Producing Innovation

Author: Counts Projects

Step into the mind of a creator who has been described as a mad genius by The New York Times. In each episode, Michael Counts draws on decades of experience building immersive art, launching startups, coaching creative leaders, and pushing boundaries across entertainment, tech, and life. With guests ranging from theater innovators to business visionaries, award winning film directors and top talent managers from the tech and entertainment worlds, this show explores what it really means to produce innovation the risks, the madness, the breakthroughs, and the craft behind bold ideas.
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Spirituality and Innovation
Episode 7
Tuesday, 24 March, 2026

In this episode of Producing Innovation, Michael Counts sits down with coach and spiritual guide Paola Castro for a thoughtful conversation about the inner dimension of growth, creativity, and innovation. Paola shares her journey from early curiosity about life’s deeper questions into the world of coaching and personal development, and the realization that much of the self-improvement industry begins from the mistaken belief that we need to fix ourselves.Together they explore ideas like gratitude, presence, and the shift from living life as if it’s happening to us toward experiencing it as something happening for us and ultimalely through us. The conversation touches on attention in the modern world, emotional resilience, and the surprising insight that the path to fulfillment often involves letting go rather than acquiring more.