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• How to prompt ChatGPT to “think like a Nobel laureate” for strategy breakthroughs.
• Real-world use cases from K-12 classrooms to Georgia Tech’s online master’s.
• A 40-year horizon mindset removes early-career anxiety.
• Actionable teacher tips and resources for lesson planning, grading, and personalized tutoring.

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• OpenAI Academy free courses for educators
• Engineering America book by Siya Rajpal
• Book mentioned: 7 Rules of Power
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On this episode, Geoffrey chats with Tesäen “T” Chavis, Product Manager, Music Promotion and Gen AI Video at YouTube, who shares how generative video tools are empowering artists—and why she measures success by kindness and naps.

From starting college at 15 to leading zero-to-one products (focusing on building something unique and valuable, rather than copying current solutions) at YouTube, T Chavis has always chased possibilities. In this powerful conversation, T details her journey through pharma comms, data-driven marketing at L’Oréal, and product roles at Spotify and Uber before landing at YouTube to revolutionize music promotion with generative AI video.

T explains how creators can treat AI as a “sous-chef,” speeding post-production and unlocking visuals never seen before, while still valuing human craft. She also opens up about imposter syndrome, advocating for yourself in boardrooms, and redefining success around mental health, inclusion, and—yes—epic naps.

T shares:

• How Unlock AI video workflows you can try today—no prompt engineering PhD required.
• The inside story of building zero-to-one products at tech giants like Google, Spotify, and Uber.
• How to combat imposter syndrome
• To Redefine success around peace, kindness, and sustainable creativity.

By episode’s end, you’ll have practical tips for leveling up your AI literacy and a fresh perspective on purposeful innovation.

T is passionate about harnessing emerging tech to empower artists, as she champions diversity, inclusion, global travel, karaoke, and the restorative power of a good nap.

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• Connect with T on LinkedIn
• Google One AI Plans (Ultra & Pro) – try Gemini & more free for 30 days
• Flow – T’s favorite Gen AI video playground
• Book mentioned: The Courage to Be Disliked
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In this episode we go on an adventure with the one and only Gabler aka the Ali-Gabler, the heart valve specialist and most recent winner of the reality TV show Survivor.

From growing up and wanting to be an international business man, Gabler appreciates the positive role models from family, teachers, and coaches who believed in him. After watching a surgery, which he describes as the closest thing to magic, he was fascinated by how elegant and meaningful it was and became a heart valve specialist working as part of incredible teams of medical professionals. 

As a longtime fan, competing in Survivor was a thrill – one that came with intense challenges, from dehydration, hunger and bug bites on your bug bites. Gabler describes his time on the show as a season of beautiful people that despite the competition brought them all together and created lifelong friends.

Gabler encourages anyone who wants to do it – to go for it – though be prepared for the hardship – physical, emotional and intellectual.

A Doors fan and checklist guy, Gabler believes in writing down your goals, and being dedicated to achieve them.  He made the remarkable decision to donate his winnings from Survivor to veteran charities to serve those who serve us. 

Book recommendation: Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl

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About This Episode:

Wayne Kimmel is an accomplished and experienced author and speaker.  He is a networker extraordinaire who has created investment company Seventy Six Capital which invests in passionate, smart and nice entrepreneurs who are launching game-changing tech startups.

In this podcast Wayne Kimmel talks about how storytelling is important in connecting with your audience and how major companies are evolving by utilizing their networks to expand and connect with their customers across various platforms. 

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Presented by nine dots and hosted by Geoffrey Klein, Connect the dots podcast shares stories and explore their power to impact others. Our aim is to share some edutainment – to give some useful nuggets that can be applied to your business while also entertaining you. Thank you for listening.

In Season 2, Geoffrey interviews successful individuals about their perspective on the power of story.  Then each guest shares a story where they connected the dots. We are fortunate again to have amazing guests from best seller authors, a venture capitalist, a juice guru and a professional doodler, among others.

Thanks for listening.

Presented by nine dots and hosted by Geoffrey Klein, Connect the dots podcast shares stories and explore their power to impact others. Our aim is to share some edutainment – to give some useful nuggets that can be applied to your business while also entertaining you. Thank you for listening.

In Season 2, Geoffrey interviews successful individuals about their perspective on the power of story.  Then each guest shares a story where they connected the dots. We are fortunate again to have amazing guests from best seller authors, a venture capitalist, a juice guru and a professional doodler, among others. 

Thanks for listening.

I am a huge poker enthusiast. I like poker much more than I am good at it. That is not true of this episode’s guest, American poker player Scott Blumstein.

Blumstein graduated from Temple University with an accounting degree before becoming a professional poker player.

Last summer, he entered his first World Series of Poker Main Event, along with over 7000 other hopeful players.

Outlasting everyone in a week’s plus of poker play, Scott Blumstein won the

World Series of Poker Main Event, a coveted WSOP bracelet and $8,150,000.

He won in dramatic fashion when the Deuce of Hearts landing on the river (which for you non-poker players was one of only 3 cards that could have won him the event).

In this episode we explore Scott’s story and how he went from online player to a poker World Champ.

Not surprisingly his favorite card in the deck is the 2 of Hearts.

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I am a huge poker enthusiast. I like poker much more than I am good at it. That is not true of this episode’s guest, American poker player Scott Blumstein.

Blumstein graduated from Temple University with an accounting degree before becoming a professional poker player.

Last summer, he entered his first World Series of Poker Main Event, along with over 7000 other hopeful players.

Outlasting everyone in a week’s plus of poker play, Scott Blumstein won the

World Series of Poker Main Event, a coveted WSOP bracelet and $8,150,000.

He won in dramatic fashion when the Deuce of Hearts landing on the river (which for you non-poker players was one of only 3 cards that could have won him the event).

In this episode we explore Scott’s story and how he went from online player to a poker World Champ.

Not surprisingly his favorite card in the deck is the 2 of Hearts.

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Rich Middlemas won an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature for producing the high school football story UNDEFEATED.

Rich began his career in Hollywood working in the office of the President at MGM Studios working on films such as Legally Blonde, Agent Cody Banks, Barbershop and James Bond film, Die Another Day.

Rich Middlemas graduated from University of Tennessee’s College of Communication and Information with a BS in broadcasting.

In this episode, Rich shares his Oscar experience as we follow the journey from making a little football documentary to getting into SXSW’s film festival, to his bromance with Bratt Pitt at the Oscar nominations luncheon, to going on stage to accept the little gold statute.

We are happy to report Rich’s Oscar is no longer in a paper bag in his cupboard, but you’ll have to ask to find out what place of prominence it now lives.

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Rich Middlemas won an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature for producing the high school football story UNDEFEATED.

Rich began his career in Hollywood working in the office of the President at MGM Studios working on films such as Legally Blonde, Agent Cody Banks, Barbershop and James Bond film, Die Another Day.

Rich Middlemas graduated from University of Tennessee’s College of Communication and Information with a BS in broadcasting.

In this episode, Rich shares his Oscar experience as we follow the journey from making a little football documentary to getting into SXSW’s film festival, to his bromance with Bratt Pitt at the Oscar nominations luncheon, to going on stage to accept the little gold statute.

We are happy to report Rich’s Oscar is no longer in a paper bag in his cupboard, but you’ll have to ask to find out what place of prominence it now lives.

CONNECT WITH nine dots

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