The power of a question and becoming a story-breaker with Topaz Adizes

Imagine having an intimate view into relationships from around the world? A front-row seat to the emotional and provocative conversations between two people, their shared emotional space. What would you learn about them? About yourself? about how we all connect as human beings? Well, our guest today has embarked on a journey where he does that and more.Topaz Adizes is the Founder and Executive Creative Director @the_skindeep - An experience design studio focused entirely on exploring one deceptively simple concept since 2014. Human connection in the digital age.Topaz’s creativity and passions have impacted so many lives as a catalyst for deeper, more meaningful connections among us. And, as you'll hear in this episode, how one of the Skin Deep products came into mine and Krista's lives at just the right moment, and helped our relationship in such a meaningful way, at a point of struggle and pain.The path to connection lies in the questions we ask and the deep listening we employ for ourselves and in our relationships with others. TOPAZ'S BIO:Topaz Adizes is an award winning Writer, Director & Experience designer. His films have been selected to Cannes (BOY), Sundance (Trece Años, Laredo Texas, {THE AND} Marcela & Rock), IDFA, SXSW, Cinéma Du Réel, and other festivals around the world.His interactive documentary {THE AND} won the Emmy for New Approaches to Documentary 2015 as well as the World Press Photo award for Best Interactive Documentary 2015. {THE AND} was also a viral sensation reaching #1 on Reddit and Buzzfeed and experienced by over 70 million users, featured on the CBS Morning show and Good Morning America and selected to numerous international digital storytelling competitions. His second Interactive project, THE DIG, also won the top prize at World Press Photo for Immersive storytelling. Topaz’s work has exhibited at the Centre Pompidou in Paris, the Natural History Museum and United Nations Headquarters in New York, as well as featured in the NY Times and The New Yorker. He has also directed commercial work for clients including Netflix, Deloitte, and Vogue. Early in his career, Topaz had the valuable experience of learning under the tutelage of Ridley Scott, Steven Spielberg, and PT Anderson. Now Topaz’s primary focus has been as the Founder and Creative Director of The Skin Deep - an experience design studio focused entirely on human connection in the digital age. {THE AND} is the first experience created by The Skin Deep. Senior Orientation, The Window, Threshold, TSD Uncut, {THE AND} VR and THE DIG are the subsequent properties released by The Skin Deep.  Topaz graduated in 1999 with a bachelors degree in Philosophy from UC Berkeley and Oxford University in the UK. He has worked around the world ranging from Mexico, Sweden, Zambia, Japan, Vietnam, Albania, Cuba, and speaks four languages - English, Hebrew, Spanish and Swedish.CONNECT WITH TOPAZ & THE SKIN DEEPwww.topazadizes.comwww.theskindeep.com/www.youtube.com/theskindeephttps://shop.theskindeep.com/https://shop.honestx.com/Find out more about Owl & Key and Strategic Planning for Life below:www.owlandkey.cowww.owlandkey.co/courselinktr.ee/owlandkeywww.instagram.com/owl_and_key/Get Started today!Get Started with Strategic Planning for Life todayBook your FREE call to learn more!