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Lessons From Inspirational Women in STEM: “Be comfortable with the unknown”, with Dr. Vered Gigi and Fotis Georgiadis Be comfortable with the unknown. Unfortunately, a lot of women in STEM think that knowing all the answers gives them credibility and proves their worth. During my training as a scientist I learned that the unknown is …
The Future is Now: “Now we can increase mining efficiency, to eventually shift our reliance off oil and gas” with Thor Kallestad of DataCloud A more data-driven efficiency in mining is the only way the industry will be able to keep up with the demand in switching society’s reliance off oil and gas. I had the …
Lessons From Inspirational Women in STEM: “Everywhere there are men, there should be an equitable amount of women; Until that happens, nothing will be the best that it can be” with Ashlee Ammons & Candice Georgiadis Everywhere there are men, there should be an equitable amount of women. Until that happens, nothing will be the …
As a part of my interview series with prominent medical professionals about “How To Grow Your Private Practice,” I had the pleasure of interviewing Julia Getzelman, M.D. Julia founded GetzWell Personalized Pediatrics in 2008 with a passionate commitment to bring pediatric functional medicine to San Francisco. She is board certified in pediatrics and is a …
The Future Is Now: “Now we can use AI and 3D printing to quickly make new hardware components” with Jeremy Herrman and Fotis Georgiadis It is common for large companies to push code updates dozens or even hundreds of times a day. This speed of iteration is akin to corporate metabolism and varies greatly depending …
The Future Is Now: “Soon will be able to bioengineer fully functioning human organs for transplantation” with Dr. Jeff Ross of Miromatrix It’s estimated every 10 minutes in the U.S., someone is added to the national transplant waiting list. Unfortunately, 22 people die every day while waiting for an organ to become available, and that …
Surround yourself with dissenting views. This prepares your brain and your emotions to handle tougher problems and deal with them in a resilient way. The idea for my very first patent emerged out of a dissenting view, where a colleague disagreed with me on my idea to help operators of agricultural equipment stay fully attentive …
Women Leading the AI Industry: “One of the first things that stands out is how much data we have at our fingertips”, with Caitlin Kontgis and Fotis Georgiadis We’re in the midst of an AI revolution. One of the first things that stands out is how much data we have at our fingertips. For an …
Women in Wellness: “Finding the proper balance of fear and courage is the key to taking the necessary action to implement your new idea”, with Theresa Armour and Fotis Georgiadis Finding the proper balance of fear and courage is the key to taking the necessary action to implement your new idea. I encourage risk. Risk …
There are a lot of smart people out there called customers: listen to them. Listen to them because you will get some things wrong. Anything new and different will have vocal fans and haters too. What’s valuable is hearing what you can do to make it better fast. I had the pleasure of interviewing Andrew Hodge, …
Women Of The C-Suite: “Find sponsors, not just mentors, and then become both for others” with LaVerne H. Council and Fotis Georgiadis Find sponsors, not just mentors, and then become both for others. There is a difference between the two, and you need both. Mentors provide a sounding board based on similar or relatable experiences, …
An Interview with Fotis Georgiadis Commit and follow through. No matter what business someone is in there will be challenges. The grass is not greener on the other side, and get-rich-quick schemes do not exist. Success takes work and if someone commits and follows through, they will no doubt be successful. The reason for not …
Support your team. Let the buck stop with you. Good leaders trust their team and let them fail. And be authentic. Nothing is worse than having employees wondering what you are thinking. It’s demotivating and it stalls productivity. And now, the hard one: solicit feedback on your performance. Everybody wants praise, and nobody likes criticism. …
Women of the C-suite: “Being humble is the most important quality for a leader” with Liisa Andersson of Urban Sharing I would not categorize myself as a “female” leader, necessarily, but that may come from being Norwegian. We don’t really have many issues with equality in the workplace here. So for me, being humble is the …
Leaders grow leaders. It’s important to provide opportunities and experiences to others. In my experience, most leaders are not consciously aware of this, but when they do help grow others’ leadership skills, it’s a differentiator. Often times it comes with experience and wisdom, and people get better later in life at growing the next generation …
5 Things I Wish Someone Told Me Before I Founded My Company: “Talk to everyone; immerse yourself in your community” with Darby Jackson Talk to everyone. Especially as a young entrepreneur, it’s important to immerse yourself in your community and build a tribe of mentors around you that have done this before. Right now, I say …
Confidence is key in leadership. By giving my team autonomy and challenging them to leave their comfort zone, I find they are increasingly innovative, creative and passionate about Valani. Seeing them flourish, gives me immense joy. As a part of my series about strong female leaders, I had the pleasure of interviewing Heena Shah of Valani …
You are in charge of your wellbeing — This covers all manner of wellbeing, including your health and family. I can’t stress how important it is to make time for those things, and not excuses. On the career side, money and trajectory, while you may be able to trust a handful (and I mean maybe 3–5 people) …
Announce your goals — One of my goals is to own a private plane by 2025. Back in 2018, I ran a Facebook ad promoting my goal to 10,000 people, and had a fun dialog with all the strangers that wanted to fly in my plane. But I had pilots messaging me wanting jobs, and entrepreneurs messaging …
Maintain an open-door policy — your team is looking to you for advice and leadership. When they know your door is open, they will feel comfortable reaching out to you when issues arise. You will have earlier insight into opportunities and challenges, and see qualities in your team members that will allow you to identify future leaders …
Allow your passion to be on display for everyone to see and feel. Passion is contagious, and there is nothing better than a leader who displays their passion and commitment every day. When done effectively, the organization feels more like a community than a group of employees. When leading the turnaround of a company, I …
Women Of The C-Suite: “Be willing to define and redefine success for yourself” With Allison Braun & Fotis Georgiadis Be willing to define and redefine success for yourself. Growing up I was somewhat of a chameleon. I learned quickly to adapt to my surroundings and molded my personality around who I was with. As I …
Women Of The C-Suite: “Get out of the office; Don’t just sit at your desk” with Lauren Levy & Fotis Georgiadis Get out of the office. Don’t just sit at your desk. We travel to many different new mom events around the country. We listen to what moms want in terms of fabrics and designs …
Women Of The C-Suite: “Always, always be transparent about your expectations” with Michelle Tipton and Fotis Georgiadis Always, always be clear and transparent about your expectations. Be present, listen and be open to everyone’s ideas; don’t confuse leadership with dictatorship. Hire people with diverse competencies that complement and complete yours. Coach up and delegate so …
Women Of The C-Suite: “Personal behaviors drive our personal outcomes” with Stephynie Malik and Fotis Georgiadis I have always believed that your personal behaviors drive your personal outcomes. In addition to focusing on the behaviors we just discussed, I would say that one-on-one time with each member of your talent is invaluable. Always be prepared …
Women of the C-Suite: “Listening skills are the best skills a leader can have” with Laurie Powell and Fotis Georgiadis You have two ears and one mouth — Use them in the same portion or as Burr says in the Broadway show, Hamilton “talk less, smile more.” Listening skills are the best skills a leader can have. …
Rising Through Resilience: “Be persistent and determined, but also know when to pivot” with Steve Schnall CEO and Chairman of Quontic Bank Be persistent and determined, but also know when to pivot. Your original plan may, in fact, not have been viable, so don’t be afraid to tweak, reinvent and reposition. I had the pleasure of …
Don’t step into solutions too swiftly. It’s important to always listen more than you speak. Each of us will never have all the answers, and therefore it’s important to hear others out and gain all the facts before making firm decisions. As a part of my series about strong female leaders, I had the pleasure …
Media Mogul Jacqueline Hernández: “Brands need to have PURPOSE more than they need to have image campaigns” I believe purpose is the fifth “P” of marketing. In every role that I have had, marketing has been a big part of what I oversee and one of my strengths, particularly in building brands. Brands need to …
Chelle Neff: “When you grow up being an “artist”, you are conditioned to go with the wind and let whatever happens happen; It took me a while to accept that you can’t run a business that way” Structure and systems work. When you grow up being an “artist”, you are conditioned to go with the wind …
“We don’t serve the world by trying to be like everyone else” with Emily Wright and Fotis Georgiadis I have since discovered that my femininity, expression of emotion and ability to connect with humanity is my greatest strength. Rising up to my full authentic potential gives those around me permission to do the same. My …
“Leaders needs to be able to let go of control and trust their team” with Francis Perdue & Fotis Georgiadis Be able to let go of control and trust your team. When I trusted my intern at the time she doubled my business by adding Instagram posts to bring in new clients and going through …
It is important to keep learning. Things are changing faster today than ever before so staying current on business trends and always building on your skills and talent are critical. I’m an avid reader so reading is the way I stay current and continue to learn. I recently established a leadership book club at my …
Empower, empower, empower! It sounds obvious but I’ve found by managing women that you have to remind them that they are in charge. Don’t doubt yourself or second guess your decisions. Trust your gut. We almost always have the answer we’re looking for but don’t trust ourselves to execute. You wouldn’t be in leadership if …
5 Things I Wish Someone Told Me Before I Started: “There are a lot of highs and lows and not a lot in between.” with Amy Lacey and Fotis Georgiadis Perseverance: When describing what it’s like to persevere as an entrepreneur and leader, I like to use the phrase, “There are a lot of highs …
Women Of The C-Suite: “There are only two things you can control — your focus and your costs” with Fluxx CEO Madeline Duva There are only 2 things you can control — your focus and your costs. I have learned this through many startups failures and successes. While I can’t guarantee you success if you do that, I can pretty …
Being a former international fashion model and working in front of the camera most of my adult life, my “appearance” is what I depended on to survive financially as well as emotionally. As I age, it’s hard to accept the lines and wrinkles and the last 10 lbs. that never seem to come off! However, …
“I believe that ‘drive’ already exists within every entrepreneur” with Chris Roebuck and Fotis Georgiadis Starting a company is never easy. As someone who’s found the courage to do so, I believe that ‘drive’ already exists within every entrepreneur. In business and life itself, you’re going to go through highs and lows. In order to …
Alcoholism is considered to be a disease of loneliness, but I think it’s true for most kinds of addiction. Lack of meaningful connection can be very painful and hard to bear, and Western culture offers all kind of drugs that soothe this pain in the short term and make things a whole lot worse for …
Don’t put your phone down, put it away. Multiple studies have shown that the sight of a phone or computer, even in our peripheral vision, is very distracting to the brain. One study demonstrated that people who talked to each other while a phone sat on the table near them, even if that phone didn’t …
I also believe that in our society we have a desire to achieve financial success and buy into the idea that one can achieve wealth as a path to happiness. We ascribe to the requirements of achievement through sacrifices of one’s personal time, showing ambitious dedication to one’s employer, and providing immediate responses of calls …
5 Things We Can Each Do Help Solve The Loneliness Epidemic, with Dr. Mark B. Constantian and Fotis Georgiadis Social media is not connection. First, it is inherently false. You see the selfie of a friend at a party, smiling and seeming to have a much better time than you are. How do you connect …
We are over-stimulated: Many people think they are lonely, because they are actually bored. We are not good at quiet time! While boredom and loneliness aren’t the same thing, our expectations of constant entertainment, stimulation, and occupation may be demanding too much of our social relationships. Under that kind of pressure, many people give up …
Loneliness changes our interpersonal neurobiology (increased cortisol for example) making secondary concerns of depression, anxiety and addiction more likely. As a part of my interview series about the ‘5 Things We Can Each Do Help Solve The Loneliness Epidemic’ I had the pleasure to interview Rover.com’s Human Animal Behavioral Expert, Phil Tedeschi. Philip Tedeschi is the …
Ask yourself: what is one thing my community needs that I could do something about? Does that highway on the edge of town have garbage on it that needs to be picked up? Does the local library need to be painted? These are things almost anyone could organize a group to accomplish head-on, and thus, …
An Interview With Fotis Georgiadis US News and World Report, states that, Loneliness affects 3 in 4 Americans and appears to spike in late 20’s, mid-50’s and late 80’s. If you compare the American lifestyle to the world, in general we tend to eat more quantity and exercise less. We drive rather than walk and …
“5 Things We Can Each Do Help Solve The Loneliness Epidemic” With Relationship Expert and Therapist Audrey Hope Our technological age has empowered us and increased our freedom and ability to organize and learn and help each other. The advancements have been breathtaking and life-altering. Yet it has also caused serious problems of isolation and alienation …
An Interview With Fotis Georgiadis Human beings are very much social beings. In many ways our lives are defined by our roles and relationships with others and what we share toward one another. Relationships that are healthy help exercise our hearts and our minds and help our energy flow. When we lack connection with others …
An Interview With Fotis Georgiadis I think we need to understand why we are lonely. I find that we are more connected than ever, yet we are more alone than ever. We, humans, are social beings, we are meant to be in packs and be together. Slowly we are losing the skills to connect. Losing …
Women Of The C-Suite: “It’s important to spend time with your employees and create a culture of love and family”, With Elizabeth Faraut of La LOOP …it’s important to spend time with people and create a culture of “love and family” where each person feels like they are running their own business. Even if it’s a …