Charles - Louis de Maere transitioned from being a Technical lead and agile coach to facilitator. He helps teams work and communicate better, doing invisible and visual faciliation. We talk about the impact of his work, understanding culture and being a process expert.

Where to find Charles-Louis

* LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/charleslouisdemaere

* Projects: www.exploration-labs.com

Maria

* Linkedin: https://go.ggutt.com/maria-linkedin

* TikTok: go.ggutt.com/tiktok

* YouTube: http://go.ggutt.com/videos

Timestamps

00:00 Introduction

01:48 Charles’ product building lesson

03:58 Why is it important to have good communication?

12:13 What is facilitation?

18:56 What is coaching?

21:22 The key to facilitation is the invitation

22:35 Being present and keeping people engaged

25:07 Invisible facilitation

32:51 Knowing where to focus on

36:09 Visual facilitation

39:38 Matching energy levels with participants

45:02 Measuring the impact of work

47:41 Charles’ relationship with his GGUTT

48:57 How Charles got into facilitation

50:53 Working with organizations from Indonesia and the Philippines

54:35 Advice for those who want to get into facilitation

Angela Shen-Hsieh is an entrepreneur, technologist, architect, and designer who worked in the corporate world and startup world. She loves to think about the future and build things. She led teams to create new innovations with AI, big data and collaborate. She’s currently the founder and CEO of Alcōv, a home styling and shopping app.

Where to find Angela

* LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/angelashenhsieh/

* X: https://twitter.com/angelashenhsieh

* Alcōv: https://alcov.co/

Maria

* X: https://go.ggutt.com/x

* Linkedin: https://go.ggutt.com/maria-linkedin

* TikTok: go.ggutt.com/tiktok

* YouTube: http://go.ggutt.com/videos

Timestamps

* 00:00 Introduction

* 02:18 Being intuition led and GGUTT feeling

* 03:14 Failure in collaboration

* 07:40 How designers lead collaborative processes

* 13:16 Bridging design and business

* 16:00 Design as a problem-solving discipline

* 20:50 Rethinking innovation in design

* 24:08 The UX of AI

* 30:56 How AI and human creativity intersect

* 36:41 Design insights from EU AI policies

* 43:31 The role of design in policy development

* 46:49 Angela on designing Alcōv

* 58:55 Advice for designing your life

Walid Mansour is the Co-founder and Co-CEO of MEVP. He’s been deeply involved in the VC & Technology ecosystem in the MENA region for over 20 years from setup, to scale up and exits. He serves as a board member and advisor to many technology companies regionally and globally.

Follow Walid on Linkedin and X

Follow Maria on Substack or Linkedin

Watch the episode on Youtube

Timestamps:

0.00.00 - Introduction

5.42.00 - MENA, GG, today and tomorrow

19.25.00 - The Entrepreneurial Appetite

26.51.00 - Venture Capital

34.15.5 - Misconception around raising capital

35.04.6 - Pitch decks and attracting investors

39.23.5 - How do VC’s look for entrepreneurs

48.28.3 - Money

52.55.8 - Managing risk internally within a fund

53.59.3 - What should new funds look for

55.52.9 - Accelerators & Incubators

57.10.5 - Frustrations

01.00.36.6 - Advice

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