Welcome to Remarkable People. We're on a mission to make you remarkable. Helping me in this episode is Dario Gil. Dario is an innovation trailblazer ushering in the quantum age as IBM’s pioneering Director of Research. Dr. Gil oversees 3,000 scientists across fields like quantum, AI and semiconductors that are radically redefining computing. By [...]
Are you ready to embark on a thrilling adventure into the depths of the ocean? If so, you're in for a treat! I'm Guy Kawasaki, and I invite you to join me on an extraordinary journey as we explore the fascinating world of sharks on the Remarkable People podcast. Today, we have the privilege [...]
Have you been looking for inspiration to make a difference in the world? Then you should check out the latest episode of Remarkable People, featuring Latanya Mapp Frett, the president, and CEO of Global Fund for Women. We discuss how everyday feminists drive the movements we need now more than ever. I spoke with [...]
As always, I'm thrilled to share another remarkable episode with you. In this episode of Remarkable People, I'm talking to Ginni Rometty. She is the first woman to ever head IBM as its Chairman, President, and CEO. During her time at IBM, she led the company through a significant reinvention and established leadership in [...]
Today’s remarkable guests come in a pair…father and son. Their names are Doug Kenrick and David Lundberg Kenrick. These two remarkable individuals have come together to co-author a book that explores the intersection of modern technology and human evolution and how our stone-age brains still influence our behavior today. LISTEN TO THE EPISODE HERE [...]
At Remarkable People, we believe in shining a light on those making a difference in their communities and the world at large. That's why we're thrilled to introduce you to our latest guest, Dr. Jessica Wade. Jessica is a physicist, researcher, and advocate based in London who has earned recognition for her work promoting [...]
I’m Guy Kawasaki, and this is Remarkable People. We are on a mission to make you remarkable. Today’s remarkable guest is Cassie Holmes. She is an award-winning professor at UCLA’s Anderson School of Management. Cassie has a Ph.D. from Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business and a B.A. from Columbia University. Her work has [...]
Today's remarkable guest is Fran Hauser. She is passionate about leveling the playing field for women and showing people how to combine niceness and power. Fran was the president of Digital at Time, Inc. There, she led innovation, acquisitions, and digital expansion for People, In Style, Entertainment Weekly, and Essence. Fran currently helps fund and advises companies that are started by [...]
You may know that I love cars, and if you didn’t, you do now. Today’s guest is Doug DeMuro, who not only loves cars, but he has made this passion the foundation of his success and career. Doug received an economics degree from Emory University in Atlanta. After graduation, he spent three years working [...]
Esther Dyson is the executive founder of Wellville, a 10-year national nonprofit project aimed at achieving equitable well-being for people. She is a leading angel investor focused on health care, open government, digital technology, biotechnology, and outer space. During the personal computer days, when I was Apple in the 1980s, she was the most [...]
Olympia Yarger filled a knowledge gap in my brain: the beauty of maggots. I never fully appreciated maggots, particularly of the black soldier fly, until I interviewed her. She is helping reshape waste management as the founder and current CEO of Goterra, located in Australia. Her drive towards more efficient farming and reducing food [...]
From 2016-2018 I was on the board of trustees of the Wikimedia Foundation. This organization oversees the thirteen Wikimedia properties including Wikipedia, Wiktionary, Wikibooks, Wikimedia Commons, and so on. It’s goal is to provide the infrastructure that makes free knowledge available to everyone. There are more than 200,000 Wikimedia editors and contributors. More than [...]
Jeff Hawkins founded two mobile computer companies: Palm and Handspring. If you’re not too young, you may have heard of their products: the PalmPilot and the Treo smartphone. Anton Chiang from Cupertino, CA, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons More recently, Jeff founded the Redwood Neuroscience Institute, a scientific organization focused on understanding [...]
Dr. Sinan Aral is the David Austin Professor of Management and Professor, Information Technology and Marketing at MIT. He’s a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Northwestern University. He has Master’s degrees from the London School of Economics and Harvard University. And he has a PhD from MIT. He recently published a book out [...]