Changing the Story

Legal services are undergoing massive change. What does this mean for you? Hear the story of Mei Tsang, who shares law firms are morphing their talent management and team resiliency to improve client service.

Our Guest

Mei Tsang is an intellectual property partner at the prestigious business litigation and intellectual property firm Umberg/Zipser LLP.  She has substantial experience in patent and trademark portfolio development, and in all aspects of IP enforcement, including negotiation, licensing, and litigation. Her clients also depend on her multicultural background and language abilities (Chinese) to help them expand and navigate their IP strategy worldwide.

Topics discussed in this episode: 

• Mei’s journey
• Law is trying to catch up with technology
• Biggest law challenge: recruiting top talent
• Creating the next normal for law and justice
• “The Costco Corner”: Building team resilience

Resources mentioned in this episode: 

• Website
• LinkedIn 
• Company LinkedIn
• Twitter: @meitsang

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Tired of short term thinking? Missing key opportunities? Hear the story of Jose Ramos, who has tapped into mindfulness to refocus business leaders on creating sustained value.

Our Guest

Jose is a builder who loves to turn ideas into their physical reality. He is a 2nd year Sloanie and currently doing a summer internship at Google. José majored in civil engineering at UC Irvine but realized that his passion lay at the intersection of business, psychology, and tech which led him to the world of startups. At MIT he is co-founding Mindfulness & Leadership and is focused on building a community of future business leaders that want to cultivate their own mindfulness practice. He is also the co-president of the Hispanic Business Club.

Topics discussed in this episode: 

• Business needs mindfulness to more whole holistically about long term decisions
• How to be a compassionate leader
• The weird backlash from being calm, cool, and collected
• Skeptical vs cynical
• Pay the dime for the dollar’s worth of work

Resources mentioned in this episode: 

• LinkedIn
• Twitter
• Instagram

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How do we optimize human creativity? Hear the story of Janet Rafner, as she taps into hybrid intelligence, the synergy between humans and AI, to unlock the power of human creativity for good to drive initiatives like citizen science.

Our

Guest

Janet Rafner
@jrafner

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Janet Rafner is a doctoral researcher in hybrid intelligence. She was formerly a U.S. Fulbright Fellow, with degrees in physics and studio art. Her current research includes: creativity, computational citizen science, and hybrid intelligence.

Topics discussed in this

Episode

Hybrid intelligence

The Crea Project

Janet’s 4Ps of creativity

Citizen science

The human loop

Janet Rafner Social Media

Website

LinkedIn

Twitter

Science at Home Social Media

LinkedIn

Twitter

Facebook

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How do we get students ready for the future of work? Why do we still use 19th century teaching techniques in our schools?. Hear the story of Jon Cassie who is transforming the educational system into personalized learning.

Our Guest

Jon Cassie is the Director of Innovation at TVT Community Day School in Irvine, CA. Since 1997, he has been a teacher and education leader at independent schools in Dallas, Los Angeles, Pittsburgh and Orange County (California). Jon earned Bachelor’s Degrees in History and Classics from University of Massachusetts, a Master’s Degree in History from The Ohio State University and an Ed.D. in Educational Leadership from UCLA.

Topics discussed in this episode: 

• How do we disrupt education to get students ready for the future of work
• Don’t teach subjects, teach them five archetypes
• The three purposes of education and the five modes of thinking
• Parenting strategy and societal influences have reshaped educational priorities
• The future of education: The Network of Knowledge
• It’s ALL soft skills

Resources mentioned in this episode: 

• Website

• Personal Website 

• LinkedIn

• Facebook

• Twitter: @joncassie

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Get the balance right. That’s the eternal struggle for all of us. Hear the story of Todd Gray, who has mastered this seesaw and shares his secrets on how we can achieve equilibrium.

Our Guest

Todd Gray is a 35 year professional fine artist and entrepreneur. (And of the most humble people you’ll every meet.)

Topics discussed in this episode: 

• Universal benevolence
• Hippie on a yuppie income
• Work to be balanced and beautiful
• Gratitude and appreciation are a muscle

Resources mentioned in this episode: 

• Website

• Instagram
  

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What’s different about artists and scientists? While both are experimental, artists have more freedom because they don’t lose credibility while being creative. Hear the story of Maella Clarke, who is leading the charge for us to be part artist and part scientist as she unlocks the sound of data.

Our

Guest

Majella Clarke
@majella.clarke

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Majella Clarke is an Australian Conductor, multi-instrumentalist artist, and Artificial Intelligence Strategist based in Helsinki, Finland. Her artistic practice uses data, algorithms, and AI to create compositions, sound, and sonic art that can also be used in live performance. Participation and inclusion of the audience and non-skilled musicians, in collaboration with skilled musicians, is a feature of her work seeking to blur the lines between performer, composer, and audience.

Topics discussed in this

Episode

What does data sound like

Personification of data (it's what's missing in climate change data)

Art should expand beyond artist

Majella’s 5Ps

Music through facial expressions

Is AI artistically creative?

Majella Clarke Social Media

Instagram

Twitter

LinkedIn

Dain Studios Social Media

Website

Twitter

LinkedIn

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What if you had your own AI best friend — someone who understood you as a person? Advances in perceptual AI and Big Data get to know us better — even our irrationality of ourselves, it’s becoming increasingly possible AI can serve as our very own companion. Hear the story of Khizer Khaderi as he combines AI and neuroscience to take us toward having our own J.A.R.V.I.S., just like Tony Stark / Ironman.

Our Guest

Khizer Khaderi is Head of the Stanford Human Perception Laboratory, Adjunct Associate Professor at Stanford University and faculty at the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI.  Khaderi is a renowned Ophthalmologist with sub-specialization in Neuro-Ophthalmology and Orbital surgery. He is CEO of Vizzario Inc, a Perceptual AI company.  Khaderi has extensive domain expertise in visual psychophysics, wearables, VR/AR/MxR, applied neuroscience, human factors, human-machine interaction and AI.  He has developed novel technologies in these areas and generated multiple invention patents.  Selected as a “40 under 40”, he contributed to President Obama’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology regarding vision technology and the aging population.  He has also advised multiple companies and organizations including Magic Leap, NBA, Aerie Pharma, the World Health Organization and the World Bank. 

Topics discussed in this episode: 

• Democratizing and frictionless
• Human intelligence & behavior
• Managing bias in AI
• Marrying video games and science
• Behavior drives action/interaction
• Machines need to understand “stupid”

Resources mentioned in this episode: 

• Website 

• Stanford Performance Vision & Human Performance Lab  

• Twitter

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Do you wish to escape from the shackles of IT infrastructure: CPU, memory, storage, cost? It’s no longer a pipe dream. It’s a reality decades into the making, thanks to Corent Technologies. Hear the story of CEO Feyzi Fatehi on how they are FINALLY democratizing software.

Our Guest

Feyzi Fatehi is CEO of Corent Technology, a cloud migration and modernization leader named among the Top 10 Most Disruptive Private Companies by InsightsSuccess. A technology visionary, inventor, innovator, and entrepreneur, Fatehi was recipient of the 2019 CODiE Lifetime Achievement Award, a recognition bestowed on the likes of Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Bill Gates for significant long-term contributions to the software industry. A Silicon Valley veteran, Fatehi has given talks at Harvard, Wharton, Stanford, CalTech, and UCI, as well as at industry events around the globe, including keynotes titled, “Inspiring a Culture of 10X Innovation and Entrepreneurship Within the Global Corporation”, and “Democratizing SaaS: The Chronicles of an Entrepreneurial Journey to Disrupt the Software Industry.” Fatehi studied at Cambridge, Princeton, UT Austin, and UCLA.

Topics discussed in this episode: 

• Disrupt big things
• Disrupting for better
• Democratizing software
• Old habits are hard to break
• If Microsoft said it, it must be true…

Resources mentioned in this episode: 

• Website

• LinkedIn

• Twitter: @feyzif

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What do we take for granted? Consider the ritualistic sounds of footsteps or ringing bells. What if we could create from this? What if we could bring back historical figures through sound art? Hear the story of Budhaditya Chattopadhyay, as transforms the mundane into a beautiful symphony of wonder.

Our

Guest

Budhaditya Chattopadhyay
@budhaditya

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Budhaditya Chattopadhyay is an Indian-born media artist, researcher, and writer. He produces works for large-scale installation and live performance addressing contemporary issues of climate crisis, human intervention in the environment and ecology, urbanity, migration, race and decolonization. He has received numerous fellowships, residencies and international awards. Chattopadhyay holds a PhD in artistic research and an MA in new media.

Topics discussed in this

Episode

Entering the world of AI

Ritual sound as the activator

Data as the fuel for sound art and sound sculptures

Bringing back historical figures for contemporary times

Balancing the human and the machine

Website

Facebook

Instagram

Twitter

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What do you do when life hands you lemons? That’s what happened to our guest when he was diagnosed with Duchenne’s Disease as a child. Hear the story of Elijah Stacy, who shares his wisdom on how to overcome adversity and become a champion against life’s challenges.

Our Guest

Elijah Stacy suffers from a genetic muscle wasting disease known as Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, which took away his ability to walk at age 11. However, Elijah’s spirit remains unbridled as he is optimistic about the future and has a deep passion for business. This passion has led Elijah to starting a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization when he was 15 years of age called Destroy Duchenne.

Topics discussed in this episode: 

• The devastation of Duchenne
• Finding a cure through CRISPR
• Change negativity into positive motivation
• Advice on how each of us can overcome the challenges of life

Resources mentioned in this episode: 

• Website 

• Instagram: @elijahjstacy 

• Twitter: @elijahjstacy

• Facebook: @elijahjstacy

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