The More the Brainier
The More the Brainier
Podcast Description
Hosted by Christine Renaud, CEO of Braindate, The More The Brainier is a candid and brave space where the world’s creative minds gather to tackle their pressing questions. Think of it as a supercharged braindate.
Each month, three creative experience makers bring their burning challenges to the table. In a collaborative atmosphere, each guest presents their current dilemma while the others offer their insights and perspectives in response.
Every bite-sized episode spotlights one guest and their challenge, showcasing the diverse solutions and feedback from fellow guests.
Looking for a different point of view?
This podcast might well be what it takes to get you unstuck!
Podcast Insights
Content Themes
Key themes revolve around fostering creativity, social impact, personal boundaries, and curious conversations amidst divisive times. Episodes explore topics such as leveraging work for societal impact during geopolitical uncertainty, setting personal boundaries as a busy entrepreneur, and strategies for encouraging diverse viewpoints among changemakers.
The More The Brainier is collaborative problem-solving in action: real stories, shared wisdom and experience – a candid, brave space where creative minds tackle their pressing questions together. Think of it as a supercharged braindate, where each bite-sized episode spotlights one guest’s burning question and the beautiful solutions that emerge when brilliant people think together.
Feeling stuck on a challenge? Sometimes all it takes is a fresh perspective (or three) to illuminate the path forward. ✨
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🎙️How do we change the status quo?
Conventions tend to be, well, conventional. Mingling people in rooms for a few days has been the default for a long time: the challenge is getting the delegates on board to try something new.
Mara Sandoval designs the gatherings for high-level decision makers. For her, experience design plays a key role in generating outcomes when people gather and it needs to be centre stage in the planning process rather than an afterthought. She calls on
🔹Alex McLean, CEO & Co-Founder, Alveole and
🔹Cindy Gallop, Founder & CEO, MakeLoveNotPorn
to join her exploration of the burning question: How do we break down the barriers to collaboration when we gather?
Covered in this episode
- Being a great guest
- Anthropology and graphic design in content and space
- Design as a theory of change
- Bringing collaborative design to boardrooms
- The need for a common language
- Why are we gathering?
- The pivotal role of human interaction
- An easy way to encourage collaboration
- typical conferences = boring
- Bruce Mau incomplete manifesto for change
- Typical conferences
- Power of intention as participant
- The people you need in the room
Host: Christine Renaud, Braindate
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This episode of The More the Brainier was produced by Christine Renaud and Jane Gibb. Editing and sound engineering by Jenya Sverlov and Chris Leon.
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