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Rana el Kaliouby is a leading thinker on a technological development that will change our entire world—artificial intelligence. She is co-founder and CEO of Affectiva (A-Fectiva), an MIT Media Lab spin-off that pioneers Human Perception AI, or artificial intelligence that can understand all things human. Rana has a PhD from University of Cambridge and a Post Doctorate at MIT. She has delivered a TED Talk that has been. viewed nearly 2 million times and is the author of the new book, Girl Decoded, which released April 21. In this classic episode, Rana joined host Robert Glazer on the Elevate Podcast to talk about growing up in Egypt and Kuwait, studying at the world's top educational institutions, her work developing AI, and much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rana el Kaliouby is a pioneer in the field of emotion recognition and human-centric AI. She is the founder of Affectiva, deputy CEO of Smart Eye, and author of Girl Decoded. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: – Mizzen+Main: https://mizzenandmain.com and use code LEX to get $35 off – Weights & Biases: https://lexfridman.com/wnb – Notion: https://notion.com – InsideTracker: https://insidetracker.com/lex to get 20% off – ExpressVPN: https://expressvpn.com/lexpod to get 3 months free EPISODE LINKS: Rana's Twitter: https://twitter.com/kaliouby Rana's Instagram: https://instagram.com/ranaelkaliouby Rana's Facebook: https://facebook.com/RanaelKaliouby Affectiva (website): https://affectiva.com Smart Eye: (website): https://smarteye.se Girl Decoded (book): https://amzn.to/3DnRAN4 PODCAST INFO: Podcast website:

Interesting interview and insights from Dr Rana El Kalioby during our HBAP - Harvard Business Analytics Program Reunion meet 2022 Had the pleasure to meet Dr Kaliouby to get her to share insights on the following :- Sri Srinivasa for itsdiffAcademy (email feedback - itsdiff@gmail.com) Role of AI Innovation Culture Organizational Structure Team's role Women Entrepreneurs Journey Project Management Role Video Courtesy: Manian CSB our HBAP Cohort - thanks Manian About Dr. Kaliouby. ( courtesy - https://ranaelkaliouby.com/) AI Thought Leader. Machine Learning Scientist. Deputy CEO at Smart Eye. Former Co-Founder and CEO of Affectiva. Author of the book “Girl Decoded.” Disrupting industries and humanizing technology with Emotion AI. She is also the Harvard Business Executive Fellow itsdiff Academy ( not for profit community setup) to train, educate younger generation on some of the education and trending aspects on Technology, Project Management, Leadership, Career aspects Sri Srinivasa, HBAP , Technology leader, Project Management Professional, Public Speaker, Project Management Trainer, Coach and Mentor, Radio Talk Show Host ( Stanford University KZSU 90.1 FM College Radio ) very passionate about meeting great leaders across industries and community and helps them to share their journey so we could learn - email itsdiff@gmail.com Check our podcasting as well. - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/itsdiff-leadership-career-podcast/id1517755188

Trends in technology are constantly evolving, and so too are the ways humans interact with it. As people become more reliant on AI and automation, it's important to consider the emotional side of the equation. One way to achieve this is through emotion AI, which is concerned with making machines that can understand and respond to human emotions and make technological devices and systems more human-centric. In this episode, Tommy talks with Rana el Kaliouby, Deputy CEO at Smart Eye and formerly, Co-Founder and CEO of Affectiva. Rana is an Egyptian-American scientist, entrepreneur, angel investor, and AI thought leader on a mission to bring emotional intelligence to our digital world. Her life work is about humanizing technology before it dehumanizes us. Rana is also the author of the bestselling book, “Girl Decoded: A Scientist's Quest to Reclaim Our Humanity by Bringing Emotional Intelligence to Technology.” Rana talks with Tommy about artificial intelligence and emotion AI, her motivation for merging Affectiva with Smart Eye, and what artificial intelligence can do for the future. Key Takeaways [01:18] - How Rana became interested in technology. [03:15] - What led to the founding of Affectiva. [06:06] - What is artificial intelligence and emotion AI? [09:39] - A use case of Rana's technology. [13:29] - What motivated Rana to merge Affectiva with Smart Eye. [16:56] - What Rana's book, “Girl Decoded”, is all about. [18:31] - What artificial intelligence can do for the future. [19:53] - How AI can cause harm. [22:17] - How future AI founders can reach out to Rana. Quotes [06:33] - "Artificial intelligence is a field within technology that is all about simulating human intelligence. So, it could be about building natural language processing into technology, or it could be about helping technology and helping our devices become more intelligent, more conversational, and more perceptual." - Rana el Kaliouby [08:01] - "If you think of human intelligence, your IQ matters, and your cognitive intelligence matters. But as we all know, your emotional intelligence matters even more. It's how you connect with people. " - Rana el Kaliouby [08:47] - "When interacting with somebody via technology, the richness of our emotional expressions tends to get lost in cyberspace. And so, I wanted to build technology that could capture these facial expressions using machine learning, computer vision, and tons of data." - Rana el Kaliouby Links  Rana el Kaliouby on LinkedIn Rana el Kaliouby on Twitter Rana el Kaliouby Website Affectiva Smart Eye Girl Decoded Massachusetts Institute of Technology Harvard Business School The American Univesity in Cairo Rosalind Picard Neuralink Connect with our hosts Mammoth Tommy on LinkedIn Subscribe and stay in touch Apple Podcasts Spotify Google Podcasts Learn more about Mammoth Scientific's Health & Tech Fund 1 When you move beyond the point of making sure your retirement goals are on track, your investment opportunities are wider than just publicly traded funds. Step into the world of investing in venture capital by learning more about Mammoth Scientific's Health & Tech Fund 1. Curated by some of the leading medical and fintech experts, Mammoth's Fund 1 is paving the way for health science and tech innovation. If you're interested in helping patient care, provider insight, and instrumentation go beyond possibility and into reality, check it out today at Mammoth.vc. Visit Mammoth.vc today!

Tonya Hall interviews Dr. Rana El Kalouby, deputy CEO of Smart Eye and author of "Girl Decoded," about how emotion-detection software can make driving safer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this conversation I am speaking to Rana el Kaliouby, who is an Egyptian-American scientist, entrepreneur, author and AI thought leader on a mission to bring emotional intelligence to our digital world. Rana is the co-founder and CEO of Affectiva and the author of the bestselling book ‘Girl Decoded: A Scientist's Quest To Reclaim Our Humanity By Bringing Emotional Intelligence To Technology'.

Rana el KalioubyA pioneer in artificial emotional intelligence (Emotion AI), Rana el Kaliouby, PhD, is co-founder and CEO of MIT spinoff and category-defining company Affectiva, and is the author of Girl Decoded. Rana led the innovation of the company’s award-winning technology, which uses deep learning and massive amounts of data to analyze complex and nuanced emotions and cognitive states from face and voice. She has raised over $50 million in venture and strategic funding for Affectiva, where the company’s technology is used by automotive OEMs and tier 1 suppliers to improve road safety and the in-cabin experience, in addition to 25% of the Fortune Global 500 companies to test content, and in other industries like mental health. Rana is now paving the way for Human Perception AI: software that can detect all things human, from nuanced human emotions and complex cognitive states, to behaviors, activities and the objects people use. Prior to founding Affectiva, Rana was a research scientist at MIT Media Lab where she spearheaded the applications of emotion recognition technology in a variety of fields, including mental health and autism research. Rana holds a BSc and MSc in Computer Science from the American University in Cairo, a PhD from the Computer Laboratory at the University of Cambridge and a Post Doctorate at MIT. Rana is one of few women leading a disruptive AI company. A Muslim-American and passionate advocate, she frequently speaks in press and on stage about innovation, women in technology, ethics in AI, diversity and leadership. Rana has been recognized on Fortune’s 40 Under 40 list, Forbes' Top 50 Women in Tech, Inc.’s Female Founders 100 list, and named one of the three Global Business pioneers by Bloomberg in 2017. Rana is a trustee at the American University in Cairo and at the Mass Technology Leadership Council, and a senior advisor to the Technology and Public Purpose project at the Harvard Kennedy School. Rana is a member of the World Economic Forum’s Young Global Leaders, a Young Presidents' Organization member, and a part of the Partnership on AI, alongside founding companies Amazon, Apple, Google/DeepMind and others. AcknowledgmentsA special thank you to Benjamin Monlezun for the use of his original song, Downpoor.The views expressed in this episode are solely those of the podcast host and guests and do not necessarily represent the position, strategy, or opinions of CableLabs.

What if technology could understand people in the same way that we understand one another? In an inspiring session in conjunction with the paperback launch of her popular memoir, Girl Decoded, Affectiva co-founder and CEO Rana el Kaliouby, Ph.D. discusses her groundbreaking mission to humanize technology with Emotion AI — technology that analyzes human expressions and reactions in context. She  describes how its applications in automotive, advertising, mental health and autism research feed her mission to transform our relationship with technology, and by extension, with one another. Rana also explores how these applications will facilitate the shift towards an empathy economy: the ability for companies to truly connect on an emotional level with their clients and embody empathetic leadership to create an unparalleled sense of purpose.

This week's guest is the co-founder and CEO of Affectiva and author of the book Girl Decoded, Rana el Kaliouby. On this episode, she discusses her path as a student, the importance of mentors and her role as one of the few women founders of a VC-backed technology startup.   Read more on our Shaped blog, including a full transcript and research for this episode: https://www.hmhco.com/blog/podcast-breaking-barriers-in-tech-feat-rana-el-kaliouby

In this episode of the Second Success Podcast, Dr Rakish Rana talks with Emotion AI pioneer, author and CEO, Dr Rana el Kaliouby. An AI thought leader, Machine Learning scientist Dr Rana el Kaliouby, is Co-Founder and CEO of Affectiva (an MIT spin-off), and author of the book Girl Decoded: A Scientist's Quest to Reclaim Our Humanity by Bringing Emotional Intelligence to Technology. A passionate advocate for humanizing technology, ethics in AI and diversity, Rana has been recognized on Fortune's 40 Under 40 list and as one of Forbes' Top 50 Women in Tech. Rana is a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader and a Young Presidents' Organization member, and co-hosted a PBS NOVA series on AI. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge and a Post Doctorate from MIT. Her book Girl Decoded was released around a year ago; an insight into the growth of emotion AI and facial recognition as well autobiographical story of a young woman's push against societal norms, and moving from her home in Egypt to the UK to study and to go further afield to study and start up her own company in the US, along with the various challenges she faced and overcame. In this podcast, Rana talks a little about her journey into business, the importance of mentors and what she considers key in her move from academia to running her own successful business. Personal Website: https://ranaelkaliouby.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kaliouby/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ranaelkaliouby/ Affectiva Company Website: https://www.affectiva.com/ Episodes released every Tuesday 6am GMT. How can you support the podcast? 1. Share it on your social media platforms. 2. Tell your friends and family 3. Please follow, subscribe and review. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/theclearcoach/message

Dr Rana el Kaliouby Author of Girl Decoded Interview by Mary Carty Introduction Hello everyone. I'm Mary Carty and I'm here today to interview a pioneer in AI technology with Irish Tech News. I'm so excited and honoured to talk to Dr Rana el Kaliouby. Rana has been working on making computers and our interactions with them more human for 20 years. In other words, Computers have plenty of IQ, what if they had EQ? She holds a BA from the American University in Cairo, A PhD from Cambridge, and worked at MIT Media Lab where she spun out her company Affectiva in 2009, thereby creating a whole new technology category of Artificial Emotional Intelligence. Rana is a Forbes Top 50 Women in Tech and a Young Global Leader with the World Economic Forum Her fascinating memoir, Girl Decoded, my quest to make technology emotionally intelligent and change the way we interact forever will be published by Penguin Business Books in April. Pre order it now. QUESTIONS The thing that impressed me the most reading your book, is your drive. Against all odds you were going to build this AI, where does this drive come from? What are the advantages of leading with empathy, vulnerability, and kindness? How can we encourage leaders to forge this path, not command and control, win at all costs? I was struck by how much you had to "defeminize" your language around emotions in the early days with investors and funders. How do we find ways not to gender, products, services, and software and help investors and the wider community understand the benefits to society? Finding investment for a startup is hugely challenging, especially for women. Turning down a government contract at a crucial time for the business must have been a difficult decision. Can you tell me a bit about that? What more can we do as consumers to build better, more ethical AI? What's next for you? About the Author Dr Rana El Kaliouby holds a BA from the American University in Ciaro, A PhD from Cambridge, and worked at MIT Media Lab where she spun out her company Affectiva in 2009, creating a whole new technology category of Artificial Emotional Intelligence. She is a Forbes Top 50 Women in Tech and a Young Global Leader with the World Economic Forum. Her memoir Girl Decoded, my quest to make technology emotionally intelligent and change the way we interact forever will be published by Penguin Business Books in April. Find Rana on Twitter https://twitter.com/kaliouby Affectiva https://www.affectiva.com/ Mary Carty Bio Mary Carty is a serial entrepreneur with a background in the arts, education and technology. She is Director of Wilson & Keys working with an international client base. Mary sits on the Board of Science Gallery International and Branar Téatar do Pháistí. Over lockdown, she established AwakenHub, a community to support female founders from the Island of Ireland and her diaspora, with Mary McKenna, Clare McGee and Sinead Crowley. Find Mary on Twitter https://twitter.com/marycarty Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/marycarty/ Wilson and Keys http://www.wilsonkeys.com/ AwakenHub https://www.awakenhub.com/

Founder and CEO of Affectiva, Dr. Rana el Kaliouby joins Alaa on this week's episode to discuss bringing emotional intelligence to technology, creating her company, Affectiva, and leading with conviction and empathy.Being At The Table means: “It's not just being at the table; it has to be exercising that voice… You can't be in a position of influence or power and decide to be silent.” - Dr. Rana el KalioubyHighlights from the Conversation:Advocating for humanizing technology before it dehumanizes usHer inspiration to start this journey into emotional AICollaborating with the Autism Research Centre in Cambridge and being offered a position at MIT Media Lab with Rosalind PicardStarting her company Affectiva with Rosalind and taking of the role of CEOBeing a role model as an Egyptian woman in a field dominated by white and male. Cultivating the self-confidence and self-compassion to believe in ourselves and those life changing momentsThe power of empathy in leading and making changesAnd more.About the Guest: AI Thought Leader Dr. Rana el Kaliouby is the Co-founder and CEO of Affectiva and the author of Girl Decoded, a memoir that explores her quest to reclaim our humanity by bringing emotional intelligence to technology. She has been recognized as one of Fortune's 40 under 40 and by Forbes as one of America's top 50 women in tech.https://ranaelkaliouby.com/ https://www.affectiva.com/ About the Host: Alaa Murabit is an award-winning medical doctor, global security strategist, women's rights advocate and United Nations High-Level Commissioner on Health, Employment & Economic Growth and Sustainable Development Goal Global Advocate.https://alaamurabit.com/https://www.instagram.com/alaamurabit/https://twitter.com/almmurahttps://www.linkedin.com/in/alaamurabit/Thanks for listening!Thanks so much for listening to our podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and think that others could benefit from listening, please share it using the social media buttons on this page.Do you have some feedback or questions about this episode? Leave a comment in the section below!Subscribe to the podcastIf you would like to get automatic updates of new podcast episodes, you can subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts or Stitcher. You can also subscribe in your favorite podcast app.Leave us an Apple Podcasts reviewRatings and reviews from our listeners are extremely valuable to us and greatly appreciated. They help our podcast rank higher on Apple Podcasts, which exposes our show to more awesome listeners like you. If you have a minute, please leave an honest review on Apple Podcasts.

Have you ever experienced how a smiley face in a text can mean anything from a sign of friendliness to sheer sarcasm and sometimes you just aren't sure which one it is? Or even worse, your own friendly smiley face was misinterpreted as sarcasm and you found yourself putting out fires you didn't even mean to start? If so, you've already experienced the lack of emotional intelligence in our technology- and emojis are just the tip of the iceberg. Take a listen to find out how Rana el Kaliouby is humanizing our technology with emotional intelligence and why it will impact the human race.Rana el Kaliouby is the author of Girl Decoded, available now from your favorite retailer | https://ranaelkaliouby.com/girldecodedListener TribeWe have our own private social network for listeners of the Unmistakable Creative podcast. You can meet other listeners, discuss episodes, and engage with the creative community! Just visit https://the-unmistakable-creative-podcast.mn.co/ to sign up. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Imagine a future where our technology interacts with us the same way we do with one another through conversation, perception and empathy. Dr. Rana el Kaliouby is our guest on this episode of the Georgian Impact Podcast. She is the CEO and Co-founder of Affectiva, a pioneer in the field of Emotion AI and Human Perception AI and author of the book Girl Decoded. You'll Hear About: ● Her journey to humanize technology starting from The American University in Cairo, to Cambridge, and then MIT. ● How her life experiences helped to influence and inspire her vision for technology. ● Her transition from working with people with autism to commercial uses of her techniques. ● The challenge of turning down opportunities in order to stay true to established core values. ● The importance of diversity in not just your team, but also in the data. ● Work life balance and making mental health a priority.

Have you ever experienced how a smiley face in a text can mean anything from a sign of friendliness to sheer sarcasm and sometimes you just aren't sure which one it is? Or even worse, your own friendly smiley face was misinterpreted as sarcasm and you found yourself putting out fires you didn't even mean to start? If so, you've already experienced the lack of emotional intelligence in our technology- and emojis are just the tip of the iceberg. Take a listen to find out how Rana el Kaliouby is humanizing our technology with emotional intelligence and why it will impact the human race. Rana el Kaliouby is the author of Girl Decoded, available now from your favorite retailer | https://ranaelkaliouby.com/girldecodedListener TribeWe have our own private social network for listeners of the Unmistakable Creative podcast. You can meet other listeners, discuss episodes, and even have the opportunity to have your favorite episode re-aired on a Friday! Just visit https://unmistakablecreative.com/tribe to sign up.UNMISTAKABLE CREATIVE PRIMEWe are launching Unmistakable Creative Prime, exclusive access to all our new monthly courses, group coaching calls, live chats with former guests as well as access to a keyword search engine of our entire podcast catalogue and much, much more. To find out more, visit https://UnmistakableCreative.com/Prime See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Welcome to the The Voice of Retail, I'm your host Michael LeBlanc, and this podcast is brought to you in conjunction with Retail Council of Canada and this episode is brought to you by omNovos - Canada's Retail Customer Engagement Solutions Provider.   Learn more at www.realcustomerengagement.comOn this episode we go to Winnipeg to meet Mark Letain, President at EQ3, a distinctive furniture retailer with stores in Canada and the U.S. that is part of the Pallister furniture business.  We talk about the positioning of the business and the dynamic furniture retail industry, and how EQ3 helped out the Winnipeg community when they needed it the most.Next Andrew Armstrong from omNovos joins me to talk about their perspectives on retail data strategy, the “jump ball” opportunity of the COVID-19 crisis, and how retailers can start their journey towards harnessing consumer data to create genuine loyalty.Lastly from Boston Rana el Kaliouby,  CEO & Co-Founder at Affectiva and Author of "Girl Decoded" joins us for an exclusive interview that takes us through her journey from a PhD in Computer Science and Post-Doc work at MIT to founding a company that explores the outer edges of AI and the integration of emotion and empathy.https://www.chapters.indigo.ca/en-ca/books/girl-decoded-a-scientists-quest/9781984824769-item.html?ikwid=girl+decoded&ikwsec=Home&ikwidx=0#algoliaQueryId=203499f1c58900b3331362489495578fhttps://www.affectiva.com/But first, lets check in with Mark from EQ3******Thanks to Mark and Rana for being my guests, and thanks to Andrew & omNovos for their support of this episode.   If you liked this podcast you can subscribe on Apple iTunes or your favourite podcast platform, please rate and review, and be sure and recommend to a friend or colleague in the retail industry.I'm Michael LeBlanc, Founder and President of M.E. LeBlanc and Company Inc. and you can learn more about me on www.meleblanc.co or of course on LinkedInUntil next time, have a safe week!

In this episode, we have a conversation with Rana el Kaliouby, CEO and Co-Founder of Affectiva, about emotional AI, bias in AI and her new book, Girl Decoded. Rana is a leader in her views on ethical AI and how to design AI systems for humans—two topics that are near to our hearts! We hope you enjoy this conversation as much as we did.Note we open with a short conversation about IBM's announcement about no longer selling general purpose facial recognition technology—an unusual step for a big tech platform to cancel a product line for ethical reasons. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit artificiality.substack.com

In this conversation, Philip spends time with artificial emotional intelligence pioneer and co-founder and CEO of Affectiva Rana el Kaliouby, Ph.D. She has recently published her book Girl Decoded that traces her academic, personal and professional journey. Philip and Rana discuss the intricacies of navigating a traditional upbringing, the vital lessons learned from family and the challenges of connecting emotional intelligence with technology. The Drop – The segment of the show where Philip and his guest share tasty morsels of intellectual goodness and creative musings. Philip's Drop: Sinead O'Connor – I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got (https://open.spotify.com/album/2azjbHOg6mdA5ABoyZOH4F) → Rana's Drop: Zumba Fitness (https://www.zumba.com/en-US) Special Guest: Rana el Kaliouby.

In this episode, we talk to Dr. Rana el Kaliouby (Author of Girl Decoded & Co-Founder and CEO of Affectiva) about her new normal, how she became CEO of her company, and why her parents were important to her success. We also talk about her book Girl Decoded.  Follow here on LinkedIn, Instagram, & Twitter Purchase her book here **More On Rana** Rana el Kaliouby, PhD, is co-founder and CEO of Affectiva, and author of the forthcoming book Girl Decoded, which is available for pre-order now. Rana is the pioneer of artificial emotional intelligence—Emotion AI. The next frontier of Artificial Intelligence, Emotion AI is projected to become a multi-billion dollar industry. Rana led the innovation of the company's award winning technology, which uses deep learning and massive amounts of data to analyze complex and nuanced emotions and cognitive states from face and voice. And, she raised over $50 million in venture capital for Affectiva. Rana's PhD research at the University of Cambridge developed one of the earliest prototypes of facial emotion recognition technology. Later, as a research scientist at MIT Media Lab, she spearheaded the applications of emotion recognition technology in a variety of fields, including mental health and autism research. Rana holds a BSc and MSc in Computer Science from the American University in Cairo, a Ph.D. from the Computer Laboratory at the University of Cambridge, and a Post Doctorate at MIT. Rana is one of few women leading a disruptive AI company. A Muslim-American and passionate advocate, she frequently speaks in the press and on stage, about innovation, women in technology, ethics in AI, and leadership. Forbes recently included Rana in their list of America's Top 50 Women In Tech, and Fortune Magazine included her in their 40 under 40, 2018 edition. She is also a Young Global Leader in the World Economic Forum. Visit our website TheStartupLifePodcast.com Follow The Startup Life Podcast Facebook Page Want gear from The Startup Life? Check out our gear! Check out other great podcasts from The Binge Podcast Network.   Written by: Dominic Lawson Executive Producers: Dominic Lawson and Kenda Lawson Music Credits: **Show Theme**  Behind Closed Doors - Otis McDonald  **Break Theme** Cielo - Huma-Huma  Sponsors/Partners Contact DR and Associates today for all of your marketing needs online at www.drandassociates.com, on social media, or at 615-933-3681 KOYA is the new and best way to let your friends and family know you're thinking of them! Choose a friend, record a message, hide it at a location they are likely to visit and give them a clue. When they arrive, your message will instantly appear! You can even send them a gift! Best of all, the app is entirely free.  OK Startup Nation, I want to talk to you about our sponsor, Tresta. They're offering a 30-day free trial, so you can see if Tresta's virtual phone system is right for you. Communicate smarter and more efficiently with Tresta. Start now at tresta.com/startuplife. Tresta, Business Communication. Simplified. Let Colony Spark help your business. Go to colonyspark.com/startuplife Use code BETTEREVERYDAY for 30% everything sitewide at ladder.sport. That's “BETTEREVERYDAY” for 30% off at ladder.sport.

Topics we discuss today:✓ AI patents✓ Emotion Recognition✓ Affectiva's 9M face videos global data set✓ How this period of social distancing may account for an extra stress ‘bias' in dealing with human emotions, and✓ Girl Decoded - Rana's recent book, on her remarkable life story in understanding this new technological frontier: machines with emotional intelligence

While reading my friend Rana's book "Girl Decoded", I began thinking about my own journey. I focused in on my emotional maturation where I put myself in timeout when I feel the risk of flaming somebody out or saying something mean or nasty. I'm a deeply empathetic person and feel emotions very strongly. This can lead to quick angry or intensely sad reactions. Sometimes the reactions are justifiable but mostly they are overreactions. Young professional me would fire off an email or call somebody to right any wrong I perceived. The episode goes into this. The Rana el Kaliouby's book "Girl Decoded" and the impact she had on me as a person working closely with her for several years. She's such a positive force of nature that she made ME a better person. One think I do now is monitor my emotions. I can't filter emotions out of my work. The emotions are the genesis of the brilliance or ingenuity. But they also can lead me down dark paths of flaming people. This is extremely relevant topic if you work in software/technology development. You can become paranoid and worry that you aren't on the A team anymore. Whatever team you ARE on, do your best, forgive all the wrongs you perceive, and try to crush your role whatever it is. The people who stand out are the ones who get things done and make things happen. Be that person. And learn how to manage your own hot headed personality. Focus on kindness and effectiveness.Cover photo is pic I took for a song by new one man band Richie Pandemic and the Quarantined on SoundCloud. I don't really wear a mask in my office but I can be found in Grateful Dead or Dead and Company t-shirt several days a week. Clearly this Deadhead thing is just a 40+ year fad for me!Note to self: the word I was searching for was "empathetic" pronounced correctly!

This is my umpteenth episode while under Quarantine. Today I tell you about a ray of sunshine. My dear friend, mentor, and former boss Rana el Kaliouby's book entitled "Girl Decoded" is out. It will be available to purchase on April 21, 2020 on audible.com or other bookseller. The bonus of the audio book to me is that Rana herself reads it. Listen to the Podcast for stories about Rana and why I believe you NEED to read this book. When I think about the idea for this podcast series High Risk/High Reward: Stories from my Life in Technology, Rana and my experience at Affectiva as the 7th employee stand out among the most unique examples of my approach to finding the very best place for me to work at a given time. I share my strategy for being considered for a job I was dramatically overqualified for, how I connected with the founders and became passionate about their vision. I knew I could help them navigate the murky waters of having a great technology looking for a business use case. So quick tales of some of the crazy things we tried. There are no words that would suffice to explain how special of a person Rana is, and therefore, why you must read this book. Give this podcast a listen and I'll explain it best I can. It took a little over 30 minutes to do so. And I still can't fully express who this woman is and why her book may change your life. She certainly had a profound impact on mine.The photo for this episode are the Affectiva cofounders: On the left is Roz (Rosalind Picard, PhD, Director of MIT Media Lab Affective Computing Group), on the right is Rana (Rana el Kaliouby PhD, CEO Affectiva and co-founder). Rana is presenting the roses to Roz for her longtime support and belief in Rana.