Nadia's Digest - Issue #9

Delivering ISSUE #9! Here we are: 

Objectified is a feature-length documentary about our complex relationship with manufactured objects and, by extension, the people who design them. It interviews a wide range of thought leaders from different disciplines and continents such as Paola Antonelli (MOMA’s Design Curator), Chris Bangle (BMW’s former Design Director) and 2 of IDEO’s co-founders. Although from 2009, I watched it for the first time last week and file it as an instant classic for anyone interested in design and the impact it has on our daily lives. 

Flow.ai is a conversational AI toolkit aiming to make it 10x easier for people to build their chatbots. What Wordpress does for websites, I see Flow.AI do for chatbots. Although you might not use this tool directly, I see this step towards accessibility as an important moment in its development. By when do you think all customer service representatives will be digitalized? 

I’ve been an avid user of Spotify and week after week, it serves me a list of 30 unknown-to-me songs in my Discover Weekly. The suggestions are so on-point, causing me to just keep ‘adding to songs’ one after the other, and I’ve heard from many of my Spotifying friends having the same experience. Truthfully, it’s one of the main reasons I’m with them still. This article demystifies the machine learning behind the magic.

Changemakers is a new video series on social entrepreneurship by my talented friend Catalina Catana. Unlike most interviews, focusing on the business bits of wisdom, Changemakers focuses on the personal resilience and psychological make-up that drives the need and ability to make such an impact. The first edition is out now for you to enjoy.

Looking to turn your budding idea into a solid business case? By the end of this beginner’s guide to the BMC you’ll know what the Business Model Canvas is, why the hell people are buzzing about it and how it can help you. And then there’s 14 supporting tools to make sure you won’t get stuck along the way and can focus all your energies on developing and manifesting your business idea. Will you now?

That’s it for number nine and also the last of its kind. From here on I will send the digest on a monthly, opposed to bi-weekly basis. I’m so grateful for your readership and want to make sure to honor quality over quantity, so that I’m always aligned behind and truly excited to share those 5 items that I’m sharing with you.Thank you for joining me once again, enjoy the reads + views and hope to see you again by the end of November!

With love,Nadia Piet

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