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Remake

Remake

Written by: Eran Dror
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 Remake is a podcast about Design, Systems, and Society. And I'm Eran Dror, a product designer and researcher of eastern religions. In each episode I interview someone who's trying to change our lives for the better in some meaningful way, whether through a new product, new venture, or new way of looking at the world, and I try to understand how they came to it, what makes them tick, and what we all can learn from them. I truly believe Design is strategic, that it goes to the core, that it's at the root of what it means to be human. In this show we explore an expansive view of design, and cover Systems Thinking, Social Innovation, Secular spirituality, and the future.2021. All rights reserved to Eran Dror. Art Economics Leadership Management & Leadership
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  • 074. Kevin Kelly: Living with Technology

    074. Kevin Kelly: Living with Technology
    Aug 17 2023
    TODAY'S GUEST One of the most tragic aspects of the accelerating pace of change, and rapid evolution of new technologies — is that we as humanity have lost our elders. We begin to see older generations as detached from the current world of innovation, and have to discount advice and experiences gained in an age that feels so different from our own. Whereas prior generations could count on a world pretty similar to that of their ancestors, when we look to the future, pretty much the only thing we're sure of is that it's not going to look like the past, or even the present. But we still yearn for some sage advice, at least I know I do. And wouldn't it be wonderful if we did have someone who could help us navigate a time of tremendous, accelerating change? That's why I was so excited to talk to Kevin Kelly. Kevin is perhaps the closest thing Silicon Valley has to such a sage. Someone who not only witnessed the tremendous rise of digital technology, but thought about it deeply as it was happening and developed models for thinking about it. In 1993, Kevin co-founded the groundbreaking Wired magazine, and served as its Executive Editor for its first seven years. In 1994, he wrote Out of Control, the classic book on decentralized emergent systems. In 2010 he published What Technology Wants, a robust theory of technology and the complex, almost organic systems that drive it, and in 2017 he published The Inevitable, a New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller about the inevitable trends driving technology. His latest book Excellent Advice for Living: Wisdom I Wish I'd Known Earlier, is an offering of 450 useful aphorisms or principles for living he's devised over his life amidst the changes. EPISODE SUMMARY In this conversation we talk about: How did DIY culture shape Kevin's worldview from a young age?What inspired Kevin to co-found Wired magazine?Why does Kevin claim technology has a will of its own?What is his take on AI advances of today?Why did he decide to write a book of pithy life advice?What is some of Kevin's most counterintuitive advice around decision making and change?How can we live fully before our time is up? My favorite piece of advice in the episode is about choosing a path of change. Without giving away the content, I'll just say I've brought it up multiple times in conversation with friends about their dilemmas, and when considering my own life decisions. TIMESTAMP CHAPTERS These timestaps are AI-generated and could prove inaccurate. (Please let us know if you find any issues here: podcast@remakelabs.com ) Early Making and DIY Culture (00:08:17 - 00:10:16)The Origins of Wired Magazine (00:15:18 - 00:17:30)Technology's Inherent Tendencies (00:19:32 - 00:22:05)AI as Future Partners (00:25:11 - 00:27:02)Truth and AI (00:28:17 - 00:31:20)Advice for Living Wisdom (00:32:14 - 00:36:39)Giving and Getting (00:36:59 - 00:38:16)Learning vs "Can't Do" (00:38:57 - 00:39:42)Choosing Change (00:40:55 - 00:41:57)Embodying Your Full Potential (00:42:24 - 00:44:45) EPISODE LINKS Kevin Kelly's Links: Website: https://kk.org/Twitter: https://twitter.com/kevin2kellyOrganizations: https://kk.org/cooltools/ Books, Articles, and Resources Mentioned: Wired Magazine: https://www.wired.com/Out of Control by Kevin Kelly: https://kk.org/books/out-of-control/What Technology Wants by Kevin Kelly: https://kk.org/books/what-technology-wants/The Inevitable by Kevin Kelly: https://kk.org/books/the-inevitable/Excellent Advice for Living by Kevin Kelly: https://kk.org/books/excellent-advice-for-living/ ABOUT US Remake Podcast: Visit us: RemakePod.org 🙏🏻 Rate the show on iTunes🙏🏻 Support us! Join the Podcast Member community💌 Share your thoughts: podcast@remakelabs.com👉 Listen or Subscribe to the show: Apple Podcasts・Google Podcasts・RadioPublic・Overcast・Stitcher・PocketCasts・Castro・SoundCloud・Spotify・YouTube・Deezer Remake Labs: RemakeLabs.com・Medium・LinkedIn・Community・Twitter・Facebook・InstagramEran Dror: EranDror.com・LinkedIn・Twitter・Medium
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    46 mins
  • 026. Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie: Community, Ritual, and Creativity

    026. Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie: Community, Ritual, and Creativity
    Aug 10 2023
    TODAY'S GUEST Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie is an Israeli-born, Jewish educator, writer, and performance artist. He's the creator of Storahtelling, Inc. and the founding spiritual leader of Lab/Shul in NYC, an artist-driven, everybody friendly, God-optional, pop-up experimental community for sacred Jewish gatherings. Amichai is a member of the Global Justice Fellowship of the American Jewish World Service, a founding member of the Jewish Emergent Network, serves on the Leadership Council of the New York Jewish Agenda, the Advisory Council of the International School for Peace - a Refugee Support Project in Greece, a member of the Advisory Council for the Institute for Jewish Spirituality, and is a faculty member of the Reboot Network. Through all his endeavors, he brings a creative, inclusive, and vital energy to Jewish practice and Jewish life. EPISODE SUMMARY In this conversation we talk about: How the Jewish concept of the set table served both as a happy early memory, and as an organizing principle for his later work.How Covid 19 made rituals and online communities more important than ever.His orthodox roots as the scion of an ancient and respected rabbinical dynasty, and his journey of self discovery through theater, drag, and art.His creation of storytelling, a way to bring to life the ancient ritual of the reading of the Torah, and the Maven Method he developed to spread the practice further.The emergence of Lab/Shul and the community around it.The power of spiritual design and a well-designed practice in transforming our lives and our communities for the better. We also discuss: How is religion used as a tool in the service of humanity?What happens if you bring scripture to the 21st century as a performance?Why is the tribal wisdom of small circles within a bigger circle so important? I've long believed that one of the most promising avenues to apply design skills and creativity to is in designing communities, social rituals, and spiritual practice that suits the modern world. And, as such, there's no one I can think of that exemplifies this better than Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie. I think this conversation, which is full of wisdom and fun, is a great introduction to exactly the type of spiritual design we need to see more of. So let's jump right in with Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie. TIMESTAMP CHAPTERS [3:52] Life During Covid [10:17] The Wisdom of the Set Table [22:31] The Birth of Storahtelling [29:55] A Paradigm Shift from Patriarchy [38:25] Rebirth of the Translator [54:34] The Design of Lab/Shul [1:00:19] Design Thinking and Virtual Practice [1:11:54] Individualism vs Collectivism [1:19:36] The Significance of the Tree EPISODE LINKS Amichai's Links 🌍 Lab/Shul🌍 Storahtelling, Inc.🌍 American Jewish World Service🌍 Jewish Emergent Network🌍 New York Jewish Agenda🌍 International School of Peace🌍 Institute for Jewish Spirituality🌍 Amichai Lau-Lavie Official Website💼 LinkedIn: LinkedIn Profile📣 Twitter: @AmichaiLauLavie📺 YouTube Channel Other Links 📺 Bo Burnham: Inside🌍 929🌍 Design Thinking - Stanford d.school📕 The School of Life: An Emotional Education by Alain de Botton📕 Religion for Atheists: A Non-believer's Guide to the Uses of Religion by Alain de Botton📕 The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters by Priya Parker ABOUT US Remake Podcast: Visit us: RemakePod.org 🙏🏻 Rate the show on iTunes🙏🏻 Support us! Join the Podcast Member community💌 Share your thoughts: podcast@remakelabs.com👉 Listen or Subscribe to the show: Apple Podcasts・Google Podcasts・RadioPublic・Overcast・Stitcher・PocketCasts・Castro・SoundCloud・Spotify・YouTube・Deezer Remake Labs: RemakeLabs.com・Medium・LinkedIn・Community・Twitter・Facebook・InstagramEran Dror: EranDror.com・LinkedIn・Twitter・Medium
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    1 hr and 23 mins
  • 047. Jerry Colonna: Why Better Humans Make Better Leaders

    047. Jerry Colonna: Why Better Humans Make Better Leaders
    Aug 3 2023
    TODAY'S GUEST Jerry Colonna is the CEO and co-founder of Reboot.io, an executive coaching and leadership development firm whose coaches and facilitators are committed to the notion that better humans make better leaders. For nearly 20 years, he has used the knowledge gained as an investor, an executive, and a board member for more than 100 organizations to help entrepreneurs and others to lead with humanity, resilience, and equanimity. He's been called the CEO Whisperer and the Coach with the Spider Tattoo, and has taken refuge in the Buddhist dharma tradition. Previous to his career as a coach, he was a partner with JPMorgan Partners (JPMP), the private equity arm of JP Morgan Chase. And before that, had launched Flatiron Partners with partner, Fred Wilson. Flatiron became one of the most successful, early-stage investment programs in the New York City area. Today, he lives in Boulder, Colorado. EPISODE SUMMARY In this conversation we talk about: COVID, and how it exposed the interdependence, but also the inequality of American society.Leadership in the context of the Ukraine war, and how when leaders don't address their vulnerable and wounded parts, that expresses itself in violence. We discuss that in the context of malignant narcissism with Putin, and also with Trump.His childhood, and how he became keenly aware of how people around him are feeling.His career in venture, and how he veered from that into coaching.My therapy session, where he points his radical inquiry, his coach mind, at me.My tendency to hide, to not want to be very active on social media, at least not publicly on Twitter.My fear of being judged, and my fears of not being seen or appreciated.What it means to bring your whole self to every challenge in your life, at work, and at any other moment.How everything is an opportunity for self growth, and to practice that.His reboot system and method, and his book.How everybody in life is basically looking for love, safety, and belonging. We had this conversation in mid-March 2022, and that was two years into the worldwide outbreak of COVID, and a couple of weeks into Russia's invasion of Ukraine. I was excited and nervous to talk to Jerry, who's famous for making podcasters cry. We also had a brief chat months before preparing for this interview and I already had a taste of his radical inquiry approach to coaching. So as expected, this did not end up being a regular interview. While we got to explore his history and his ideas and his childhood a little bit, Jerry turned his radical inquiry on me as expected. And you'll get to hear a pretty detailed coaching/therapy session on this podcast and dive deeper into my fears and insecurities along the way. I have to say, I found it deeply therapeutic, both at the time, and now weeks later when I relisten. This was a very different, very meaningful process for me, and I hope that you'll find it beneficial as well. It definitely affected the way that I approach putting myself out there and allow myself to be more visible on social media. Shortly after this interview was recorded, I definitely did start being more vocal and an amazing thing happened. As I started being more vocal on Twitter and other platforms, we got more and more downloads for this podcast and the podcast started growing very, very rapidly. And so I owe a big thank you to Jerry for challenging my assumptions and helping me pinpoint these insecurities. Jerry assured me that this is helpful to other people to hear. So I really hope that will prove true, and that you'll find this episode really helpful to you in your journey as well. This conversation with Jerry is one of a dozen or so weekly conversations we already have lined up for you with thinkers, designers, makers, authors, philosophers, entrepreneurs, and investors who are working to change our world for the better. So follow this podcast on your favorite podcast app, or head over to remakepod.org to subscribe. And now let's jump right in with Jerry Colonna. TIMESTAMP CHAPTERS [6:58] Life During Covid [13:23] The War in Ukraine [20:51] Early Childhood Empathy [24:25] A Journey to the Venture World [32:54] A Therapy Session [52:17] Business as a Tool for Growth [57:44] Bringing Your Whole Self [1:00:20] The Reboot Approach [1:05:01] A Short Sermon EPISODE LINKS Jerry's Links 🌎 Reboot.io 📘 Reboot: Leadership and the Art of Growing Up💼 LinkedIn: LinkedIn Profile📣 Twitter: @jerrycolonna📺 YouTube Channel Other Links 🎧 SquadCast🏙️ Flatiron Venture Partners📕 The Complete Poetry & Prose of William Blake📕 The Lord of the Rings📕 This Is Marketing: You Can't Be Seen Until You Learn to See by Seth Godin🌎 Wikipedia📕 The Politics of the Brokenhearted: On Holding the Tensions of Democracy by Parker Palmer📕 When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times by Pema Chödrön📕 Faith: Trusting Your Own Deepest Experience by ...
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    1 hr and 7 mins
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