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Frankie Berkoben

Aug 16, 2026

4:11
So give us an idea or colour into the background and what's got you to where you are today.
4:16
So this is very common for a lot of interdisciplinary specialists who, which is my name for generalists, that going very deep in multiple different areas.
4:27
And on the surface, it can look completely unrelated.
4:32
But the experience or there's like a common thread that really ties it all together.
4:38
And for me, starting out my degree, as you said, was in geology and geological sciences.
4:43
I was studying climate change and volcanoes.
4:46
And it was biology, chemistry, physics, planetary physics, astronomy, as well as anthropogenic climate change and aspects of psychology and pieces like that.

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11:18
personally, I don't know whether you think the same way, right? What's your advice to leaders? Because not everybody's going to have a diagnosis of ADHD, but what's your advice to leaders and particularly, I guess, those who manage people who have those characteristics? What's the best way to manage them in their roles?
13:04
But for a listener, you know, who should kind of be like, hmm, maybe I should kind of give this a thought.
13:13
Hmm.
13:16
So a sense of malaise or something's wrong, but I can't quite put my finger on it.
13:21
There's a mismatch and I don't know what it is.
13:24
It just feels like something's off.
13:27
So trusting your gut and especially like we're all problem solvers, especially in the tech world.
13:34
We're analytical.
17:09
And so when you work with folks, how does the engagement unfold? Do you do kind of like a diagnostic exploration and then develop a plan and meet with them periodically? How does that look?

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