Nieuw-Zeeland · The Melding Muse
🫠 Melding art & design, music, film, entrepreneurship, fashion, sports, gaming and whatever is in between. Showcasing extraordinary people to inspire the next generation of creatives & leaders. We explore their roots, journeys, and the pivotal moments that have shaped their lives and careers. These are stories that motivate us to continually challenge ourselves, push boundaries and ultimately reinvent ourselves time and time again. Streaming from the land of the long white cloud - Aotearoa, New Zealand 🇳🇿
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At only 20 years of age, Alejandro Tellez is a young, promising MMA and Muay Thai fighter from Colombia, training out of the prestigious MMA gym City Kickboxing. A humble but ferocious athlete who’s hungry to conquer the big leagues of Mixed Martial Arts. Now under the guidance of one of the best coaches in the world, Eugene Bareman, I can’t wait to see him rise through the ranks making his dream come true. I enjoyed this conversation very much, and it was very special to have a fellow Colombian who proudly represents us in this amazing sport. (2:51) - 🏁 Beginnings (Abuse, bullying, and finding martial arts) (8:50) - 🥊 First fight at 13 yo (11:50) - 🔄 Switching to City Kickboxing (12:30) - 🇹🇭 Thailand (14:30) - 👑 King In The Ring (15:50) - 🌎 Training in Colombia vs New Zealand (18:49) - 💪 King in the ring is for the real gs (21:31) - 🏋️♂️ Conditioning (22:57) - ⚖️ Weight Cut (26:02) - 🧠 Mental Preparation & Studying your opponent (28:39) - 🛡️ Biggest Weapon against Dominic Reed (31:50) - 🧠 Fighting Smart (Setting up traps to show my power) (33:11) - 🎯 Game Plan (33:38) - 🎨 Creativity inside the ring. Reading and responding (37:32) - 🥋 Do you look at other martial arts or just Muay Thai? (38:49) - 🤔 Why moving to City Kickboxing? (42:21) - 🥇 Making it in the MMA game (45:41) - 🥋 Wrestling, BJJ (48:58) - 🌟 A fighter I admire (52:07) - 🤜 Sparring with killers (54:56) - 🥋 The Impact of Martial Arts on Life (58:18) - 🤼 Mom I wanna be a professional fighter! (1:00:48) - 👨👩👧 Reconnecting with family you don’t know. Who am I? (1:02:33) - 🇨🇴 Colombians, we are different (1:10:41) - 🎨 What else do you like doing dude? (1:11:35) - 🎤 I rap sometimes (1:12:58) - 🛡️ El Guerrero is born (1:13:41) - 🙏 A MESSAGE OF HOPE (1:16:19) - 💧🏃✌🏾 DWE&P 🥷 Watch Alejandro on CSN https://www.csn.watch/ or LIVE at https://www.theartofwar.co.nz/shows ============================Like this content? 🔴 SUBSCRIBE https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCp2zxweYDoiqrGEZSHxA7Mg?sub_confirmation=1 Follow Alejandro "El Guerrero" Tellez https://www.instagram.com/alejandrotellezz Follow us on: Insta: https://www.instagram.com/themeldingmuse Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@themeldingmuse 🎵 Music: High Ball from Pterror Dak Trill by Nick Maclaren | Trippin' feat. Leroy by Unda 🎥 Supplementary footage by https://www.instagram.com/duvalclubs/ & https://www.instagram.com/trihuman_/ A project powered by: 🟩 Neziak Design | http://neziak.design ▪️ NZK Creative Collective | https://neziak.co/ Supported by: 🇲🇽 🌽 http://salsaroha.com
E5 SWIZL JAGER | Rural NZ, Kiwi Music, Tall Poppy Syndrome, Native Cultures, Rap, Metal, Freestyle16 jun· The Melding Muse Podcast- Later beluisteren
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A "mean as kōrero" with rapper & musician Swizl Jager. His bi-lingual lyrics, blending Te Reo Māori and English, coupled with a background in metal, allow him to produce an eclectic range of music. Born and raised in Tauranga Moana, of Ngaiterangi and Te Rarawa descent. His innovative approach captivates audiences of all ages and backgrounds. His songs have been featured on various TV shows, including ‘Find Me a Māori Bride,’ ‘Moko Aotearoa,’ and ‘This is Piki,’ among others. With a strong fanbase across the motu and the respect of many of Aotearoa’s top names in music and film, Swizl Jager is a compelling presence on stage. He has performed extensively across Aotearoa, as well as Australia and Canada expanding his reach with the unmatched energy of his live shows. (2:43) - Sharing how we both went Metal to Rap 🎸🎤 (8:04) - Swizl’s Musical Journey 🚀 (13:29) - Write a story about an alien encounter to do with you & Burger Fuel (Becoming a Rapper) 👽🍔 (15:36) - Music at home. Was that a thing? 🎶🏡 (16:33) - What type of lyrical content were you writing at that age? ✍️ (17:13) - Catharsis with music 🎧 (18:57) - When your creativity is blocked by your own ideology - Open your eyes 🧠👀 (20:06) - Tuning into Mexican Mariachi! Leshgooo! Spectrums of music 🎺🎵 (23:38) - Moving onto Reo Raps 🎤🌊 (26:08) - Latin music making it into the mainstream (A story of resilience) 🌎🎵 (29:44) - The Power of Maori Music & Performances 🥁🎤 (31:30) - The new wave of Maori Artists 🌊🎨 (34:27) - Early Musical Influences 🎧 (36:11) - Listening to music was a luxury 💿💰 (38:20) - An artist that gave you tools 🎨🔧 (44:55) - How I discovered kiwi rap artists (Scribe, Tom Scott) 🥝🎤 (46:45) - Why do Kiwis undervalue local artists? Tall poppy syndrome 🌱🔪 (49:47) - The scene is hard to say the least 🎤😓 (51:19) - Yes, I played at Te Aroha. Let me tell you a story 🎤📖 (55:18) - Having a band is fucken hard 🎸😅 (56:41) - The highs and lows are extreme 🎢 (1:01:11) - Bullying the crowd haha 😂 (1:03:54) - Growing up in rural NZ 🌄 (1:06:56) - Let me tell you a crazy story 😲 (1:06:56) - A kid living with Gangs, What’s that like? 🧒🏽🕶️ (1:12:53) - Drinking Culture in New Zealand 🍻 (1:14:26) - Activating the NZ economy outside major cities 💼 (1:16:10) - Te Puke thunder (Weed) 🌿 (1:18:35) - Moving away from the cycle & chase a dream 🌠 (1:25:30) - Native Cultures - Why do I know how to dance? 🌍🕺🏽 (1:31:20) - Connecting with your Maori Roots & Whakapapa 🌳 (1:38:53) - Maori means normal or original. Tribes 🌏 (1:42:28) - Creative Process 🎨🧠 (1:50:37) - A sneaky jam over a reggae beat. Leshh gooo! Why not 🎸🎤 (1:55:08) - Humor 😂 (1:56:01) - Content Creation (Serving a Purpose) 🎥✨ (2:01:19) - 💧🏃✌🏾 ============================ Follow us on: Insta: / themeldingmuse Tiktok: / themeldingmuse 🎵 Music: High Ball from Pterror Dak Trill by Nick Maclaren | Trippin' feat. Leroy by Unda A project powered by: 🟩 Neziak Design | http://neziak.design ▪️ NZK Creative Collective | https://neziak.co/ Supported by: 🇲🇽 🌽 http://salsaroha.com
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- E4 EMMA KIRKMAN | Fostering company culture for innovation and purpose while delivering results2 jun· The Melding Muse Podcast
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Last week I cracked the Weedka bottle as I sat down with the powerful Emma Kirkman. In her own words “A bad as b**** out there living life”. She opened up about her journey of introspection and self-discovery. Driving her down a path of reconstructing her role and the value of great employee experiences. We covered A LOT from AI & the “risks” to facing your fears and realising your ideas. So simply look down at the timestamps for some of the topics. (03:51) - 🌟 “I’m a badass b**** over here trying to live her best life (Ikigai) (09:30) - 🔄 Dealing with Change (Self Re-branding & Introspection) (17:00) - 🚨 WTF is EXD (Employee Experience Design) Crisis #5 (19:20) - 🤝 Understanding the teams you are empowering (from the inside) (20:26) - 🚀 “I’m resigning from my job on Monday” - Nurturing the inner entrepreneurial spirit (22:22) - 💡 Small changes, big results. Start by “Doing something.” (24:22) - 📊 HR data? (25:14) - 👥 Hiring the right people for the job. (27:54) - 🕵️♂️ Tips to dissect the good interviewers. “I interview like s***” (30:10) - 🎯 Mission Impossible? What? (32:10) - 🌐 How other avenues reflect different qualities (33:40) - 🏠 I did a residential at Stanford (35:44) - 🦘 Australia is poaching all the talent! (38:12) - 🌱 Facilitating growth (41:00) - 🛠️ Wanna be a leader? Taking the strong tech lead and making them people lead. Lol (42:40) - 📉 Flat(er) org structures - What does this do? (44:12) - 🤔 Well, what do you do about it tho? If you don’t have those natural leaders (47:39) - 📏 Are you measuring tho? (48:57) - 🚫 Don’t you dare talk to my boss! (50:20) - 🌟 Building that culture that fosters innovation (52:19) - 🗣️ A small rant before asking about company culture (Weedka kicked in) (55:39) - 🏢 What can companies do to build “company culture”? (58:04) - 📢 Company values (show don’t tell) (59:49) - 🔄 Making tipping points. (1:01:13) - 🧠 Artificial intelligence and its exponential growth that could lead to… (1:13:04) - 🕑 Productivity. What’s the big deal? The strategy first. (1:21:28) - 🌀 Doing agile everywhere. Not impossible. (1:27:33) - 🎢 Dealing with uncertainty is so important. Especially for leaders. (1:28:38) - 🔄 Enabling change (1:32:37) - 💭 Experiencing s*** culture is great. What’s the ROI of this culture bs? (1:38:20) - 🌟 Making an impact. Being proud of what you do. (1:43:56) - 📚 Life as a mother. Atomic Habits. (1:45:00) - 🧊 Cold plunge club (1:46:30) - 🌬️ Breathing is good. Dah. (1:49:09) - 💡 I had an Idea. A rant about realizing your ideas and stopping being the blocker of your success. (1:55:12) - 🚀 Try! Nothing wrong with being rejected (1:57:59) - 💧 Drink Water, Exercise & Peace! Follow us on: Insta: https://www.instagram.com/themeldingmuse/ Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@themeldingmuse 🎵 Music: High Ball from Pterror Dak Trill by Nick Maclaren | Trippin' feat. Leroy by Unda A project powered by: 🟩 Neziak Design | http://neziak.design ▪️ NZK Creative Collective | https://neziak.co/
Yes! Finally, a design episode is here and my guest today is none other than Brendan Jarvis. A leading voice in the UX community with his podcast BRAVE UX, but he’s also the guiding force behind UX Research Lab, The Space in Between. ☕️ Over a cup of coffee, We delve into the heart of UX research and its pivotal role in shaping product design. We share our journeys of weaving AI (Artificial Intelligence) into our daily workflows, tackle the challenge of sifting through the clutter to find meaningful insights and discuss the essentials of desirability testing and effective leadership. Whether you're deep in the trenches of product design or just starting, this conversation is packed with practical tips and heartfelt advice to inspire your work. Here is a quick breakdown of some of the topics of our convo: (02:41) - Impact of UX Research on Enterprise Products (05:00) - ROI of UX Research 💸 (07:00) - Don’t blow up research! (08:48) - Proto-personas, Proxi users & more. There is no excuse. But… (10:40) - What people say vs what they do. 🤣 (11:52) - Example of how to turn a UX research sceptic 🤨 (14:49) - Aligning people is hard - The art of conducting alignment sessions. ⏲️ (18:59) - Building the right product in the first place. Desirability testing. 🪚 (23:38) - Be aware of the “L” word 👍 (25:16) - Artificial intelligence (AI) 🤖 (31:47) - How The Space In Between started 🛰️ (34:32) - Why focus on UX research? 🔬 (36:56) - A confronting moment 🍼 (37:44) - What are you now? Designer, Manager, Owner, Researcher or what? (43:24) - Critical thinking. Advice to junior designers (45:01) - Leadership. An honest retrospective. (49:06) - Productivity. Productising life? ✅ (51:27) - Making decisions every day. Cognitive offloading with a twist ✨ (53:12) - Productivity for productivity’s sake is gonna help no one (53:51) - Managing time effectively. Empathize - Define - Ideate - Prototype - Test and Iterate (55:46) - Building STICKY products. But if the user is forced to use your product. What then? (58:15) - Designing a single product for completely different users. (1:03:26) - Exclusive peak into what is coming up next in the BRAVE UX podcast & Melbourne’s DO24 conference. (1:07:07) - Thank you guys for listening 🙏 - Drink water, exercise & ✌🏾
- E2 BFT (Body Fit Training) | 👾 Gamified, science-driven fitness training. Creating a rewarding habit30 apr· The Melding Muse Podcast
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Fitness journeys like life itself have ups and downs. In this episode, I sat down with former New Zealand Police Officer now BFT studio owner & coach Prakash Hira. We talked about BFT (Body Fit Training) and how their gamified, science-based & technology-driven program helps make exercising FUN and therefore easier to be part of everyday life. This episode is for those keen to make exercising part of their life and for people who want to explore a program designed to deliver results. Making it fun, and building a community that welcomes and inspires you. I discovered this program and it has changed not only my journey but also my friends and family. By sharing each other’s fitness journeys we discussed: (02:57) - A Fitness Revolution Begins: Introduction to BFT (05:05) - The Science Behind BFT: Unveiling the Program (09:14) - Technology Meets Fitness: BFT's Heart Rate Monitor ❤️ (18:41) - Community Driven (22:05) - Personal Journeys: Transformations Through BFT (26:03) - From Challenge to Change: A Fitness Revival (30:03) - Balancing Act: Discipline vs. Indulgence in Fitness ⚖️ (34:17) - The BFT Edge: A Holistic Fitness Approach (41:40) - What is progression-based training anyway? 🧐 (49:39) - Beyond the Gym: Learning and Innovation in Fitness (50:10) - Building a Habit - Make it Rewarding 🥰 (51:20) - I lost 20kg because I wanted to fit into an I Love Ugly hoodie. 🤣 (55:00) - Recommendations for someone who wants to start. 😬 (1:00:00) - Nurturing Fitness: Building Lifelong Healthy Habits (1:00:37) - What's gonna happen to my fitness journey if I have kids? 🍼 (1:03:07) - BFT Unlocked. Bring a mate. Try it out (1:05:19) - Personalised Fitness Experience (1:10:00) - The Business of Fitness: Exploring BFT's Franchise Model (1:14:14) - If I want to be a trainer at BFT. How can I do that? 🏋️♂️ (1:16:22) - The Challenge (1:21:33) - Tracking calories, what a pain! 🤣 (1:25:33) - Sharpening the saw 🪚 (1:26:32) - Thank you guys for listening 🙏 - Drink water, exercise & ✌🏾 🧤 This episode is NOT sponsored by BFT in any way but if you are keen to get a special May offer click this link here and register. Some great stuff coming up to get you started for cheap. https://www.bft.studio/teatatu/gmb/ Follow us on: Insta: https://www.instagram.com/themeldingmuse Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@themeldingmuse Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1YfmwMX... Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Amazon: https://music.amazon.co.uk/podcasts/a... 🎵 Music: High Ball from Pterror Dak Trill by Nick Maclaren | Trippin' feat. Leroy by Unda A project powered by: 🟩 Neziak Design | http://neziak.design ▪️ NZK Creative Collective | https://neziak.co/
- E1 WARED SEGER | Changing the world, Being an Entrepreneur in NZ, Life as a CEO, Work/Life Balance?24 mrt· The Melding Muse Podcast
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In the premiere episode of The Melding Muse Podcast, we embark on a journey with the Entrepreneur, CEO & Co-Founder of the innovative data science company Parrot Analytics. Discover how a vision transformed the landscapes of Hollywood and global data analytics in the attention economy. We delve into the origins of Parrot Analytics, exploring the pivotal moments and strategies that led to its product-market fit and ultimately its success. Join us as we unravel the personal and professional life philosophies that have shaped our guest's leadership and the company's ethos. From confronting early challenges to reshaping what life/work balance means, this episode is a treasure trove of insights for aspiring entrepreneurs and business enthusiasts alike. Timestamps: (06:51) - I want to change the world (23:28) - Learning Entrepreneurship (30:06) - When your vision starts Impacting People's Lives (32:55) - Resilience is the single most important thing (35:54) - Validating "an Idea" - The Beginning of Parrot Analytics (41:04) - 2 years of Experimenting (48:49) - Creating "Demand" (51:55) - What does Parrot Analytics do anyway? (56:27) - The president said "I fucken knew it" (1:01:56) - Product Market Fit & Pricing (1:09:00) - Currency in The Attention Economy (1:15:11) - Always follow the money (How does your product impact your client's wallet?) (1:18:15) - Disrupting Hollywood (1:21:17) - Category Creation? (1:28:20) - I'm horrible at "enjoying the journey" (1:30:50) - Redefining Work, Life Balance (1:40:12) - “Find a job you enjoy doing, and you will never have to work a day in your life.” Is that true? (1:45:18) - Two privileged idiots talk about how to find meaning in your job. (1:56:34) - How the fuck do you even CEO bro? Doing 8 full-time jobs (2:00:00) - A biological machine (Mental & Physical well-being) (2:15:26) - How to reset (Hit the bag & Talk about it) (2:23:40) - A word of advice to myself (Impostor Syndrome) (2:31:50) - Be borderline arrogant
