Our CEO, Michał Moroz, came close to catching the world premiere of The Godmother of Silicon Valley - a film about Esther Wojcicki and her impact on Silicon Valley's biggest names. He heard about it in California in April, but the timing didn't work out. Then the film found him back home - premiering right here in Łódź, at EC1. Its core idea is simple: education works best when it's built on trust, respect, independence, collaboration and kindness - TRICK, for short. Not a bad framework for how teams and companies operate either. Which of the five would most change how meetings run if everyone practiced it? 😉 #lodz #ec1
The world has a way of turning things around when you least expect it. When I travelled to California in April to meet our friends and business partners, I heard about the world premiere of movie The Godmother of Silicon Valley – a film about Esther Wojcicki and her impact on some of the most influential people in the world. But there was one problem. A problem of distance – not in space, but in time. We were going to be in the same city, only a few days apart. I felt I was missing out on something happening so close to me. So I let it go. And then I started seeing the signs. First, a video of Esther having fun in the centre of Łódź. Being me, I still didn't connect the dots – everybody can have fun in Łódź, right? 🤓 The second sign was harder to miss: a premiere of the movie, here, in my city, at EC1 Łódź - Miasto Kultury w Łodzi. Without thinking twice, I changed my plans and registered for the screening with Karolina Boguszewska, PhD. And it did not disappoint. This is a movie worth keeping your eye on. Its message is simple and profound: we need to embrace new methods of education built on trust, respect, independence, collaboration and kindness. There's a neat acronym for that – TRICK. On a deeper level, it's about giving people of all ages the agency to learn and to make change in the world. In its meaning and spirit, it reminds me of one of Sir Ken Robinson's TED Talks. There will be more screenings around the world, and a trailer is already on YouTube. It's moving. It's motivating. And it's true. I'd recommend it to anyone interested in education, technology, or the history of Silicon Valley. And on Monday, the circle closed. A meeting that was never meant to happen in San Francisco followed me back to my own city – and I couldn't be more surprised or more grateful. In a sense, the world caught up with me. Thank you, Esther Wójcicki, for spreading the message. I'll hold on to the TRICK you taught me. Thank you, Dr Maciej Kawecki for completing the journey I've been on, and for all the work you do to promote Poland around the world. And thank you to Adam Broncel, Michal Kramarz and Bartek Szymanski for the panel discussion about the startup world in Łódź, and to Adam Pustelnik and the City of #Łódź for making this happen in our beautiful city. The trailer is on YouTube – and if you get the chance to see it, take it. What's the one TRICK you'd want to pass on?