The Heart of Innovation

Irene Au has been building bridges between technology and creativity her whole life. From being the child of Chinese immigrants in South Carolina who wanted to study design and dance (but chose engineering) to being the voice of user centric design at tech companies who thought design was the result of complex calculations, she has developed a fascinating way of projecting her power and expertise in the world in the form of values based design in ways that are both practical and transcendent.
Irene has led User Experience at Netscape, Yahoo, Google and Khosla Ventures and has led Human Experience in Yoga, Meditation, Art, Raising a Family and Being Irene Au.

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Entrepreneur Marquis Harmon shares his story of creating the world you want despite the imperfectness of the world. His story is a powerful one and he shares his superpower of shifting from Me to We that has powered his values, intentions, creativity and why using crypto can be a transformative social force. In addition, he shares how he uses this superpower to thrive despite challenges like family addiction, prison and systemic racism.
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Cross cultural efforts can be a minefield. Cliff's areas of geographic focus are mainly post colonial countries in Asia. As a white dude American, Cliff knows the pitfalls. What's surprising the how these challenges can become an innovation superpower via the intention of care and the skills of empathy and cognitive perspective taking.
Cliff is most passionate about helping teams and organizations through transformations, enabling them to succeed in new levels of complexity. Supporting leaders in their ability to rise to the challenges of rapid change when prior ways of leading seem to fall short is some of the most joyful work he does. He believes those who find deeper connection to their purpose and practice ways of deepening their self-awareness are able to see and let go of beliefs and assumptions limiting their effectiveness as leaders. He finds joy in helping others look inward with courage to encounter what holds them back to release themselves from what hinders their greatness.

His practice ranges from online and in-person leadership program design and delivery as well as executive and team/cohort coaching. Clients worked with have been in major manufacturing, hi tech, bio tech, pharmaceutical, telecommunications, land development, financial services, US Navy, including start-ups, family run conglomerates, mid size and Fortune 500 companies in the US, Europe, Australia and SE Asia. He is trained in Presence-based and Growth Edge coaching methods, also is certified to use Leadership Circle framework of assessments and the MBTI. He is also a member of the global faculty for Leadership Circle Certifications.

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Today we talk with my old friend and colleague Dr Frederik Pferdt, who is on a mission to empower everyone to fulfill their visions for the future.

From shaping Google's fabled creative culture as Chief Innovation Evangelist to nurturing the minds of students at Stanford University's Hasso Plattner Institute of Design, Frederik has a track record of helping others realize their creative superpower to imagine and invent a better tomorrow.

Join us now as we have a conversational celebration around his new book, What's Next Is Now: How to Live Future Ready as we talk about shyness and audacity, knowing and not knowing, curiosity and risk.

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