to spending years working in venture capital, he have has seen it all. He have listed companies on multiple international stock exchanges, and his financial services group has settled more than $3bn in loans over 19 years. He have a diverse work history combined with unique global research interviews with companies in more than 25 countries. Taking this knowledge and experience makes me perfect to advise people on growing and achieving excellence. My Background: Rael hold two Masters degrees; an MBA and MSc (Engineering) and am currently a Fellow of the MFAA (Mortgage and Finance Association of Australia), a Certified Speaking Professional (CSP) (Professional Speakers Australia) and a Member of AICD (Australian Institute of Company Directors). Additionally, I am the first inspirationalist in Australia with Integrus Global and a Mentor with both Mentored With Mark Bouris and Mastermind.space Rale's Book : Dive In – Lessons Learnt since business School This book, published in May 2018, was intended to be a guide for people to take my experiences and be able to put the lessons into practice. As the blurb says: “Business does not have to be complicated. Business can be simple. Take a breath, dive in, and adjust the course while you are moving. This book looks at 30+ years of work and business on two continents through startups to listed companies. It is a collection of business principles that underline the idea of sometimes just taking a leap of faith and Diving In is all you need to succeed” (a free copy – www.raelbricker.com/freebook) Professional Speaking website : www.raelbricker.com Podcast Website : www.excellencepodcast.com For the latest video links : https://bit.ly/3fIpbmw LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rael-bricker/ Enjoy, learn and listen !

“If music be the food of love, play on.” – William Shakespeare Today I am hosting Mark Deeks who is the best selling author of “NOT Another Piano Book: How Everything That Stopped You Playing Like a Piano Legend So Far… Shouldn't!” He has spent more than 20 years working as a musical director, pianist, arranger and teacher, and has built a really diverse group of musicians as a client base. From artists such as Faye Tozer of Steps to black metal bands Winterfylleth (a band Mark ended up joining!) and Drudkh. He has given Lenny Henry piano lessons, and written versions of songs by metal stars Sonata Arctica for symphony orchestra and choir. Mark's extensive work as a musical director has included everything from choirs for the BBC, Magic Radio, and his own Sing United, to music theatre shows such as West Side Story and The Sound of Music. He has conducted the Royal Northern Sinfonia and written string parts for Japanese post rock legends Mono. He has previous clients around the world including France, Canada, Finland and Holland, and has even co-written and toured a comedy musical with the BBC's Alfie Joey Link to Mark's website : https://markdeeksmusic.com/who-is-mark-deeks/ Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/PlayPianoIn30Seconds/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/markdeeksmusic/ Resources shared during show: https://taplink.cc/markdeeksmusic Amazon link to Mark's book: https://amzn.to/3si4uU1 Enjoy Digital Dreamers !

Today's guest Professor Jaideep Prabhu is from Cambridge Judge Business School. His research interests includes : marketing, strategy and innovation. Specific area of his interests: cross-national issues concerning the antecedents and consequences of radical innovation in high-technology contexts such as banking, pharmaceuticals and biotechnology; the role of firm culture in driving innovation in firms across nations; how multinational firms organise their innovation activities worldwide; the forces that drive R&D location decisions and the factors that influence the performance implications of these decisions; the internationalisation of firms from emerging markets; and innovation in emerging markets. You can find more details on his profile page : https://www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/faculty-research/faculty-a-z/jaideep-prabhu/ Books Prof. Jaideep Prabhu had written ( sharing links in amazon) : 1. Frugal Innovation: How to do better with less Kindle Edition by Navi Radjou (Author), Jaideep Prabhu (Author), Paul Polman(Foreword) : https://amzn.to/31NDy3z 2. Jugaad Innovation: Think Frugal, Be Flexible, by Navi Radjou (Author), Jaideep Prabhu (Author), Simone Ahuja (Author), Kevin Roberts (Foreword) : https://amzn.to/31KsVhU 3. How Should A Government Be?: by Jaideep Prabhu (Author) : https://amzn.to/39BjaHd Book recommended by Jaideep in the chat : Homeland Elegies: by Ayad Akhtar : https://amzn.to/3rQI23X Listen, learn and enjoy!

Magda is a Digital Marketing and Social Media Manager with 10+ years of experience in international marketing projects. Instagram Evangelist by passion, believer in the power of community and influencer marketing. Early adopter of new platforms, always asking questions, learning and seeking to discover the next big thing. ICC coach, lecturer and workshop leader honing the marketing skills of students, workshop participants, teams and colleagues to fuel creativity and share what I learn and work with everyday. She have a deep understanding of marketing processes, with an agency and cross-industry background in digital and social media marketing project management. Developing a community of influencers around the brand's messaging in a win-win dynamic is an integral part of many social media marketing strategies that she have worked on and have partnered with multiple internal and external stakeholders to bring many facets of the brand's social presence to life. Magda's interests outside of work include developing my understanding of the world around me, learning languages, photography and travel. She likes to indulge my creative side in the kitchen. She is bilingual - English / Polish and I thrive in an international environment. Key tools: Google Marketing Platform, Facebook Business Manager, Hootsuite, SproutSocial, SimilarWeb, BuzzSumo, Brand24, FreshMail, Sare, You can connect with her on : https://www.linkedin.com/in/albinska/ Follow her on IG: https://www.linkedin.com/in/albinska/ LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/in/albinska/

Jem Henderson (she/they) Entrepreneur Engagement Manager, Yorkshire at Tech Nation It had been incredible fun episode to record as the conversation flew seamlessly. She is adept tech community manager, engagement manager and content creator/commissioner with lots of stakeholder engagement experience; government, commercial, academic and public sector. Avid Star Trek fan delighted to be working on changing the world to help it become more like the Federation. Connect with Jem : https://www.linkedin.com/in/jemhenderson/ Resources we talk about a as promised: https://www.panintelligence.com/ https://www.nocodelab.co.uk/ https://www.jetbrains.com/idea/download/#section=mac https://www.crispthinking.com/

Are you a hedgehog or a fox? In Isaiah Berlin's famous essay “The Hedgehog and the Fox,” Isaiah Berlin divided the world into hedgehogs and foxes, based upon an ancient Greek parable: “The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing.” However keep in mind Digital Dreamers : “We can know only that we know nothing. And that is the highest degree of human wisdom. ― Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace Listen, Learn and enjoy !

Musonius Rufus "For I believe a good king is from the outset and by necessity a philosopher, and the philosopher is from the outset a kingly person.” Now let's replace the word king with the word leader and the quote becomes- For I believe a good leader is from outset and by necessity a philosopher, and the philosopher is from outset resembles a leader. And I truly, utterly and with every bit conviction believe that ! If someone asks me why I choose this pathway, the answer was straight and simple, I wanted to follow these timeless footsteps and this particular pathway seems to me at the time designed to do that . Enjoy, listen and learn !

Beat stress by thinking it as a challenge and fuel for growth. As promised during the show : Here is the link to https://hbr.org/2012/01/positive-intelligence (Positive Intelligence by Shawn Achor) Shawn's TED talk, The Happy Secret to Better Work, has over 16 million views. The happy secret to better work https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLJsdqxnZb0 Enjoy, learn and manage stress like a pro !

“To understand the future of technology we must begin with one fundamental truth. Technology is natural and nature is technological. It is the voice of the cosmos. From the Saturn hexagon to African fractals to the Fibonacci sequence found in the growth patterns of every plant on Earth, we are surrounded by geometric, repetitive, numerical patterns—patterns we have only begun to recognize and quantify.” - Gray Scott ( futurist, philosopher, and artist who specializes in the philosophy of technology, digital consciousness, and humanity's technological evolution. ) As promised sharing the links to 3 kickstarter project I mentioned during the show. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/thetoadiorder/toadi-worlds-first-autonomous-lawn-robot-powered-by-ai?ref=discovery_most_funded&term=robot https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1864378255/scribit-turn-your-wall-into-an-interactive-canvas?ref=discovery_most_funded&term=robo https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/vanguardindustries/moflin-an-ai-pet-robot-with-emotional-capabilities Listen, explore and enjoy !

As promised during the show sharing the link to the Cambridge paper: There is a wonderful paper by Cambridge on digital anthropology https://www.anthroencyclopedia.com/entry/digital-anthropology Ask relevant questions and understand technology . Work on understanding that evolving is core to human nature. But is our humanity changing due to tech ? Listen, ponder on it and enjoy!

“True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us.” – Socrates. As promised during show: "https://www.criticalthinking.org/pages/a-brief-history-of-the-idea-of-critical-thinking/408 There is an wonderful webpage 35 Psychology-Based Critical Thinking Strategies contributed by Sara Briggs, opencolleges.edu.au https://www.teachthought.com/critical-thinking/35-psychology-based-critical-thinking-strategies/ Listen, learn and enjoy !

"You make sexiness strong by balancing it out: something familiar with something unfamiliar, something masculine with something feminine, something streamlined with something rococo. It's a Yin and Yang. Women are made of layers, your mood shifts, no one is neither one extreme nor the other." Michael Kors. Palace of versailles in its history, beauty, strength and character reminds me of this Michael Kors quote.Want to get seduced by opulence of art and French royalty, this is the place to be. Louis XIV's enormous and breathtaking palace Listen, dream about travelling and enjoy!

“Fresh air is as good for the mind as for the body. Nature always seems trying to talk to us as if she had some great secret to tell. And so she has. John Lubbock ( an English banker, Liberal politician, philanthropist, scientist and polymath) So get some fresh air today and try to listen what secret is nature trying to tell us? As promised during show: https://www.airex.tech/ "Airex has a mission to end fuel poverty. Airex is approved by UK energy regulator Ofgem to be adopted under the ECO (Energy Company Obligation) scheme" Enjoy, learn and get some fresh air !

"Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change " - Stephen Hawking and my guest today remind me of that. Kasey is a Personal Trainer who has been working in the health and fitness industry for the past 9 years. Prior to this Kasey studied sport and physical education and went on to complete a Masters in Physical Activity, Health and Disease.She has worked in various gym as an employee and as a self employed personal trainer and group fitness instructor. Prior to Covid Kasey was worked with clients I person one-to-one, in small Groups and hosted female only health and fitness retreats. Since COVID Kasey had created a new brand and transitioned into an online coach. She has a private community of members on Facebook called The BodyMind Gym. Here she delivers live virtual fitness classes and provides ongoing health and lifestyle support to all of her members. She also continues to work with clients on a one to one basis virtually and now has clients and members all over the world. Please find out more about Kasey in the following ways: Instagram https://www.instagram.com/kaseybodymindcoach/ Her Facebook Business Page : https://www.facebook.com/TheBodyMindCoachKasey Facebook profile : https://www.facebook.com/kaseymarie.jennings As promised during the show sharing the resources she mentioned: Fitness https://www.theptdc.com/ https://www.girlsgonestrong.com/ Tony Robbins, Dean Graziosi & Russel Brunsson have opened the doors to the KBB Course. https://kbbcourse.org/ Fitness influencer Megan Callaway https://www.instagram.com/meghancallaway/ Business Coach https://www.instagram.com/jennakutcher/

"We are the first generation to feel the effect of climate change and the last generation who can do something about it.” Barack Obama, Former US President Space programs are fascinating and shows the vigour of science but we also have one planet and we need to take responsibility towards nurturing it. A carbon footprint is the total greenhouse gas emissions caused by an individual, event, Organization, service, or product, expressed as carbon dioxide equivalent As promised during show sharing the link to Net Zero Tech Nation programme link as follow https://technation.io/programmes/net-zero/ Listen, learn, enjoy!

We are all going through fear, uncertainty, disruption, isolation through out this pandemic and it's not over yet. But I truly believe it will get better eventually. One of the key realisation for me through the time was the importance of human connection and support network for me. I talk a lot about mindfulness, mindset and show my appreciation for tools and techniques of high performance. Today I came across the Documentary in Netflix about - The weight of Gold. It seemed fascinating especially with my admiration for Olympic athletes and their single minded focus to perform on a scale which is way above average. But this show reflects on the questions what's the price of the Gold medals? We all have our gold medals in life, the question is how we want to go about it. What's the delicate balance of having it all ? Go ahead and watch this documentary and hopefully this episode will give you all things to reflect on some crucial questions on our identities or our perceptions of it. Listen, learn and reflect !

"The human brain, then, is the most complicated organization of matter that we know."- Isaac Asimov In meditation, scientific research papers and various books I am reading in past few years about brain and brain waves, it get mentioned at various discussion to relax our minds . It's extremely fascinating and given my deep dive into meditation I thought it will fun to talk about the brain waves. If not anything when we see various meditation apps giving you options of various waves and frequencies we can make sense of the, and take decision of what that means. Listen, learn and enjoy !

Super hero pose and science behind it. And changing one states through movements matters As promised during the show sharing the resources, go ahead and check it out Resource of Peak state : https://www.tonyrobbins.com/stories/unleash-the-power/discover-your-peak-state/ Harvard research by Amy Cuddy : https://dash.harvard.edu/handle/1/9547823) Link to the book : A Revolutionary Method for Stopping Chronic Pain – by Pete Egoscue ( https://amzn.to/3qK9C2G ) Information about Egoscue method https://www.tonyrobbins.com/ask-tony/peak-physical-health/ Explore, listen, learn and enjoy !

“Men are developed the same way gold is mined. When gold is mined, several tons of dirt must be moved to get an ounce of gold; but one doesn't go into the mine looking for dirt—one goes in looking for the gold.” ― Andrew Carnegie. What gold are you mining for digital dreamers from your life ? Be curious , listen, learn and enjoy!

The central theme of Sri Aurobindo's vision is the evolution of life into a "life divine". In his own words: "Man is a transitional being. He is not final. The step from man to superman is the next approaching achievement in the earth evolution. It is inevitable because it is at once the intention of the inner spirit and the logic of Nature's process." As promised during the show is PDF book available in the internet which answers various questions and published by Aurobindo Ashram Pondicherry. It had been answered by Mother who help Sri Aurobindo to run his organisation from Pondicherry http://www.sriaurobindo.nl/docs/Mother/07QuestionsAndAnswers1955.pdf

Minimalism is a lifestyle for many. “Simplicity, clarity, singleness: These are the attributes that give our lives power and vividness and joy as they are also the marks of great art.” —Richard Holloway Minimalism makes things achievable , as mentioned before how my feeling of overwhelm with too many options, made simpler by asking what do I really need to get started with? I interpret Minimalism isn't about ‘giving up' certain things. I find that the more I declutter the more liberty I have to make sense what I really need to do from all the noise out there in a world full of too many choices and options. Listen, learn and think !

“We humans are different - our brains are built not to fix memories in stone but rather to transform them, our recollections in their retelling.” ― Mira Bartok, The Memory Palace Our brain is fascinating and to make one's memory work like magic, ever thought of it that anyone can do it! Like everything else , memory building is a muscle too. Go ahead and give your memory some exercise. Book suggestion-Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything by Joshua Foer https://amzn.to/3ivYrb8

“Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.”― Pablo Picasso. When I grew up I was taught to appreciate art but not being an artist. Hence as an adult I am trying to cultivate it again. I love science and technology but art makes life beautiful. We all don't have be a Picasso or Vinci. But writing stories in one's journal, bad attempt at poem, trying to dance as if no one is watching, singing while cooking, art can be expressed at many things. “Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.” ― Pablo Picasso. What art are you going to make today Digital dreamers?

"Do not be led by others, awaken your own mind, amass your own experience, and decide for yourself your own path.” ― Veda As promised during the show sharing the resources I have referred to for making this episode: WHO paper https://www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/dwq/chemicals/copper.pdf Guidelines for Drinking Water Quality https://www.copperh2o.com/blogs/blog/copper-water-bottles-and-scientific-research. https://vedictribe.com/vedic-science/scientific-reason-of-using-copper-by-ancient-indians/ Best way to drink water https://vasantihealth.com/blogs/news/are-you-using-your-ayurveda-copper-water-vessel-correctly Listen and provoke your thoughts !

“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.” — Oscar Wilde. What's your philosophy to live digital dreamers ? Reason to exist ? Giving a little introduction to these 4 amazing philosophers of diverse background. Go ahead and check them out ! ( the order of their names held no significance , it had been randomly numbered without any preference) 1. Paul-Michel Doria Foucault 2. Adi Shankaracharya 3.Acharya Hemachandra 4. George Ohsawa

Makar Sankranti - It marks a beginning of a new cycle.Appreciation of life and gratitude towards community However this year as every festival it also has restrictions. Wish you all happiness , peace and prosperity.

The rise of Google, the rise of Facebook, the rise of Apple, I think are proof that there is a place for computer science as something that solves problems that people face every day. Eric Schmidt (Google's CEO from 2001 to 2011; prior to that he had stints as CEO of Novell and chief technology officer at Sun Microsystems.) There is this brilliant website mentioned during today's episode :https://www.computerhistory.org/timeline/computers/ where it had beautifully illustrated the history of computers. Listen, learn and enjoy !

https://bit.ly/35x7C5y 'Process mining is an analytical discipline for discovering, monitoring, and improving processes as they actually are (not as you think they might be), by extracting knowledge from event logs readily available in today's information systems." An amazing book on Process Mining https://amzn.to/38C9fB2 . Process Mining: Data Science in Action – by Wil M. P. van der Aalst.

“It is India that gave us the ingenious method of expressing all numbers by means of ten symbols, each symbol receiving a value of position as well as an absolute value; a profound and important idea which appears so simple to us now that we ignore its true merit. But its very simplicity and the great ease which it has lent to computations put our arithmetic in the first rank of useful inventions; and we shall appreciate the grandeur of the achievement the more when we remember that it escaped the genius of Archimedes and Apollonius, two of the greatest men produced by antiquity.” ― Pierre-Simon Laplace As promised in the show sharing link to this amazing book Gods and Robots: Myths, Machines, and Ancient Dreams of Technology : Adreinne Mayor https://amzn.to/2LdG4LV Listen , learn and enjoy !

Listen , learn and enjoy ! Visual communication is a new way of communication through our various techs. Storytelling is integral for humans and there are ways and means of them. A beginning, middle and end always comes across and let the viewer comes to their own conclusions.Example: Danger sign , wet floor sign , we know just by looking at the image even there are no words.And then there are motion graphics and info graphics. They all are telling story and we as a society are evolving too and hence the study area of anthropology is also increasing.

Listen, learn and enjoy this podcast on Macroeconomics ! As promised during show sharing the research done my Oxford and Stanford. Link to Oxford research simulation https://academic.oup.com/oxrep/article/36/Supplement_1/S297/5899018 Link to Macroeconomic and COVID 19 outcomes" https://web.stanford.edu/~chadj/MacroCovid.pdf

As promised during the show here are the links to Nature Article and EU and UK governing committees on ethics, innovation and technology https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-03611-8. ( Neural Information Processing Systems ) EGE members are appointed for their expertise in the fields of law, natural and social sciences, philosophy and ethics. https://ec.europa.eu/info/research-and-innovation/strategy/support-policy-making/scientific-support-eu-policies/ege_en In UK- Centre of data ethics and innovation https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/centre-for-data-ethics-and-innovation

"In my view, it's irreverence, foolish confidence and naivety combined with persistence, open mindedness and a continual ability to learn that created Facebook, Google, Yahoo, eBay, Microsoft, Apple, Juniper, AOL, Sun Microsystems and others." (--Vinod Khosla, venture capitalist and cofounder of Sun Microsystems) As promised during show : We're gonna march to the beat of a different drum ? Sharing the song here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdF_vEVitbQ Listen, learn and enjoy !

“Wherever there is number, there is beauty.” -Proclus Listen, learn, enjoy and ask questions!

Want a glimpse of Eudaimonia ? What about the concept of Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics ? Listen to this podcast on virtues and ancient Greek philosophies who had transcended time and culture . Over 2400 years old but still relevant Listen, learn and enjoy digital dreamers !

“Who you are, what you think, feel, and do, what you love—is the sum of what you focus on.”― Cal Newport, Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World Amazon Link to deep work book: https://amzn.to/35dyBD4 I first hard about Zeigarnik Effect in the book Deep Work by Cal Newport and my mind was staggered my the realisation that I totally encounter this impact everyday, given my natural inclination to finish all tasks at hand. Unless I tick off all items I can't relax. In reality it is impossible to finish in your entire to do list and I have struggled to rest or absolutely relax for years due to that. A little step towards self awareness and managing stress !

Adapting to situation can be powerful.Year 2020 had been a practise for that ."Pain plus reflections equals to progress" Ray Dalio. Let's understand the concept of Amor Fati and move forward . Listen, learn and enjoy!

The word “entrepreneur” originates from a thirteenth-century French verb, entreprendre, meaning “to do something” or “to undertake.” By the sixteenth century, the noun form, entrepreneur, was being used to refer to someone who undertakes a business venture As promised during show here is the link to King's college interesting perspective on entrepreneurship: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/entrepreneurship/what-is-entrepreneurship Listen, learn and enjoy!

As promised during show: This landmark statement seeks to address legal uncertainty by recognising cryptoassets as tradable property and smart contracts as enforceable agreements under English law. "PDF https://bit.ly/351paqn Bank of England article on crypto asset .https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/knowledgebank/what-are-cryptocurrencies UK has become the European hub of legal technology. Nearly half of all lawtech start-ups in the EU operate in the UK.According to legal geek https://technation.io/news/lawtech-legal-geek-session/ :https://technation.io/news/the-uk-lawtechs-joining-first-lawtech-sandbox-pilot/ “Are you planning to follow a career in Magical Law, Miss Granger?” asked Scrimgeour. “No, I'm not,” retorted Hermione. “I'm hoping to do some good in the world!” ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

You have power over your mind — not outside events. Realise this, and you will find strength.―Marcus Aurelius Cheers to finding our strength. Listen, learn and enjoy!

"The mind is everything. What you think you become."- Buddha What's your focus on last year ? if you know the answer it's great. Share it with me! If not pretty and handsome please start contemplating what can be your intentional living look like in the coming year ? As promised during podcast sharing the Nature article Nature.com ( https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-58686-0 ) "Every action comes at a cost and we constantly evaluate whether an effortful behaviour was “worth it”.Estimating invested effort is a core dimension for evaluating own and others' actions, and views on the relationship between effort and rewards are deeply ingrained in various societal attitudes."

Journal review is a new habit I am trying to incorporate so that I retail my learnings. Sharing few in this podcast . Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”― H. Jackson Brown Jr., P.S. I Love You

“The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination.” Albert Einstein Creativity and innovation is an ongoing process and need cultivating daily. Listen, learn and enjoy!

On the Occassion of boxing day this year a little about the origin story and the traditions. Listen, learn and enjoy Digital dreamers ! Boxing Day 2020 Quotes: "I pray that this boxing day comes with a promise of lifelong happiness for you and leaves an everlasting smile on your face. Happy boxing day!"

In today's episode I am hosting Dr. Kiran Pedada.ISB Faculty | Marketing Strategy Researcher | Emerging Markets Strategist You can find him at LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kiran-pedada-181299a/ Kiran Pedada is an Assistant Professor of Marketing and a BAT Research Fellow at the Indian School of Business (ISB). Kiran focuses on two streams of research. His first stream explores inter-firms relationships and growth pertaining to firms in emerging markets. His second stream focuses on marketing transformation for digital environments. He teaches B2B Marketing and Business Analytics at the ISB. He Visiting Scholar in Marketing : UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School, California He had earned his Degree NameDoctor of Philosophy - PhD from Texas Tech University - Rawls College of Business- Field Of StudyBusiness Administration (Marketing) Activities and Societies: Winner of the 2019 AMS Mary Kay Inc. Best Doctoral Dissertation Award Runner-Up, Society of Marketing Advances Best Doctoral Dissertation Proposal Award Helen-Devitt Joines Excellence in Graduate Teaching Award Outstanding Contributions to Research as a Doctoral Student Award Outstanding Contributions to Teaching as a Doctoral Student Award As discussed during show linking the work of the books Dr. Pedada mentioned during the show: Driving Digital Strategy: A Guide to Reimagining Your Business - Sunil Gupta . Amazon link https://amzn.to/3pspiad Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress -Steven Pinker . Amazon link https://amzn.to/37WTTqF Kant: Critique of Practical Reason . Amazon Link https://amzn.to/3hmB6rx Youtube video on Immanuel Kant https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsgAsw4XGvU

Merry Christmas digital dreamers . “I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year. I will live in the Past, the Present, and the Future. The Spirits of all Three shall strive within me. I will not shut out the lessons that they teach.” ― Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol Listen, enjoy, live, laugh and celebrate Christmas !

I love talking about marketing and challenging the status quo. As promised in the podcast sharing kickstarted website https://bit.ly/3hhc7pI. link for The Icarus Deception project. Whenever I go to listen to Seth Godin's work over web/book/podcast always get value and he makes our life richer by sharing his wealth of wisdom. Like I mentioned in my reviewing Anne Lamott's Ted Talk podcast he is also a proponent of a mindset to do the work daily as a writer or artist and eventually good work will come to us.This is a common theme I am noticing among all successful people. They do the ground work daily with grit and discipline. Learn, listen and enjoy!

It's all about family , friends and love this holiday season. Holiday season is here and my go to comfort movies are Hallmark movies, especially during Christmas. It's like the comfortable mittens or PJs wants like to wear to feel home and cosy. Hallmark cards had been big part of my holiday traditions even growing up back at India.My parents buy me Hallmark cards for every birthday growing up as I always liked their design and their sentimentality in what the cards communicate in their message had been great.Let's take Hallmark movies. yes they are often cheesy and predictable with happy endings.But we still like them and many times it is a part of out holiday traditions There is also science behind the popularity , to know a bit more listen this episode Digital Dreamers. Link of the article mentioned during the show:https://www.marthastewart.com/2223600/hallmark-christmas-movies-emotional-psychological-benefits

TED Talk bio for Anne Lamott states "A few days before she turned 61, writer Anne Lamott decided to write down everything she knew for sure. She dives into the nuances of being a human who lives in a confusing, beautiful, emotional world, offering her characteristic life-affirming wisdom and humour on family, writing, the "meaning of God, death and more https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X41iulkRqZU. I went to this TED talk as I have heard Tim Ferris mentioning Bird by Bird book in Paulo Cohello's episode. Also watch her super soul Sunday episode with Oprah https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jcARCRSb7c Link to Anne Lamott book Bird by Bird: https://amzn.to/2WBjlv1 Food for thought from this episode Digital dreamers “Because this business of becoming conscious, of being a writer, is ultimately about asking yourself, How alive am I willing to be?” from Bird by Bird. Learn, listen and enjoy!

“I cannot teach anybody anything. I can only make them think”Socrates 469-399 BC. Father of western philosophy.Greek philosophos means ‘lover of wisdom',, from philein ‘to love' + sophos ‘wise'. I was researching Socratic method - process of gradual questioning a major contribution to academia. Challenging hypothesis and whcih leads to question one's belief. Examination of inner motivation and values. This lead me to read an article on top law schools from USA and "Law professors teaching introductory law classes often use a pedagogical technique known as the Socratic method, which involves cold-calling on students and interrogating them about the facts and decisions in various court cases." As promised in the show here is the link to the Intel article: https://www.intel.com/content/dam/www/program/education/us/en/documents/project-design/strategies/dep-question-socratic.pdf Digital Dreamers all Socrates wanted was to uproot ignorance.So try implementing his methods at work, conversations with friends and family and see how the quality of conversation changes. Enjoy, listen and learn !