What Grows?

In building Jibu, Galen Welsch has mastered the art of translating, and of being a bridge between cultures. We talk about how time kills all deals, and how to manage the weight of big decisions.  It’s also a conversation on rethinking our beliefs about death. Thanks for listening! PS: I’m looking for new guests for the podcast! Have you made a change that shaped you? Big or small, I want to hear y...

Brandon Lee doesn't just talk about reinvention, he lives it. Five major career shifts, countless experiments, and a relentless curiosity about what makes work meaningful have shaped his path. Somewhere along the way, he built an Asian Parent GPT to help him practice conversations with his mother, prepping for the exact phrases and dynamics that had tripped him up before. "I figured rather than wa...

Devika doesn’t just think about migration—she builds fantasy worlds to reimagine it entirely. For her birthday, she hosted a pre-colonial summit between the Kingdom of Magadh (her home region in India) and the Kingdom of Luganda (Uganda), complete with ocean-crossing caravans, and full regalia. “I’m tired of this mercantile relationship between India and Africa,” she told me. “I want romance, I wa...

Koye has a way of spotting patterns in the mess, whether in economics, human behavior, or the politics of implementation. “People don’t adopt solutions just because they work in theory,” he told me. “They adopt them because they make sense in their world.” We talked about the road less traveled and how it’s a commitment that shapes everything ahead. And then there was fiction and friendships: how...