MichMash

A year and a half sober, I didn't want to start a non-profit, love of art, show me how and I'll take the steps, socially minded business, kids in recovery, expressive arts, volunteer accountants and lawyers, sober musicians and artists, generational poverty, channel it through art, creation is the opposite of self-destruction, hope is the seed that sparks the desire, screaming fun, chemical fuel,...

Deborah and I talk about maximize your shine, integrating intellect, inner intuition, best next step, I can't be too, imposter syndrome, Oprah calling, yes I want to be part of that, gross margin, bride's veil, cover up sensualness, speak your truth, so judge-y, know how to say no, love attention, get out of my happy bubble, crossed the line, speak up!, men and women stand up together, marry and d...

Tom and I talk about bespoke suit, high end residential, architecture firms and cardboard, don't mention Legos, all white no instruction Legos, live your joy, mausoleum design, glass, concrete and steel, 50's contemporary TV box, mid-century design aesthetic, Haven of Grace, open flame in a library, the moon is a harsh mistress, Wall-o-ween, Harvey Birdman, Meagan, Orion, Fletcher the football pla...

Ron and I talk about met met meet meet, build a dream business, owning a business is really difficult!, Jeromy Fritz of Presort says "dig deep", bring people on your island, collaborate, building individual wealth, owner education, baby boomers are leaving and retiring, 12 years vs 18 months, millennials need to be part of the party, innovation i smaller things make the difference, 48 hour rule, S...

Tara and Michael Gallina and I talk about Blue Hill Stone Barns as the epicenter fo sustainable farming, cute guy in the kitchen, 3am ideas, emailing yourself, support the farmer, food waste, push yourself to do something different, baked potato bar, ugly carrots, Craigslist apartment, let's just go out, CSA programs, change the perfection mindset, The French Laundry, dock to dish, butter fish, GM...

Matt and I talk about digital puzzle, pushing through technology, core competency, Chad is brilliant, we love Claire, feedback loop, Nolan and iconography, 140 point checklist, how do you eat an elephant, traffic and conversion, please the Google gods, Facebook knows when you have a baby, purpose (Matt), conquer (Tayler), make wrong-ish, not afraid of change, TEDx fan, Theresa Coble, why I shouldn...

Timothy and I talk about question marks, yin yang, on and off, gospel vibe, black and white church culture, strong tower, Not Tim Never Timmy, keyboard, guitar, bass and drums, my family is not musical at all, home schooled, stay cool with the IRS, we love Medici!, if you don't poop for a week, tracks running parallel, company in Italy, wiling to take losses, overnight success, dot com, and a mash...

Jack and I talk about Guidester, travel unprepared, focus on experience, I still go for an oil change, tolerance comfort threshold, London pub tour, gluten free trip, atlas obscura, climbing the dome of the Vatican, Porte Des Lions entrance to Louvre, experiencing and understanding culture, the Germans eat schnitzel and the French eat baguettes, hogmanay, full on kilt, Jack does Winston Churchill,...

Brett and I talk about Medici Marketplace, marketing is crazy and big, trailblazers, collaboration is a major theme, core tenets, relationship marketing, 10 million square feet, the Las Vegas or Asia, decision science, closed loop discipline, fidelity of data, gambling as a deep rooted cultural phenomenon, co-competition, 1 + 1 + 10, non-conformist, and Tom Hill.

Craig and I talk about makers, STEM and STEAM, Escher, fascinated with geometry, gravity table, waste wood, recovering technology executive, turning 13 on Friday the 13th, language of logic, is the light on?, Arduino, 3D printing, screenagers, consuming vs creating, the technology behind the screen, littleBits, filling voids, 16 million colors, flashing lights on a skating outfit, they don't blow...

Conor and I talk about gross venues, 2 sad songs and leave, Tyler Sayer, TED Tour, Manchester Orchestra, booking a band through Twitter, Phoenix from France, Smidley throw-up video, playing basements, houses and dirty bars, old Dodge Ram van 3500, we all write the songs, void of emotion, happy people, dark humor, Mount Eerie, such a scary scary time, tweet that will set off a bomb, impermanence, w...

Susan and I talk about health at every size, blue zones, sense of community, acknowledgement, friends because we're humans, the CEO of your health team, intuitive eating, body signals, listening to external sources, celebrate candy, digestion in the parasympathetic state, plant based, phytonutrients and phytochemical, foods close to the ground, when all you find are ingredients, oven as a barrier,...

Eliot Frick, Jeremy Nulik, and Angela Hochman of BigWideSky and I talk about awkward conversation, Must Fool Everyone, backside is my better half, green M&Ms, cold water + hot water = room temp water, constant energy soak, everything is collapsing, the world going to hell is great for us, wackadoodles, crisis of vision, conspiracy theories, public toilet as a Facebook category, technology serving...

Nicole, Popz and I talk about self-contained musical group, emulate the dj, TR-808, beatboxing to her belly, rock back and forth, it is so weird, tap = create a beat, where'd that one come from, Quincy Jones sitting in the front row, Switzerland, 25% Italian, Hong Kong has wonderful food, blow up pants, the off-clapping story, Beastie Boys, epic-ness, eyeballs get to twitchin', that was dope, brin...

Diane and I talk about the intersection of loss and life, compassion, signing the driver's license, donation to proceed, opportunity to honor, crisis tunnel vision, can't even go there, global consent, allocation decisions, skin as a living dressing for wounds, matched up by x-ray, body doesn't recognize it as a pig's heart, process is far more regulated, Grey's Anatomy, hopping on a helicopter wi...

Theresa and I talk about education programs, natural resource management, living systems, armadillos are here, fire ants may show up, green jewel in the center of town, re-engaging the Mississippi River, natural and cultural heritage merged, parks as experience, sites tell us stories that are not so fun, 55% live close to coast, tradeoffs to consider, collective stock of long term interest, pruden...

Marcus and I talk about buildings serving people, designing for a wide variety of populations, commerce of getting ideas in the brain, the way into the brain is through the senses, can you hear me and can you understand me, path of signal, sensory, cognitive and social level, sit still is the worse advice, interdisciplinary, interact over work, round houses, compartmentalized is not as stimulating...

Dr. Sheyna Gifford and I talk about living in a giant soccer ball, super hero secret underwater lair, scientist farmer, it doesn't look like the badge from Star Trek, elongated astroid, turning waste into usable product, space fish, dynamics and social psychology, Andy Weir did an amazing job with The Martian, walking in third gravity, breakthrough starshot, Mars almost looks like a small goal, fa...

De and I talk about I am a creator, De-sign with a capital "De," make ideas happen, plaguing issues, brave space, sparking new connections and collisions, sticky note to self, express self in process, epiphanies, notions of hate, other-ising, invite others to actualize your dreams, it must be wrong because I don't know it, dismantle fear through curiosity, so much to love, power of serendipity and...

Ness and I talk about immigrant enclave neighborhoods, a Twitter feed of maps @ybytata, access to opportunity structures, sociology, mapping services for lawyers, Mosaic St. Louis, updates on immigrant population, social capital, diverse and homogeneous, census tracks, opportunity to make unique maps, revolution in transparency and how to put data on a map.

Nick and I talk about emergency dispatch system, one tap panic alarm, peace of mind, live freely, diamond certified, care and capacity, TEDxGatewayArch, not so great Uber driver (most are great!), start up world, Aaron is awesome, Brittany is the heart, T-REX takeover of 2nd floor, bridge between doing nothing and calling 911, Tiger Pantry.

Bert and I talk about grow exhibit, seed library, rice production in Missouri, we have lots of water, Shedd Aquarium, John Ball Zoo, St. Louis Science Center, sea otters are cute from afar, big ole fat melon head, chocolate colored water, lemurs are the coolest little guys, being a high school science teacher, solar eclipse, and pink dolphins.

Kyra and I talk about pollinators focus, stinky Otavia, peak scenting time, corpse flower, smells like moldy cheese, rotting flesh, fecal matter and jasmine, if only blooming once every 4 years you are all in, always voucher your plant population, squeal like a small rodent, alligators move fast, Alpine, Texas, curses, ebola and herpes, giant misshapen penis and irises.

Faith and I talk about airport security, constant monitoring, cybersecurity, robust training, aviation, Atlanta as the busiest airport, 2 - 5 million passengers, it's not going to happen to me, all good companies start in the basement, in the Middle East as a woman owned business, midwestern farm girl perspective, Kuala Lumpur, 7 and 10 year olds riding elephants in Thailand, Herb Kelleher of cons...

Jade and I talk about Rare Gem Productions, breaking news, The Model Health Show, positive media eco-system, 14 million downloads, Shawn Stevenson, messages of hope, pollyanna, remember and reflect, learn the lesson, tuning into your precise frequency, cacophonous, vigor and strength, TEDx auditions, say it out loud, I'm doing blessed, shake the mundane, be inhiberated!