Museum of Thought

www.asenseofhome.orgwww.georgiesmith.comGeorgie Smith is the Founder and President of A Sense of Home (ASOH), a nonprofit dedicated to preventing homelessness by creating homes for displaced individuals and families, particularly youth aging out of foster care. Inspired by a cry for help on social media, Georgie’s one act of kindness sparked a movement - harnessing the power of volunteers and surplus home goods to transform empty spaces into nurturing, fully furnished homes in just 90 minutes. More than 50% of the homeless population experienced foster care, and Georgie’s vision blends generosity, sustainability, and community engagement to break the cycle.ASOH has furnished over 1,600 in its first decade, transforming donated furniture and homeware - items often destined for landfill - into meaningful environments that help individuals rebuild their lives. Georgie recognized that volunteering itself is profoundly rewarding, making ASOH as uplifting for its volunteers as for those it serves.Georgie built on her experience as a film and TV producer in Los Angeles and her roots in Australia to design ASOH’s unique operational model: crowdsourcing and vetting up to 300 high-quality, pre-loved items for each recipient, facilitating rapid, transformative installations overseen by volunteers. The tangible impact has drawn national attention: top 10 CNN Hero, Home Beautiful’s “20 People Who Will Change the Design Industry”, and profiles in “200 Women Who Will Change the Way You See the World.”In response to the devastating LA fires of 2025, Georgie swiftly launched ASOH’s Disaster Recovery Program, adapting the organization’s successful model to rapidly provide homes for those displaced. Today, ASOH continues to prove that when communities unite - sharing what we have in excess - everyone is uplifted.Sign up to volunteer, or donate furniture or funds at A Sense of Home, and help create spaces where people can truly begin again.

TOM GILMARTIN - The Serendipity BudgetWhat if relationships weren’t incidental to success — but the engine of it?We track everything. Steps. Clicks. Revenue. Engagement.But the variable with the single greatest impact on our lives and our work? - Relationships.And it’s the one most of us monitor the least.Today, we’re joined by Tom Gilmartin — an award-winning creative industry leader with more than 20 years at the forefront of storytelling for some of the most iconic brands in the world: Disney, Levi’s, PlayStation, Marvel, Audi, The NFL, Waymo, Meta, ESPN, Scorpius — from gaming studios to space launch companies.Across industries and eras of change, Tom has relied on a deceptively simple tool: seek out and nurture genuine human relationships. Not transactional connections. Not LinkedIn optics. Real ones.While he continues to advise major global companies on their brand development, Tom is also focused on guiding the next generation of talent as they navigate one of the most unpredictable job markets we’ve ever seen. His message is clear: your greatest advantage isn’t your résumé — it’s doing the work to truly know and articulate your unique value set and develop your ability to create genuine relationships. In this episode, we explore what happens when you make time for people on purpose. When you look for the colleague who tells you the hard truth. The mentee who sees around corners. The stranger whose wild idea quietly rewires your trajectory.The result: better health. Braver creativity. Stronger businesses. And lives that compound in meaning over time.www.gilmartincoaching.comwww.tomgilmartin.comwww.daneldon.org

TOM GILMARTIN - The Serendipity BudgetWe track everything. Steps. Clicks. Revenue. Engagement.But the variable with the single greatest impact on our lives and our work?Relationships.And it’s the one most of us monitor the least.Today, we’re joined by Tom Gilmartin — an award-winning creative industry leader with more than 20 years at the forefront of storytelling for some of the most iconic brands in the world: Disney, Levi’s, PlayStation, Marvel, Audi, The NFL, Waymo, Meta, ESPN, Scorpius — from gaming studios to space launch companies.Across industries and eras of change, Tom has relied on a deceptively simple tool: seek out and nurture genuine human relationships. Not transactional connections. Not LinkedIn optics. Real ones.While he continues to advise major global companies on their brand development, Tom is also focused on guiding the next generation of talent as they navigate one of the most unpredictable job markets we’ve ever seen. His message is clear: your greatest advantage isn’t your résumé — it’s doing the work to truly know and articulate your unique value set and develop your ability to create genuine relationships. In this episode, we explore what happens when you make time for people on purpose. When you look for the colleague who tells you the hard truth. The mentee who sees around corners. The stranger whose wild idea quietly rewires your trajectory.What if relationships weren’t incidental to success — but the engine of it?The result: better health. Braver creativity. Stronger businesses. And lives that compound in meaning over time.https://www.gilmartincoaching.com/https://www.linkedin.com/in/tgilmartin/https://www.tomgilmartin.com/https://www.daneldon.org/

Why an Emmy award winning immersive producer says staying in your body is the most important narrative for us right now. Mei-Ling Wong has worked for a range of the biggest technology companies in the world but throughout her career the biggest skill she mastered is learning the at of staying with her breath, her body and becoming a dedicated yoga teacher. This episode speaks deeply to balancing techniques from extreme cognitive work toward slow, embodied, somatic activities. You're learn the one yoga pose we should all be doing daily for longevity and many other valuable tips for grounding ourselves in corporate environments.

This episode speaks deeply to balancing techniques from extreme cognitive work toward slow, embodied, somatic activities. You'll learn the one yoga pose we should all be doing daily for longevity and many other valuable tips for grounding ourselves in corporate environments.Why an Emmy award winning immersive producer says staying in your body is the most important narrative for us right now. Mei-Ling Wong has worked for a range of the biggest technology companies in the world but throughout her career the biggest skill she mastered is learning the at of staying with her breath, in her body and becoming a dedicated yoga teacher. Her object is deeply related to everything she teaches.

Adnaan Narot, Director at Love + Money, the creative company that co-founded Telepathic Instruments - an incredible new instrument invention that's first release sold out in three minutes. Links below.If you're about to create a product of your own to release into the world, this is an episode about doing it right. Adnaan explains why authenticity and user-centered design matter more than ever. Adnaan believes we should always take deep accountability for the work we put into the world, regardless of the role you play. He helps innovation survive because he asks the tough questions first.Making work that works requires putting in the work.Links:https://loveandmoney.com/https://telepathicinstruments.com/

How to really notice people. Discover how developing an artist’s eye can deepen your connections and transform the way you experience the people around you. It's an art form that needs protecting, Meet Claus Stangl, a portrait painter with deep insight about being present and honoring each other unique stories. Twice finalist for Australia’s most popular art award - the Archibald Portrait Prize, who has painted for A-listers in the film and music scene as well as A-listers in his heart.Portraiture dates back 5,000 years to ancient Egypt times. Before the invention of photography, a painted, sculpted, or drawn portrait was the only way to record the appearance of someone. But portraits have always been more than just a record. They are layered with insight about a person.Claus talks us through his years of learnings, how this form of art can teach us to celebrate those in front of us. He shares his object of meaning that is tied to a turning point on his journey. In a world of fast art, AI and digital images, the craft and intimacy of a portraiture feels incredibly important right now.Links:https://www.clausstangl.com/https://www.instagram.com/claus_stang...https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/pri...

Meet Dave Taylor, a transformational coder and board member to ambitious startups, who has found himself repeatedly at the pioneering curve of technology, before the curve has even been defined. He has no mobile phone, purchased Bitcoin at 84c, was at ID Software in the 90s (Doom/Quake) and Transmeta in the early 2000s - as Nvidia did early deals to get in on their microchips. He has an entirely new vision for the way commerce and currency could function. This talk is an extraordinary deep dive into a mind that has constantly wandered into rooms that have radically changed the trajectory of technology and our daily lives as we know it.

Meet Dave Taylor, a transformational coder and board member to ambitious startups, who has found himself repeatedly at the pioneering curve of technology, before the curve has even been defined. He has no mobile phone, purchased Bitcoin at 84c, was at ID Software in the 90s (Doom/Quake) and Transmeta in the early 2000s - as Nvidia did early deals to get in on their microchips. He has an entirely new vision for the way commerce and currency could function. This talk is an extraordinary deep dive into a mind that has constantly wandered into rooms that have radically changed the trajectory of technology and our daily lives as we know it.

The stories that must be told. Kathy's object reveal and contribution is a very special one. A journalist, author of 17 books, and award-winning film and television producer, explores how visual stories expand moral imagination and move people from sympathy to awareness and action. She founded Creative Visions, a UN-recognized NGO that has supported 400+ projects reaching more than 100 million people. Through media, education, and the Dan Eldon Center for Creative Activism, and drawing on experiences from Nairobi newsrooms to Malibu, she shares the craft and ethics behind films like Dying to Tell the Story, Extraordinary Moms for Oprah’s OWN platform, and The Journey Is the Destination (Netflix), offering tools to turn attention into action and awareness.Links:Kathy's website Her latest book now on AmazonFounder of Creative Visions