EP 136: Shalini Govil-Pai’s (breaking) stereotypes
"These stereotypes of 'nerd girls are awkward' really plays on kids' minds. The world needs to know smart women who are very strong in their thinking and perspectives."
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Shalini Govil-Pai is a tech and media executive at Google, who previously worked at Pixar on films like Toy Story and A Bug's Life. Shalini’s worked on partnerships across YouTube, Netflix, Disney+, and HBO Max - at the center of disruptive technology, challenging herself to educate, entertain, and inspire globally.
It was a great chat about her experiences coming up in a very male-dominated technical field, and the lessons learned along the way, as well as some of the reflections on today’s media culture. Whether growing up in Bombay / Mumbai India - surrounded by Bollywood (and Amitabh Bachchan) - or creating a new life in America and the Silicon Valley, Shalini’s not afraid of taking risks and challenging the status quo - all because of her deep connections with her family, friends, and community.
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MENTIONS
Luxo Junior (1986 - first Pixar short): youtu.be/6G3O60o5U7w
ACTOR: Amitabh Bachchan - wikipedia.org/wiki/Amitabh_Bachchan
AD: Google “Dear Sophie” - youtu.be/zhPklt9nYas
VIDEO: Google Year in Search: about.google/stories/year-in-search
AUTHOR: Isaac Asmimov - goodreads.com/author/show/16667.Isaac_Asimov
TV: Foundation (Apple TV+) - imdb.com/title/tt0804484/
PERSON: Steve Jobs - wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Jobs
PERSON: Sundar Pichai - wikipedia.org/wiki/Sundar_Pichai