A Conversation with Renzo Rosso, Founder & Chairman of OTB Group, Founder of Diesel and Philanthropist.

October 4th, 2025 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
Renzo Rosso founded the Diesel brand in 1978 and made it an alternative lifestyle icon all over the world. Today he is the president of OTB, the group controlling brands Diesel, Maison Margiela, Marni, Jil Sander, Viktor & Rolf, Amiri and companies Staff International and Brave Kid, with over 6,000…
04-10-2025 16:00:52
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A Conversation with Robert Greene on Power, Mastery, Purpose, Success & Understanding Human Nature.

October 4th, 2025 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
Robert Greene is the author of the New York Times bestsellers The 48 Laws of Power, The Art of Seduction, The 33 Strategies of War, The 50th Law, and Mastery. In addition to having a strong following within the business world and a deep following in Washington, DC, Greene’s books…
04-10-2025 16:01:04
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A Conversation with H.E. Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, Chairman of the Arctic Circle; President of Iceland (1996-2016)

October 4th, 2025 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
The Arctic Circle is a remote, beautiful, and critical part of our planet. Covering one sixth of the Earth’s surface, and over twenty-four time zones, this region is home to more than four million people, and is critically important to keeping our world’s climate, weather, and oceans in balance. Like…
04-10-2025 16:01:36
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A Conversation with Steven Pinker on Rationality: What It Is, Why It Seems Scarce and Why It Matters.

October 4th, 2025 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
Today humanity is reaching new heights of scientific understanding – and appears to be losing its mind. How can a species that doubled its lifespan, sequenced its genome, and developed vaccines for Covid-19 in less than a year produce so much fake news, quack cures, conspiracy theories, and “post-truth” rhetoric?…
04-10-2025 16:02:27
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A Conversation with Bret Weinstein on Evolution and the Challenges of Modern Life.

October 4th, 2025 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
We are living through the most prosperous age in human history, but we are hurtling toward destruction. People are more listless, divided, and miserable than ever, and our civilization faces numerous existential threats, any one of which could take us out – whether it’s climate change, a Carrington Event, a…
04-10-2025 16:04:29
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Unlocking Consciousness, Perception & Self: A Conversation with Professor Anil Seth.

October 4th, 2025 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
Anil Seth’s quest to understand the biological basis of conscious experience is one of the most exciting contributions to twenty-first-century science. What does it mean to “be you”—that is, to have a specific, conscious experience of the world around you and yourself within it? There may be no more elusive…
04-10-2025 16:04:44
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A Conversation with Abigail E. Disney on Wealth, Philanthropy, Legacy & Success.

October 4th, 2025 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
Abigail E. Disney advocates for real changes to the way capitalism operates in today's world. She has worked for thirty years with programs for low-income families, women's rights, and global poverty. She is an Emmy- Winning Documentary Filmmaker and co-founder of Fork Films, a nonfiction media production company, which produces…
04-10-2025 16:06:32
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A Conversation with Marianne Williamson – Author, Activist & Spiritual Thought Leader

October 4th, 2025 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
Marianne Williamson is a bestselling author, non-profit and political activist, and spiritual thought leader. For over three decades Marianne has been a leader in spiritual and religiously progressive circles. She is the author of 14 books, four of which have been #1 New York Times best sellers. A quote from…
04-10-2025 16:07:06
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A Conversation with Federico Marchetti, Founder & Chairman of YOOX NET-A-PORTER

October 4th, 2025 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
Federico Marchetti is a remarkable entrepreneur defined by the New York Times as “the man who put fashion on the net”, has revolutionised the fashion industry. Marchetti founded YOOX, the world’s first lifestyle e-commerce destination, in 2000, way before the launch of Facebook and the iPhone. YOOX was listed on…
04-10-2025 16:07:18
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On Grit, Passion & Perseverance – A Conversation with Angela Duckworth.

October 4th, 2025 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
Angela Duckworth is the founder and CEO of Character Lab, a non-profit whose mission is to advance scientific insights that help children thrive. She is also the Rosa Lee and Egbert Chang Professor at the University of Pennsylvania, faculty co-director of the Penn-Wharton Behavior Change for Good Initiative, and faculty…
04-10-2025 16:07:50
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A Conversation with Niall Ferguson on The Politics of Disasters & Catastrophe.

October 4th, 2025 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
Disasters are inherently hard to predict. But when catastrophe strikes, we ought to be better prepared than the Romans were when Vesuvius erupted or medieval Italians when the Black Death struck. We have science on our side, after all. Yet the responses of many developed countries to a new pathogen…
04-10-2025 16:08:07
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