Global Greek Influence

In this episode, we dive deep into "Mastering the 4th Industrial Information: Navigating the AI Landscape of Today and Tomorrow" Ever wondered why AI is not a new concept? Tune in to discover the 1940s AI roots & …

Join me today for a fascinating conversation with Dr. Costas Andriopoulos, Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Bayes Business School, …

With Vasileios Rizos, Research Fellow and Head of Sustainable Resources at CEPS (the Centre for European Policy Studies), Brussels 🇧🇪

We discuss:

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Dr. Constantine Stratakis is a renowned endocrinologist and leader in the field of precision medicine, known for using genetic tools to target …

Unexpected developments have led to a change in our scheduled episode. Instead, I am thrilled to announce that I share my viewpoint on the main …

In this podcast episode, we explore the transformative power of blockchain, the Metaverse, and NFTs in shaping the future digital economy (e-business) and society.

Professor Marinos Themistocleous (Director at the …

In this episode, I sit down with Nikolaos Sarantinoudis, a Researcher at the Technical University of Crete in Greece. Nikos is part of the Industrial …

Tune in to this episode of the Global Greek Influence podcast to learn more about the innovations in aerospace technology and the efforts towards …

Get ready to embark on an extraordinary journey as the new season of the Global Greek Influence podcast takes off! Brace yourself for a mind-bending experience filled with thought-provoking views and uncharted …

The fascinating world of space exploration is guided by the single fundamental principle of humanity: curiosity. From taming the unknown that our …

Join us as we unravel diplomacy and regional dynamics surrounding the prolonged detention of mayor-elect Dionysios #Beleri and the Greeks of North …

Do you want to gain a deeper understanding of the challenges, opportunities, and policy actions related to the transition toward a hydrogen economy?

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Join us as we explore the global sensation that hydrogen brings to the future economy, with major powers and countries placing their bets on this …

In this episode, we explore the importance of knowledge transfer in driving innovation and economic growth from academia to industry and businesses. We investigate the challenges and barriers that research institutions, …

In this episode, we explore the concept of the Metaverse and its potential to revolutionise the future of work.

We delve into the origins of the …

A double episode about:

• advancing and developing renewable energy technologies,
• optimising resource management and the concept of a …

In this episode, we dig into innovation and explore the factors contributing to the European Innovation Strategy.

• Scientific, engineering, and …

What are the EU Space Blueprint (Strategy):

• organisations and their goals,
• vision,
• partnerships?

In this episode I explore the pillars of the …

We explore the significant role of transport in the EU and its importance for economic growth:

• making transport more sustainable, efficient, and …

Research and future challenges in the early 20th century shaped the engineering disciplines as we know them.

Today, we are at the crossroads of changing the economy because of our future challenges and the emerging …

In this podcast, technology, research and development, innovation, and entrepreneurship are the focus of talks and discussions, all elements of …

Most doctorates and researchers can not secure an academic position, or they might find a career in the industry out of their scope or professional vision.

Start-ups can become a creative space for science, engineering …

We explore the atmospheric carbon removal through:

• why air carbon removal technologies can help where reforestation is not possible and how,
• how …

Key areas & advancements from #agriculture & #transportation to cutting-edge technologies in #energy, #aerospace & beyond are outlined in …

In this episode we go shortly through some questions that really address the big question; that of “Are zero emissions, zero?”:

• Are net zero and …

Mimicking tissues and organs and fish dynamics, the forces of nature with simplicity and without simplification, maximising current technologies for …

• How are Space exploration and Sustainable Goals interlinked?
• Is Astromining an extension of Geopolitics or the future of ground-breaking …

Με τον Δρ Απόστολο Πιστόλα, ειδικό στην εκλογική συμπεριφορά αλλά και Έλληνα του εξωτερικού, ολοκληρώνουμε τη συζήτηση μας:

• Ποιό το μέλλον της …

How does business affect the future of technology and politics?

Where do research talents fit in the business that shapes the future of science, …

Με τον Δρ Απόστολο Πιστόλα, ειδικό στην εκλογική συμπεριφορά αλλά και Έλληνα του εξωτερικού, συζητάμε για τη σημασία της εκλογικής συμμετοχής των Ελλήνων της διασποράς, αν αφορούν οι εθνικές εκλογές στους Έλληνες της …

Professor Christos Maravelias, the Anderson Family Professor in Energy and the Environment of Chemical and Biological Engineering and Professor of …

What makes our future better and wiser?

You can find out how technology, science and engineering research help in the innovation and growth of our …

The first part of your guide from 1 to 10 of a hybrid future covering:

AI, medicine, business, space exploration and exploitation, transportation and smart cities, quantum computing on cybersecurity and drug discovery, …

• What are the five trends in the growing movement of remote work?
• What are the five scenarios of the future hybrid approach, remote and in-person …

The least approached answers of 5+1 questions for renewables and emissions reduction you might listen to elsewhere as custom-made to various sectors …

Dr Spyros Kasapis, a research scientist at the NASA Ames Research Center and working on Machine Learning Applications for Heliophysics speaks about:

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What do birthdays have to do with technology?

Anyone and anything born: a human, a technology, an idea, reminds us of the beginning of a life cycle.

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Gerasimos Papaleventis (Vice President - Treasury, Head of Controlling and Monitoring in FIMBank plc, Malta) discusses and helps us detangle the …

Professor Ioannis Brilakis, the Laing O'Rourke Professor of Civil & Information Engineering at the University of Cambridge (UK), discusses how AI in infrastructure transforms the future of the Built Environment:

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• Why is the socio-cultural safety mentality important to avoid needless accidents when we have available technologies?

• Why is the design of …

Michael Dritsas, CEO of ‘Elevate Greece’, the Hellenic Republic’s national start-up platform and in-depth information resource on the Greek start-up Ecosystem, is the Head of the Cabinet of the Deputy Minister for …

• Why do we meet national and international competition in the world economy around start-ups?
• How did we get to the point that the old economy no …

The Deputy Minister of Development and Investments of the Hellenic Republic, under the Research and Innovation portfolio, Christos Dimas (PhD), …

What is the interplay between neuroscience, leadership, innovation, human capital and talent?

Is foresight a concrete procedure for organisations, or is it also transferrable to individuals?

Is upskilling and retraining …

With Dr Kyriaki (Kiki) Sonidou, a GP (General Practitioner), a specialist in Cardiology and Diabetes, and President of the Hellenic Medical Society …

Professor Dimitris Drikakis (Vice President for Global Partnerships, Executive Director for Research and Innovation at the University of Nicosia, Cyprus, Defence and Security Research Institute President) discusses how …

With Dr Constantine Stratakis (Chief Scientific Officer, ELPEN, Athens, Greece- Director (Res. A'), Human Genetics & Precision Medicine at …

Welcoming you into the 4th season of the Global Greek Influence podcast, you are re-introduced to what binds together:

· international Greeks who …

This is our first new year’s episode and the first one in Greek! We keep our usual technology and around-technology format. My first guest is Dr …

As engineers, scientists, technologists, researchers in STEM and other researchers, we seek originality in science and its potential applications. As …

"The value of researchers in science, engineering and technology"  is about i) re-inventing their research field and bringing transparency to the new …

With Tyrone Pitsis (Professor of Strategy and Technology, Director of the Centre for Innovation and Technology Management, Durham University, U.K.), …

"Advanced automobility and transportation- Part 2: Artificial Intelligence (A.I.)" is about bringing together engineering knowledge, human senses, and product quality, also improving operational instabilities in …

Dr Vasilis Gregoriou (CEO of Advent Technologies in the US, PhD in Physical Chemistry from Duke University in the US, Director and Chairman of the …

"Advanced automobility and transportation- Part 1: Innovation in travel futures" is about the current, future and #hybrid technologies (internal …

Making decisions at a personal, professional also collective level, especially in times of crisis, is a process we tend to avoid, or we foresee the …

In the past years, the scientific and research communities have been put in this awkward position to apologise for non-experts' spread of …

With Dr Vassilis Inglezakis (PhD, Chemical Engineer, Reader in Chemical Engineering, and Director of Research at the University of Strathclyde, the U.K.), we discuss the case of Lunar and Martian camps for the planets …

Are we working smarter, not harder, in the era of AI? In the age of artificial intelligence, businesses and organisations benefit from making informed decisions based on artificial intelligence and machine learning.

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Professor Phoebe Koundouri (Athens University of Economics and Business- Greece; Department of Technology, Management and Economics, Technical …

The Global Greek Influence podcast will continue to bring exclusive guests' master class discussions as free content every two weeks.

Starting this Sunday, subscribers will be able to listen to exclusive content by …

Professor Alexandros Psychogios, a Leadership & International HRM Professor and Director of Research at Birmingham City Business School in the …

Marios Koutsoukos (PhD candidate in History of Religions in the Late Antiquity at the University of Liverpool (UK)) has also been involved in the …

The HELC (Hellenic European Leadership Council) was founded to connect and activate Greeks in the diaspora of Europe, the Middle East, and Africa to help on the principle of common purposes and national interests.

With …

With Dr Kostas Stylidis (CEO and Co-Founder of Intended Future, an Associate Professor at University West and part-time associate researcher at the …

The Pontian Greek Youth of Europe (OSEPE Youth) connects 50 Pontian Greek Youth Associations youth departments in Europe

Vasileios Agathaggelidis, the Secretary-General of the OSEPE Youth speaks to the Global Greek …

Dr Fotis Filippopoulos (PhD), an innovation management expert, a corporate innovation specialist, an advisor at the European Commission in …

Dr Alexandros Nikitas ( Reader in Smart Transport, Future Mobility Lab Founding Director, Deputy Director of the Behavioural Research Centre, the University of Huddersfield in the UK- 2022- 2025 Chair of the UTSG …

Captain Efstathios Kyriakidis is the Branch Chief Operations Coordination in the EU Military Staff (EUMS) and Deputy Director of the EU Maritime Area of Interest Coordination Cell (MAICC) and whose career spans over …

Given France's leading position in the EU, we discuss, with George Tassiopoulos (PhD in Political Sciences, empirical and theoretical expert in …

Dr Marios Efthymiopoulos (CEO of the Strategy International strategyinternational.org, specialised in policy crafting and decision-making) discusses:

Dr Constantine Stratakis (Chief Scientific Officer, ELPEN, Athens, Greece- Director (Res. A'), Human Genetics & Precision Medicine at Foundation …

Dr Eleni Diamanti (Senior researcher / Director of Research CNRS  Sorbonne University, Vice Director of the Paris Centre for Quantum  Computing) is a leading expert on experimental quantum cryptography and communication …

With Dr Costas Nikiforidis (Associate Professor of Biobased Materials, Wageningen University, the Netherlands), we discuss:

• nature as a source of …

Professor Anna Stefanopoulou (William Clay Ford Professor of Technology, Mechanical Engineering Department, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor) …

Professor Vasilis Katos (Professor of Cybersecurity, Head of the Computer Emergency Response Team at Bournemouth University (BU-CERT)) is my guest in …

Peter Stefanidis is the President of the Pontian Federation in Australia, an IT specialist and enthusiast, filmmaker and YouTuber (My Greek TV, Pontos TV) is my guest in this special episode on

- federalising the …

Energy resilience goes through renewable energy and hydrogen between Europe, the Middle East and North Africa, the impactful geopolitics and hybrid …

Dr Jake Sotiriadis, Dr Spyros Plakoudas and Dr Marios Efthymiopoulos bring perspective to NATO’s role under the revamped Russia and China through:

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In the second part of the discussion with Dr Kleanthis Kyriakidis (AUE, College of Security and Global studies) we focus on

• why Russia, China and …

Summarising last Sunday's episode and what is on this Sunday's episode on "Russia & China at the East Med and the Middle East".

Music: "Fortitude" by Lance Conrad

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In the first part of the episode "Russia & China in the East Med and the Middle East", Dr Kleanthis Kyriakidis (former Captain of the Hellenic …

Professor Iakovos Tzanakis (Oxford Brookes University) on the techniques and methods to advance materials for future technologies’ challenges, as in …

Leadership starts with decisions we make and is bound to vision, intelligence, adaptability, persistence, integrity, and honesty.

· What we define as leadership.

· What leadership really is.

· When we don’t have …

George Tassiopoulos (Political Scientist & Cross-Cultural Consultant) and I discuss and the upcoming French presidential elections bring to the …

History can better prepare us for the future. By studying and understanding:

• the people we collaborate with,
• the environment created from one side …

History and philosophy are seen as elitist topics and not for most. In this episode with Marios Koutsoukos (PhD candidate in History of Religions in …

What we choose to keep moving to the future and how we become from being:

· the roles of prioritising and open-mindedness in "A Good Beginning is …

Constantinos Papalucas an Energy Policy expert (as well as one in Negotiations, Oil and Gas Business, Geopolitics of Energy), and now the Coordinator …

Stavros Papagianneas is a multifaceted strategic communicator with over 20 years of experience in PR, strategic communications, public affairs, …

We see the irreversible effects of insufficient scientific and political communication during the pandemic. We should not forget that all means, …

• Why should businesses invest in empowering young talents beyond their current structures and strategies?
• What is missing between research and …

The void of the pandemic as our transition from an old world to a new one gives us unique opportunities:

• a holistic review of our perception and …

Dr George Tassiopoulos, Political Scientist & Cross-Cultural Consultant, is an empirical and theoretical expert in French and European politics, …

Dr Marios Efthymiopoulos (Dean of the College of Security and Global Studies, AUE), CEO of Strategy International and I discuss:

· the role of hybrid …

Dr Chris Kyriakidis is co-founder of gMendel, which provides the diagnosis of genetic disorders for better disease management. Chris has over 25 years of experience in general management and business development in more …

Dr Antonis Chaldeos (PhD in History, University of Johannesburg) is an independent researcher and currently affiliated with the University of Johannesburg as a Research Associate. Antonis studied and published his …

Professor Kyriakos Kouveliotis (Provost and Chief Academic Officer, Berlin School of Business and Innovation) is a multifaceted expert and my guest …

Innovation is publically seen through the eyes of businesses. Research is crucial to the creation of ideas, products and services. Engineering and scientific research are the pillars of our current and future lives.

We …

Marios Koutsoukos, a fiction author and PhD candidate in History of Religions in the Late Antiquity at the University of Liverpool, discusses the …

Marina Hatsopoulos, an entrepreneur in technologies, a director and author of articles, essays, and stories (windystreet.com), discusses:

· if more …

In this episode, I share my thoughts with you on

• the contributions to various current and future topics personalities have and affect the …

Dr Ioannis Tsipouridis (PhD, University of Leeds), a chemical engineer in renewables since 1978 and I discuss his wind energy journey from Greece to …

In this episode, Professor Konstantinos Giapis (Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at the California Institute of Technology, CalTech) …

Professor Michalis Kontopodis, the Chair in Global Childhood and Youth Studies and the Director of the ICY: Inclusion, Childhood & Youth Research Centre at the University of Leeds, U.K., in his research and …

In the second part of the interview with Dr Vasileios Adamidis, Principal Lecturer in Law and the International Manager of the School of Law at …

In this episode, Dr Vasileios Adamidis, Principal Lecturer in Law and the International Manager of the School of Law at Nottingham Trent University, …

In this episode, Dr Maria Kitsara, Lead Research Manager on biomedical applications at BioG3D – New 3D printing technologies, and I discuss:

• …

Humanity's most significant challenges in the next 30 years will be on the environment, water- food, energy, and health. How could technology, aka …

In this episode, I am with Dr Emmanuel Stratakis, Greece’s Ambassador to the European Innovation Council, the Research Director at the Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser (IESL) of the Foundation for Research …

Dr Kyriaki Sonidou (President and co-founder of the Pontian Society of the United Kingdom. President of the Hellenic Medical Society and the Vice- President of the Greek Society of professionals and scientists in the …

In this episode, Dr Stephanos Nitodas, a chemical engineer, entrepreneur, now member of the Faculty of the Department of Materials Science and …

Mat Santamouris, the Anita Lawrence Professor of High-Performance Architecture at the University of New South Wales in Australia, is my guest this week.

Professor Santamouris discusses combating urban climate change …

Professor Michael Bernitsas, the Mortimer Cooley Chair of Engineering at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, is Director of the Marine Renewable …

Dr Celia Hadjichristodoulou, a specialist in Entrepreneurship and Management of SMEs, both from a practical and an academic perspective, founder and …

Professor Andrew Delios of the Department of Strategy & Policy and the Vice-Dean of MSc Programs of the NUS Business School, National University …

Why are education and learning so important? Education is a lifelong experience defined by society's changes, the economy, science and politics. …

Finding the courage to lead is through the human nature attached to specific thoughts and neural pathways. Success is all about changing our …

Jorgo Chatzimarkakis, the permanent Secretary-General of Hydrogen Europe, who has also been an active German politician and ambassador-at-large for …

Dr Valentini Pappa, the Assistant Director for Education in the Texas A&M Energy Institute, leads Texas A&M on the Clean Energy Education and Empowerment Initiative.

We discuss:

· the synergistic strategies …

Dr Memnia Theodorou talks us through the lessons of her journey from dentistry through sailing to psychology and gives us a taste of how to live our …

Over a year ago, I started the Global Greek Influence podcast. The podcast explores the fragmental notions glued together by my guests' personalities …

Dr Spyros Plakoudas, Assistant Professor at Rabdan Academy in Abu Dhabi, and I discuss the constructive disruption Greece, Cyprus, the EU, and NATO …

Marios Koutsoukos discusses the roots of the War of Independence of the Hellenes marked in 1821, about individual antiquarians binging the national …

Entrepreneurship is a multi-faceted aspect of the world today but not new to it. The terms and conditions under which entrepreneurship happens now, …

In this episode, Professor Ioannis Athanasiadis, Personal Chair of Artificial Intelligence & Data Science at Wageningen University (Netherlands). talks about:

. how automation and machine learning help big data,

· …

How ready are we to produce groundbreaking technology beyond the nature that surrounds us and what our planet offers?

· Is our space exploration …

In the second part of this two parts' episode, Orestis Omran, Partner in the Brussels Office of DLA Piper and the Head of EU- Greek Practice, an …

In the first part of this two parts' episode, Orestis Omran, Partner in the Brussels Office of DLA Piper and the Head of EU- Greek Practice, an …

In the second and last part of the episode “The past defines us”I am with Marios Koutsoukos, a PhD candidate in History of Religions in the Late …

In this two parts episode, I am with Marios Koutsoukos, a PhD candidate in History of Religions in the Late Antiquity at the University of Liverpool …

Why an engineer is not defined only by technology, today?

Why are we privileged now?

Why is this the era of self-actualisation and not just of the …

Sustainability coupled with Climate change is a topic that transcends sectors of the economy, the society and continents. We might wonder what it …

Lieutenant Colonel Jake Sotiriadis (PhD) Chief of Strategic Foresight and Futures at US Air Force Headquarters at the Pentagon in Washington, DC, …

During the past months, I could not help but ask based on guests’ expertise what the current and future situation could be in the energy and …

Maria Andrielou works with the Chemical Industry for over 10 years. Having a background in linguistics, became a communicator in cross-cultural and …

In the last part of this episode, with Elly Symons, we discuss:

• the Return of the Parthenon sculptures to Greece coinciding in #2021 with the 200 …

Elly Symons, with her Greek and Cypriot heritage, embodies the title of this two-part episode's content: a woman as a multidimensional soul.

We …

In the second and last part of the interview with Dr Konstantinos Kakosimos, associate professor of Chemical Engineering at Texas A&M University …

In the first part of "Educational and Renewable Energy approaches in Chemical Engineering", Dr Konstantinos Kakosimos from the Texas A&M …

How does Carl Jung's "Collective unconscious"  link to gut bacteria and COVID-19? Chemical Engineering playing with the psychology terminology and …

Today, you are listening to the second and last part of the interview with Dr Popi Konidari, Head of the Climate Change Policy Group (CCPG) of the …

In this episode and next Sunday, in "Energy policy and roadmaps- Part 2", I am with Dr Popi Konidari. Dr Konidari is Head of the Climate Change …

A little bit about becoming an academic in chemical engineering and wondering what would be the steps or the environment that would allow especially …

In this episode, my guest is Dr Christos Dimas, the deputy minister of Development and Investments, in charge of Research, Innovation and Technology.

In the second part of the episode “Geopolitics at the Eastern Mediterranean” recorded on the 27th of July 2020, Kleanthis Kyriakidis (AUE- American …

I met again Kleanthis Kyriakidis, Associate Professor at the American University of Emirates #AUE, Department Chair of the BA in #Security and …

Professor Greg Stephanopoulos, the Willard Henry Dow Professor of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology in the School of Chemical Engineering at the …

Themistoklis Zanidis, a retired officer of the Hellenic Navy, author at hellenicdailynewsny.com, a news blog for the Hellenic Diaspora in US, Canada, and the World, now a research intern at the Institute of …

How Pablo Picasso and George Braque, who revolutionised modernism by developing cubism can inform collaboration in international business? Is an …

A monologue on CO2 emissions, transportation, the oil industry, the biofuel industry, governments, the UN, the EU, the academia, research and …

Vivian Chiona is a psychologist specialised in Child and Adolescent Psychology and Health Psychology. Vivian is the founder and CEO of the …

Dr Kyriaki Sonidou is a doctor specialised in Cardiology and a graduate of Law, co-founder and President of the Pontian Society of the United …

What would the present and future be, if we did not carry within us, the past as lessons, the lessons of life? History is the lessons of life; our …

How did Kosta Mavroulakis at the age of 16 realised he wanted to become an entrepreneur, in his early 20s the Digital Development Director of the …

I meet again with Marios Koutsoukos to talk about pandemics in fiction novels and reality, as experienced by the human mind, regardless of time, …

Vasileios Inglezakis, a fellow chemical engineer, with miles of experience in research business and the academia, talks to the Global Greek Influence from Kazakhstan, about the magic of zeoponics and their importance to …

Evangelos Karambelas, born in Greece, raised in Canada, currently living in the US and senior analyst for an investment platform focusing on US power generation assets talks about how the Hellenic American Leadership …

Yannis (John) Nomikos, a sociologist, specialised in business intelligence consultancy regarding security issues in the Balkans, North Africa and …

My thoughts on the coronavirus, “From the Earth to the moon” and the American Space Program, the flu pandemics, Democritus “atom theory of the Universe” and Aristotle, "pleonexia" and David Icke.

How to successfully navigate the challenges and opportunities associated with discovering a dream career and adapting to a new country? Dominika …

A solocast on the past 48 hours events taking place at the borders of Greece-Turkey. All humans are political beings, and as such, I express my …

Kleanthis Kyriakidis, proud of his Pontic and Islandic ancestry, an assistant professor at the American University in UAE and former captain of the Greek (Hellenic) Navy, talks about the Middle East, misconceptions, …

I met Tassos Natsakis to talk about what it means living without nationality; that different cultures are alternative perspectives of universal human …

In this episode, Nelson Zambrano collaborated with Global Greek Influence. Nelson was born in the US by Colombian parents, moved briefly to Colombia …

Meeting with Victor Osioh of the "Diaspora Chiefs" podcast: "We are all connected in search of happiness". "Happinness is infectious and a choice, connecting to people is a choice". "Resilience comes from owneship of …

Marijana took control of her life by identifying her own needs and not others expectations. She now introduces us to "Busyness for Happiness". We are …

Matilda talks about her ex-pat story: how strangers can enlighten our lives, becoming a PR expert after studying law and now a podcaster with "Coffee with Matilda- A journey to self", connecting us to our true selves …

Dr Dimitrios Kontziampasis talks about how he meets challenges in the academic environment, the Greek academia vs UK university, and how persistence, …

What if you decide to quit active research and communicate Science instead? Theo Anagnostopoulos, the founder of SciCo, talks about his journey and …

Marios Koutsoukos, an author of fantasy, historical fiction and non-fiction and lyrics writer of Greek and international extreme heavy metal bands, talks about how history inspires fantasy and vice versa, turning …

I always thought there is more to having a career. Life is about dreaming and dreaming brings creation.