Inspired In Berlin

How is technology helping kids in underprivileged communities, cleaning the oceans, and enhancing creativity? Tune in to listen!

Sowmya Subramanian is a seasoned product manager with a deep-rooted passion for creating products that make a tangible impact. She works at Development Seed, a geospatial software development organization working to solve some of the world's toughest problems. She thrives on addressing global challenges, fighting climate change, and meeting humanitarian needs. One of her greatest strengths lies in her ability to connect the dots across diverse idea threads, synthesizing information to envision and execute transformative product strategies. As a firm advocate for greater impact, Sowmya actively fosters best practices through open-source collaboration, recognizing the power of collective innovation in driving positive change. Sowmya's unwavering commitment to addressing global challenges, fighting climate change, and meeting humanitarian needs positions her as a catalyst for meaningful transformation. With expertise in product management and a steadfast dedication to sustainability and social responsibility, Sowmya is driven to build a better and more sustainable future for all.

Find out more about Sowmya and Development Seed at https://developmentseed.org/team/sowmya-subramanian

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How do emotions show up in our life? What is the short-term and long-term impact of suppressing emotions, and how does transformation and learning look like.

In this episode, Eylam and I talk about noticing when we're out of sync with our emotions and working with them, through the body.

We continue our conversations with Eylam, and dived into what it means to be spiritual in this time and age. In a time where spirituality is seen as a hobby for the socially disinterested, Eylam makes the case that it really is where we feel at home: unity/oneness/union isn't just an optional quest but our true nature.

This is the 3rd session of the Embodiment, Attention, and Perception series with Eylam Langotsky, where we dived into the topic of Perception and specially states and experiences of expanded perception. We looked for some common triggers, and markers of such experiences and what it might mean for us as humanity.

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In this episode we dive into defining attention and attentional spaces (internal/external, body/mind, now/past/future). We discussed differences in how children use attention vs how adults do so, as well as diving into attention and learning, and some creative ways to use attention.

You can find Eylam at http://eylamatwork.com/

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Eylam is an Embodiment Practitioner and an Attention Management Coach, who has been Exploring and Teaching perceptual development with people from all walks of life, for the last 30 years.

He has worked and taught in Israel, Switzerland and in the last decade in Berlin Germany.

He has a Masters degree from Cohn Institute for History and Philosophy of Science and Ideas, at the University of Tel Aviv.

His research was on alternative methodologies and practices of physical experimentation, and of perceptual observation and meditation in the scientific work of Goethe; Particularly Goethe’s ‘Theory of Colour’ and ‘The Metamorphosis of Plants’.

Eylam is presently writing a field guide into the foundation of human experience, Embodiment, Attention and Perception, and how they can be practiced, revived, empowered and emancipated.

This conversation is the first of many, during which we hope to cover embodiment, attention, perception, the theory and practice, for not just self-development but hopefully self-realization. Both Eylam and I would really appreciate your feedback, questions, and suggestions for topics to cover.

You can find Eylam at eylamatwork.com

Wei Leen and I discuss whether Artificial Intelligence will end up destroying humanity or what other implications it might have.. The short answer: we don't really know, but there's a lot of juice in this conversation so listen to the end ;)

Wei Leen and I tried to take opposing views on vegetarian and carnivore diets, and touched on dietary needs, food combinations, individual and group adaptations, and brought our personal perspectives on what a healthy diet could constitute

Diving into the role of technology in sustainable food production, looking at vertical farming as well as reducing food waste

In this episode we continue our exploration by trying to get some idea of how renewable energy fares against fossil fuels.

We went through a bunch of articles, news, and data sources to get an idea of production cost and viability of renewables as well understanding how much potential there may be.

P.S. We are essentially learning about sustainability -- we might get data or sources or facts wrong, and might also miss out on interesting news, aspects, projects, and people.. please help us learn better :) send us ideas and connect us with people you'd like us to bring on to the podcast, and ask your questions! 

Wei Leen and I continue our exploration of sustainability topics and focus a bit on recycling this time! 

For as long as we remember, human kind has been fascinated with stories and story telling. Myths, Sagas, and fairy tales (among others) try to capture the collected wisdom of the ages and package it in a sometimes straight up, and at other times allegorical wrapping. 

If you have read some old fairy tales and wondered what the authors were thinking, you're not alone. Stephan Kalinski started thinking about the values fairy tales portray and whether those values could be updated. His answer was yes, and he set out to re-tell the fairy tales for the modern times.  

In this episode, we talk about the immensity of the task of retelling classics without spoiling them; the thought process that goes into changing words, concepts, and names; Stephan's vision for FairyTalesRetold, and a fair bit about the entrepreneurial effort behind going from an idea to making this project a reality.  

✨ Check out Stephan and The Fairy Tales Retold at https://www.fairytales-retold.com/  

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How do you deal with your responsibilities as a (engineering) leader? How do you go from directly contributing code yourself to managing people? What do you learn along the way, and how do you keep learning? All this and more in this episode of the Inspired in Berlin podcast! 

✨ Our guest today, Florentina Arsinte, is a Director of Engineering at Sauce Labs, having previously held engineering leadership positions at N26, HERE Technologies, and Nokia. 

Check out Florentina at https://www.linkedin.com/in/florentinaarsinte/

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Are you really in the driver's seat, or just being driven around on auto-pilot? How does Mindfulness show up at work, what role does it play in Leadership, and what's that perfect mix of awareness and skills to take yourself and your business to a more humane, and still highly productive and successful place?

And most importantly, how Mindfulness brings you back to life, reconnects you with yourself and the people around you, and changes you forever.

✨ Our guest today, Mounira Latrache, was a pioneer of Google’s mindfulness community and its success led her to train teams at companies around the world. She has since trained over 20000 (business) people, written a book, co-founded her own business, and continues bringing Mindfulness and more to the business world.

Check out Mounira at https://connected-b.com/

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What does it take to energize people, especially technical teams, at the workplace?

In this episode, we talk about Autonomy, the freedom to act in line with business goals and choosing your own methods and tools, Purpose: knowing what you are building towards and alignment with your values, Feedback: knowing how your work impacts your colleagues, the business, and most importantly your customers; and a whole lot more..  

✨ Erol is a Lead Software Engineer by day and an entrepreneur by night, and someone who cares deeply about collaboration at the workplace and the role people play in that. You can get in touch with Erol on https://baykal.be 

For feedback and more about Inspired in Berlin, come visit https://inspiredinberlin.com 

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In this episode, we talk about Growth Mindset, helping people see clearly, leadership mental models and behaviors, challenges female leaders face, seeing beyond labels, and a whole lot more, with my guest Mira Culić Griffiths..  

✨ Mira is the cofounder, along with her partner Peter Griffiths, of The Mind Takeaway, a coaching and consultancy company focusing on leadership development and facilitating regenerative business practices that foster inclusive company cultures.  Alongside the consultancy, Mira and Peter also host their own podcast, with the same name, The Mind Take away podcast.  

✨ Checkout Mira and The Mind Takeaway on https://www.themindtakeaway.com/ 

For feedback and more about Inspired in Berlin, come visit https://inspiredinberlin.com 

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