Bria Sandford, executive editor at Penguin Random House, joins our community and hosts for a discussion on the book business in 2023, and how those with writing talent and ambition…
(PART 1/3) Own Your Story: Developing an empowering self-narrative in times of transition. Summary: In periods of transition or change, the stories we tell about ourselves play an enormous role in how others perceive us, and how we perceive ourselves. In this workshop salon, executive coach Jason Shen will share his 5C model for crafting…
After you watch a movie or read a book, how do you decide whether it was “good” or not? What sort of language do you use? If you were its creator, what would *you* do differently? In his debut Interintellect salon, Kevin Zhai explores 3 different approaches to storytelling and how you can apply them…
Mercatus Center's Tyler Cowen and Shruti Rajagopalan join us to discuss whether our conventional ideas about talent (that it's evenly distributed, the importance of grit, and so on) stand closer scrutiny, what is currently happening in emerging intellectual centres such as India and what we can learn from them, and what new frameworks those looking…
In this SuperSalon, special guest Sarah Hepola — author of Blackout: Remembering the Things I Drank to Forget — joins host and Interintellect Editorial Lead Christin Balan to discuss her personal misadventures in "stumbling into sobriety" and all of the moments of laugh-out-loud humor and brutal honesty that journey entailed. "It's such a savage thing…
Interintellect host and professional tarot reader Crystal Duan will take us through a discussion of the first part of the Major Arcana as part of her "Tarot In the Day to Day" series. We will discuss the meaning of these cards' archetypes and how you can understand them NOW without stressing about learning everything. We'll be…
Interintellect host Katrina Dela Cruz invites you once again to a salon of inter(intellect)mingling, of finding new friends and rediscovering old ones, in group convos and 1:1s, just the way you like it… The Great Interintellect Mingle is back (again)! Come meet new friends (and maybe some old friends as well) in the main room…
A poem is like a rite of passage. A poem manifests in myriad forms—a wise sage from beyond, a friend, a torchbearer showing us light. Join us in this mini salon series, where we — Irene Karthik and Tanya Raj — attempt to travel through landscapes of our everyday life with poems for company. Join us…
Andrew is an entrepreneur and researcher. He is a co-founder of Collective, an AI-powered solution for knowledge work and collective sensemaking. He has more than 11 years of experience in commercial research, knowledge management, and tools for thought. In this lecture, we will be exploring the concept of sensemaking, which is the process of understanding…
In his debut Interintellect salon, Dan Lowe will explore the mysteries of the ancient Chinese text, the I Ching. We'll explore the text as a group, and discover how we can apply its wisdom to…
San Francisco and the Bay Area is a fast-paced place for innovators; some call it a place full of inspiration and also burnout. How does this lead to how we deal with energy management differently? Join Interintellect host Crystal Duan visiting from NYC for an in-person gathering as we discuss the way we cope with…
Join host Max Dostart-Meers (Silicon Valley native currently in exile and host of the "Saving the City" Interintellect series) along with special guest and Singaporean citizen Visakan Veerasamy (author of Friendly Ambitions Nerd and Introspect) to discuss life and prosperity in Singapore. From housing to healthcare, Singaporean life has been 'solved' as a policy problem. Hawker…
