Gary Ware is a creative yet strategic Play Consultant that was brought here to make your life even better than it already is. By day, Gary helps companies and professionals level up their skills, and by night he is an improv comedian. In between all of Gary’s passions, his most desirous one is helping people become the best versions of themselves through fun and entertainment. Now that you know that Gary is—indeed—a real person let’s hear more about why he created Breakthrough Play.

Michael Margolis the CEO of Storied, Inc – #1 narrative expert in tech

• Works with C-suite and VP leaders that need to get their story straight
• Clients include product execs at Meta, Google, Shopify, Uber, Salesforce
• $13B+ in investments thru executive buy-in and influence at scale
• 500+ keynotes and talks for Microsoft, Visa, Moody’s, SXSW, TEDx
• Author of Story 10x: a playbook for strategic narratives and tech disruption
• Color-blind, left-handed, and eats more chocolate than the average human

A few links from the show:
The Liver King
Yanis Veroufakis on Youtube
Michael's Free book, Story10X

Today’s guest is Ion Valaskakis — an executive coach, AI strategist, and expert in helping people thrive at the intersection of technology, neuroscience, and human performance. He’s the founder of Prometheus Strategic Advisors and writes the popular IoNTELLIGENCE newsletter, where he shares practical ways to upgrade your brain and master AI in today’s fast-changing world. Ion works with top executives and entrepreneurs to sharpen their thinking, boost their leadership, and stay future-ready. He’s passionate about coaching the next generation of AI-enhanced executives. 

In this episode, we go into the culture of content, consumption and dopamine addiction with Ion Valis.  Ion is a strategic advisor to entrepreneurs and executives. He helps them perform, transform, and flourish in an era of accelerating change.

In 2014, he published his first book, The Magnificent Mistake: How We Can Earn More from Failure than We Learn from Success. It describes an innovative system he developed to teach leaders and teams how to learn from their errors, and why it’s so important to do so.

Alan Heymann is an executive coach, and was previously Vice President of Communications for The Humane Society of the United States. He also held various roles in the Government of the District of Columbia, including agency public information officer, mayoral speechwriter and legislative staffer. Earlier in his career, Alan was a television reporter, producer and anchor in his native Illinois.

In Unfollow Your Passion, Terri Trespicio—whose TEDx talk has more than seven million views—skewers the platitudes, inverts conventional wisdom, and calls into question everything you think you need to succeed: passion (fun, but fleeting), plans (flimsy at best), and a bucket list (eye roll), to name a few.

Great to sit down with my fellow culture hacker, Berke Brown. Let me know what you think!