Chit Chats

Christopher Jorna — Building the Future of Film with AI & "Enabling Flow State" 🎬📱 What if there were a whole civilization of tiny people living inside your phone? 📱 Filmmaker and creative director Christopher Jorna turned that childhood daydream into a body of work — and in this episode of Chit Chats he shows how AI is quietly rewriting what a creative can build alone. Recorded on a windy Madr...

Episode Title: Peter Grafe on AI-Native Marketing, MMM, and the Agentic Future Guest: Peter Grafe A pragmatic conversation on where marketing is heading when measurement, decision-making, and execution start collapsing into one AI-native system. Riccardo sits down with Peter Grafe, CEO and co-founder of BlueAlpha, to unpack the founder journey from Tesla data science to building an AI-native marke...

Episode Title: Curiosity, Commitment, and Courageous Choices with Simon Veithen Guest: Simon Veithen — host of Courageously Curious , filmmaker, and Human Decision Science graduate. A pragmatic conversation about how people make decisions, why status shapes behavior, and what it really takes to move from intention to action. In episode 10 of Chit Chats , Riccardo sits down with Simon Veithen to ex...

Episode Title: Fear as Data and FOOSA with Raymond Miranda Guest: Raymond Miranda What happens when your normal breaks? This episode explores fear as information, obstacles as revelations, and AI as a mirror rather than an authority. Riccardo sits down with Raymond Miranda, creator of the Myhejo Method, to unpack FOOSA: Fear, Opposite, Obstacle, Story, Action. Borrowing from scriptwriting, Raymond...

The Reality of Longevity Escape Velocity with David Wood - #8 David Wood (Chair of London Futurists and Executive Director at the Longevity Escape Velocity (LEV) Foundation ) joins me for a pragmatic, wide-ranging conversation on longevity .We unpack what Longevity Escape Velocity really means, why we still haven’t moved past the 122-year lifespan record, and what it will take—scientifically and p...

In this episode, we sit down with Calvin Kwok: gemologist, client advisor, and High Jewelry Ambassador at Tiffany & Co. in Amsterdam, to explore what lies beneath luxury, sales, and beauty. We begin with Calvin’s journey from Hong Kong to Europe, unpacking how growing up between cultures shapes identity, ambition, and the way we relate to work, success, and happiness. From there, we dive into...

In this episode we sit down with AI consultant, engineer, and founder Florian Fürst to explore what it really takes to build AI systems that work in real businesses, not just in demos. We start with Florian’s leap into entrepreneurship in 2025 and unpack what young founders should actually consider before starting a business in AI. From there, we dive into the operational core of automation: why a...

In episode 5 of Chit Chats, I sit down with Marina, an AI transformation leader at Leonardo, and Chiara, a philosopher-engineer focused on democracy and ethics. We explore our first encounters with AI, its philosophical roots from Heidegger to Kant, and today’s big challenges, from deepfakes to inequality and Europe’s AI Act. A conversation about keeping humanity at the center while shaping the fu...

Cristiano De Nobili is a theoretical physicist and AI scientist working across deep learning, quantum theory, and environmental impact — with a background that includes a PhD in string theory, postdoctoral research in machine learning, and real-world projects with the European Space Agency . From Svalbard to Milano, he’s taught, built, and led initiatives that bridge scientific research with start...

Richard van der Meer is a global executive leader in digital innovation, client service, and delivery excellence, with a career spanning decades at companies like McKinsey, Frog Design, and Avanade. From Seattle to Shanghai, Munich to New York, he’s led high-performing teams across cultures—shaping human-centered experiences and building leadership ecosystems. Today, he’s creating his own coaching...

In this episode, I sit down with Bibi Deflander to explore life, diplomacy, and identity through the lens of African heritage and global experience. From childhood memories to international governance, we cover the crossroads of culture, nature, and purpose. A journey through stories that walk with elephants and speak across nations.

In this episode, I dive deep into the Order to Cash (O2C) process, a crucial component of business operations that turns customer orders into revenue. I’ll break down the steps of O2C, share examples from my experience with companies like Celonis, and explain how understanding O2C can help identify inefficiencies in both your business and personal finances. Whether you're in finance, management, o...