Yin Yak™

In this episode of Yin Yak , we dig into a question a lot of designers, educators, and leaders are quietly wrestling with: If AI can deliver knowledge and hold real conversations with learners, what’s left for us to design? To explore this, I’m joined by Eric Newman , Associate Director of Academic Innovation at Boston University. Eric has been shaping some of BU’s most forward-thinking programs—i...

When does ambiguity spark innovation and when does it quietly sink a project? In this episode, Yin sits down with Joe Vallone , Chief Information Officer & Chief AI Officer at Outcomes360, to explore the fine line between healthy uncertainty and costly misalignment. From late-stage clarity disasters to invisible risks no one wants to name, Joe shares how leaders can turn the unknown into disco...

Is art supposed to mean something—or is it about release and emotional truth? Is art ambiguous? In this second episode of Yin Yak: The Podcast , we explore the role of art in navigating ambiguity, emotional truth, and the parts of ourselves we’re still learning to name. Host Yin Kreher is joined by visual artist and educator, Susan Singer, for a conversation about healing through creative expressi...

How do we help people train for moments that leave no time to think? In this first episode of Yin Yak: The Podcast , we explore the idea of muscle memory —how it’s built, what triggers it under pressure, and why it matters far beyond the skating rink. Host Yin Kreher is joined by Julian Cha , a nurse and healthcare leader, to reflect on high-stakes training, the choreography of clinical response,...

Welcome to Yin Yak, a podcast for wanderers of thought and seekers of unlikely connections. You might know Yin Yak as a newsletter, a place where curiosity meanders, where questions don’t demand answers, and where the edge of one discipline brushes up against another. Now, we’re going audio. Because some ideas need to breathe. To echo. To pause and stumble, then find their rhythm again. In this tr...