On this episode Lubomila Jordanova, a Bulgarian-born founder and Berlin-based CEO of a business carbon accounting, decarbonization and ESG reporting platform Plan A, reflects on how it feels to receive 15 million € financing on an early age, what kind of hesitation is involved as a young leader, the fight against the climate crisis and what makes Barack Obama perfect. Lubomila has been awarded multiple industry awards such as Forbes 30 under 30, Top 50 Women Entrepreneurs of Germany and MIT...

On this episode Mickey Meyer, an America-born and Los Angeles-based little league baseball coach, producer and Oscar-winning network president in Hollywood, California, USA, reflects on his charmingly successful career in the media industry. We hear his path from humble beginnings as a runner to being a creator at the right place and right time during the early days of YouTube. Mickey is known for his groundbreaking work on the early stages of YouTube and a successful acquisition to Vox Media...

On this episode Ruchika Sikri, a pioneer of well-being and corporate veteran of Silicon Valley, USA, reflects on her long career at Google, leaving that company to team up with an all-star talent at Wisdom Ventures, a fund investing in entrepreneurs and early-stage companies in the impact space. After a successful corporate career of 25+ years at Google, Microsoft and Cisco Ruchika is now following her life's purpose and mission to create a more equal world by supporting globally accessible...

On this episode Tony Cho, a Miami-based global real estate and city district developer, traces the experiences of his youth living in communal ashram, doing his first city district development work in Miami, USA, and how life experiences have guided him towards a desire of creating a more sustainable societies Tony is leading the future of urban development platforms aiming to impact the lives of 1 billion people through innovations in the built environment. Tony is a global citizen whose...

On this episode Peta Milan, and Australian CEO and co-founder of JET Group, author, international speaker, LSE alumni and CEO and founder of venture studio Transcendent Media Capital, who has spent the first 20 years of her career as an entrepreneur specializing in start-ups across industries such as transportation, tourism, management consulting and corporate strategy, technology and media, explores her extraordinary path from growing up as the daughter of a middle-class family struggling to...

On this episode Victor Pineda, a Venezuela-born serial social impact entrepreneur, globally recognized human rights expert and leading scholar on inclusive and accessible smart cities, explores leveraging innovation that drives the elements of inclusion, discusses how to be an ally to people of different cultures and backgrounds and communities, and reflects on the magical power of human consciousness. Victor was born with a rare genetic mutation but rather than allowing his disability to...

On this episode Helena Gualinga, an Ecuadorian environmental and human rights activist from the Kichwa Sarayuku community in Pastaza, Ecuador, explores the heritage, history, culture, rights and the future of indigenous people of her home country and reflects her own memories, views and experiences on hugely crucial topics like biodiversity, exploitation and climate change. Helena is a spokesperson for the Sarayaku Indigenous community and her activism includes exposing the conflict between...

On this preview episode our host Risto Kuulasmaa, a Finnish-born and Amsterdam-based global marketing entrepreneur, media executive, start-up founder, tv and film producer and rookie surfer, gives you a guided tour to the world of Talks of imperfection including the S001 guest selection, recording locations and, of course, his personal life-long relationship with imperfection. Risto works as a coach for private clients and international organizations and his recent ventures include co-leading...

On this episode Aito De la Rua, an Argentinian global entrepreneur in hospitality and wellbeing, shares his experiences of growing up as the son of the president of Argentina, what he learned from his extraordinary times as the manager of Shakira and how psilocybin and telepathy have become a part of his understanding of life, work and business. Aito calls himself a seeker studying different modalities of transformation connecting the dots of business, philosophy, psychedelics and...