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Episode 8: Rafe Offer

Rafe Offer, a seasoned entrepreneur and renowned brand expert, has made significant contributions to the worlds of music and business. As the founder of Sofar Sounds, he created a global platform that has revolutionized the live music experience.Prior to his entrepreneurial ventures, Offer held senior positions at some of the world's most iconic brands, including Disney, Coca-Cola, and Diageo. His expertise in brand management and innovation was instrumental in driving sales and fostering growth at these companies. Offer's passion for music led him to establish Sofar Sounds, a community-driven platform that connects artists and audiences in intimate settings. Under his leadership, Sofar has expanded rapidly, becoming a global phenomenon with events in hundreds of cities worldwide.

Episode 7: Dave Cairns

Dave Cairns is an office leasing broker at CBRE focusing on the flex/coworking sector.

Dave has embraced the opportunities of distributed working in a post covid world, having moved last year from Toronto to Prince Edward Island. He is proving that with modern tools and technology, we have more options for how we wish to live than ever before.

In a past life, Dave was a professional poker player, which has informed what some have called a somewhat iconoclastic take on the real estate market and the broader Future of Work conversation.

Dave is also an avid explorer of new technologies and ways of gathering. In 2023, he co-founded a conversation series called Inspired People, Inspired Places, which seeks to explore the future of the human experience, where participants and speakers meet inside a virtual world to wrestle with important topics.

Episode 6: Dror Poleg

Episode 6 welcomes the one and only Dror Poleg an Economic Historian researching technology's impact on the way people work and live. He regularly briefs and advises companies such as UBS, Bank of America, HSBC, Recruit Holdings, BCG, AvalonBay, CBRE, Hines, British Land, Liberty Mutual, Dubai Holding, Cushman & Wakefield, and others.

Dror is the author of Rethinking Real Estate, an award-winning book that predicted the current reshuffle of offices, homes, and cities. His insights have been featured in The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, NBC, Bloomberg, and beyond.

Episode 5: Jamie Bykov Brett

AI technology is evolving rapidly. What are the risks, what are the opportunities and how can we avoid being left behind? Jamie brings great clarity to the world of Web3 and AI - demystifying them both for anyone interested to learn more.

Episode 4: Lee Polisano

It's with great excitement that the first podcast of the year is with the one and only, Lee Polisano. Lee is an internationally recognised architect and the Founding Partner and President of PLP Architecture. PLP are responsible for some of the most innovative and sustainable projects around the world and it's no exaggeration to say that technology runs through their veins. Tune into this episode to hear how Lee's love of life long learning has influenced his work, and how he things architecture has  role to play in delivering a more sustainable and equitable world.

Episode 3: Gregory Dewerpe

In this episode we talk with Gregory Dewerpe the founder of A/O PropTech, Europe’s largest PropTech venture capital firm. We explore how his early life and subsequent banking career led him to become one of Europe's most forward thinking VCs, and how his optimism and human centric approach helps drive his investment strategy. 

Episode 2: Antony Slumbers

In this Episode we speak with the fantastic Antony Slumbers on a wide number of topics that weave in and out of Real Estate and Technology.

Episode 1: Duke Long

Not a short conversation, but one that covers a wide variety of topics affecting the real estate and start-up community. In depth, with lots of insight from one of the most influential minds in Real Estate technology