The Polymath Project

In Season 4, Episode 2 of The Polymath Project, host Arman Rousta sits down with entrepreneur and creative director Tom Stiegwardt of Blue Whale for a conversation on creativity, entrepreneurship, NFTs, AI, storytelling, and the future of digital culture. Filmed live from the rooftop of Mr. Purple in New York City during the Polymath Breakfast Club, the discussion explores how Blue Whale evolved f...

We kick off Season 4 of The Polymath Project with an inspiring entrepreneurial journey, which unfolds from the streets of Lebanon to the world’s fashion capital, New York City. Jack Georges, the founder of Jack Georges Leather Goods, shares how he built a team and a brand to last–37 years and counting. Told through an interactive conversation with Polymath Host Arman Rousta, and supple...

Polymath Host Arman Rousta joins Shahab Salemy, VP Product & Design at Dick’s Sporting Goods, in a conversation about the impact of digital transformation in product development, supply chain, and sports marketing. With a decade under his belt in various tech and product roles at Nike, which he helped transform into a digital first company, Shahab shares some best practices and war stor...

Join Arman Rousta and The Polymath Project for a conversation with Noam Gamady, a multi-disciplinary bio energetics practitioner, on the subject of health, wellness, and healing. Noam combines several powerful holistic healing disciplines – including NVC (Non-Violent Communications), Feldenkrais and Bio Energetics – to help groups and individuals get in tune with their mind-body connections in ord...

Polymath host Arman Rousta teams up with Steve Powell, President and CEO of Presidents Council, for a discussion of sales and marketing trends in the field of Consumer Packaged Goods (CPGs). Together, they explore the buying process for large chain retailers and the steps companies can take to successfully gain market share including initial contact, follow up, negotiations, line reviews, price qu...

Rising from the confluence of the travel and wellness industries, and driven by increased demand for alternative and natural remedies, medical tourism has emerged as a strong and momentous trend across business sectors. Join Arman Rousta and The Polymath Project for an exciting discussion of the impact and future of medical tourism, with special guest Shomari Scott of Health City, the preeminent m...

In this episode, Blueliner Marketing CEO Arman Rousta hosts a live workshop that introduces and illuminates the 7 Pillars of Digital Marketing methodology. The discussion focuses on the tourism industry, leveraging Blueliner’s successes as a case study, though the underlying concepts are applicable to any business or marketing campaign. Rousta also discusses how to audit current marketing ta...

The time is ripe for rethinking the tourism industry, and for examining the role that movers and shakers can have in guiding that rethink. In this episode, Arman Rousta is joined by Danny Klein–a writer, educator, and entrepreneur–for a discussion of Tourism 3.0 and what the future of world travel might look like. SEASON THREE – EPISODE 10 Tourism 3.0: Mexico Host: Arman Rousta,...

It is a well-known maxim that one should think outside of the box, but how many of us take the crucial next step of *acting* beyond those parameters? Leveraging his successful background in the tourism sector with Blueliner, Polymath host Arman Rousta extols the virtues of travel, discovery, and personal reinvention. He also reflects on the future of the global travel industry, and offers guidelin...

The Islamic celebration of Eid al-Fitr marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan. Polymath host Arman Rousta explores the opportunities for reflection, goal-setting, and self-discovery inherent in the holiday–opportunities that extend far beyond the Muslim community. In so doing, he provides tools and tips for how to identify defining moments in one’s life, and how to take advantage o...