The Pretzel, The Creative Munich Podcast

The Pretzel, The Creative Munich Podcast

Every difficult time is an opportunity to create, listen and learn from experiences. The Pretzel Podcast will bring creative inspiration and stories closer to you, in your ears. #thepretzelpodcast pretzel /ˈprɛts(ə)l/ 1. a crisp biscuit baked in the form of a knot or a stick and flavored with salt, very famous in the Bavaria region, Germany 2. twist, bend, or contort

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October 20, 2021 19 mins

Our guests Chirag Jetani is a people leader with creative curiosity. He has a history of successfully energizing teams from end-to-end operations, engineering, global trade, and finance to business transformations We talked about pain points in payment systems, thinking outside the box, and connecting unexpected things together.

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Diamante Blockchain: A Global Financial Ecosystem 

PayCircle.io 

Diamcircle.io

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The Pretzel Podcast is the show from Munich, Bavaria, the homestead of Pretzel.

As you know, a pretzel is a crisp biscuit baked in the form of a knot or a stick and flavored with salt, very famous here, in the Bavaria region, Germany. In addition to that, the pretzel has also another meaning, to twist, bend, or contort.

Every difficult time is an opportunity to create, listen and learn from experiences. The themes of The Pretzel Podc...

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Our guests Tiffany Hart is a start-up founder and tech entrepreneur, and Tanya Garma is an international Strategy Director. We talked about home, the feeling of being accepted and fully yourself, at work and at home.

Visit: https://growgetters.io

Instagram: GrowGetters (@growgetters.io) 

Facebook: GrowGetters

hello@growgetters.io

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Tanya on LinkedIn

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Our guest Katja Hofem is long term media professional, who has launched various tv-channels and a streaming service in the German market and been responsible for the content, marketing, and brand for them. We talked about female leadership in ancient times and today, and what can be done to improve the situation.

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Linkedin: Katja Hofem  

Facebook: Katja Hofem  

Instagram: Katja Hofem (@katja_hofem)  

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Our guest Nadine Blochberger is a Visionary, Advisor, and Mentor who bridges the gaps of people and business through Conscious Leadership, human-to-human communication, and Creativity. We talked about the positive sides of procrastinating and allowing oneself to lay back and to find deeper meaning in life.

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Webpage: www.imagimo.me 

Linkedin: Nadine Blochberger 

Instagram tag: Nadine | Mirror, Mentor & Muse (@imagimo...

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Our guest Anne Petersen-Costa is a certified Integrative Nutrition Health Coach who supports busy professionals to lose weight in a long-term and sustainable way. Our other guest Eleanor Mayrhofer helps female business owners to get their websites launched in a day and to figure out their digital strategy. We talked about looking after oneself, giving more to the world, and how by taking action, one can create unseen effects.

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Our guest Jarazet Altamirano is an innovationist, Agile Leadership mentor, Design Thinking trainer, and a play advocate. We talked about innovation, play, thinking inside the box, and how to challenge assumptions.

Visit: Live Innovation Lab and Innovationist  

LinkedIn: liveinnovationlab and jarazet 

Instagram: @liveinnovationlab

Facebook: Live Innovation Lab 

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Wolfgang Klein is a seasoned global design consultant and researcher. He has worked for numerous Fortune 500 enterprises and lived in six countries. He has a knack for storytelling and complex services, and he enjoys designing 'weird' experiences in the fields of AI, virtual reality, and IoT. In his spare time, he produces craft brandies with his wife, performs musical cabaret, and gets delusional about authoring a fantasy tri...

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Lena Jüngst and her co-founder invented a water bottle that separates water from the taste. The sense of taste comes through the smell alone. She is a product designer with an academic background in industry and product design. She thinks it is crucial, that the creative people tackle important issues like Water.

More about: Life-centered design 

David Eagleman: Can we create new senses for humans? | TED Talk 

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Charly Imsel is passionate about transforming human life. His personal mission is to help men to find the woman of their dreams. A loving partner on the side is possibly one of the greatest things one could ever achieve in life. As a coach, he is tough but fair. He loves the challenge and the unknown cause that makes him feel alive. He enjoys improving his skills and facing challenges every day.

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October 14, 2020 32 mins

Alex Eiter is a project manager in Munich. He has studied Business and Management and English and American Studies. Instead of an academic career, he chose Digital Marketing. However, he hasn't lost his origins as a philologist. To him, language in its broader sense is one of the most fascinating aspects of human interactions. When he’s not managing timelines and resources, he writes poetry.

Instagram: @alex.eit 

LinkedIn: Alex...

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Anna Wörner has studied mathematics and she loves logical thinking. She is also a strong communicator and she has a great passion for creativity and illustration.

With her diverse background, she sets a variety of impulses in her freelance work as a trainer, facilitator, and coach. She accompanies companies through change, moderates communication between teams, and trains employees in various soft skills.

Visit: www.annawoerner.de

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Philipp Refior has held multiple international design leadership roles and combined an industrial design education with an MBA. After working and living for 10 years in New York and another 10 years in Tokyo he is now leading his own design and innovation consultancy in Munich.

Visit: www.thedeepbench.com

Contact: hello@thedeepbench.com

Read more about Geert Hofstede and Konosuke Matsushita 

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Raphael Schildgen loves crafting and giving speeches. For the last 5 years, he has been on stage several times a month. In 2016 he won the European Championship of Public Speaking. He provides people with the tools, knowledge, and skills to craft a powerful message, deliver it with confidence, and find the best speaking opportunities.

He is also a former breakdance trainer and he loves the feeling of flow.

Visit: raphael-schildgen....

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Keltie Maguire is a clarity coach who helps small business owners get clear on what they want and how to get there, personally and professionally. She has spent over 15 years in various sales roles, and she also has had her own jewelry line. 

She is from Vancouver, but she also lived in Sydney, Australia. She thinks her ability to embrace change is one of the keys to create a life that is varied, colorful, and purposeful.

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Kimo Quaintance is a social scientist, educator, and certified permaculture designer. His mission is to help people unlock their potential and share their unique gifts through critical thinking, physical play, and time spent in nature. He holds a Ph.D. in International Relations from the University of St Andrews in Scotland. He has worked in the United States, China, Scotland, and Germany.

Visit:

iqgemini.com

move-to-think.com

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Katharina Holl is a Yoga coach and mindfulness trainer. Her academic background is in Psychology and she has graduated from the University of Amsterdam’s Program „A Peaceful Mind“. As a former Design Strategist and User Experience Researcher, her vision is to create conscious business and help organizations to build mindful cultures and to be open towards new ways of leadership.

Visit: hollayoga.com

Instagram: @kamaholla

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How can you find and keep inspiration?

Dom Dressler is a creative at heart. In the past 10 years he has built and led international creative teams in Germany, the USA, Costa Rica, and India. He strives to learn continuously to become better creative. He believes inspiration is a critical need and a privilege.

LinkedIn: Dom Dressler

See Dom's talk here.

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Ana Clara Lessa Soares found her calling at the age of 29, after numerous years in the field of advertising. She was pregnant with her second child when she felt an undeniable urge to step out of her comfort zone. She realized that whatever she would do professionally from then on would have to justify the time spent apart from her children, steered by a sense of purpose.

She is a Holistic Nutrition Consultant for Pregnancy, Postpar...

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Life is a rollercoaster. And each of us can confirm that. On the deepest point on that life rollercoaster, we mostly feel afraid, anxious – lost. But the function of a rollercoaster is to go down AND up.

Stephanie Renz is the Founder and Chief Executive Fish of the branding studio What the Fish. As an entrepreneur, she is confronted with unknown situations every day. Situations that throw you off the track and leave you with the fee...

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