JP talks to the audience about Season 5’s delay, the abrupt closure of Season 4, and her experience in our strange new world.

Ending Season 4 on a optimistic high note, Associate Dean Jason Merai from Humber College discusses with JP what the impact of Gen AI will be on arts education and how the industry will changed and be changed by the generation of students who are being trained right now.

JP and Celi Arias talk about Grown Ass Business, Celi's creative and inspiring business strategy and growth consulting business. Celi shares her approach and JP offers her observations on why Celi's background in modern dance feeds directly into her skills in helping people building and optimizing complex business flows.

You can find information on her cohorts and training opportunities as well as booking her as a consultant at: https://grownassbusiness.com/gab-sales/

JP interviews Founding Core Advisory Board member, Dr. Guissoo Nabavian. Dr. Nabavian is a psychologist with over 25 years in public mental health and wellness in NYC. JP and she talk about the transition from a for-profit consultancy to a non-profit social startup, and the importance of accessibility and education during this age of digital transformation. Dr. Nabavian shares her experience of joining the board and how the experience of being in a start up has changed her perspective and developed her professionally. She and JP announce that Dr. Nabavian has decided to take on the role of chairing the search for the next Core Advisory board chair.

JP and Luis Riera welcome JP's old start-up "war buddy" Scott Garrison on to talk about the second to last episode of the premiere season of SV. While they dig into the episode, they also hit some deep points about the importance of empathy in the startup culture and the impact of social and emotional intelligence. When the Pied Piper team see a start up at Disrupt that is testing microwave body heaters and claim to be testing it on young coder bros, it kicks off an important conversation about the ethical considerations of tech companies and the potential harm caused by products without proper testing.

Brian is a truth teller. He is direct, calls it like he sees it, and doesn't mince words. He and JP had an intense chat about what's been going in BPO and CX since AI hit the scene.